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[News Clip: Air France search]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: December 5, 2004, 12:00 p.m.
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Robert Chaffin, December 5, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Chaffin. Chaffin was born on 30 March 1922 in Spring Valley, Texas. After graduating from high school in 1940 he worked for the National Youth Administration as an aircraft mechanic trainee. He joined the US Navy and had two weeks of boot camp at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (NAS), Texas. Upon completing boot training he was sent to the Beeville NAS, Texas. In 1943 he was assigned to United States. Navy. Carrier A… more
Date: December 5, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Chaffin, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Eugene Strathman, May 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Strathman. Strathman joined the Navy in the fall of 1943. He completed signal school and was assigned to LSM-11. They hauled tank destroyers. He provides some details of the LSM and its armament. They traveled to Hilo, Hawaii. Aboard the LSM he served as a cook. In January of 1945 they participated in the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf. They were the first ship to hit the beach. He describes some of the air raids of kamikaze pl… more
Date: May 5, 2009
Duration: 35 minutes 01 second
Creator: Strathman, Eugene
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Hodenson, December 5, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Hodenson. Hodenson joined the Navy around May of 1940. He completed Fire Control School. He served aboard the USS Whitney (AD-4) as Fire Controlman. Their job was to tend destroyers, either at sea, in port or in dry dock within Pearl Harbor. He was in Pearl Harbor during the attack in December of 1941 and describes what he witnessed and his actions through that fateful day. The day after the attack, Hodenson recalls his cr… more
Date: December 5, 2008
Duration: 31 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Hodenson, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George A. Richard, December 5, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George A Richard. Richard joined the Navy during the Depression. Upon boarding the USS Tennessee (BB-43), he was delighted to have free room and board. A second class seaman, he was assigned to the range-finder in the fire control division, later transferring topside and working his way up to boatswain’s mate. After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, he helped to recover bodies the following day. In the Philippines, Richa… more
Date: December 5, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Richard, George A
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Bond, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Bond. Bond joined the Navy in early 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to USS Callaghan (DD-792), where he ran the handling room, sending ammunition up the hoist. He also was coxswain of a 26-foot gig that would be sent out from the main ship periodically. On night voyages he would communicate with the ship using a bell. He endured a perilous typhoon in the China Sea that la… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Bond, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wallace Brunton, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Brunton. Brunton was born in Glouster, Ohio in 1924. Drafted at age 18, he went into the Navy and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He was then selected for training in sonar. Upon completion of the sound school he received training in both surface and air search radar. He tells of going aboard the USS Callaghan (DD-792) and being seasick during four days of the shakedown cruise. He recalls… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Brunton, Wallace
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Cooper, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Cooper. Cooper was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He served aboard the USS Callaghan (DD-792) as an electrician. He describes life aboard the destroyer. They participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June of 1944, and he describes his experiences through this event. They were in Task Force 39.3 and traveled throughout the Pacific. In October of 1944 they participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He describes goin… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Cooper, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ronald Jones, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ronald Jones. Jones joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in Illinois. He received advanced sonar training in San Diego and preliminary radar training at Mare Island, in case he would be needed as a replacement aboard ship. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Callaghan (DD-792) as the captain’s talker. His ship provided fire support at the Marshall Islands, Saipan, and Guam, protecting against enemy sub… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Duration: 47 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Jones, Ronald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Chaffin, December 5, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Chaffin. Chaffin was born on 30 March 1922 in Spring Valley, Texas. After graduating from high school in 1940 he worked for the National Youth Administration as an aircraft mechanic trainee. He joined the US Navy and had two weeks of boot camp at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (NAS), Texas. Upon completing boot training he was sent to the Beeville NAS, Texas. In 1943 he was assigned to United States. Navy. Carrier A… more
Date: December 5, 2001
Creator: Chaffin, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Eugene Strathman, May 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Strathman. Strathman joined the Navy in the fall of 1943. He completed signal school and was assigned to LSM-11. They hauled tank destroyers. He provides some details of the LSM and its armament. They traveled to Hilo, Hawaii. Aboard the LSM he served as a cook. In January of 1945 they participated in the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf. They were the first ship to hit the beach. He describes some of the air raids of kamikaze pl… more
Date: May 5, 2009
Creator: Strathman, Eugene
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Hodenson, December 5, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Hodenson. Hodenson joined the Navy around May of 1940. He completed Fire Control School. He served aboard the USS Whitney (AD-4) as Fire Controlman. Their job was to tend destroyers, either at sea, in port or in dry dock within Pearl Harbor. He was in Pearl Harbor during the attack in December of 1941 and describes what he witnessed and his actions through that fateful day. The day after the attack, Hodenson recalls his cr… more
Date: December 5, 2008
Creator: Hodenson, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with George A. Richard, December 5, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George A Richard. Richard joined the Navy during the Depression. Upon boarding the USS Tennessee (BB-43), he was delighted to have free room and board. A second class seaman, he was assigned to the range-finder in the fire control division, later transferring topside and working his way up to boatswain’s mate. After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, he helped to recover bodies the following day. In the Philippines, Richa… more
Date: December 5, 2008
Creator: Richard, George A
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Bond, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Bond. Bond joined the Navy in early 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to USS Callaghan (DD-792), where he ran the handling room, sending ammunition up the hoist. He also was coxswain of a 26-foot gig that would be sent out from the main ship periodically. On night voyages he would communicate with the ship using a bell. He endured a perilous typhoon in the China Sea that la… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Creator: Bond, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Wallace Brunton, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Brunton. Brunton was born in Glouster, Ohio in 1924. Drafted at age 18, he went into the Navy and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He was then selected for training in sonar. Upon completion of the sound school he received training in both surface and air search radar. He tells of going aboard the USS Callaghan (DD-792) and being seasick during four days of the shakedown cruise. He recalls… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Creator: Brunton, Wallace
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Cooper, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Cooper. Cooper was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He served aboard the USS Callaghan (DD-792) as an electrician. He describes life aboard the destroyer. They participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June of 1944, and he describes his experiences through this event. They were in Task Force 39.3 and traveled throughout the Pacific. In October of 1944 they participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He describes goin… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Creator: Cooper, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ronald Jones, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ronald Jones. Jones joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in Illinois. He received advanced sonar training in San Diego and preliminary radar training at Mare Island, in case he would be needed as a replacement aboard ship. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Callaghan (DD-792) as the captain’s talker. His ship provided fire support at the Marshall Islands, Saipan, and Guam, protecting against enemy sub… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Creator: Jones, Ronald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[News Clip: Boeing opens]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 5, 2001, 4:00 p.m.
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Latest Spyplane]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 5, 2001, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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