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Oral History Interview with George Black, October 3, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Black. Admiral James Richardson inspired Black to join the Navy. Black enlisted on his 18th birthday. He then trained as a radio operator and in January 1945 boarded the USS Franklin (CV-13). Black was in the mess hall after finishing a long watch when the bombs struck. Hungry and tired, he was suddenly tossed against the wall, landing conveniently on a pile of mattresses. But he was also trapped, the hatch inoperable… more

Date: October 3, 2007

Creator: Black, George

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

Oral History Interview with Walter Kindrick, August 3, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Kindrick. Kindrick was born 23 May 1925 in Coffeeville, Kansas. Upon graduating from high school in 1943, he joined the Army. After completing nine weeks of basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky he was assigned as an assistant tank driver of an M-4 Sherman tank. His unit eventually boarded a ship and sailed to South Hampton, England. On 10 June 1944 he crossed over to Normandy on an LST landing at Omaha Beach. There h… more

Date: August 3, 2007

Creator: Kindrick, Walter

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

Oral History Interview with Warren Newberry, August 3, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Warren Newberry. Newberry joined the Army Air Forces in December 1942 and received basic training at Camp Wolters. Upon completion of his training, he was shipped to England, where he served in the 26th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron under the 8th Air Force. His team assembled hundreds of Waco CG-4A combat gliders per day in preparation for D-Day. His unit also was noted for constructing housing with empty glider cra… more

Date: August 3, 2000

Creator: Newberry, Warren

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

Oral History Interview with Tom Anderson, February 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Anderson. Anderson dropped out of college in 1941 and hitchhiked from Texas to San Diego. There he worked for Consolidated Aircraft, drafting plans for the B-32, B-36, and C-99. He then transferred to the Fort Worth plant, where he stayed until 1944, when he enlisted in the Navy. He was selected for radar technician training, and after boot camp he studied electronics in Chicago, followed by airborne radar training in Co… more

Date: February 3, 2004

Creator: Anderson, Tom

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

Oral History Interview with Ben Smith, July 3, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ben Smith. Smith was born on a farm in Illinois 9 June 1918. After college he became an embalmer for the state of Colorado. Volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he trained at the Spartan School of Aeronautics before being sent to Brady, Texas for basic flight training, then Kelly Field for advanced. He was then sent to Muroc Air Field, California for P-38 gunnery training. After he was commissioned, he was assigned as an ins… more

Date: July 3, 2007

Creator: Smith, Ben

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

Oral History Interview with Jesse Barker, June 3, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jesse T. Barker. Barker joined the Navy and entered the V-5 Naval Aviation Program in April 1941. Completing his training at Pensacola in September, he received his wings and commission. Upon arriving in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and traveled to Pearl Harbor. After additional training, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-5) and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. A group of twelve p… more

Date: June 3, 2006

Creator: Barker, Jesse T.

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

Oral History Interview with Margaret Gardner, June 3, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Gardner. Gardner married Russell Emmett Edwards on 2 November 1943. Edwards joined the Navy in 1941. Gardner provides some details of Edwards’ flight training in Florida, where he was selected for a night fighter squadron. He completed additional training in Charleston, Rhode Island aboard the Grumman F6F Hellcats. Gardner notes the various places she and Edwards lived while he was training in Florida and Rhode Island. S… more

Date: June 3, 2006

Creator: Gardner, Margaret

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

Oral History Interview with Cecil C. Harris, February 3, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cecil Harris. Harris was born 20 February 1925 in Raymond, Mississippi. In January 1943 he joined the Army Air Force Enlisted Reserves and entered basic training at Kessler Air Base, Mississippi. In May 1943 he was sent to the University of Tennessee in preparation for pre-flight training. He went to Nashville for classification and was selected for pilot training. He went to Montgomery, Alabama for primary training by a civ… more

Date: February 3, 2006

Creator: Harris, Cecil C.

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

Oral History Interview with Wesley Visel, November 3, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Wesley Visel. Visel joined the Army shortly after war's outbreak and was sent to Texas for training. He ended up as an LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) driver and describes the operation of the amphibious vehicle. Visel describes loading up onto LSTs (Landing Ship. Tank) and invading Luzon, Philippines. He describes dropping infantrymen off, then returning to the side of a liberty ship where cargo was craned over the side into his LVT. Visel then headed back t… more

Date: November 3, 2005

Creator: Visel, Wesley Dale

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

Oral History Interview with Joseph Wallingford, August 3, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Wallingford. Wallingford enlisted in the Navy in August, 1942. He received very little training before being assigned to USS LST-452 in Washington. They first went to Hawaii, then Australia before getting involved in the campaign for New Guinea. In the Philippines, at Leyte, Wallingford was aboard when the ship received 8 enemy shells while beached and unloading. Toward the end of the war, Wallingford was assigned to … more

Date: August 3, 2005

Creator: Wallingford, Joseph H

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

Oral History Interview with William Davis, June 3, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Davis. Davis joined the Navy in November, 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. He was then assigned to USS Smalley (DD-565), which escorted troop ships to the Marshall Islands and patrolled in the Aleutian Islands. He recalls seeing kamikazes at Okinawa and rescuing survivors of another destroyer, USS William D. Porter (DD-579). After the war, Davis recalls being aboard the Smalley and dumping large amounts of Japane… more

Date: June 3, 2005

Creator: Davis, William

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

Oral History Interview with William Richard Pendleton, June 3, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with William Richard Pendleton. Growing up in Utah, his family knew that of Captain Mervyn Bennion, USN (captain of the USS West Virginia (BB-48) awarded the Medal of Honor during the attack on Pearl Harbor). Due to that acquaintance, Pendleton decided to join the Navy in November 1942. He was sent to Farragut, Idaho for basic training. He qualified as an aviation machinist's mate and was assigned to a PBY crew in VP-44. Their job consisted of picking up downed a… more

Date: June 3, 2005

Creator: Pendleton, William Richard

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

Oral History Interview with Ellis D. Skidmore, June 3, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ellis D. Skidmore. Skidmore joined the Navy in April 1940 after receiving a letter from a friend in the Navy. After basic training, Skidomore went to radio school before being assigned to Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44). In May, 1942, his unit was transferred to Pearl Harbor and by early June, Skidmore was at Midway Island. He was a PBY-5 crewman and served as a radio operator. Skidmore describes attacking two Japanese battleship… more

Date: June 3, 2005

Creator: Skidmore, Ellis D.

