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Oral History Interview with James Ashbaugh, July 9, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Ashbaugh. Ashbaugh joined the Navy in April of 1944. He completed Electrician School. He served as Fireman 1st Class aboard a landing craft tank, the LCT-60. He traveled to Bougainville and Manus. Ashbaugh continued his service after the war ended, and participated in the nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, for which he provides vivid details. He served for a total of nine years in the Navy.

Date: July 9, 2019

Creator: Ashbaugh, James

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

Oral History Interview with Vincent Wayne, June 9, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Vincent Wayne. Wayne joined the Army around late 1942. He served with the 98th Infantry Division. He was deployed to Hawaii. In 1944, they shipped out to Saipan and helped take over an airport with little resistance from the Japanese. After the war ended, they traveled to Honshu, Japan and were stationed at Osaka College. Wayne speaks about his time in Japan after the war and what he witnessed. Wayne and his squad were assigned t… more

Date: June 9, 2019

Creator: Wayne, Vincent

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

Oral History Interview with Virginia Cumberland, August 9, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Virginia Cumberland. During World War II, Cumberland worked in a factory in Indiana as a tool and die maker. She also speaks some about a brother of hers that was in the service and stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas and served overseas in France.

Date: August 9, 2017

Creator: Cumberland, Virginia

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

Oral History Interview with John Lazarich, May 9, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Lazarich. Lazarich joined the Coast Guard in August 1942 and trained at New York. His first assignment was aboard a patrol boat in New York Harbor. He then went to gunnery school in Florida before shipping out to New Guinea to serve aboard an Amry tug boat. He also participated in the campaign to liberate the Philippines and recalls being in a minefield off Borneo. He also went to Okinawa and eventually Japan before returing… more

Date: May 9, 2016

Creator: Lazarich, John

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

Oral History Interview with Charles Harter, December 9, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Harter. Harter was drafted in December of 1942 into the Army Ordnance Corps. He went to the Ordnance station in Aberdeen, Maryland. His outfit was the 534th Ordnance, Heavy Tank Company. From there they went to Indio, California, and practiced tank maneuvers in the desert. He went to Normandy, where his outfit’s job was to put devices on front of the tanks so they could go through hedgerows so the infantry could foll… more

Date: December 9, 2016

Creator: Harter, Charles

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

Oral History Interview with Charles Baldwin, August 9, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Baldwin. Baldwin was learning to fly through the Civilian Pilot Training program when he was called to active duty in January, 1943. After basic training, he went to flight training. He graduated and was commissioned in March, 1944. Baldwin was sent to France in November, 1944 and attached to the 36th Fighter Group, 23rd Fighter Squadron and began flying combat missions in a P-47. He flew 51 combat missions before the war… more

Date: August 9, 2016

Creator: Baldwin, Charles

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

Oral History Interview with Willard LaCounte, June 9, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willard LaCounte. LaCounte was drafted into the Army in September, 1943 and trained as an antiaircraft artilleryman at Camp Haan, California. In late 1943 he was assigned to the 118th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion as a jeep driver in an industrial section of England and recalls defending it against German air raids. He landed at Normandy one day after the invasion. His unit eventually set up in Holland and shot down bu… more

Date: June 9, 2016

Creator: LaCounte, Willard

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

Oral History Interview with Mack Roberson, November 9, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mack Roberson. Roberson was born in Three Rivers, Texas in 1926. After attending Schreiner Institute in Kerrville, Texas for several semesters, he joined the US Marine Corps and received boot training as San Diego. Upon completion, he accepted an assignment to train for honor guard duties. In 1944, he was aboard a troop ship bound for Okinawa and he tells of some of his experience aboard ship. He recalls observing kamikazes … more

Date: November 9, 2015

Creator: Roberson, Mack

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

Oral History Interview with Mark Clement, September 9, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mark Clement. Clement was born 20 February 1925, graduated from high school in 1941, and joined the Marine Corps at age seventeen. He completed the Special Operations Capability Specialist (SOCS) training, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in mid-1944. Clement served with the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, and participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He shares vivid details of his combat experiences. Clement … more

