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[Letter from Harriett Coggeshall to Cecelia McKie - May 17, 1943]

Description: Letter sent from Harriett Coggeshall to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from her son and stating that's it's been nearly two years since she heard from him. Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from Mrs. C. J. Coggeshall, Hollywood, California. Envelope is postmarked Los Angeles, California.
Date: May 17, 1943
Creator: Coggeshall, Harriett
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Oral History Interview with Alex Grosse, May 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alex Grosse. Grosse finished high school and joined the Navy in 1942 and served as an ordnanceman loading munitions on planes in New Jersey and Virginia. Grosse shares several anecdotes about his experiences. He worked in a Carrier Air Service Unit (CASU) but never mentioned any number designation.
Date: May 17, 2003
Duration: 41 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Grosse, Alex
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Oral History Interview with Alex Grosse, May 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alex Grosse. Grosse finished high school and joined the Navy in 1942 and served as an ordnanceman loading munitions on planes in New Jersey and Virginia. Grosse shares several anecdotes about his experiences. He worked in a Carrier Air Service Unit (CASU) but never mentioned any number designation.
Date: May 17, 2003
Creator: Grosse, Alex
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Oral History Interview with Arthur Downard, May 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Downard. Downard was drafted in November 1942. He was sent to Camp Dodge in Des Moines, Iowa for basic training and then on to Fresno, California. From there he was sent to Denver, Colorado for Air Corps administrative school, where he became an instructor of officers until November 1944. In January 1945 he received orders to go to the Pacific and serve as administrator to the lab technicians and photo interpreters of… more
Date: May 17, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Downard, Arthur
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Oral History Interview with Arthur Downard, May 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Downard. Downard was drafted in November 1942. He was sent to Camp Dodge in Des Moines, Iowa for basic training and then on to Fresno, California. From there he was sent to Denver, Colorado for Air Corps administrative school, where he became an instructor of officers until November 1944. In January 1945 he received orders to go to the Pacific and serve as administrator to the lab technicians and photo interpreters of… more
Date: May 17, 2017
Creator: Downard, Arthur
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Oral History Interview with Baselio Zorzanello, May 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Baselio Zorzanello. Zorzanello joined the Navy in 1935. He served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard USS Marblehead (CL-12). They were stationed in China, in a town under Japanese domination, and he describes his interactions with the natives. They traveled to Manila Bay in the Philippines for additional training. During the Battle of Corregidor, Zorzanello was captured by the Japanese. He was taken to Bilibid Prison in Manila, and … more
Date: May 17, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Zorzanello, Baselio
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Oral History Interview with Baselio Zorzanello, May 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Baselio Zorzanello. Zorzanello joined the Navy in 1935. He served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard USS Marblehead (CL-12). They were stationed in China, in a town under Japanese domination, and he describes his interactions with the natives. They traveled to Manila Bay in the Philippines for additional training. During the Battle of Corregidor, Zorzanello was captured by the Japanese. He was taken to Bilibid Prison in Manila, and … more
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: Zorzanello, Baselio
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Oral History Interview with Bruce Elliott, May 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bruce Elliot. Elliot joined the Navy in January of 1941. He served as Apprentice Seaman aboard USS New Mexico (BB-40). He was transferred to USS Tippecanoe (AO-21), and traveled to Pearl Harbor. Elliot was then transferred to USS Henderson (AP-1) and was shipped to Tsingtao, China, where he picked up USS Bittern (AM-36), laying and sweeping mines in Manila Bay. On 10 December 1941, the Japanese air raid on Cavite Navy Yard, where… more
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: Elliot, Bruce
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Oral History Interview with David L. Houston, May 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Lipscomb Houston. Houston graduated from high school around 1938. He enrolled in Pre-Med at Hardin Junior College, Wichita Falls, Texas in September of 1941. He enlisted in the US Army on 30 June 1942 and served with the 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. His unit landed at Fedala, Morocco on 8 November 1942 for the Invasion of North Africa. In September of 1943, they invaded Italy. Houston returned to the US in … more
Date: May 17, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Houston, David L
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Oral History Interview with David L. Houston, May 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Lipscomb Houston. Houston graduated from high school around 1938. He enrolled in Pre-Med at Hardin Junior College, Wichita Falls, Texas in September of 1941. He enlisted in the US Army on 30 June 1942 and served with the 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. His unit landed at Fedala, Morocco on 8 November 1942 for the Invasion of North Africa. In September of 1943, they invaded Italy. Houston returned to the US in … more
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Houston, David L
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Oral History Interview with Donald Boots, May 17, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald Boots. In December, 1942, Boots joined the Marine Corps. After basic training, Boots attended a small camouflaging school at Camp Lejeune before going to Camp Pendleton. At Pendleton, the 4th Marine Division formed and Boots was assigned to the 4th Pioneer Battalion. His unit's job was to organize a beachhead once Marines had landed. During the Marshall Islands invasion, Boots' unit landed on a small island near Roi-N… more
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Boots, Donald
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth Penn Hammond Vieau. Vieau was born on 11 May 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. After high school graduation in 1936, she attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur as a math major. Vieau joined the Navy WAVES around December of 1942, completed Supply Corps officer training at Harvard in Cambridge. She served as a paymaster for Naval ROTC students at Georgia Tech, and describes her financial responsibilities in that role. She was l… more
Date: May 17, 2016
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Vieau, Elizabeth P