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

Oral History Interview with Doug Hubbard, November 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Doug Hubbard. Hubbard joined the Navy in 1943. He served in the South Pacific as a lieutenant (j.g.). He served aboard the USS Joseph E. Connolly (DE-450). They traveled to Jamaica, the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. They completed convoy duty, escorting combat ships. By late 1945 he transferred to the Hospital Corps, and was stationed in New Caledonia. Hubbard was discharged in 1946. He speaks briefly on his work in beginning t… more

Date: November 3, 2004

Creator: Hubbard, Doug

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

Oral History Interview with Arthur Nowakowski, July 3, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Nowakowski. Nowakowski joined the Army in March of 1942. He was assigned to the 90th Infantry Division. In March of 1944 he traveled to England. On 6 June Nowakowski participated in the Normandy landings. He traveled through France into Belgium where he was in active combat through the Battle of the Bulge. They continued on into Czechoslovakia when the war ended. Nowakowski remained in the Army of Occupation, and returned … more

Date: July 3, 2002

Creator: Nowakowski, Arthur

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

Oral History Interview with Millard Simmons, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Millard Simmons. Simmons joined the Navy in 1944. He completed amphibious training on Coronado Island in California. He traveled to Pearl Harbor around August of 1944. From Pearl Harbor he traveled aboard a Landing Craft, Infantry to Guam. He was assigned as a Boatswain’s Mate and 20mm gunner aboard LCT(6)-867, and served as a replacement during the Battle of Peleliu. Simmons had additional experiences on the island of Angaur. Th… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Simmons, Millard

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

Oral History Interview with Clarence E. Shockey, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence E. Shockey. Shockey was born in rural Texas and attended school in McKinney. Before finishing school, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938 or 1939. After being in the CCC< Shockey went to work for Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Corsicana, Texas making anchors for US Navy ships. He was also married with a daughter at the time and received an exemption from the draft on account of his family and the class… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Shockey, Clarence E.

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

Oral History Interview with Edgar Fulwider, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar Fulwider. He was born in San Francisco, California in 1927 and joined the Merchant Marines in 1944 at the age of 17. He attended the Maritime Academy at Catalina Island, California. In February 1945 he shipped out as a Fireman/Water Tender on a T2 Tanker carrying six million gallons of bunker fuel (black oil) and one million gallons of aviation gasoline. The ship arrived off the Philippines as the islands were being li… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Fulwider, Edgar

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

Oral History Interview with Wes Rhine, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wes Rhine. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, 27 February 1928 and was enlisted in the Marine Corps on 13 February 1945. After completing recruit training at Parris Island, South Carolina and Camp LeJeune, North Carolina he was transferred to Camp Pendleton, California in June 1945. He describes shipping out to Guam in August 1945 and learning, while enroute, that the war was over. He recalls being transferred to Saipan and joi… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Rhine, Wes

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

Oral History Interview with Warren C. Betcher, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Warren C. Betcher. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, 22 June 1928, enlisted in the Marine Corps 22 June 1945 and completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina. After completing boot camp he describes shipping out to Guam after the war had ended. From there, he was shipped to Quindao, China and joined Easy Company, Second Battalion, First Marines, First Division. In the Spring of 1946 his company transferred to Peki… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Betcher, Warren C.

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

Oral History Interview with W. J. Boulware, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J. W. “Bill” Boulware. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, 30 April 1926 and enlisted into the United States Marine Corps in 1944. After completing basic training, he was sent to the Navy Electronics School in Chicago. Then he went to an air control squadron in Cherry Point, North Carolina. In January 1945 he volunteered for aerial navigator School in Cherry Point where he trained as a navigator. He recalls that the war ended wh… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Boulware, J. W. “Bill”

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

Oral History Interview with Dwayne K. Redman, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwayne K. Redman. He was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on 4 August 1928. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 1946 and was sent to Parris Island for basic training. He provides several anecdotes of his time at Parris Island. Prior to completing basic training, he was sent to Washington, DC and put up in a room at a hotel where the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, came to his room and told him that he needed a volunte… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Redman, D. K.

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

Oral History Interview with Bob Tizzard, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Tizzard. Tizzard was born in Rochester, New York on 30 June 1916. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and completed several courses of training, including Officer Candidate School after which he received his commission. He was sent to Honolulu as a member of the 184th Regiment, 7th Army Division which was training for the invasion of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. His duties included company officer in charge of automatic weap… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Tizzard, Bob

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

Oral History Interview with William W. Smith, September 3, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William W. Smith. Smith was born in China in 1927 and started school in California when he was five. He did not speak English at the time because his mother was Russian and he had a Chinese nanny. When he was 17 in 1944, he tried joining the Marine Corps, but was denied. He instead went back to work for the forestry service in Northern California. He was in San Francisco on V-J Day. Smith joined the Marine Corps in November,… more

Date: September 3, 2004

Creator: Smith, William W.

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

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