Date: September 9, 2015

Creator: Clement, Mark

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

Oral History Interview with John Ley, February 9, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Ley. Ley was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1925. When he completed boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, he then trained as a radio operator. In April 1943 he completed his training and was assigned to the USS Murphy (DD-603). In March 1944 they took on provisions and sailed to Londonderry, England. On 5 June 1944 the ship put to sea to lay a smoke screen during the Normandy landings. On D-Day, the ship … more

Date: February 9, 2015

Creator: Ley, John J.

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

Oral History Interview with George O'Brien, December 9, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George O'Brien. O'Brien volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in April, 1944 and trained to be a gunner at Harlingen, Texas. He went overseas to New Guinea in February 1945 and joined the 5th Bomb Group, 72nd Bomb Squadron. He was a nose gunner on a B-24. Soon, he went to Samar with his unit. He started flying combat missions in May over the Philippines. O'Brien flew on about 20 missions bombing refineries, airfield… more

Date: December 9, 2014

Creator: O'Brien, George

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

Oral History Interview with Bernard McKeone, December 9, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernard McKeone. McKeone was born in Omaha, Nebraska on 29 September 1927. In 1944 he joined the Marine Corps and went to San Diego for two months of boot camp followed by a period of training as a mortar man. Assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, 8th Marine Regiment, he boarded the USS Collins (AP-147) bound for Tinian. He landed on the island by means of an LCVP. McKeone recalls a personal encounter where he captured a Japa… more

Date: December 9, 2014

Creator: McKeone, Bernard

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

Oral History Interview with Utah Hamilton, April 9, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Utah Hamilton. Hamilton joined the Navy in December, 1941 and trained in Virginia. Afterwards, he was assigned to the USS Southampton (AKA-66). Hamilton was aboard during the invasion of Iwo Jima and recalls seeing the flags raised and watching the beach get cleared of debris. At Okinawa, he participated in the decoy landing. When the war ended, Hamilton shipped a lot of occupation troops to Japan. He returned to the US in N… more

Date: April 9, 2014

Creator: Hamilton, Utah

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

Oral History Interview with Russell Pitzer, July 9, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Russell Pitzer. Pitzer was drafted into the Marine Corps in August 1944. In 1945 he traveled aboard USS Iowa (BB-61), fighting in the Battle of Okinawa and participating in the bombardment of Tokyo Bay and Japanese islands. Upon the Japanese surrender, Pitzer was assigned as a bodyguard to Admiral Chester Nimitz, and accompanied the admiral on a post-surrender tour of Japan that included Hiroshima. After the war, he returned home… more

Date: July 9, 2013

Creator: Pitzer, Russell

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

Oral History Interview with William Cooper, April 9, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William E. Cooper. Cooper was born in Alameda, California 8 May 1925. Upon completing high school in 1943, he joined the Army and went to Oregon for training with the 13th Combat Engineers. He recalls being sent overseas aboard the USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) and arriving at New Caledonia. He took part in the invasion of Leyte and witnessed a kamikaze plane crash into one of the troop ships. Upon landing he was assigned to the… more

Date: April 9, 2013

Creator: Cooper, William E.

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

Oral History Interview with James G. Graff, January 9, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James G. Graff. Born in 1925, he was inducted into the Army in 1944. Following basic training in Camp Hood, Texas, he was transferred to Co. C, 1st Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Infantry Division. The Division was part of the Ardennes Campaign where he shares an anecdote about fighting alongside the 784th Tank Battalion. He describes battles on the banks of the Ruhr River or Maas, the cold weather and proble… more

Date: January 9, 2013

Creator: Graff, James

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

Oral History Interview with Robert B. Mero, October 9, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert B. Mero. Born in 1924, he was drafted into the Army in New York in June 1943 at the age of eighteen. He went to basic training in Mineral Wells, Texas and from there to Army Specialized Training at the University of Missouri where he studied basic engineering. He shares an anecdote of meeting General Kramer while studying French at Camp Rucker, Alabama. He would meet the General again in the European Theatre at a late… more

Date: October 9, 2012

Creator: Mero, Robert B.

