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Oral History Interview with Charles Dahlstrom, October 20, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Dahlstrom. Dahlstrom was born in Austin, Texas on 10 February 1926 and graduated from high school in 1943. Soon after, he joined the Navy and had boot training at San Diego. Upon completion of basic training he reported aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41) and was assigned to a 5 inch deck gun crew. He was aboard ship bombarding Makin Island and saw the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) sink. The following day an explosion occu… more

Date: October 20, 2002

Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 31 seconds

Creator: Dahlstrom, Charles

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Paul Platz, August 1, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Platz. Platz joined the Army in July of 1944. He served with the 77th Infantry Division, 307th Infantry Regiment. He participated in the liberation of the Philippines in late 1944. In the spring of 1945, Platz was in the assault on the Kerama Islands and the Battle of Okinawa, where he was wounded. He returned to the US and received a medical discharge.

Date: August 1, 2007

Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 16 seconds

Creator: Platz, Paul

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Ralph Piatek, December 10, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ralph Piatek. Piatek joined the Navy in 1939. He served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard the USS Augusta (CA-31) from April of 1941 through mid-1943, participating in the Naval Battle of Casablanca. While serving aboard, he had the opportunity to meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General George S. Patton. Beginning mid-1943, Piatek volunteered for submarine duty, serving with the Pa… more

Date: December 10, 2007

Duration: 2 hours 33 minutes 18 seconds

Creator: Piatek, Ralph

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Warren Link, January 3, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Link. Link joined the Navy in 1938. He completed Diesel Engineering School. From May of 1941 through December of 1944, Link served as a Machinist Mate aboard the USS Tambor (SS-198), completing 12 war patrols with the submarine. He traveled through Wake Island, Midway Island, Pearl Harbor, Australia, the Philippine Islands and Japan. In December of 1944, Link was transferred to the USS Diablo (SS-479), where he was station… more

Date: January 3, 2008

Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 45 seconds

Creator: Link, Warren

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Donald Shogren, April 9, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald Shogren. Shogren joined the Navy in April 1943 and received basic training at Camp Waldron. He received gunnery training at Camp Peterson. He finished his training in advanced gunnery and electric hydraulics in San Diego and became a gunner’s mate on the USS Capricornus (AKA-57). An accomplished gunner, he was assigned to a battle station on the port side near the bridge to protect the navigator, captain, and gunnery … more

Date: April 9, 2011

Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 29 seconds

Creator: Shogren, Donald

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Edward Hahnemann, January 4, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Hahnemann. Hahnemann joined the Navy in December of 1942. He was trained as an aviation machinist and was assigned to USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). Hahnemann describes his duties related to the maintenance of the flight deck arresting gear. He mentions how he was acquainted with George H. W. Bush. Hahnemann gives an overview of some of the actions he was involved in, particularly going through several typhoons and seeing … more

Date: January 4, 2013

Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 41 seconds

Creator: Hahnemann, Edward

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Robert Featherstone, May 27, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Featherstone. Featherstone quit high school in Indiana and joined the Navy after the war started. After boot camp in 1943, Featherstone volunteered for PT boat duty and was shipped overseas immediately. When he got to New Guinea, he was assigned to PT-137 in Squadron 7. Featherstone provides a glimpse of what life and service aboard a PT boat was like in the Southwest Pacific. During the Philippines invasion, Feathers… more

Date: May 27, 2015

Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 31 seconds

Creator: Featherstone, Robert

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Leon Faddis, November 13, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Leon Faddis. Faddis joined the Navy in December of 1943. He completed Fire Control school and was assigned to the gunnery division aboard the USS Alaska (CB-1). His job aboard was a loader on the 5-inch gun. They assisted with the liberation of the Philippines, and provided support at Iwo Jima, and then on to Okinawa. He provides some detail of each of these experiences. He witnessed the USS Franklin (CV-13) ablaze after it was s… more

