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Oral History Interview with Charlie Adams, February 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charlie Adams. Adams enlisted in the Marine Corps in March, 1943 and after training was assigned to the Fifth Marine Division. He landed late on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima. He remained there for 36 days. He served as a radio operator and describes much of the combat conditions he encountered on the island as well as some of the Japanese tactics. He was one of 13 of his original company of 248 men to walk off I… more
Date: February 17, 2005
Duration: 52 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Adams, Charlie
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charlie Adams, February 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charlie Adams. Adams enlisted in the Marine Corps in March, 1943 and after training was assigned to the Fifth Marine Division. He landed late on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima. He remained there for 36 days. He served as a radio operator and describes much of the combat conditions he encountered on the island as well as some of the Japanese tactics. He was one of 13 of his original company of 248 men to walk off I… more
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Adams, Charlie
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, September 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jean Adams. Adams was born in Washington, DC. Her father served in the military as well as her two brothers. She attended an all-girls school in Washington and graduated from a women’s college in Philadelphia. In 1940 she joined her brother in the Philippines but was evacuated in 1941. She joined the second class of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WACs) in 1942. She was assigned to the Office of Inspector General and tells of s… more
Date: September 17, 2017
Duration: 37 minutes 01 second
Creator: Adams, Jean
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, September 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jean Adams. Adams was born in Washington, DC. Her father served in the military as well as her two brothers. She attended an all-girls school in Washington and graduated from a women’s college in Philadelphia. In 1940 she joined her brother in the Philippines but was evacuated in 1941. She joined the second class of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WACs) in 1942. She was assigned to the Office of Inspector General and tells of s… more
Date: September 17, 2017
Creator: Adams, Jean
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Felix Appleton, February 17, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Felix “George” Appleton. Appleton was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, 21 July 1924. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1943 and following boot camp, entered the hospital corps school. Later he went aboard USS LST-523 and sailed in convoy to England and witnessed submarine attacks and a number of ships being lost. He tells of participating in Operation Overlord with Omaha Beach being USS LST-523’s objective. He describes the carn… more
Date: February 17, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Appleton, Felix
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Felix Appleton, February 17, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Felix “George” Appleton. Appleton was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, 21 July 1924. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1943 and following boot camp, entered the hospital corps school. Later he went aboard USS LST-523 and sailed in convoy to England and witnessed submarine attacks and a number of ships being lost. He tells of participating in Operation Overlord with Omaha Beach being USS LST-523’s objective. He describes the carn… more
Date: February 17, 2004
Creator: Appleton, Felix
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Laverne Arnic, October 17, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Laverne Arnic. Arnic joined the Army Air Forces in October of 1942. He was assigned to an Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington for two-and-a-half years and served as a guard. Around mid-1944 Arnic was sent overseas to the Pacific. He did not participate in any combat and was assigned as a guard of Japanese prisoners-of-war on the Island of Okinawa until the end of the war. He was discharged around 1945.
Date: October 17, 2007
Duration: 20 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Arnic, Laverne
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Laverne Arnic, October 17, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Laverne Arnic. Arnic joined the Army Air Forces in October of 1942. He was assigned to an Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington for two-and-a-half years and served as a guard. Around mid-1944 Arnic was sent overseas to the Pacific. He did not participate in any combat and was assigned as a guard of Japanese prisoners-of-war on the Island of Okinawa until the end of the war. He was discharged around 1945.
Date: October 17, 2007
Creator: Arnic, Laverne
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Austin, September 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Austin. Austin joined the Navy and was commissioned as an ensign before being assigned to the USS Pope (DD-225 in the Philippines. He was there when the war started. Austin was aboard the Pope when she was attacked and sunk. He was rescued by a Japanese destroyer and made a prisoner of war. He was held on Java and then Makassar. He was around when Richard Antrim intervened during a beating of a POW (Antrim was awarded the … more
Date: September 17, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Austin, Donald
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Donald Austin, September 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Austin. Austin joined the Navy and was commissioned as an ensign before being assigned to the USS Pope (DD-225 in the Philippines. He was there when the war started. Austin was aboard the Pope when she was attacked and sunk. He was rescued by a Japanese destroyer and made a prisoner of war. He was held on Java and then Makassar. He was around when Richard Antrim intervened during a beating of a POW (Antrim was awarded the … more
Date: September 17, 2006
Creator: Austin, Donald
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 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.
