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Oral History Interview with Santiago Villaneuva, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Santiago Villanueva. Villanueva was born in Helena, Texas 7 February 1922. He was drafted into the Army in 1941and had basic training at Camp Adair, Oregon. Upon being assigned as a gunner in an 81mm mortar squad in the 1st Battalion, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division he was sent to Obispo, California for amphibious training. He recalls being sent to Camp Stoneman, California prior to disembarking for overseas.… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Duration: 41 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Villanueva, Santiago
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Oral History Interview with Santiago Villaneuva, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Santiago Villanueva. Villanueva was born in Helena, Texas 7 February 1922. He was drafted into the Army in 1941and had basic training at Camp Adair, Oregon. Upon being assigned as a gunner in an 81mm mortar squad in the 1st Battalion, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division he was sent to Obispo, California for amphibious training. He recalls being sent to Camp Stoneman, California prior to disembarking for overseas.… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Villanueva, Santiago
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Oral History Interview with Thomas R. Durham, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas R. Durham. Durham was born in Oklahoma 24 March 1924 and joined the Marine Corps 7 April 1944 and went to boot camp in San Diego, California. He recalls being on board a troop ship with 3000 Marine replacements for the 1st Marine Division after the battle of Peleliu. Landing on Okinawa 1 April 1945 he entered the battle and describes incidents that contributed to high casualty rates. Within his initial group of 43 men… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Durham, Thomas R.
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Oral History Interview with Thomas R. Durham, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas R. Durham. Durham was born in Oklahoma 24 March 1924 and joined the Marine Corps 7 April 1944 and went to boot camp in San Diego, California. He recalls being on board a troop ship with 3000 Marine replacements for the 1st Marine Division after the battle of Peleliu. Landing on Okinawa 1 April 1945 he entered the battle and describes incidents that contributed to high casualty rates. Within his initial group of 43 men… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Durham, Thomas R.
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Oral History Interview with Tom Ketchbaw, February 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Ketchbaw. Ketchbaw joined the Marine Corps in March, 1943 and trained at San Diego. He also attended radio school prior to making the invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944. Ketchbaw kept getting thrown in the brig and became a sort of orphan in the Corps without a unit for a while. As a result, he was in several different amphibian tractor battalions and eventually ended up in the 3rd Marine Division as a memb… more
Date: February 18, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Ketchbaw, Tom
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Oral History Interview with Tom Ketchbaw, February 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Ketchbaw. Ketchbaw joined the Marine Corps in March, 1943 and trained at San Diego. He also attended radio school prior to making the invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944. Ketchbaw kept getting thrown in the brig and became a sort of orphan in the Corps without a unit for a while. As a result, he was in several different amphibian tractor battalions and eventually ended up in the 3rd Marine Division as a memb… more
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Ketchbaw, Tom
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Oral History Interview with Warren Tsuneishi, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Tsuneishi. Tsuneishi was living in California when the war started and was soon evacuated to a Japanese-American detention center. He joined his family at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. He did not stay there long as he was allowed to attend Syracuse University. In 1943, he entered the Military intelligence Language School and studied Japanese to become an interpreter. He participated in the invasion of Le… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Tsuneishi, Warren
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Oral History Interview with Warren Tsuneishi, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Tsuneishi. Tsuneishi was living in California when the war started and was soon evacuated to a Japanese-American detention center. He joined his family at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. He did not stay there long as he was allowed to attend Syracuse University. In 1943, he entered the Military intelligence Language School and studied Japanese to become an interpreter. He participated in the invasion of Le… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Tsuneishi, Warren
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Oral History Interview with William Doty, August 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Doty. Doty was working as the head of safety in various munitions factories before he beat his deferment and volunteered for duty in the Marine Corps in 1944. Doty shares several anecdotes from training because the war ended before he went overseas. Doty was much older than everyone else around him and he was called Pop. He was discharged in August, 1946.
Date: August 18, 2005
Duration: 45 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Doty, William
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Oral History Interview with William Doty, August 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Doty. Doty was working as the head of safety in various munitions factories before he beat his deferment and volunteered for duty in the Marine Corps in 1944. Doty shares several anecdotes from training because the war ended before he went overseas. Doty was much older than everyone else around him and he was called Pop. He was discharged in August, 1946.
Date: August 18, 2005
Creator: Doty, William
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