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Oral History Interview with Chaney

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr. Chaney. Chaney became friends with Nimitz in 1926 while teaching at the University of California at Berkeley. He and Nimitz enjoyed drinks together during the Prohibition era. Chaney would hire kids to scavenge for empty bottles, and Nimitz would find bootleggers to fill them. Sometimes the two would even drink salty brandy sold to restaurants. When Nimitz left Berkeley, Chaney set aside their last bottle of liquor for a… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 20 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Chaney
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Chaney

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr. Chaney. Chaney became friends with Nimitz in 1926 while teaching at the University of California at Berkeley. He and Nimitz enjoyed drinks together during the Prohibition era. Chaney would hire kids to scavenge for empty bottles, and Nimitz would find bootleggers to fill them. Sometimes the two would even drink salty brandy sold to restaurants. When Nimitz left Berkeley, Chaney set aside their last bottle of liquor for a… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Chaney
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Carpenter and Bob Hart

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Carpenter and Bob Hart. Carpenter served aboard USS South Dakota (BB-57) and shares anecdotes about his time aboard the ship as well as impressions and experiences. Ingram also interviewed Bob Hart about his experiences aboard the South Dakota. Hart came aboard in 1939. He shares opinions about various captains of the ship as well as anecdotes about his experiences.
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Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Carpenter, Charles & Hart, Bob
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Carpenter and Bob Hart

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Carpenter and Bob Hart. Carpenter served aboard USS South Dakota (BB-57) and shares anecdotes about his time aboard the ship as well as impressions and experiences. Ingram also interviewed Bob Hart about his experiences aboard the South Dakota. Hart came aboard in 1939. He shares opinions about various captains of the ship as well as anecdotes about his experiences.
Date: unknown
Creator: Carpenter, Charles & Hart, Bob
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Fear

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Fear. Fear joined the Navy in March, 1944. After basic training, he was assigned to mail duties and recalls establishing post offices on Pacific islands after invasions. He was overseas for 18 months before returning to the US and receiving his discharge in 1946.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fear, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Rosendahl

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Admiral Charles Rosendahl. Rosendahl was the commanding officer of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey in May 1937 when the German airship Hindenburg arrived from Hamburg. He witnessed the accident and describes the ship’s destruction. Ray Porter, a Naval Airship service veteran, describes an eight-day endurance flight in which he participated during 1957. Fred Cline, another airship veteran, also describes his ex… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 16 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Rosendahl, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Rosendahl

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Admiral Charles Rosendahl. Rosendahl was the commanding officer of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey in May 1937 when the German airship Hindenburg arrived from Hamburg. He witnessed the accident and describes the ship’s destruction. Ray Porter, a Naval Airship service veteran, describes an eight-day endurance flight in which he participated during 1957. Fred Cline, another airship veteran, also describes his ex… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Rosendahl, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Smith

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Smith. Smith joined the Army in May of 1944. He was placed in the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. In the spring of 1945, he traveled to an infantry replacement center in Leyte, in the Philippines. He was assigned to the Americal Division on Cebu Island, the 164th Regiment, aboard a Landing Craft Infantry. He was trained to work on the radio. Smith’s regiment was preparing for the invasion of Japan when the bomb… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 37 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Smith, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Smith

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Smith. Smith joined the Army in May of 1944. He was placed in the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. In the spring of 1945, he traveled to an infantry replacement center in Leyte, in the Philippines. He was assigned to the Americal Division on Cebu Island, the 164th Regiment, aboard a Landing Craft Infantry. He was trained to work on the radio. Smith’s regiment was preparing for the invasion of Japan when the bomb… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Towers

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Towers. Towers joined the Navy V-12 Program in 1942, graduating in February of 1944. He then completed Midshipman School in June. He served as Gunnery Officer aboard the USS LCS(L)-118. They traveled to Hawaii in February of 1945, and participated in the Battle of Okinawa in April. They traveled to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines and Japan by September. They returned to the US in December, and Towers was discharged in the s… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 39 seconds
Creator: Towers, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Towers

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Towers. Towers joined the Navy V-12 Program in 1942, graduating in February of 1944. He then completed Midshipman School in June. He served as Gunnery Officer aboard the USS LCS(L)-118. They traveled to Hawaii in February of 1945, and participated in the Battle of Okinawa in April. They traveled to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines and Japan by September. They returned to the US in December, and Towers was discharged in the s… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Towers, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Walton

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Walton. Walton was drafted into the Army Air Forces. He was initially assigned to an administrative position and was then sent to the European Theater. Walton briefly describes his experiences on the frontlines including how hard it was to stay warm. He tells one particular story about being in a convoy on the autobahn at the end of the war. Walton left the service at the end of the war and eventually became a Method… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 18 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Walton, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Walton

