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Oral History Interview with John Huffines, February 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Huffines. After graduating from high school, Huffines enlisted in the Marine Corps and was shipped to San Diego for boot camp. After boot camp, he went to telephone school at Camp Pendleton, then went into the 3rd Battalion, 13th Marines, 5th Marine Division. John trained for 7-8 months, then he was shipped out to the Hawaiian Islands, in Oahu from late 1944-early 1945. Upon arriving in Hawaii Huffines helped unload Coca Col… more
Date: February 18, 2005
Duration: 32 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Huffines, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ruby Boye Jones

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ruby Boye Jones. Jones grew up in Sydney, married in 1919, and relocated to the Solomon Islands in 1928. She describes life on Vanikoro Island as primarily centered on the Kauri Timber Company. Jones took over initially on temporary duty as a weather reporter and to operate the teleradio when the male operator left the island. The Australian government chose to not send a male replacement, and she stayed on with her husband … more
Date: unknown
Duration: 31 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Jones, Ruby Boye
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Huffines, February 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Huffines. After graduating from high school, Huffines enlisted in the Marine Corps and was shipped to San Diego for boot camp. After boot camp, he went to telephone school at Camp Pendleton, then went into the 3rd Battalion, 13th Marines, 5th Marine Division. John trained for 7-8 months, then he was shipped out to the Hawaiian Islands, in Oahu from late 1944-early 1945. Upon arriving in Hawaii Huffines helped unload Coca Col… more
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Huffines, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ruby Boye Jones

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ruby Boye Jones. Jones grew up in Sydney, married in 1919, and relocated to the Solomon Islands in 1928. She describes life on Vanikoro Island as primarily centered on the Kauri Timber Company. Jones took over initially on temporary duty as a weather reporter and to operate the teleradio when the male operator left the island. The Australian government chose to not send a male replacement, and she stayed on with her husband … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Jones, Ruby Boye
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Commander Hal Lamar, USNR (Ret.) Remembers Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Description: Transcript of an oral monologue with Hal Lamar. He reflects on Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during his time serving as the Admiral's personal aide and secretary. He describes Nimitz's character and abilities as a leader. Lamar shares anecdotes about visiting wounded men and awarding Purple Heart medals, other officers coming to call, recreating, visiting Tarawa ,and activities at the new headquarters on Guam.
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: Lamar, Hal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Commander Hal Lamar, USNR (Ret.) Remembers Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Description: Transcript of an oral monologue with Hal Lamar. He reflects on Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during his time serving as the Admiral's personal aide and secretary. He describes Nimitz's character and abilities as a leader. Lamar shares anecdotes about visiting wounded men and awarding Purple Heart medals, other officers coming to call, recreating, visiting Tarawa ,and activities at the new headquarters on Guam.
Date: February 1, 1980
Duration: 17 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Lamar, Hal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000

Description: Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Thomas recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ralph Bailey

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bailey. His first name is never made clear. Bailey served in the Navy aboard the USS Radford (DD-446) and was present at the Battle of Kula Gulf off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. He recalls seeing the USS Helena (CL-50) sink. Bailey describes an account of disarming a torpedo and contracted the mumps, which put him in the hospital at Pearl Harbor for a time. He also decribes some scenes of liberty that he enjoyed. Bai… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 59 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Bailey, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edmund K. Austin, September 17, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Edmund K. Austin. Austin was drafted his junior year in high school (1943) and sent to Camp Greely in Oklahoma for basic training. From there he was sent to the Pacific and went into a heavy artillery unit (155 mm Long Tom outfit) that had been based on Christmas Island at the beginning of the war. Got bad jungle rot in the Philippines. After the Philippine operation (near the end of Luzon), his unit (532nd Field Artillery Battalion) was sent to Okinawa aboa… more
Date: September 17, 2005
Duration: 35 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Austin, Edmund K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Wilson, January 31, 2002

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John Wilson. Wilson was born in the Philippines and graduated high school there in 1939. Upon graduating, he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin and participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He graduated and took his commission in the Army in 1943. After Officer Candidate School (OCS), he was assigned to an engineering unit slated to participate in the invasion of the Philippines. He eventually landed on Luzon. On Luzon he was as… more
Date: January 31, 2002
Duration: 36 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Wilson, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frederick Chevalier, September 30, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frederick Chevalier. Chevalier grew up in Texas and was drafted into the Army Air Force in 1941. Once he finished training, he became an instructor. He was told he had a foot condition and offered to stay as an instructor. He turned down the offer. He boarded a tanker at San Francisco in 1944 and took it to New Guinea. From there, he went up to Biak and then Mindoro where he fly 15 missions with the Jolly Rogers. He did rada… more
Date: September 30, 2000
Duration: 56 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Chevalier, Frederick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mary Steele Leon, April 15, 1997

