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Oral History Interview with Joseph Russo, December 10, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Russo. Russo joined the Army around 1942. He deployed to New Delhi, India, and worked for the supervisor of the Signal Corps, and in the radio room. He later joined the New Delhi Photography Society processing photographs and working with correspondents from LIFE Magazine. He returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945.

Date: December 10, 2002

Duration: 49 minutes 04 seconds

Creator: Russo, Joseph

Item Type: Sound

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Oral History Interview with Arthur McQuiddy, December 10, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur McQuiddy. McQuiddy completed Civilian Pilot Training in 1940. He joined the Navy on 8 December 1941. McQuiddy served as a Naval Aviator beginning November of 1942, flying PBYs with Patrol Squadron 23, a Navy fixed-wing, anti-submarine and maritime patrol squadron. He completed patrol and rescue missions over the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Peleliu and Iwo Jima. He also completed a s… more

Date: December 10, 2002

Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 33 seconds

Creator: McQuiddy, Arthur

Item Type: Sound

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Oral History Interview with Ralph Piatek, December 10, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ralph Piatek. Piatek joined the Navy in 1939. He served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard the USS Augusta (CA-31) from April of 1941 through mid-1943, participating in the Naval Battle of Casablanca. While serving aboard, he had the opportunity to meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General George S. Patton. Beginning mid-1943, Piatek volunteered for submarine duty, serving with the Pa… more

Date: December 10, 2007

Duration: 2 hours 33 minutes 18 seconds

Creator: Piatek, Ralph

Item Type: Sound

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Oral History Interview with Jack Stoeber, December 10, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Stoeber. Stoeber joined the Navy in January of 1940 and completed a 6-year tour of duty. He completed machine gun school, learning how to fire a 50 caliber anti-aircraft gun. He served aboard the USS Whitney (AD-4), which was docked at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He describes his experiences through that fateful day of events. In May of 1942 they traveled to Tongatapu, tending to the destroyers in that area. Beginning i… more

Date: December 10, 2008

Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 16 seconds

Creator: Stoeber, Jack

Item Type: Sound

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Oral History Interview with Robert Gayle, December 10, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert H. Gayle. Gayle joined the Army in 1943 and had basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Not wishing to be a tanker, Gayle applied for the Army Air Force and was accepted. He trained as gunner and was assigned to a B-17 crew. He was assigned to the 2nd Bomb Group in the 15th Air Force at Foggia, Italy in September, 1944. He describes some of his early missions where the crew had to ditch in the Adriatic and were rescued… more

Date: December 10, 2004

Duration: 2 hours 52 minutes 31 seconds

Creator: Gayle, Robert H.

Item Type: Sound

Oral History Interview with Orland Boone, December 10, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orland Boone. Boone enlisted in the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He traveled to South America, to Guyana and Brazil. He flew in B-17s, serving as engineer gunner. In South America Boone worked in the weather office and the operations office. He flew practice missions 6 hours per day. In March of 1944 he was then sent to Europe in the 8th Air Force, 486th Bomb Group, 835th Bomb Squadron, flying in the B-17 lower ball turre… more

Date: December 10, 2004

Creator: Boone, Orland

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