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Oral History Interview with Ursula Kramer, August 11, 2006

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ursula Kramer. Born in 1907 in Königsberg, East Prussia, she talks about her life during World War I as the daughter of a German Army officer. She then recounts her life in Germany and Austria during World War II as the wife of a professor. She describes the living conditions in Germany during and after the war. She talks about the Allied bombing of Berlin. She discusses her husband's involvement in a secret German resistance effort as well as her own anti-H… more
Date: August 11, 2006
Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Kramer, Ursula
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Ramos, August 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Ramos. Ramos joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1942. He served with a troop carrier squadron aboard a C-47, as a radio operator. He attended a number of USO shows. They traveled to northern Morocco, where he was in charge of an identification, friend or foe (IFF) system box. He traveled on to Algeria, Sicily, North Africa, Iran delivering drop tanks. Ramos flew with a photo reconnaissance unit aboard a B-17. His troop … more
Date: August 1, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Ramos, Joseph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Burle Hawthorn, August 10, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Burle C. Hawthorn. Hawthorn joined the Navy around 1943. He served as an aviation metalsmith aboard USS Chandeleur (AV-10), a seaplane tender, in the Pacific Theatre. Beginning in early 1944, they transported men, aviation equipment, torpedoes, bombs and other cargo throughout the South Pacific islands. Hawthorn shares stories of taking Marines to Guadalcanal, New Hebrides, and Palau. They provided tender services for several pat… more
Date: August 10, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Hawthorn, Burle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John O'Keefe, August 10, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. O’Keefe. He was born in Centralia, Illinois 13 June 1923. After high school he worked for the Illinois Railroad until he was old enough to join the Navy in 1942. After training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, he was assigned to Diesel Service School in Chicago. After six weeks, he went to patrol boat school at Melville, Rhode Island. O’Keefe and several other PT boat replacements, boarded the Robert C. Gre… more
Date: August 10, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: O'Keefe, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Rudd, August 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Rudd. Rudd was drafted in October 1942 and became a member of the Army Air Forces. He was sent to radio school and served as a radioman on a C-47 in the 83rd Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group. Rudd took part in the D-Day invasion and describes pulling gliders, dropping paratroopers, and evacuating wounded. He describes his duties and the type of equipment he used as a radioman. Rudd also describes how equipment was d… more
Date: August 17, 2006
Duration: 46 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Rudd, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Campbell, August 8, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald L. Campbell. Campbell joined the Navy in August 1943, at the age of eighteen. He completed gunnery school in Gulf Port, Mississippi and served as an Armed Guard aboard Merchant Marine ships. In February 1944, he was transported to Fremantle, Australia. Campbell shares his experiences getting initiated upon crossing the equator, and transporting supplies of ammunition, bombs, planes and Army trucks to Calcutta, India. He no… more
Date: August 8, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Campbell, Donald L
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas C. Geary, August 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas C. Geary. Born 1 November 1917 in Victorville, California, Geary attended Calaveras high school in San Andreas graduating in 1935. In 1937, Geary graduated from junior college and enlisted in the Army Air Forces in April 1943 hoping to be a bombardier. After completing basic training at Kearns Army Air Base, Utah, he was sent to Utah State University in Logan and then Kingman, Arizona where he received gunnery trainin… more
Date: August 17, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Geary, Thomas C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Gerards, August 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Gerards. Gerards joined the Army Air Forces in April of 1943. He completed pilot training and aerial gunnery school in June of 1944. He served as first lieutenant B-24 bombardier in the 380th Bomb Group, 531st Bomb Squadron, 5th Air Force. They traveled to Hawaii, Tarawa, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Leyte and Murtha Field on Mindoro Island. He completed 33 missions over the Philippines, Okinawa, Balikpapan, French Indochina a… more
Date: August 11, 2006
Duration: 59 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Gerards, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Henry Gerards, August 21, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Gerards. Born in Kennewick, Washington, 3 March 1917, Gerards joined the US Army Air Forces in November 1942. After competing basic training in Santa Maria, California, he entered pilot training. Upon receiving his wings and being commissioned he was sent to Ardmore, Oklahoma for transition to multi-engine aircraft flying the B-17. Upon completion of crew training, the crew flew a new B-17 to Scotland where they were a… more
Date: August 21, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Gerards, Henry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Vern Kissinger, August 8, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Vern A. Kissinger. Kissinger joined the Army Air Forces on 10 June 1942, at the age of seventeen. He received only basic infantry training, then arrived in Ipswich, England in September. He served as a private with Headquarters 12th Air Force. In November, Kissinger was shipped to Oran, Africa. He describes some of the events of the North African Campaign. Kissinger was then transferred to Corsica in the spring of 1943. He then h… more
Date: August 8, 2006
Duration: 57 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Kissinger, Vern
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Tony Defusco, August 18, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tony Defusco. Defusco joined the Marine Corps in June 1942 and received basic training at Parris Island. He received further training as a rifleman in California. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 25th Marines where he joined BN2, Battalion Intelligence. In January 1944 he invaded the Marshall Islands, focusing on Namur. Afterward his unit went from island to island in search of information on Amelia Earhart. He descri… more
Date: August 18, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Defusco, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Geary, August 29, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John V. Geary. Geary joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1942, and received training as an aircraft electrical specialist at Chanute Airforce Base in Rantoul, Illinois. He worked on the AT-17, AT-9 and B-29 engines, propellers and electrical systems. Geary was assigned as a B-29 crew chief with the 355th Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, 315th Air Wing. Their plane was titled Slicker Four. In late 1944, he went to Guam. He d… more
