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Oral History Interview with Alfred Taylor, June 5, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Alfred N. Taylor. In early 1942 Taylor was drafted into the Army Air Forces. After training and an assignment in Florida, Taylor was shipped to India. He worked at an airbase in Assam calling pilots to their aircraft for missions over the Himalaya Mountains. Taylor returned to the US and was discharged in January 1946.
Date: June 5, 2003
Duration: 46 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Taylor, Alfred N.
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Oral History Interview with Alfred Taylor, June 5, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Alfred N. Taylor. In early 1942 Taylor was drafted into the Army Air Forces. After training and an assignment in Florida, Taylor was shipped to India. He worked at an airbase in Assam calling pilots to their aircraft for missions over the Himalaya Mountains. Taylor returned to the US and was discharged in January 1946.
Date: June 5, 2003
Creator: Taylor, Alfred N.
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Oral History Interview with Robert Lewis Kelly, June 5, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert Lewis Kelly. Kelly joined the Naval Reserve in 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was sent to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on an ATA (auxiliary ocean tug.) He initially served on a troop transport ship. He later served on minelayers and minesweepers in the Atlantic Theater. He describes being transported in Africa in a 40-and-8 box car. He also provides information about his parents and siblings. He served until the end of the war. Kelly served on a troop tran… more
Date: June 5, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Kelly, Robert Lewis
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Oral History Interview with Robert Lewis Kelly, June 5, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert Lewis Kelly. Kelly joined the Naval Reserve in 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was sent to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on an ATA (auxiliary ocean tug.) He initially served on a troop transport ship. He later served on minelayers and minesweepers in the Atlantic Theater. He describes being transported in Africa in a 40-and-8 box car. He also provides information about his parents and siblings. He served until the end of the war. Kelly served on a troop tran… more
Date: June 5, 2005
Creator: Kelly, Robert Lewis
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Oral History Interview with Thomas E. DuPree, June 5, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas DuPree. DuPree joined the Navy in March 1941 (accepted as a naval cadet), went to Pensacola in May 1942, went to fighter school in Miami (finishing there on December 6, 1941) and then reported to the USS Wasp (CV-7) in Norfolk, Virginia. DuPree tells the story (while he was on the Wasp) of Admiral Wilcox falling off the admiral's bridge on the USS Washington during a North Atlantic gale; he was never found. After a co… more
Date: June 5, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 39 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: DuPree, Thomas E.
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Oral History Interview with Thomas E. DuPree, June 5, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas DuPree. DuPree joined the Navy in March 1941 (accepted as a naval cadet), went to Pensacola in May 1942, went to fighter school in Miami (finishing there on December 6, 1941) and then reported to the USS Wasp (CV-7) in Norfolk, Virginia. DuPree tells the story (while he was on the Wasp) of Admiral Wilcox falling off the admiral's bridge on the USS Washington during a North Atlantic gale; he was never found. After a co… more
Date: June 5, 2007
Creator: DuPree, Thomas E.
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Knouff, June 5, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Knouff. Knouff joined the Coast Guard in February of 1942. He served aboard a patrol boat in charge of depth charges. They patrolled the shipping lanes between the US and Cuba. He later served as a Leading Seaman aboard a yard oiler, and participated in the Battle of Leyte in October of 1944. They traveled to Luzon, Mindoro and Manila in the Philippines and remained in that area through early 1946. Knouff was discharged in… more
Date: June 5, 2002
Duration: 52 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Knouff, Thomas
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Knouff, June 5, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Knouff. Knouff joined the Coast Guard in February of 1942. He served aboard a patrol boat in charge of depth charges. They patrolled the shipping lanes between the US and Cuba. He later served as a Leading Seaman aboard a yard oiler, and participated in the Battle of Leyte in October of 1944. They traveled to Luzon, Mindoro and Manila in the Philippines and remained in that area through early 1946. Knouff was discharged in… more
Date: June 5, 2002
Creator: Knouff, Thomas
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