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Mary Steele Leon. She joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and was trained as a secretary. Her first assignment was in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. The CNO at the time was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. After the war, she served as personal secretary for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while he was CNO. She was discharged in 1946.
Date: April 15, 1997
Duration: 30 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Leon, Mary Steele
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia, July 21, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia. He discusses being a navigator/bombardier on the 14th plane in the Doolittle Raid, including the training leading up to the raid, the trip on the USS Hornet, the raid itself, bailing out over China, the weeks spent there before making it out through India and Egypt and stories about other men in the Raiders. He also discusses meeting with Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, seeing the Egyptian p… more
Date: July 21, 2000
Duration: 4 hours 10 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Macia, James H. ""Herb""
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gerold (Jerry) Haynes, September 29, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerold (Jerry) Haynes. Haynes grew up in Mississippi and went to Memphis, Tennessee to join the Navy in 1939. He was assigned to the USS California and went to Pearl Harbor. The California was bombed December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Haynes describes the recovery efforts. In March 1942 he was reassigned to the USS Sante Fe (CL-60). He was on a 5 in/38 gun. He discusses sinking a ship in the San Ber… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Duration: 43 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Haynes, Gerold (Jerry)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Mary Steele Leon, April 15, 1997

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Mary Steele Leon. She joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and was trained as a secretary. Her first assignment was in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. The CNO at the time was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. After the war, she served as personal secretary for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while he was CNO. She was discharged in 1946.
Date: April 15, 1997
Creator: Leon, Mary Steele
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Wilson, January 31, 2002

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John Wilson. Wilson was born in the Philippines and graduated high school there in 1939. Upon graduating, he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin and participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He graduated and took his commission in the Army in 1943. After Officer Candidate School (OCS), he was assigned to an engineering unit slated to participate in the invasion of the Philippines. He eventually landed on Luzon. On Luzon he was as… more
Date: January 31, 2002
Creator: Wilson, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edmund K. Austin, September 17, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Edmund K. Austin. Austin was drafted his junior year in high school (1943) and sent to Camp Greely in Oklahoma for basic training. From there he was sent to the Pacific and went into a heavy artillery unit (155 mm Long Tom outfit) that had been based on Christmas Island at the beginning of the war. Got bad jungle rot in the Philippines. After the Philippine operation (near the end of Luzon), his unit (532nd Field Artillery Battalion) was sent to Okinawa aboa… more
Date: September 17, 2005
Creator: Austin, Edmund K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ralph Bailey

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bailey. His first name is never made clear. Bailey served in the Navy aboard the USS Radford (DD-446) and was present at the Battle of Kula Gulf off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. He recalls seeing the USS Helena (CL-50) sink. Bailey describes an account of disarming a torpedo and contracted the mumps, which put him in the hospital at Pearl Harbor for a time. He also decribes some scenes of liberty that he enjoyed. Bai… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Bailey, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gerold (Jerry) Haynes, September 29, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerold (Jerry) Haynes. Haynes grew up in Mississippi and went to Memphis, Tennessee to join the Navy in 1939. He was assigned to the USS California and went to Pearl Harbor. The California was bombed December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Haynes describes the recovery efforts. In March 1942 he was reassigned to the USS Sante Fe (CL-60). He was on a 5 in/38 gun. He discusses sinking a ship in the San Ber… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: Haynes, Gerold (Jerry)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frederick Chevalier, September 30, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frederick Chevalier. Chevalier grew up in Texas and was drafted into the Army Air Force in 1941. Once he finished training, he became an instructor. He was told he had a foot condition and offered to stay as an instructor. He turned down the offer. He boarded a tanker at San Francisco in 1944 and took it to New Guinea. From there, he went up to Biak and then Mindoro where he fly 15 missions with the Jolly Rogers. He did rada… more
Date: September 30, 2000
Creator: Chevalier, Frederick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Henry Kalinofsky, February 17, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Kalinofsky of Annapolis, Maryland. He discusses when he was first inducted into the Navy and being a plank owner aboard DE 581. USS MCNULTY. He also discusses his time aboard the USS LSM(R) 198 manning the 40mm Twin Mount and loading rockets in Okinawa, Japan, after the invasion of Normandy. Mr. Kalinofsky describes an attack he was involved in off the coast of Okinawa.
Date: February 17, 2001
Creator: Kalinofsky, Henry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia, July 21, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia. He discusses being a navigator/bombardier on the 14th plane in the Doolittle Raid, including the training leading up to the raid, the trip on the USS Hornet, the raid itself, bailing out over China, the weeks spent there before making it out through India and Egypt and stories about other men in the Raiders. He also discusses meeting with Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, seeing the Egyptian p… more
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Macia, James H. ""Herb""
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 32.233869 -110.948133
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Read : Coastwatcher of World War II

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Read. Read was the administration officer in charge of northern Bougainville, in the Buka area. He was mobilized into the Australian Coastwatchers service. He worked with 20-30 civilian policemen and his partner in southern Bougainville was Paul Mason. When the Americans started invading Guadalcanal, Read and Mason gave advance warning to the Americans of Japanese Zeroes coming. He was evacuated along with Paul Mason on… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 30 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Read, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Read : Coastwatcher of World War II

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Read. Read was the administration officer in charge of northern Bougainville, in the Buka area. He was mobilized into the Australian Coastwatchers service. He worked with 20-30 civilian policemen and his partner in southern Bougainville was Paul Mason. When the Americans started invading Guadalcanal, Read and Mason gave advance warning to the Americans of Japanese Zeroes coming. He was evacuated along with Paul Mason on… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Read, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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