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Oral History Interview with Benjamin Cranefield, November 11, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Benjamin Cranefield, Jr. Cranefield joined the US Navy in 1943, and after attending boot camp in Farragut, Idaho, was sent to corpsman school in San Diego, California. Upon completion of the corpsman training he underwent amphibious training. Then he boarded the USS Hansford (APA-106). He tells of joining the 1st Battalion, 27th Regiment of the 5th Marines at Hilo, Hawaii and of landing on Saipan. He describes the combat act… more

Date: November 11, 2011

Creator: Cranefield, Benjamin

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Irwin Lejman, November 11, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Irwin Lejman. Lejman joined the Navy in 1942 and received basic training in Farragut. Upon completion, he was assigned to a pipe and copper shop at the destroyer base in San Diego. He was reassigned to the USS Hansford (APA-106) and worked in the engine room, repairing pipes and relaying phone communication about the ship’s speed and direction. At Iwo Jima, he was given an ad hoc battle station as loader of a 20-milliter gun… more

Date: November 11, 2011

Creator: Lejman, Irwin

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lawrence Huet, August 11, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lawrence Huet. Huet joined the Navy in late 1942 and trained at Great Lakes. With training complete, he was assigned to USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) in May 1943 and served as flight deck crewman. In 1944, after some leave, Huet was assigned to the USS Flint (CL-97). Huet was discharged in 1946.

Date: August 11, 2015

Creator: Huet, Lawrence

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Marshall Clapp, September 11, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and oral interview with Marshall Clapp. Clapp joined the Oklahoma National Guard at age 17. Called up in 1943, he participated in building Quonset huts throughout the Island of Attu. After returning to the US due to medical reasons, he joined the 120th Combat Engineers at Remagen, Germany and tells of the construction of Bailey Bridges used to cross the Rhine River. Upon returning to the US, he went into the Inactive Reserves. After a short period… more

Date: September 11, 2015

Creator: Clapp, Marshall

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Steele, June 11, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Steele. Steele was working in a machine shop doing precision grinding when the war started. He was drafted in February 1943 and a woman took his place in the factory. His eyesight disqualified him from combat duty so he was trained as an x-ray technician because of some past expertise in photography. He was stationed in Florida at an airbase. In January 1946, Steele was discharged. Steele also describes the work in the … more

Date: June 11, 2015

Creator: Steele, John J.

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles William Wiley, November 11, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles William Wiley. Wiley joined the Navy in 1944. He completed basic training in Samson, New York, and worked in Naval Intelligence at an airfield in Anacostia, near Washington DC. He helped make propaganda and training films, and worked security on the base. In early 1945, he was assigned to USS LST-950 in the Pacific and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa. From September through early November, they perfo… more

Date: November 11, 2016

Creator: Wiley, Charles William

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Walter Steffes, January 11, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Steffes. Steffes entered the Navy June 1946. He completed training in Great Lakes, Illinois. He moved on to Treasure Island, California for electronics school. In July 1947 he boarded the USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883). He served as an electronics technician aboard the destroyer. They arrived in Japan September 1947. They were with the Carrier Division 132. They were assigned to patrol escort, search and rescue, and hyd… more

Date: January 11, 2017

Creator: Steffes, Walter

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Francis Sheahen, May 11, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis Sheahen. Sheahen joined the Naval Reserve in Chicago as an Apprentice Seaman in 1940. He transferred to the Baltimore Reserve Unit to complete Naval Academy prep school. Upon completion he entered the Academy in April of 1941 and graduated with an engineering degree with the Class of 1945. He provides some detail of his experiences in the Academy. Upon graduation he was commissioned as an ensign. From there he was se… more

Date: May 11, 2017

Creator: Sheahen, Francis

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dick Bulington, August 11, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dick Bulington. Bulington joined the Army in January 1946. He completed his training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He had weapons training. After basic training he was sent to Germany in April 1946. They landed in Le Havre, France and went by train to Germany. He served in the 508th Military Police Battalion in Munich. He was then transferred to the 1st Infantry Division. He served partially as an MP with the division and as a… more

Date: August 11, 2016

Creator: Bulington, Dick

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard Mosier, February 11, 2012

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

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joseph M. Base, August 11, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Joseph M. "Joe" Base. Base begins by discussing growing up during the Depression. In 1942, after he finished high school, Base enlisted in the Navy. When he finished basic training, Base attended signalman school before being assigned to submarine school at New London, Connecticut. Upon completing school, Base was assigned to the USS Redfin (SS-272) at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Eventually, the Redfin made its way to the Panama Canal where it practiced firing tor… more

Date: August 11, 2011

Creator: Base, Joseph M.

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Barney Tarver, November 11, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barney Tarver. Tarver joined the Marine Corps in 1944. He was sent to the Pacific as a replacement. Tarver joined the 1st Marine Division on Pavuvu and took part in the invasion of Okinawa. He describes the conditions of the battlefield and the tactics used against dug-in Japanese defenders. Tarver describes being picked for stretcher duty and seeing men break due to the stress of battle. He traveled with the division to Chi… more

Date: November 11, 2010

Creator: Tarver, Barney

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gordon L. Schaefer, December 11, 2010

Transcript of an oral interview with Gordon L. Schaefer. Born in 1924, he was drafted into the Army in 1943. He talks about basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He shares an anecdote about witnessing an encounter between a bus driver and an African American soldier. He was transported to England aboard the SS Argentina in June, 1944. Assigned to the 29th Infantry Division Company C, he landed in France in July. He served as a rifleman in addition to carrying a radio. He describes enterin… more

Date: December 11, 2010

Creator: Schaefer, Gordon L.

