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Oral History Interview with Hermi Salas, February 14, 2005

Description: Interview with Oral interview with Hermi Salas, a U. S. Marine during World War II. Salas was assigned to the Third Marine Division and was present for the invasion of Guam in the Mariana Islands. He was wounded on Guam and evacuated to a hospital ship, the USS Solace. He also participated in the Iwo Jima landings. After a few weeks at Iwo Jima, Salas was wounded again and placed aboard the USS Solace. He discusses his experiences in the hospital recovering from the wounds he received in the B… more
Date: February 14, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Salas, Hermi
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 14, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including visiting Aunt O with Jessie, Annie Laura, and Doug, Jessie being accepted into the medical corps, and Dan Jr. returning to the states. Catherine encourages Joe to write to Dan Jr. while he is in Luling.
Date: August 14, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 14, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Honey's military physical exam on December 18, a busy day at work, a visit with Sally, Toots, and little Tom, plans to make a trip home for the weekend, and a reminder for Joe to take his vitamins.
Date: December 14, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William C. Beyer, March 14, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William C. Beyer. Beyer grew up in Texas and joined the Marines in January 1942. After training, he was assigned to the third division in artillery. He departed on the USS Mount Vernon for New Zealand. He anecdotes about meeting with some Maori people. Then he departed on the Cresent City for Guadalcanal in May 1943. From Guadalcanal he left for Bougainville in November 1943. He describes being caught in a foxhole for two da… more
Date: March 14, 2001
Creator: Beyer, William C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Lessons Learned, Part 1]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "The Lessons Learned" discussing United States military preparedness from 1941 to 1988. This recording features the opening of the symposium and remarks given by Charles Grojean, Robert Cook, Thomas M. Patrick, Paul Stillwell, Admiral Atkins, Victor Delono, Ned Beach, John Lungstead and General Gayla.
Date: 1998-03-14/1998-04-15
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Lessons Learned, Part 2]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "The Lessons Learned" discussing United States military preparedness from 1941 to 1988. This recording features remarks given by General Gayla, Admiral Abbot, Joe Alexander, General Bowser, John Olson, John Lunstrum and Tex Hill before being opened up to audience questions.
Date: 1998-03-14/1998-04-15
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Lessons Learned, Part 3]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "The Lessons Learned" discussing United States military preparedness from 1941 to 1988. This video contains remarks given by Tex Hill, Joseph H. Moore, Donald Showers, Caption Fisher and Robert Harrys.
Date: 1998-03-14/1998-04-15
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Lessons Learned, Part 4]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "The Lessons Learned" discussing United States military preparedness from 1941 to 1988. This recording features the opening of the second day of the symposium and remarks given by Paul Stillwell, Tom Wilkerson, Frank Truemane, Patrick Corrigan, Bill Fisher and Merl Youngs.
Date: 1998-03-14/1998-04-15
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Lessons Learned, Part 6]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "The Lessons Learned" discussing United States military preparedness from 1941 to 1988. This video contains remarks given by Dick Graves and questions from the audience.
Date: 1998-03-14/1998-04-15
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Lessons Learned, Part 5]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "The Lessons Learned" discussing United States military preparedness from 1941 to 1988. This video features remarks given by Merl Youngs, Tom Wilkerson, Genral Folgrum, Marty Steel, Denny Connally, Patrick J. Slader and Dick Graves as well as time for audience questions.
Date: 1998-03-14/1998-04-15
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Floyd Thorne, August 14, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd Thorn. He discusses his childhood and family and what led him to start flying planes for the US Navy. He describes his experiences in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two, including witnessing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and fighting in the battle of Midway.
Date: August 14, 2000
Creator: Thorne, Floyd & Alexander, William J.
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 Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers… more
Date: April 14, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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