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Oral History Interview with Horace Chilton Cook, November 26, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Horace H. Cook. Cook was born in San Antonio, Texas 12 February 1918 and graduated from Texas A & I University in Kingsville in 1939. Drafted into the US Army in July 1942 he was sent to Camp Barkley, Texas where he trained as a medic for five weeks before being assigned to the Medical Training Replacement Center located there. He recalls that, while there, he worked with Lew Ayers a noted radio and movie personality. In 194… more
Date: November 26, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Cook, Horace Chilton
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Ellis, November 26, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Ellis. Ellis was born 17 December 1917 in Chillicothe, Ohio. After graduating from high school in 1935, he attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. While there he joined the Marine Corps Reserve and entered into platoon leader classes. Upon graduating from college in 1939, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and went to Philadelphia for advanced courses. Upon completion, he reported to San Diego where he was assig… more
Date: November 26, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Ellis, John H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wilburn Laas, November 26, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wilburn Laas. Laas joined the Navy in April of 1944. He provides details of his boot camp in San Diego. He completed submarine school, and provides details of his training. Beginning in late 1944 Laas served aboard USS Aegir (AS-23), a sub tender, in Midway with Submarine Squadron 45, Division 292. They provided refitting and tender services to Submarine Squadron 24, including diving to string degaussing cables around the subs an… more
Date: November 26, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Laas, Wilburn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lyle White, November 26, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lyle White. White joined the Navy in July of 1943. In Pearl Harbor he served as a carpenter, building new officers’ quarters. He talks about military life and provides some stories. He left for the South Pacific in March of 1944 aboard the USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130). He was part of the 123rd Construction Battalion. They went to Midway to empty bunkers of shells and build docks for submarines. He describes these experiences… more
Date: November 26, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: White, Lyle
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Furrer, November 26, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Furrer. Furrer joined the Navy in November of 1940. He completed Aviation Structural Mechanics School, and was assigned to Utility Squadron 1 at the Naval Station on Ford Island in mid-1941. He conducted aircraft maintenance. Furrer witnessed the first Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor. He later served as a Barrier Operator aboard the USS Altamaha (CVE-18) in late 1942, traveling to Funafuti, and continued his service in … more
Date: November 26, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: Furrer, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ross Kastor, November 26, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ross Lowell Kastor. Kastor joined the Navy in the spring of 1944. In September, he was assigned to pre-flight School at Hensley Field in Dallas. He completed flight training in a Boeing-Stearman NS2. He was then transferred to Cuddihy Field in Corpus Christi, and trained aboard a Consolidated PB2Y. He graduated in June of 1945, and served as a flight instructor until December. Kastor was made second lieutenant in the Marine Corps… more
Date: November 26, 2012
Duration: 47 minutes
Creator: Kastor, Ross
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with R. Paul Kelley, November 26, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R. Paul Kelly. Kelley was born in Irving, Texas on 21 June 1934. In 1951 he volunteered to join the Navy. After 12 weeks of boot camp in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS LST-887 in Yokosuka, Japan. He spent several months in the Korean theater before being reassigned to LCU-588 in Coronado, California. Sea duty in Korea resumed on the LCU-1273, USS Comstock (LSD-19), and USS Begor (APD-127). He then spent 3 years at the… more
Date: November 26, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Kelley, R. Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Allen Hugh, November 26, 1971

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Allen Hugh. Hugh reads a series of letters dated 1907, when he was 21 years old, written to his mother while serving in the Navy. He speaks about schooling in the Navy and interactions with Chester Nimitz, whom he served with. He served as a deck and ordnance officer. He comments on traveling to Manila, Philippines, and his experiences hunting, swimming and touring the island. He served aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), where he … more
Date: November 26, 1971
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Hugh, Allen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Cornelius D. Wiens, November 26, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cornelius D. Wiens. Wiens grew up in Montana and Kansas and was drafted into the Army in 1944. After completing training, he departed about the Sea Snipe for the Philippines. His first landing was at Leyte, where he remained fighting for three months. He describes coming to land on the small landing craft. From Leyte he went to Negros, then Masbate, and finally Mindanao. He describes the Japanese soldiers who were unwilling … more
Date: November 26, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Wiens, Cornelius D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Matthew Richards, November 26, 2004

Description: Interview with Matthew Richards, a telephone specialist in the US Army. He answers questions about his life in the military.
Date: November 26, 2004
Duration: 30 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Johnston, Daniel & Richards, Matthew
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Gilbert Johnston, November 26, 2004

Description: Interview with Gilbert Johnston, an electronics technician for submarines during the Vietnam War years. Johnston answers questions regarding how he got involved in the Navy and his volunteering to join a submarine crew. Though he never saw combat during the war he says his submarine was a "fleet missile nuclear submarine" assigned to the USS Tecumseh.
Date: November 26, 2004
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Johnston, Daniel & Johnston, Gilbert
Partner: Lee College
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Assassination Actualities, Reel 4

Description: Audio recording of news coverage following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, with statements made by Jesse Curry, Waggoner Carr, John Tower, Tom Howard, John Connally, and others.
Date: 1963-11-26/1963-11-27
Duration: 26 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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City Council after Kennedy Assassination

Description: Audio recording of a Dallas City Council meeting following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: November 26, 1963
Duration: 31 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history, Rosalie and Hiram Hardeman interview, 1 of 3]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Rosalie and Hiram Hardeman. Interview conducted by Bob Thompson and Dee Azadian.
Date: November 26, 1976
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history, Rosalie and Hiram Hardeman interview, 2 of 3]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Rosalie and Hiram Hardeman. Interview conducted by Bob Thompson and Dee Azadian.
Date: November 26, 1976
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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