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Glenn E. Neff, April 11, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glenn E. Neff. After Neff finished high school, he entered the service in March, 1945. Neff discusses several anecdotes about his training days at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. While he was training, the war in Europe ended. Neff headed for the Pacific and contracted pneumonia aboard the troopship and spent most of his time on the voyage in sick bay. En route to the Philippines, the atomic bombs were dropped and the war ended. Ne… more

Date: April 11, 2012

Creator: Neff, Glenn E.

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edward Duran, June 11, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Duran. Duran joined the Navy in 1927. After achieving warrant officer, Duran was assigned to the USS West Virginia (BB-48) when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was at the motor launch awaiting transport back to his ship when the Japanese attacked. When the dust cleared, Duran found himself in charge of the Japanese midget submarine Ha-19. Duran shares several anecdotes about his service during the war in the Pacific… more

Date: June 11, 2003

Creator: Duran, Edward

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Maxine Flournoy, November 11, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Maxine Flournoy. Flournoy received her pilot’s license through the Civil Pilot Trailing at Joplin Junior College, Missouri in 1941. Beginning in 1943, she served as a pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), furthering her training in Sweetwater, Texas. She then transferred to an Army base in Hondo, Texas for Navigation School, where she lived in the barracks with other female pilots. Flournoy notes that she trained a… more

Date: November 11, 2015

Creator: Flournoy, Maxine

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Francis Sitar, January 11, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Francis J. Sitar. Sitar joined the Navy in early 1941. He completed training in Newport, Rhode Island. In mid-1941, he served aboard USS Mizar (AF-12), and traveled with Task Force 16 to Reykjavík, Iceland. For the next year the Mizar operated in the western Atlantic from a number of East Coast ports supplying bases and ships from Iceland to the Virgin Islands. In July of 1942 they transported a parachute battalion to New Zealand… more

Date: January 11, 2016

Creator: Sitar, Francis

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clyde Simpson, March 11, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clyde Simpson. Simpson joined the Navy in June of 1940. He went to boot camp in San Diego, California. From there he went to Aviation Radio School to learn Morse Code. He also completed gunnery school. He was then transferred in early 1941 to the air group on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and placed in Scouting Squadron 3 (VS-3). They traveled back and forth from San Diego to Hawaii for training cruises. Ten days after the attack … more

Date: March 11, 2016

Creator: Simpson, Clyde

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Carmine Giuliano, October 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War present an oral interview with Carmine Giuliano. Giuliano was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. He recalls his early life as a child of immigrant parents. He received his draft notice while attending Berkley College and entered the Navy Aviation Cadet Training Program in February 1943. He tells of flight training before being notified of the reduction of cadets. He was then sent to boot camp and then Midshipman’s School at Notre Dame. After being commiss… more

Date: October 11, 2013

Creator: Giuliano, Carmine

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Sullivan, November 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Sullivan. Sullivan was born 11 November 1923. He joined the Navy in December of 1942. He served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard USS Wesson (DE-184). They traveled to Kwajalein and the Marianas. Sullivan speaks of supporting the Philippine Island operations, and the Okinawa invasion. He returned to the US in late 1945, and received his discharge in 1946.

Date: November 11, 2013

Creator: Sullivan, Charles

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Olen Gaither, November 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Olen Gaither. Gaither joined the Navy in 1944. He served as First-Class Seaman aboard the USS Wesson (DE-184). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, Guam, Leyte and Okinawa. Gaither served on the 40mm anti-aircraft gun during battle, and was in charge of the galley during his 9-month service aboard the Wesson. He returned to the US and received his discharge in 1946.

Date: November 11, 2013

Creator: Gaither, Olen

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Fred Morgan, December 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Morgan. Morgan joined the Army in January of 1942. He went to Fort Devens, Massachusetts for basic training. He served with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment as a medic. Morgan tells of the training he received in jump school. After additional training in North Africa, the unit dropped into Sicily. Morgan describes some of the difficulties they encountered. This was followed by a drop at Salerno, Italy. The unit was then… more

Date: December 11, 2013

Creator: Morgan, Fred

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Rodolf, December 11, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Rodolf. Rodolf grew up in Oklahoma and joined the Army Air Force in 1942. He was in photo reconnaissance, called F-5, and was a pilot of P-38 camera vision. After training, he arrived in Guadalcanal in March 1944. He flew missions out of Bougainville covering Rabaul and Kavieng. In October 1944, he moved up to Noemfor, then to Sansapor. He continued flying until November 1945. He was in the 13th Army Air Force, 17th Pho… more

Date: December 11, 2000

Creator: Rodolf, John

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with H. James Avery, April 11, 2001

Transcript of an oral interview with James Avery. Mr Avery was a junior at the University of Illinois when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He signed up with the Army Air Corps since they would let him finish his degree before they would take him. However, the Army Air Corps was not able to honor its commitment since they needed pilots badly. In March 1943, they called him up and sent him to Lackland Air Base for the preflight program. From there, Avery went to Fort Stockton where he learned to fly i… more

Date: April 11, 2001

Creator: Avery, H. James

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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