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Oral History Interview with James Trubach, February 10, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Trubach. Trubach was drafted into the Army in December of 1944. In March of 1945 he traveled to Luzon, Philippines. His job was to go out on reconnaissance missions into the hills of Luzon to locate any remaining Japanese soldiers in the caves. Trubach provides some detail of these missions and of jungle life. He then traveled to Fukaya, Japan to help clean up an ammunition storage area and destroy Japanese weapons. He was … more
Date: February 10, 2012
Duration: 51 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Trubach, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Mosier, February 11, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Mosier. Mosier joined the Army in 1946, having been a high school student during the war, and was sent to Japan for occupation duty. Upon arrival, he was assigned to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East as a personal aide to the presiding justices. He was on friendly terms with all of them, and among the list of tasks he performed were repairing a family heirloom for Sir William Webb, playing bridge w… more
Date: February 11, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Mosier, Richard
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 Clyde Powell, February 4, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clyde Powell. Powell joined the Navy in 1942 and received basic training in Norfolk and further training at a signal school. Upon completion, he was sent to Attu and Adak, followed by Tarawa. He stayed aboard ship, in communication with the troops ashore. They sent Powell messages describing the action and relaying their needs for ammunition and aid. Powell says the invasion was rougher than portrayed in the media. On the fi… more
Date: February 4, 2012
Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Powell, Clyde
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 Ray Pinell, February 6, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Pinell. Pinell joined the Navy early in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He received training on firing and repairing torpedoes. Upon completion he was assigned to various torpedo squadrons in the Pacific. He worked primarily in field repair units but would occasionally fill in as a torpedoman aboard PT boats. In addition to carrying out night patrols, he would soften landings in the Philippines by firing t… more
Date: February 6, 2012
Duration: 50 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Pinell, Ray
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 H. Butterfield, February 10, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John H. Butterfield. Butterfield was drafted in November, 1942 into the Army and trained as an antiaircraft gunner. In March, 1943 he was shipped to Hawaii. Soon, he was assigned to a gun battery at Pearl City. He also learned to operate the radar and describes its activity. Butterfield describes being transported across the Pacific in an LST and participating in the assault on Makin Island. Butterfield and crew set up their… more
Date: February 10, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Butterfield, John H.
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 David T. Hughes, February 17, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with David T. Hughes. Hughes joined the Marine Corps in September, 1942. He trained in San Diego and then shipped over to New Zealand. When Hughes arrived, he was assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division as a rifleman. Hughes shares several anecdotes about training in New Zealand prior to shipping to Tarawa. At Tarawa, his unit was held in reserve and did not go ashore until the afternoon of the sec… more
Date: February 17, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Hughes, David T.
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 Daniel F. Hinojosa, February 22, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel F. Hinojosa. Hinojosa volunteered for the Marine Corps in 1944 so as to avoid being drafted. He trained in San Diego. When deployed, Hinojosa was attached to Company D, 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Hinojosa then goes on to describe landing in the first wave on Red Beach at Iwo Jima. He was in a machien gun squad. Hinojosa was discharged in 1946 and returned home to finish high school.
Date: February 22, 2012
Duration: 38 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Hinojosa, Daniel F.
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 Arnold L. Pitcher, February 22, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arnold L. ""Al"" Pitcher. Pitcher finished high school and then joined the Navy in 1943. He joined with one of his brothers and they trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Upon completion Pitcher went to quartermaster school at Bainbridge, Maryland, where he learned to signal, navigate and steer a destroyer escort. Upon completion, Pitcher was sent to California where he boarded the USS Crowley (DE-303) and headed for Pearl Harbo… more
Date: February 22, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Pitcher, Arnold 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 Otto K. Smith, February 7, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Otto K. Smith. Smith joined the US Army Air Forces late in 1942 after he finished high school and trained at Biloxi, Mississippi. Smith volunteered for aerial gunnery training after basic and was shipped to Las Vegas, Nevada for more training. At the beginning of 1943, SMith graduated from gunnery school and then headed for radio school at Scott Field, Illinois. By the end of the year, Smith was teamed up with a crew and tra… more
Date: February 7, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Smith, Otto K.
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 Marlin Dyer, February 23, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Marlin Dyer. Dyer joined the Navy in 1944. He completed training as a crewman on a landing craft, vehicle, personnel, LCVP or Higgins boat. He transported Marines to and from the shore during the Battle of Okinawa, and continued work on the island for 13 months. Dyer returned to the US and received his discharge in May of 1946.
Date: February 23, 2012
Duration: 39 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Dyer, Marlin
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 Joe Kostelnik, February 24, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Kostelnik. Kostelnik joined the Navy in May of 1944. He served as Apprentice Seaman aboard the USS Belet (APD-109) in the Pacific. Kostelnik notes he participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns, transporting the 2nd Division Marine Corps, and received 2 battle stars. After the war ended, they traveled to Tokyo Bay and witnessed the signing of the Peace Treaty. After the signing, he returned to the US and received his d… more
Date: February 24, 2012
Duration: 17 minutes
Creator: Kostelnik, Joe
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 Harley Ruth, February 28, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Harley Ruth. After doing a little work in Arkansas after completing high school, Ruth joined the Army in Fort Worth, Texas in 1940. He trained in the artillery in San Antonio, then became an instructor at a Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After one year of service, Ruth applied for pilot training in the Army Air Corps, was accepted, and reported to Brooks Army Air Field for preflight training just after t… more
Date: February 28, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Ruth, John Harley
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 Frank Miller, February 23, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Miller. Miller joined the Navy in 1942. He trained to work in the engine and boiler rooms, serving as Third Class Petty Officer aboard the USS Jarvis (DD-799). Miller participated in 8 engagements through Alaska and the Kurile Islands. After Japan’s surrender, he worked with occupation forces in Japan destroying military supplies. Miller was discharged in February of 1946.
