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Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Tor… more
Date: March 31, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Solis, John G.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Tor… more
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Solis, John G.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Pearl Harbor First Hand]

Description: Article written by Jeanne Maverick Cusack discussing her firsthand account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with her husband and young daughter. She recounts taking cover in her bathtub before being transferred to the military barracks with the rest of the women and children. Mrs. Cusack then retells her time spent on a transport bus to Honolulu where she would be met with Red Cross workers at Kawana Nakoa High School. She tells of taking care of her daughter Jill while waiting to be evac… more
Date: May 1942
Creator: The Ogontz School for Young Ladies
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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