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Oral History Interview with John Tomlin, March 5, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Tomlin. Tomlin joined the Navy in September 1944 and received basic training in Illinois. He received aviation ordnance training in Oklahoma. While there, he contracted scarlet fever and was quarantined for six weeks. After the war, he was assigned to the USS Core (CVE-13), entrusted with keeping the ship’s log. Tomlin returned home and was discharged in July 1946.
Date: March 5, 2015
Duration: 38 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Tomlin, John
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Anna Gatti, March 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Anna Gatti, nee Cocchi. Gatti graduated from Boston University as a French major in 1942. While volunteering at a settlement house, she met her future husband, Corry, who was a student at Harvard. In 1942, Corry was drafted into the Army. In 1943, Gatti joined the Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). She completed Meteorology School in New Jersey and served as Aerographer, Third Class on a base in Califo… more
Date: March 10, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Gatti, Anna
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Major Franklin Stewart, March 7, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Major Franklin Stewart. Stewart joined the Army Air Corps in August of 1941. He served as a pilot in the 408th Bomb Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group. In 1943, they attacked Japanese targets on Papua New Guinea and New Britain. In 1944, he was stationed at Nadzab Airfield, attacking targets on Borneo and participating in the Philippines Campaign. Stewart continued his service after the war, retiring from the Air Force in 1983.
Date: March 7, 2015
Duration: 5 hours 49 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Stewart, Major Franklin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Troy Edward Shakles, March 19, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Troy Edward Shakles. Shakles joined the Navy in early 1943. He completed communications school, serving as a quartermaster and signalman. He speaks about the Golden Thirteen, who were the thirteen African American enlisted men who became the first African American commissioned and warrant officers in the United States Navy. On Treasure Island in California, Shakles worked in a signaling tower. He notes that segregation was still … more
Date: March 19, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 27 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Shakles, Troy Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Wander, March 14, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Wander. Wander joined the Army and received basic training at Camp Wheeler. He went on to Officer Candidate School and was commissioned in 1942. He then worked as a platoon leader all over the United States. He went as a replacement to the Americal Division, working beside Filipinos to capture Japanese holdouts. After the war ended, he was reassigned to the Eighth Army in Yokohama as head of military police. Wander re… more
Date: March 14, 2015
Duration: 21 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Wander, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lloyd Bailey, March 6, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Bailey. Bailey was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 16 February 1922 and graduated from high school in Waco, Texas in 1940. After attending Texas A&M for one year, he enlisted in the Army. He went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas for basic training. While there, he was recruited by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to participate in an internal security program. Following basic entered the Corps of Engineer… more
Date: March 6, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Bailey, Lloyd
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jim Roby, March 17, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Roby. Roby was born in Nocona, Texas on 17 June 1927. After graduating from high school in Cunningham, Texas he signed up for the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. Upon entering the program he was sent to Las Cruses, New Mexico for training. The program was terminated shortly thereafter and he was sent to Wichita Falls, Texas for basic training. In 1946, following basic training, he was assigned as a teletype op… more
Date: March 17, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Roby, Jim
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hector Mendieta, March 26, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hector Mendieta. Mendieta was born in Laredo, Texas in 1924. After graduating from high school in 1941, he attended Texas A & M University until March 1943. When he was inducted into the Army he underwent nine weeks of basic training at Camp Roberts, Texas and was then sent to Camp Abbot, Oregon. In February 1944, he was selected to attend Officers Candidate School. Upon receiving his commission on 14 June 1944 he was sent t… more
Date: March 26, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Mendieta, Hector
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Lynch, March 29, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Lynch. Lynch joined the Army in May of 1945. He completed basic training at Fort Hood, Texas in September. He learned how to drive Army trucks, and qualified as a marksman. In October, he was transferred to Fort Ord in California. Lynch shares details of his training, and his travels to and through California. He deployed to Nagasaki, Japan and served with the 32nd Infantry Division occupation forces. He returned to the US… more
Date: March 29, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Lynch, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Winn Pinkston, March 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Winn Pinkston. Pinkston was born in Chireno, Texas in 1921. After graduating from high school he attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas for two years. He entered the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1941 and following this training he entered secondary Civilian Pilot Training in which aerobatics were taught. Upon graduating for this course, he accepted a job as an instructor with Coleman Flying School in Coleman, Texas.… more
Date: March 10, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Pinkston, Winn
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Hatch Visuals team, 2014-15]

Description: Photograph of the Hatch Visuals media team for the 2014-15 academic year. The Mayborn School of Journalism's Hatch Visuals team employs student photographers to run their own photographic services agency using a state-of-the-art cloud-based archive and client services system
Date: March 30, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.207526 -97.152615
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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