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Walton. Walton was drafted into the Army Air Forces. He was initially assigned to an administrative position and was then sent to the European Theater. Walton briefly describes his experiences on the frontlines including how hard it was to stay warm. He tells one particular story about being in a convoy on the autobahn at the end of the war. Walton left the service at the end of the war and eventually became a Method… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Walton, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charlie Slover

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue by Charlie Slover. He jumped onto Corregidor with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment in February 1945. Two weeks afterwards, he was summoned by his commanding officer and ordered to deliver a car to Lieutenant General Charles P. Hall, commander of 11th Corps in the Philippines. Slover recalls his drive to Baguio from Subic Bay.
Date: unknown
Duration: 4 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Slover, Charlie
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charlie Slover

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue by Charlie Slover. He jumped onto Corregidor with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment in February 1945. Two weeks afterwards, he was summoned by his commanding officer and ordered to deliver a car to Lieutenant General Charles P. Hall, commander of 11th Corps in the Philippines. Slover recalls his drive to Baguio from Subic Bay.
Date: unknown
Creator: Slover, Charlie
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Chester W. Nimitz

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral recording of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. In this statement, Nimitz exhorts the nation to remain alert by keeping a strong navy.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Christion De La Cruz

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Christion De La Cruz. De La Cruz was born in 1926 in Saipan. He recalls life in Japanese-occupied Saipan as a child. He attended a Japanese school, and witnessed several family members imprisoned by the Japanese. He recalls his experiences in Saipan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. De La Cruz was recruited into the Japanese Imperial Army, and remained on Saipan for the duration of the war.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: De La Cruz, Christion
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Christion De La Cruz

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Christion De La Cruz. De La Cruz was born in 1926 in Saipan. He recalls life in Japanese-occupied Saipan as a child. He attended a Japanese school, and witnessed several family members imprisoned by the Japanese. He recalls his experiences in Saipan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. De La Cruz was recruited into the Japanese Imperial Army, and remained on Saipan for the duration of the war.
Date: unknown
Creator: De La Cruz, Christion
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clayton Mishler

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clayton Mishler. Mishler served in the Navy in China with the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), within a weather-reporting project that played a role in the US submarine campaign against Japanese shipping, in B-29 raids on Japanese cities and in rescuing downed Allied airmen. Mishler served in the Fukien Province with the Rice Paddy Navy, and traveled the Nine Dragons River in the course of his duties. He recounts nu… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Mishler, Clayton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clayton Mishler

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clayton Mishler. Mishler served in the Navy in China with the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), within a weather-reporting project that played a role in the US submarine campaign against Japanese shipping, in B-29 raids on Japanese cities and in rescuing downed Allied airmen. Mishler served in the Fukien Province with the Rice Paddy Navy, and traveled the Nine Dragons River in the course of his duties. He recounts nu… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Mishler, Clayton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clayton Scharnhorst

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clayton Scharnhorst. Scharnhorst joined the Army Air Forces in October 1941 and received basic training at Wendover Field. Upon completion, he was assigned to China and India as a medic in a B-24 outfit. In Agra, India, he contracted malaria and was hospitalized. With treatment from antimalarial pills, he recovered within a month. He recalls one humorous incident of helping a man recover his oxcart from a slit trench. Scharn… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 8 minutes
Creator: Scharnhorst, Clayton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clayton Scharnhorst

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clayton Scharnhorst. Scharnhorst joined the Army Air Forces in October 1941 and received basic training at Wendover Field. Upon completion, he was assigned to China and India as a medic in a B-24 outfit. In Agra, India, he contracted malaria and was hospitalized. With treatment from antimalarial pills, he recovered within a month. He recalls one humorous incident of helping a man recover his oxcart from a slit trench. Scharn… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Scharnhorst, Clayton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with D. H. McClintock

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with D H McClintock. McClintock graduated from the Naval Academy in 1935 and spent two years aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39). He attended submarine school and was assigned to the USS Plunger (SS-179) at Pearl Harbor. While returning from the States, where the Plunger had been fitted with radar equipment, his submarine was strafed by a Japanese plane. On 9 December 1941 he returned to a devastated Battleship Row, then immediately e… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 45 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: McClintock, D. H.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with D. H. McClintock

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with D H McClintock. McClintock graduated from the Naval Academy in 1935 and spent two years aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39). He attended submarine school and was assigned to the USS Plunger (SS-179) at Pearl Harbor. While returning from the States, where the Plunger had been fitted with radar equipment, his submarine was strafed by a Japanese plane. On 9 December 1941 he returned to a devastated Battleship Row, then immediately e… more
Date: unknown
Creator: McClintock, D. H.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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