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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
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Oral History Interview with Walter Autry, September 17, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Autry. Autry left the Merchant Marine and joined the Navy just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Given his experience, he qualified for steam engineering and was sent to the University of Houston for training in diesel engineering. He briefly entertained the idea of being a Navy diver and received training at Pier 88 in New York City. Ultimately he was assigned to the crew of an LCI that laid smoke screens and made al… more
Date: September 17, 2001
Duration: 45 minutes 01 second
Creator: Autry, Walter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Walter Autry, September 17, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Autry. Autry left the Merchant Marine and joined the Navy just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Given his experience, he qualified for steam engineering and was sent to the University of Houston for training in diesel engineering. He briefly entertained the idea of being a Navy diver and received training at Pier 88 in New York City. Ultimately he was assigned to the crew of an LCI that laid smoke screens and made al… more
Date: September 17, 2001
Creator: Autry, Walter
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Bailey, July 17, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Bailey. Bailey was a crew chief with the Flying Tigers. He recalls that many of the mechanics in his crew were not well trained when they arrived, but they learned from him quickly. He describes the dangers presented by various landing gears. He discusses the personal lives of the crew, staff, and pilots, both during the war and after.
Date: July 17, 1997
Duration: 35 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Bailey, George
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with George Bailey, July 17, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Bailey. Bailey was a crew chief with the Flying Tigers. He recalls that many of the mechanics in his crew were not well trained when they arrived, but they learned from him quickly. He describes the dangers presented by various landing gears. He discusses the personal lives of the crew, staff, and pilots, both during the war and after.
Date: July 17, 1997
Creator: Bailey, George
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bern Ballard, November 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bern Ballard. Ballard joined the Army National Guard in November 1940 at Camp Mabry. He served as a truck driver in the Austin and San Antonio area and describes how he was injured during the Louisiana Maneuvers. Ballard describes driving a truck with the 36th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy. He details having to pick up dead soldiers near the front and drive them back to cemeteries. Ballard describes taking part… more
Date: November 17, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes
Creator: Ballard, Bern
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bern Ballard, November 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bern Ballard. Ballard joined the Army National Guard in November 1940 at Camp Mabry. He served as a truck driver in the Austin and San Antonio area and describes how he was injured during the Louisiana Maneuvers. Ballard describes driving a truck with the 36th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy. He details having to pick up dead soldiers near the front and drive them back to cemeteries. Ballard describes taking part… more
Date: November 17, 2011
Creator: Ballard, Bern
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Floyd Beeghly, December 17, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd E. Beeghly. Beeghly joined the Navy in April 1943. He describes his basic training at Farragut, Idaho. Beeghly was sent to the USS Independence (CVL-22) and joined the C and R division. He describes flight operations, his damage control station, and what it was like when his ship was hit by a torpedo. Beeghly left the Navy in February 1946.
Date: December 17, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Beeghly, Floyd
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Floyd Beeghly, December 17, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd E. Beeghly. Beeghly joined the Navy in April 1943. He describes his basic training at Farragut, Idaho. Beeghly was sent to the USS Independence (CVL-22) and joined the C and R division. He describes flight operations, his damage control station, and what it was like when his ship was hit by a torpedo. Beeghly left the Navy in February 1946.
Date: December 17, 2010
Creator: Beeghly, Floyd
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Calvin Beem, July 17, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Calvin Beem. Beem volunteered for the Navy in September, 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. After training, Beem was assigned to USS LST-454 as a motor machinist. He was aboard in time for the invasion of Cape Gloucester and for several other invasions along New Guinea. He also recalls landings in the Philippines.
Date: July 17, 2013
Duration: 46 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Beem, Calvin
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Calvin Beem, July 17, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Calvin Beem. Beem volunteered for the Navy in September, 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. After training, Beem was assigned to USS LST-454 as a motor machinist. He was aboard in time for the invasion of Cape Gloucester and for several other invasions along New Guinea. He also recalls landings in the Philippines.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Beem, Calvin
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 Justin Bible, March 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Justin Bible. Bible joined the Army and went to radio school in California before being assigned to the 593rd Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO). He landed in the Philippines (Leyte and Luzon) with the unit and shares a few anecdotes. He also went to Okinawa. Bible returned to the US in late 1945.
Date: March 17, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Bible, Justin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Justin Bible, March 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Justin Bible. Bible joined the Army and went to radio school in California before being assigned to the 593rd Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO). He landed in the Philippines (Leyte and Luzon) with the unit and shares a few anecdotes. He also went to Okinawa. Bible returned to the US in late 1945.
Date: March 17, 2017
Creator: Bible, Justin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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