Date: November 13, 2017

Duration: 53 minutes 17 seconds

Creator: Faddis, Leon

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with William Starke, July 17, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Starke. Starke joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1942. He completed flight training and graduated at Williams Field, Arizona, in July of 1943 as a P-38 pilot. He provides details of his flight training and the various planes he flew. In November he traveled to Guadalcanal and joined the 44th Fighter Squadron, 13th Air Force. Starke served as a P-38 Lightning pilot and completed 121 missions throughout the Pacific, in… more

Date: July 17, 2007

Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 13 seconds

Creator: Starke, William

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Warren Elder, November 2, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Elder. Elder joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1941. In March, he deployed to the Philippines, and was stationed at Clark Field. After the attack on the Philippines, Elder served as a gunner in defending Bataan and Corregidor, surrendering to the Japanese in May of 1942. He was captured and held a prisoner of war at Bilibid Prison and Cabanatuan Camp, until liberated in early 1945. He returned to the US, and contin… more

Date: November 2, 2000

Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 01 second

Creator: Elder, Warren

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Raymond Heller, March 6, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Raymond Heller. Heller joined the Army in September 1944 and received basic training at Camp Hood. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 40th Infantry Division as a rifleman. In March 1945 he travelled to Leyte and was camped beside survivors of the Bataan Death March. He made patrols along various islands, to protect villagers from Japanese raids. While in the Philippines, he bought fresh fruits from natives. He recalls t… more

Date: March 6, 2001

Duration: 56 minutes 57 seconds

Creator: Heller, Raymond

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Sedgie Hinson, December 1, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sedgie Hinson. Hinson graduated from Mississippi State University in 1940, with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He joined the Army in July of 1940. He was assigned to an anti-aircraft unit. In early 1941, he deployed to the Philippines, and was assigned to a 16-inch mortar unit on Corregidor. After the Japanese invaded the Philippines, Hinson participated in defending Corregidor, surrendering to the Japanese in May of 1942. H… more

Date: December 1, 2000

Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 42 seconds

Creator: Hinson, Sedgie

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Maurice Horine, January 8, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Maurice Horine. Horine joined the Navy in August of 1942. He completed Yeoman schooling. He served as Yeoman Second-Class with a Carrier Aircraft Service Unit in Seattle through April of 1944. In January of 1945, Horine was assigned to the USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148). They transported troops to the Philippines and the Mariana Islands during the final amphibious offensive against Japan. After the war, he returned to the US a… more

Date: January 8, 2001

Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 40 seconds

Creator: Horine, Maurice

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Lyman Mereness, February 23, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lyman Mereness. Mereness joined the Navy in May of 1942. He received his wings in March of 1943. He served with the 8th Bomb Squadron. Beginning August of 1943, they served as the air group aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11). Mereness supported the invasion of Hollandia and the Philippines Campaign, completing 39 combat missions. He was discharged in September of 1945.

Date: February 23, 2001

Duration: 4 hours 15 minutes 10 seconds

Creator: Mereness, Lyman

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Isidore Ozuna, October 24, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Isidore Ozuna. Ozuna joined the Navy in July of 1943. He served with the deck force aboard the USS Colorado (BB-45). His battle station was with the gun crews. He participated in the pre-invasion shelling and fire support of Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa. He returned to the US after the war ended and received his discharge in December of 1945.

Date: October 24, 2000

Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 48 seconds

Creator: Ozuna, Isidore

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Robert LeBeau

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert LeBeau. LeBeau joined the Navy in May of 1943. He completed radio school, and played clarinet in the band located on base at Great Lakes. He served aboard the USS Talbot (APD-7), transporting Navy and Marine underwater demolition teams, and escorting convoys. They traveled to Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Saipan and Okinawa. They conducted anti-submarine patrols, and returned to the US in October of 1945. After the war en… more

