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Oral History Interview with Keith Lea, April 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Keith Lea. Lea took part in the V-12 program and then was activated as a lieutenant (j.g.) in 1943. He was eventually sent to join the crew of LCI-762, a ship being converted into an LCI(R). They traveled across the Pacific and took part in the invasion of Okinawa providing rocket and gunfire support for troops on shore. Lea witnessed several kamikaze attacks on ships operating off of Okinawa. He describes in detail an attac… more
Date: April 18, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Lea, Keith
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Teagarden, April 18, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Teagarden. Teagarden joined the Army Air Corps around 1940. He received his wings and commission in February of 1942. He served as a B-24 pilot and flight leader of the 465th Bomb Group, 780th Bomb Squadron. He completed 50 missions from the Pantanella Airfield where he was based in southern Italy. He flew missions over Vienna, Budapest, Munich and the Ploesti Oil Fields in Romania. He received the Distinguished Flying Cros… more
Date: April 18, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Teagarden, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Tucker, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Tucker. Tucker was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. He went to aircraft armament school at Buckley Field, Colorado and aerial gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. He was then assigned to a B-25 crew training in Columbia, South Carolina. He served as a tail gunner. He provides detail of his activities and lessons in training. In December of 1944 his crew received orders to go overseas to India. His crew joi… more
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leon Stath, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leon Stath. Stath joined the Navy and volunteered for submarine duty in 1944. After finishing sound school and torpedo school, he was sent to the Pacific and assigned aboard the submarine tender USS Howard W Gilmore (AS-16) at Subic Bay. He also served on submarine skeleton crews ferrying subs as well as aboard USS Requin (SS-481) when Slade Cutter commanded. When the war ended, Stath took his discharge in late 1945.
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Stath, Leon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Nicholas Herzog, April 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Nicholas Herzog. Herzog shares his family history and growing up during the Great Depression. He joined the Army in March of 1945 and served with the Light Infantry. In October of 1945 he traveled to Camp Lucky Strike in Janville, France. He was later assigned to the 508th Military Police Battalion, Company A, in Munich, Germany. Herzog guarded the body of Hermann Wilhelm Göring, after he was found guilty of war crimes and commit… more
Date: April 18, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Herzog, Nicholas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wallis Hines, April 18, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wallis Hines. Hines joined the Army in September of 1943. In March of 1944 they traveled to Naples, Italy, where he was assigned to C Company, 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion. In May they set up a mortar position in preparation for General Mark Clark to lead the Fifth Army in its capture of Rome in June. They participated in the Invasion of Southern France in August. In December they moved into Bastogne, Belgium in preparation for … more
Date: April 18, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Hines, Wallis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Hafter, April 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Hafter. Hafter went into the Air Force right after Pearl Harbor, attended radio school in Illinois and then was sent to Colorado Springs, CO Air Base. His unit (17th Photo Recon, flying P-38s) was shipped overseas via a Dutch freighter ending up on Guadalcanal on 6 Jan 1943. While on Guadalcanal, Hafter transferred to the 70th Fighter Squadron which was flying P-39s. Had malaria five times. His unit moved to Ondonga I… more
Date: April 18, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Hafter, Joseph A.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ferdinand Rosenfeld, April 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ferdinand Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld joined the Army in April of 1941. He was assigned to the 601st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, and worked as the Supply Sergeant for the gun battery. They were stationed at Fort Bliss when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. In the fall of 1942, Rosenfeld was then transferred to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, assigned to Battery A. Their assignment was to protect the Navy Yard. In the fall of 1944, … more
Date: April 18, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Rosenfeld, Ferdinand
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Episode 18: Susan Supak

Description: Interview with Susan Supak for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. For the final episode of Season 1 of our podcast, Susan assumes the guest role as Jordan Williams interviews her about her remarkable career and her experience working with OLLI at UNT. Susan shares stories about her work as a spokeswoman for the Army, including how her duties took her inside the Soviet Union as our nation pursued an arms reduction agreement near the end of the Cold War. Susan also talks about … more
Date: April 18, 2019
Duration: 25 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan & Williams, Jordan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Clifford Warren, April 18, 2001

Description: Interview with Clifford Warren, a POW in WWII. He describes life in the POW camps and the status of life in Japan during WWII.
Date: April 18, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: McNeil, William J. & Warren, Clifford
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Wilmer A. Moreau, April 18, 2003

Description: Interview with Wilmer A. Moreau, an infantryman in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He describes his service and answers questions about his time overseas.
Date: April 18, 2003
Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Mcelhany, M. & Moreau, Wilmer A.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004

Description: Interview with Raymond Barajas, an infantry veteran of the U.S. Army who was discharged after a training accident in 1943. It includes a list of questions, which focus on Barajas's time in training, his subsequent injury, and impressions of his time in the service and war in general.
Date: April 18, 2004
Duration: 41 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Barajas, Raymond
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, April 18, 2013

Description: Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, a Tivy High School alumnus, from Kerrville, Texas. Domingues recalls his time attending Tivy High School and St. Mary's University, his time living in Dallas, his work with his father as a surveyor, and his work on the Domingues Ranch.
Date: April 18, 2013
Duration: 16 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes; Stephens, Louis & Domingues, Charles Bowman
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew tr… more
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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