Date: August 29, 2006
Duration: 43 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Geary, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Good, August 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth O. Good. Good joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He completed Radio Operator and Mechanics Technical School at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and the Aviation Cadet Pilot Training Program in Texas. Good received his wings in August of 1944. He served with the 528th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group, 14th Air Force as a P-51 fighter pilot, under the director of General Claire Chenault. In May of 1945, Go… more
Date: August 30, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Good, Kenneth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clarence LeMieux, August 25, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence LeMieux. LeMieux was born on 16 December 1916 in Virginia, Minnesota. Graduating from high school in 1934, he joined the US Army Air Corps. He was sent to Chanute Field and enrolled in an engine and airframe training course. Upon graduation he was assigned to a B-10 crew and participated in gunnery and bombing practice. He was later, transferred to a B-17 crew and sent to Townsville, Australia. LeMieux tells of a bo… more
Date: August 25, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: LeMieux, Clarence
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ursula Kramer, August 11, 2006

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ursula Kramer. Born in 1907 in Königsberg, East Prussia, she talks about her life during World War I as the daughter of a German Army officer. She then recounts her life in Germany and Austria during World War II as the wife of a professor. She describes the living conditions in Germany during and after the war. She talks about the Allied bombing of Berlin. She discusses her husband's involvement in a secret German resistance effort as well as her own anti-H… more
Date: August 11, 2006
Creator: Kramer, Ursula
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joseph Ramos, August 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Ramos. Ramos joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1942. He served with a troop carrier squadron aboard a C-47, as a radio operator. He attended a number of USO shows. They traveled to northern Morocco, where he was in charge of an identification, friend or foe (IFF) system box. He traveled on to Algeria, Sicily, North Africa, Iran delivering drop tanks. Ramos flew with a photo reconnaissance unit aboard a B-17. His troop … more
Date: August 1, 2006
Creator: Ramos, Joseph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Burle Hawthorn, August 10, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Burle C. Hawthorn. Hawthorn joined the Navy around 1943. He served as an aviation metalsmith aboard USS Chandeleur (AV-10), a seaplane tender, in the Pacific Theatre. Beginning in early 1944, they transported men, aviation equipment, torpedoes, bombs and other cargo throughout the South Pacific islands. Hawthorn shares stories of taking Marines to Guadalcanal, New Hebrides, and Palau. They provided tender services for several pat… more
Date: August 10, 2006
Creator: Hawthorn, Burle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John O'Keefe, August 10, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. O’Keefe. He was born in Centralia, Illinois 13 June 1923. After high school he worked for the Illinois Railroad until he was old enough to join the Navy in 1942. After training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, he was assigned to Diesel Service School in Chicago. After six weeks, he went to patrol boat school at Melville, Rhode Island. O’Keefe and several other PT boat replacements, boarded the Robert C. Gre… more
Date: August 10, 2006
Creator: O'Keefe, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Rudd, August 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Rudd. Rudd was drafted in October 1942 and became a member of the Army Air Forces. He was sent to radio school and served as a radioman on a C-47 in the 83rd Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group. Rudd took part in the D-Day invasion and describes pulling gliders, dropping paratroopers, and evacuating wounded. He describes his duties and the type of equipment he used as a radioman. Rudd also describes how equipment was d… more
Date: August 17, 2006
Creator: Rudd, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Donald Campbell, August 8, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald L. Campbell. Campbell joined the Navy in August 1943, at the age of eighteen. He completed gunnery school in Gulf Port, Mississippi and served as an Armed Guard aboard Merchant Marine ships. In February 1944, he was transported to Fremantle, Australia. Campbell shares his experiences getting initiated upon crossing the equator, and transporting supplies of ammunition, bombs, planes and Army trucks to Calcutta, India. He no… more
Date: August 8, 2006
Creator: Campbell, Donald L
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas C. Geary, August 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas C. Geary. Born 1 November 1917 in Victorville, California, Geary attended Calaveras high school in San Andreas graduating in 1935. In 1937, Geary graduated from junior college and enlisted in the Army Air Forces in April 1943 hoping to be a bombardier. After completing basic training at Kearns Army Air Base, Utah, he was sent to Utah State University in Logan and then Kingman, Arizona where he received gunnery trainin… more
Date: August 17, 2006
Creator: Geary, Thomas C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with George Gerards, August 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Gerards. Gerards joined the Army Air Forces in April of 1943. He completed pilot training and aerial gunnery school in June of 1944. He served as first lieutenant B-24 bombardier in the 380th Bomb Group, 531st Bomb Squadron, 5th Air Force. They traveled to Hawaii, Tarawa, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Leyte and Murtha Field on Mindoro Island. He completed 33 missions over the Philippines, Okinawa, Balikpapan, French Indochina a… more
Date: August 11, 2006
Creator: Gerards, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Henry Gerards, August 21, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Gerards. Born in Kennewick, Washington, 3 March 1917, Gerards joined the US Army Air Forces in November 1942. After competing basic training in Santa Maria, California, he entered pilot training. Upon receiving his wings and being commissioned he was sent to Ardmore, Oklahoma for transition to multi-engine aircraft flying the B-17. Upon completion of crew training, the crew flew a new B-17 to Scotland where they were a… more
Date: August 21, 2006
Creator: Gerards, Henry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Vern Kissinger, August 8, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Vern A. Kissinger. Kissinger joined the Army Air Forces on 10 June 1942, at the age of seventeen. He received only basic infantry training, then arrived in Ipswich, England in September. He served as a private with Headquarters 12th Air Force. In November, Kissinger was shipped to Oran, Africa. He describes some of the events of the North African Campaign. Kissinger was then transferred to Corsica in the spring of 1943. He then h… more
Date: August 8, 2006
Creator: Kissinger, Vern
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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