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[Oral history, Sadie Baylor interview]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Sadie Baylor. Interview conducted by Bob Thompson.
Date: June 19, 1977
Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with James Bowell, February 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Bowell. Bowell entered service in the Navy in February 1942 and trained as a signalman and on sonar. In February, 1944 he was assigned to USS Defense (AM-317). Bowell speaks about the relationships he developed aboard ship. He also mentions minesweeping and kamikaze attacks off Okinawa and talks about fire support for the Marines on Iwo Jima. Bowell also recalls going into the water to rescue men from other vessels. Wh… more
Date: February 17, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 32 seconds
Creator: Bowell, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stephen Boykin, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stephen Boykin. Boykin joined the Marine Corps in August of 1940. In 1942, he was in the second wave entering the Guadalcanal Campaign, where he was severely wounded by a grenade. In early 1943, after being hospitalized, he was sent back to the US for one year of physical therapy. Boykin received a medical discharge in early 1944.
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Boykin, Stephen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lyle Bradley, November 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lyle Bradley. Bradley was born in Key West, Iowa on 22 November 1924. After graduating from the University of Dubuque, in 1942 he joined the Navy and went to Aberdeen, South Dakota where he began his initial pilot training. He was stationed at several airfields and flew various aircraft prior to going to Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida where he received his wings in April 1944. After taking advanced training in the F4F … more
Date: November 19, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Bradley, Lyle
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Greene, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Greene. Greene dropped out of high school and joined the Navy in 1939, going to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. Afterwards, he went to the USS Kilty (DD-137). After a year on her, Greene was assigned to the USS Detroit (CL-8) in December 1940, remaining on her until December 1945. The Detroit changed its home port from San Diego to Pearl Harbor and was there on 7 December 1941. Greene states the Detroit was light in th… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Greene, James Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wayburn Hall, October 23, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wayburn Hall. Hall was born 9 May 1925 in Gandy, Louisiana. He describes family life during the depression. Joining the Marine Corps 9 February 1943 under the V-12 program he went to the University of South Louisiana in Lafayette. After one semester, Hall was withdrawn from the program and sent to San Diego for boot training. He recalls his training and experiences during boot camp, which included two weeks of firearm traini… more
Date: October 23, 2003
Duration: 2 hours 52 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Hall, Wayburn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James E. T. Hopkins, September 20, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr. James E.T. Hopkins. Hopkins was born in Howard County, Maryland on 19 January 1915. Following high school, he attended The Johns Hopkins University graduating from the Medical School in 1941. He volunteered to go overseas with the Johns Hopkins Hospital Unit and was transported to Fiji aboard the SS President Coolidge (1931). On Fiji, they built the barracks out of reeds and bamboo and the hospital was a prefabricated bu… more
Date: September 20, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Hopkins, James E. T.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Johnson, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Johnson. Johnson was born on 23 December 1921 in Mitchell, Missouri. Rather than risk getting drafted, he enlisted in the Marine Corps on 16 December 1939. His first duty was with the 15th Marine Artillery Regiment in San Diego. The 15th Marines was disbanded and the personnel sent to Pearl Harbor. Johnson was assigned to the 1st Marine Division Defense Battalion, eventually sent to fortify Wake Island, arriving there i… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Creator: Johnson, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam Laser, September 14, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sam Laser. Laser was born in Clarksville, Arkansas on 22 December 1919. He enlisted in the Navy in September 1941, and was assigned to the USS Yorktown (CV-5) at Norfolk, Virginia, as a yeoman in the gunnery division. The ship departed Pearl Harbor as part of Task Force 17 and Laser recalls participating in the Battle of the Coral Sea during which the ship was damaged by a Japanese bomb. After being repaired in Pearl Harbor … more
Date: September 14, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Laser, Sam
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Chalmers Miller, September 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chalmers Miller. Miller attended Rice University for one semester before joining the Navy. He received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the motor pool of CASU-9 at Port Hueneme. In November 1944 he was sent to the Philippines, where he drove a dump truck on the Tacloban air strip, which was small, crowded, muddy, and full of bomb craters. He became the engineer of a boat transporting supplies … more
Date: September 15, 2007
Duration: 52 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Miller, Chalmers
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jay Summers, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jay Summers. Summers joined the Texas National Guard in 1937. His unit was mobilized and he became a supply sergeant. Summers was sent Java at the beginning of the war and became a prisoner of war soon after. He describes the locations that they were sent and the work performed. Summers was a part of the POW workforce that was sent to Burma to build a railroad which included a bridge over the River Kwai. He describes the har… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 17 seconds
Creator: Summers, Jay
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Tippen, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert D. Tippen. Tippen was born in Goldthwaite, Texas on 8 May 1923. He joined the Navy in July 1942. After boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, he was sent to the Canal Zone where he joined the USS Columbia (CL-56), assigned to the Navigation Department. In October 1942 Columbia sailed for Espiritu Santo, supporting the struggle for Guadalcanal. For the next 14 months, with few breaks, Tippen and Columbia saw combat. Start… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Tippen, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hetty Walker, September 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hetty Walker. Walker was born in Holland in 1935. Her family took shelter from air raids by hiding under their kitchen table, the children wearing pots on their heads. During severe bombing, they spent an entire month in their basement. In May 1940, the sky was so full of planes that it looked dark. Her mother salvaged parachutes from downed aviators and used the silk to make clothing for her family. Food was scarce, and the… more
Date: September 15, 2007
Duration: 15 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Walker, Hetty
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Marcus Worde, February 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral history with Marcus Worde. Worde enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September, 1941. He was in flight school at Uvalde, Texas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He trained in B-17s, B-24s and B-29s. He served as a flight instructor for B-24s. When, Worde went overseas, he was assigned to the 421st Bomb Squadron, 504th Bomb Group on Tinian. From there, Worde flew combat missions over Japan in a B-29 until he was shot down in May, 1945 … more
Date: February 17, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Worde, Marcus
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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