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Oral History Interview with Albert Machaud, June 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Machaud. Machaud joined the Army Air Forces on 27 June 1946. He served as a control tower operator with the 128th Army Airways Communication System Squadron. He traveled throughout the Pacific, including Johnston Island, Wake Island, Kwajalein, Okinawa and into Tokyo by January of 1947, directing aircraft on new airstrips that had hastily been built during the war. He speaks of his experiences during his 2 years in occupie… more
Date: June 17, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Machaud, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Albert Machaud, June 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Machaud. Machaud joined the Army Air Forces on 27 June 1946. He served as a control tower operator with the 128th Army Airways Communication System Squadron. He traveled throughout the Pacific, including Johnston Island, Wake Island, Kwajalein, Okinawa and into Tokyo by January of 1947, directing aircraft on new airstrips that had hastily been built during the war. He speaks of his experiences during his 2 years in occupie… more
Date: June 17, 2016
Creator: Machaud, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bob Sweatt, January 26, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Sweatt. Sweatt was inducted to the Army Air Forces in September 1942. He describes his training as a gunner. Sweatt joined the 389th Bomb Group as a waist gunner in a B-24. He describes his experiences on several missions. Sweatt was the only surviving crewmember when his plane was shot down. He describes getting wounded, escaping the plane, and parachuting to the ground. Sweatt details the three months that he was hidde… more
Date: January 26, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Sweatt, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bob Sweatt, January 26, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Sweatt. Sweatt was inducted to the Army Air Forces in September 1942. He describes his training as a gunner. Sweatt joined the 389th Bomb Group as a waist gunner in a B-24. He describes his experiences on several missions. Sweatt was the only surviving crewmember when his plane was shot down. He describes getting wounded, escaping the plane, and parachuting to the ground. Sweatt details the three months that he was hidde… more
Date: January 26, 2011
Creator: Sweatt, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arlie Asmussen, December 27, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arlie Asmussen. Asmussen joined the Navy in 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served aboard the USS Owl (AM-2) beginning in February of 1942. His job aboard was to cook and serve as a deck ape, scrubbing the decks and bulkheads, and tying up the boats. In March they traveled to Bermuda and remained for 2 years. They provided target practice for submarines and went out on distress calls, rescuing a torpedoed cargo ship fr… more
Date: December 27, 2005
Creator: Asmussen, Arlie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Albert Eshelman, February 25, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Eshelman. Eshelman was inducted into the Army in February of 1942. He served in the 553rd Air Force Base Unit. In December of 1943 he went to Liverpool, England. His job there was refueling the planes, using two 4,000-gallon trailers and a tanker engine. He also traveled to Metfield while in England, assisting with the closing of a base. He describes this experience, including a near miss from an enemy shell. He was sent t… more
Date: February 25, 2005
Creator: Eshelman, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders.… more
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 36.126572 -97.073482
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders.… more
Date: May 10, 2000
Duration: 3 hours 6 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Scrapbook of John Briggs travels to Portugal, Poland and France]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1988 and 1989, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, stamps, receipts, clippings, coins, stickers, and other records of travel throughout Europe. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1988/1989
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: 38.707692 -9.136507
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Alley and Roofs of Alfama, Lisbon]

Description: Photograph of an alley and rooftops in Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal. Layers of white buildings with orange roofs stand in the bottom half of the photograph, framed by buildings on the sides of the photograph and power lines and clouds above them. Small balconies sit along the wall to the right, flowers sat on them with metal awnings above.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Altar at Basilica in Fatima, Portugal]

Description: Photograph of the papal altar at the basilica in Fatima, Portugal. The shining, dark altar stands at the bottom of the photograph, an object sat on it. White barrier fences surround a grey, stone platform that stretches out into the background. Circular hedges surround bushes and a central statue at the center of the platform. An open covering full of people is visible along the right edge of the photograph. A red and blue stained glass art piece depicting a cross hangs over the altar.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 39.631949 -8.672203
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Aqueducts From Afar in Elvas, Portugal]