Date: unknown

Duration: 31 minutes 22 seconds

Creator: LeBeau, Robert

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Will Lehner

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Will Lehner. Lehner joined the Navy Reserve in 1938. He began active duty in January of 1941, when he went aboard USS Ward (DD-139). They deployed to Pearl Harbor, where the destroyer patrolled locally over the next year. On 7 December, the Ward was conducting a precautionary patrol off the entrance to Pearl Harbor when she was informed at 03:57 by visual signals from the coastal minesweeper, USS Condor (AMc-14), of a periscope s… more

Date: unknown

Duration: 46 minutes 30 seconds

Creator: Lehner, Will

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with William Meehan, October 11, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Meehan. Meehan was born in Lambertville, New Jersey. He attended midshipman’s school at Northwestern in Chicago completing the course in December 1940. He was commissioned by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Meehan received orders to report to the USS Goldsborough (AVD-5), a seaplane tender, as the communications officer. He recounts various missions to Mexico and Iceland and describes a trip to Greenland during which the … more

Date: October 11, 2003

Duration: 44 minutes 19 seconds

Creator: Meehan, William

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Curtis G. Clark, October 11, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Curtis G. Clark. Born in 1918, he joined the Navy in 1937. He served on the USS Talbot throughout the war, beginning as a Radioman third class and working his way up to the rank of Warrant Officer. He provides information about the Battle of Dutch Harbor in Alaska. He discusses the conversion of four-stack destroyer ships (DD), such as the USS Talbot, into high-speed transport ships (Auxiliary Personnel Destroyer or APD) on … more

Date: October 11, 2003

Duration: 37 minutes 52 seconds

Creator: Clark, Curtis G.

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Rhollie Nix, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rhollie Nix. Nix joined the Navy in 1943. He completed schooling for welding, metallurgy and diving. He served as Second-Class Petty Officer and deep-sea diver aboard USS Cebu (ARG-6). He assisted with underwater welding repairs of LST propellers. They traveled to the Admiralty Islands, the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan. He was discharged around 1946.

Date: October 16, 2003

Duration: 21 minutes 42 seconds

Creator: Nix, Rhollie

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Frank MacDonald

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank MacDonald. MacDonald completed the Naval Academy in February of 1941. He was assigned to the Pacific Fleet aboard the USS Wasmuth (DMS-15). MacDonald worked as a Communications Officer. At Pearl Harbor, their ship served as the forerunner of the fleet of minesweepers and destroyers guarding the Harbor entrance from enemy submarines. MacDonald was present during the Japanese attack. After the attack, they continued their ser… more

Date: unknown

Duration: 35 minutes 31 seconds

Creator: MacDonald, Frank

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Charlie Boswell, December 7, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charlie Boswell. Boswell was born in Coryell County, Texas 4 September 1921. He quit high school, joined the Navy and went to boot camp in San Diego. Upon completing boot training he was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43) as a member of the crew in the engine room. During battle stations, he served as an ammunition handler for a five inch gun. He was aboard the ship on 7 December 1941 and he describes his activities durin… more

Date: December 7, 2004

Duration: 42 minutes 50 seconds

Creator: Boswell, Charlie

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Edmond Drake, May 13, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edmond Drake. Drake joined the Navy in April of 1943. Beginning early 1944, he served as Electrician’s Mate aboard USS President Adams (APA-19). They transported troops and supplies during the Battle of Guam, the invasion Luzon and the Battle of Iwo Jima. He returned to the US in April of 1945.

Date: May 13, 2004

Duration: 58 minutes 15 seconds

Creator: Drake, Edmond

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Iliff D. Richardson, February 22, 1997

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Iliff Richardson. Richardson was commissioned in the Navy in 1940 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 as the executive officer of PT-34. After the loss of his boat in April 1942, he joined a band of Filipino guerrillas. Richardson tells of setting up radio transmitters and of the unusual features of the operations and equipment used. At the request of General Douglas MacArthur he plotted the Japanese mine fields in… more

Date: February 22, 1997

Duration: 53 minutes 19 seconds

Creator: Richardson, Iliff D.

Item Type: Sound

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