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth Penn Hammond Vieau. Vieau was born on 11 May 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. After high school graduation in 1936, she attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur as a math major. Vieau joined the Navy WAVES around December of 1942, completed Supply Corps officer training at Harvard in Cambridge. She served as a paymaster for Naval ROTC students at Georgia Tech, and describes her financial responsibilities in that role. She was l… more
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Vieau, Elizabeth P
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Oral History Interview with John East, May 17, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John L. East. East was born in central Texas in 1920. After graduation from high school in 1937 he worked in the rice fields. He entered the Army Air Forces in 1942, and, following training at various airfields, served as a B-17 co-pilot. In 1944, he was assigned to the 379th Bomb Group at Kimbolton, England. He tells of some of the tactics he used to thwart German fighter attacks as the pilot of a B-17 bomber. He completed missi… more
Date: May 17, 2021
Creator: East, John
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Oral History Interview with John East, May 17, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John L. East. East was born in central Texas in 1920. After graduation from high school in 1937 he worked in the rice fields. He entered the Army Air Forces in 1942, and, following training at various airfields, served as a B-17 co-pilot. In 1944, he was assigned to the 379th Bomb Group at Kimbolton, England. He tells of some of the tactics he used to thwart German fighter attacks as the pilot of a B-17 bomber. He completed missi… more
Date: May 17, 2021
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: East, John
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Oral History Interview with John Winter, May 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Winter. Winter joined the Navy around 1943, serving as a quartermaster aboard the USS Cronin (DE-704). Winter worked with the deck force, ordering all relevant supplies including paint, thinners, brushes, scrapers and more. They escorted convoys across the Atlantic to North Africa and Sicily. In December of 1944 they traveled through the Pacific, escorting freighters and aircraft carriers. Winter was discharged in early 1946. more
Date: May 17, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Winter, John
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Oral History Interview with John Winter, May 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Winter. Winter joined the Navy around 1943, serving as a quartermaster aboard the USS Cronin (DE-704). Winter worked with the deck force, ordering all relevant supplies including paint, thinners, brushes, scrapers and more. They escorted convoys across the Atlantic to North Africa and Sicily. In December of 1944 they traveled through the Pacific, escorting freighters and aircraft carriers. Winter was discharged in early 1946. more
Date: May 17, 2006
Creator: Winter, John
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Oral History Interview with Margaret Zarzanello, May 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Zarzanello. Zarzanello graduated from St. Mayfield Nursing School in 1944, and joined the Navy. She was stationed in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island where she worked in hospitals discharging patients. She was recalled again during the Korean War. Zarzanello shares her experiences during training, enlisting, her family and working as a nurse.
Date: May 17, 2002
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Zarzanello, Margaret
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Oral History Interview with Margaret Zarzanello, May 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Zarzanello. Zarzanello graduated from St. Mayfield Nursing School in 1944, and joined the Navy. She was stationed in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island where she worked in hospitals discharging patients. She was recalled again during the Korean War. Zarzanello shares her experiences during training, enlisting, her family and working as a nurse.
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: Zarzanello, Margaret
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Oral History Interview with Marvin Russell, May 17, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Marvin Russell. Russell, who graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Houston, describes his role in the testing of fuel used in the Pacific and in North Africa during the war. He discusses the homefront, including the politics of war, rationing, the Japanese American internment, the use of the atomic bomb, and the reaction to the end of the war. There is also a brief comparison of World War II and the Iraq War. After the war, Rus… more
Date: May 17, 2005
Duration: 34 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Russell, Marvin
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Oral History Interview with Marvin Russell, May 17, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Marvin Russell. Russell, who graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Houston, describes his role in the testing of fuel used in the Pacific and in North Africa during the war. He discusses the homefront, including the politics of war, rationing, the Japanese American internment, the use of the atomic bomb, and the reaction to the end of the war. There is also a brief comparison of World War II and the Iraq War. After the war, Rus… more
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Russell, Marvin
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Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Scofield. Scofield joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and received training in South Carolina and North Carolina. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Fifth Marines and sent to Guadalcanal for further training. He was wounded on Okinawa just two or three days after joining a combat outfit. Scofield was shot in the abdomen and the wrist. He was evacuated by medics, who declared that he was dying. He was air-evacuated t… more
Date: May 17, 2013
Duration: 51 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Scofield, Robert
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Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Scofield. Scofield joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and received training in South Carolina and North Carolina. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Fifth Marines and sent to Guadalcanal for further training. He was wounded on Okinawa just two or three days after joining a combat outfit. Scofield was shot in the abdomen and the wrist. He was evacuated by medics, who declared that he was dying. He was air-evacuated t… more
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Scofield, Robert
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Oral History Interview with Scott West, May 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Scott West. West joined the Navy in 1935. He was assigned to the USS Lexington (CV-2) for four years. In September of 1942 he served aboard the USS Copahee (CVE-12). He describes the planes aboard and the process of getting all the aviation equipment aboard the carrier. They traveled to New Caledonia to deliver planes, as well as to Munda, in the Solomon Islands. He completed catapult and arresting gear school at the Naval Air St… more
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: West, Scott
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