Description: Photograph of aqueducts in Elvas, Portugal from afar. The dirt covered stone wall is covered in arches of varying lengths stacked in columns. A grey road forks off under the arches of the aqueducts in a large dirt patch. Yellow grass sits in the foreground and green leaves hang down from the top of the photograph.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 38.878717 -7.171397
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Aqueducts in Elvas, Portugal]

Description: Photograph of aqueducts in Elvas, Portugal. The open arches of the aqueducts sit atop each other, the arches shrinking as it sits along the tan, stone walls. A layered pillar sits along the side of the wall to the right between two columns of arches. A short tree sits in the bottom left corner.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 38.877954 -7.171632
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Balconies and Tile Work in Lisbon]

Description: Photograph of balconies and tile work along buildings in the Alfama neighborhood of Lisbon, Portugal. Black, metal, ornate fences surround the long balconies along a multi-level building. Potted plants sit along the balconies, hanging through the fencing. Blue and white tiles cover the wall of the building, surrounding stone door frames and lined with stone corners. Cloth hangs from the top of the door and along the balcony fence.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima]

Description: Photograph of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal. The white basilica is a thin, tower-like structure with a layered tower. A golden dome sits atop the tower with a white cross at its end. A dark paved courtyard sits ahead of the steps of the basilica, white barriers surrounded by groups of people throughout it. Large sculptures sit on the edges of the extended wall of the basilica and along the layers of the church.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 39.631865 -8.672969
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Blue Tile Picture at Buçaco Royal Hunting Lodge]

Description: Photograph of a tile painting in the Buçaco Royal Hunting Lodge. The blue tiles depict two men on a ship speaking to each other, one man in European nobleman clothing and the other wearing a headwrap and sash. The tile is surrounded by sunflower covered tiles like a frame. A person's hand points to the tile on the right side of the photograph.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 40.376097 -8.365493
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Boats on Lowtide on the Minho Estuary, Portugal]

Description: Photograph of colorful boats at low tide on the Minho Estuary. A large hills covered in green trees and white and orange buildings is visible in the background under a white cloud. Small boats sit on the water and sand of the estuary in the foreground. A few of the bats are surrounded by people.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.877557 -8.840095
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Border Bridge to Portugal]

Description: Photograph of the border bridge from Spain to Valencia, Portugal. The bridge is completely covered in a metal, cross-patterned covering along the walls and along the top. A line of cars driving toward the bottom left corner of the photograph sits on the left side of the photograph.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 42.036048 -8.646511
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Bridge From Lisbon to Christ Monument]

Description: Photograph of a suspension bridge leading from Lisbon to the Christ Monument. The dark, metal bridge spans across the blue river below it, towering above the photographer. Hills covered in trees sit on the other side of the bridge. The Sanctuary of Christ the King monument depicting Jesus in stone in a cross pose on a tall tower sits on a hills to the left. Another city sits along the water to the right.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 38.698462 -9.178448
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Candles for Sale in Fátima]

Description: Photograph of candles for sale in Fátima, Portugal. Long, beige candles hang from a white shelf with prices along it. Blue, plastic baskets hold smaller candles and price tags. The building is made of a white, stone brick.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Cathedral in Batalha, Portugal]

Description: Photograph of a cathedral in Batalha, Portugal. The tan cathedral has a flat face with three large, pointed windows along either side and the top of it. An arched entryway covered in small statues and engravings surround a large, black door at the center where a group of people are congregated. Black and grey dirt cover the edges of the cathedral, covering the spiked, pointed roofs on mini towers along the top. Gothic buttresses are partially visible behind the top center of the roofline.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 39.658560 -8.826887
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Clam Digging at Low Tide in Lisbon]

Description: Photograph of a person clam digging in a muddy low tide in Lisbon, Portugal. The person wears a blue shirt and white shorts and is hunched over to the right of a slanted, white, stone wall. Ships with yellow cranes are sat on the right side of the photograph. Streets surrounded by red and brick warehouses and covered in commercial trucks are visible the background in front of an overpass.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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