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

Oral History Interview with Howard Blackman, August 9, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Blackman. Blackman was born in Pulaski County, Indiana 8 December 1922. Born into a family of seven boys and two girls he tells of the living conditions during the depression. He quit school in the ninth grade to get a job. In 1943 he was drafted into the Army and went to Camp Lee, Virginia for six weeks of basic training, including some mechanical training. Upon completing basic he was sent to Chenango, Pennsylvania … more

Date: August 9, 2012

Creator: Blackman, Howard K.

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

Oral History Interview with Charles Engh, May 9, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Engh. Engh entered the Navy’s V-1 program before beginning V-12 in July 1943. He graduated from midshipmen’s school in 1945 and was sent to Subic Bay in June on lighterage duty as a yeoman. In July he was sent to Okinawa with a flotilla of LCTs that drifted out of formation each night and would spend the following day reorganizing. He was beached by a typhoon at Okinawa for 10 days until a channel was dredged and a t… more

Date: May 9, 2012

Creator: Engh, Charles

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

Oral History Interview with Richard Haw, November 9, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Haw. As a member of the ROTC, Haw joined the Navy at the age of 17. Upon completion of hospital corps school in San Diego, he was assigned to an operating room at Shoemaker Naval Hospital where he performed minor surgery and worked as an obstetrician. He was granted leave to attend his mother's funeral, and a clerical error resulted in his being reported AWOL. Haw's father was shunned by his community and ridiculed i… more

Date: November 9, 2011

Creator: Haw, Richard

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

Oral History Interview with Harold F. Neuberger, November 9, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Harold F. Neuberger. Neuberger grew up on a farm in Illinois and joined the Navy after he finished high school in 1943. He trained at Camp Farragut, Idaho. From there, he went to a machinist school at the University of Kansas. Then he attended a naval optics school in Washington, DC. Upon graduating, Neuberger was assigned to the USS Bennington (CV-20), and was a crewmember upon the ship's commissioning (thus making him a plankowner). He describes going thro… more

Date: November 9, 2011

Creator: Neuberger, Harold F.

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

Oral History Interview with Melvin A. Bice, August 9, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Melvin A. Bice. When Bice finished high school in Lincoln, Nebraska he joined the Navy. The Navy called him up in February, 1943 and he took basic training in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. During training, Bice contracted the mumps. After basic training, Bice was assigned at San Diego to the USS Mataco (AT-86), an ocean-going tugboat. Their first assignement was to tow a floating drydock to New Guinea. Along the way, Bice shot down a Japanese aircraft. Upon arrival … more

Date: August 9, 2011

Creator: Bice, Melvin A.

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

Oral History Interview with Eugene George, June 9, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Eugene George. He was born in 1922 in Wichita Falls, Texas. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Texas and worked for a contractor, doing plumbing work at Sheppard Field, Texas. He enlisted in the Air Force Reserve in 1942. After receiving training at various U.S. bases, he graduated from aviation school in 1944. He was sent to an Air Force Base in Goose Bay, Labrador. He describes landing at Bluie West 1 (BW-1), an airfield in Gr… more

Date: June 9, 2011

Creator: George, Eugene

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

Oral History Interview with Eddie Good, April 9, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eddie Good. Good participated in the Army Specialized Training Program. In 1945, he joined the United States Army Air Forces, where he served as a clerk helping to discharge returning combat veterans. He also spent time working in a hospital while being monitored for a lung condition before he was discharged soon after the war ended.

Date: April 9, 2011

Creator: Good, Eddie

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

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