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Oral History Interview with James Cook, March 15, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Cook. Cook’s brother Sidney speaks on his behalf. Cook graduated from high school in May of 1941. He joined the Marine Corps in 1942. He went to boot camp on the east coast, and he provides some detail of his experiences. He then went on to train as an aircraft mechanic at Chanute Field, Illinois. From there he went to the Navy Pier in Chicago for additional training. Then he completed special training in electronic pr… more
Date: March 15, 2017
Duration: 47 minutes
Creator: Cook, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Storick, September 15, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Storick. Storick joined the Navy after high school in June 1943 and trained at Great Lakes. His forst assignmnet took him aboard USS Taluga (AO-62). He shares several anecdotes from his time aboard, where he served as a rangefinder. Storick also shares his experiences ashore in Japan and Korea after the war. He was discharged in March 1946.
Date: September 15, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Storick, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Earl Call, October 15, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Earl Call. Call joined the Army Air Forces in January 1943 and went to weather school in Michigan. His first assignment was to Mitchel Field in New York as a weather observer. He went overseas aboard SS Jeremiah O'Brien (1943) to New Caledonia, then to a weather station on Guadalcanal for one day. Then he went to an island north of Bougainville, Green Island, and was assigned to the weather station there with the 17th Weather Squ… more
Date: October 15, 2017
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Call, Earl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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