Date: February 23, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Miller, Frank
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 Robert D. Molleston, February 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert D. Molleston. Molleston joined the Navy in 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. From there he went to radio school and aerial gunnery school before he was assigned to Air Group 6 and shipped to Hawaii aboard the USS General E.T. Collins (AP-147). In March, 1945, Molleston and his unit boarded the USS Hancock (CV-19) at Ulithi. Molleston reads from his diary he kept in his flight log book (May through June, 1945). It d… more
Date: February 27, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Molleston, Robert D.
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 Arthur O. Spaulding, February 24, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur O. Spaulding. Spaulding grew up on his father's lemon farm in California and finished high school in 1943. He then enrolled in the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, but enlisted in the Army after a few months. Eventually, Spaulding served in Europe and recalls coming home after Germany surrendered.
Date: February 24, 2012
Duration: 21 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Spaulding, Arthur O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Trubach, February 10, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Trubach. Trubach was drafted into the Army in December of 1944. In March of 1945 he traveled to Luzon, Philippines. His job was to go out on reconnaissance missions into the hills of Luzon to locate any remaining Japanese soldiers in the caves. Trubach provides some detail of these missions and of jungle life. He then traveled to Fukaya, Japan to help clean up an ammunition storage area and destroy Japanese weapons. He was … more
Date: February 10, 2012
Creator: Trubach, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard Mosier, February 11, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Mosier. Mosier joined the Army in 1946, having been a high school student during the war, and was sent to Japan for occupation duty. Upon arrival, he was assigned to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East as a personal aide to the presiding justices. He was on friendly terms with all of them, and among the list of tasks he performed were repairing a family heirloom for Sir William Webb, playing bridge w… more
Date: February 11, 2012
Creator: Mosier, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clyde Powell, February 4, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clyde Powell. Powell joined the Navy in 1942 and received basic training in Norfolk and further training at a signal school. Upon completion, he was sent to Attu and Adak, followed by Tarawa. He stayed aboard ship, in communication with the troops ashore. They sent Powell messages describing the action and relaying their needs for ammunition and aid. Powell says the invasion was rougher than portrayed in the media. On the fi… more
Date: February 4, 2012
Creator: Powell, Clyde
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ray Pinell, February 6, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Pinell. Pinell joined the Navy early in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He received training on firing and repairing torpedoes. Upon completion he was assigned to various torpedo squadrons in the Pacific. He worked primarily in field repair units but would occasionally fill in as a torpedoman aboard PT boats. In addition to carrying out night patrols, he would soften landings in the Philippines by firing t… more
Date: February 6, 2012
Creator: Pinell, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John H. Butterfield, February 10, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John H. Butterfield. Butterfield was drafted in November, 1942 into the Army and trained as an antiaircraft gunner. In March, 1943 he was shipped to Hawaii. Soon, he was assigned to a gun battery at Pearl City. He also learned to operate the radar and describes its activity. Butterfield describes being transported across the Pacific in an LST and participating in the assault on Makin Island. Butterfield and crew set up their… more
Date: February 10, 2012
Creator: Butterfield, John H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with David T. Hughes, February 17, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with David T. Hughes. Hughes joined the Marine Corps in September, 1942. He trained in San Diego and then shipped over to New Zealand. When Hughes arrived, he was assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division as a rifleman. Hughes shares several anecdotes about training in New Zealand prior to shipping to Tarawa. At Tarawa, his unit was held in reserve and did not go ashore until the afternoon of the sec… more
Date: February 17, 2012
Creator: Hughes, David T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Daniel F. Hinojosa, February 22, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel F. Hinojosa. Hinojosa volunteered for the Marine Corps in 1944 so as to avoid being drafted. He trained in San Diego. When deployed, Hinojosa was attached to Company D, 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Hinojosa then goes on to describe landing in the first wave on Red Beach at Iwo Jima. He was in a machien gun squad. Hinojosa was discharged in 1946 and returned home to finish high school.
Date: February 22, 2012
Creator: Hinojosa, Daniel F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arnold L. Pitcher, February 22, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arnold L. ""Al"" Pitcher. Pitcher finished high school and then joined the Navy in 1943. He joined with one of his brothers and they trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Upon completion Pitcher went to quartermaster school at Bainbridge, Maryland, where he learned to signal, navigate and steer a destroyer escort. Upon completion, Pitcher was sent to California where he boarded the USS Crowley (DE-303) and headed for Pearl Harbo… more
Date: February 22, 2012
Creator: Pitcher, Arnold L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Otto K. Smith, February 7, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Otto K. Smith. Smith joined the US Army Air Forces late in 1942 after he finished high school and trained at Biloxi, Mississippi. Smith volunteered for aerial gunnery training after basic and was shipped to Las Vegas, Nevada for more training. At the beginning of 1943, SMith graduated from gunnery school and then headed for radio school at Scott Field, Illinois. By the end of the year, Smith was teamed up with a crew and tra… more
Date: February 7, 2012
Creator: Smith, Otto K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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