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Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, January 12, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Nemec. Nemec joined the Marine Corps in December, 1942 and trained at San Diego. He arrived overseas in time to join B Company, 1st Tank Battalion in the First Marine Division when they invaded New Britain. Nemec describes going ashore and the conditions of battle at Peleliu. He also was on Okinawa and shares stories. Nemec served as maintenance man for tanks. He also relates several anecdotes from his time in China af… more

Date: January 12, 2016

Creator: Nemec, Frank

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

Oral History Interview with Richard Hanna, November 12, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Hanna. Hanna was born in Pennsylvania and joined the Marine Corps before his 18th birthday. He had basic training in California and shares a few anecdotes from that time. After he completed training, he was shipped to Pavuvu where he joined the Seventh Marines, First Marine Division. He landed on Okinawa in the eleventh wave ashore and shares many stories about combat. Hanna was eventually wounded by a Japanese hand … more

Date: November 12, 2005

Creator: Hanna, Richard

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

Oral History Interview with Cesar Forezan, Jr., March 12, 2006

Transcript of an oral interview with Cesar Fourzan, Jr. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and was assigned to C Troop of the First Cavalry Division. He trained as a cavalry soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas where he attended Officer Candidate School. He shares an anecdote about losing his accent in order to receive his commission. He was assigned to the 9th Cavalry and served as the squadron paymaster. He shares anecdotes about taking African American soldiers into M… more

Date: March 12, 2006

Creator: Fourzan, Cesar, Jr.

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

Oral History Interview with Howard Sweeney, December 12, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard J. Sweeney. Sweeney was born in Eureka, Kansas 17 December 1917 and graduated from high school in 1937. He tells of hopping freight trains and working as an iterate worker until drafted into the US Army 21 February 1941. He was sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky for training and joined the 6th Armored Regiment. He participated in maneuvers in North and South Carolina using broom sticks for guns and telephone poles for artill… more

Date: December 12, 2007

Creator: Sweeney, Howard J.

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

Oral History Interview with John Joseph O'Malley, June 12, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Joseph O???Malley. O???Malley was drafted into the Army in 1943. In March of 1944 he was sent for airborne training at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. He fought with the 84th Infantry Division in Germany and Belgium, pushing forward from Geilenkirchen, Germany in November, 1944 to Schnackenburg, Germany and ultimately contacting the Russian Army on the Elbe River in April, 1945. O'Malley spoke fluent German and served as an Army … more

Date: June 12, 2009

Creator: O'Malley, John Joseph

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

Oral History Interview with Lester McClanahan, May 12, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lester McClanahan. McClanahan joined the Navy in 1944. He was assigned to the USS Algol (AKA-54) in June of 1944 and served as a deck hand and gunner. He provides some detail of the ship and the equipment it carried. They traveled to Eniwetok, Ulithi and Saipan, carrying supplies for troops after the invasions. They were at the invasion of Lingayen Gulf in early 1945, and later at Okinawa. He recalls the kamikaze plane attacks wh… more

Date: May 12, 2012

Creator: McClanahan, Lester

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

Oral History Interview with Robert Cunningham, March 12, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Cunningham. Cunningham joined the Army Air Forces in January of 1942. In June, he traveled to England. In November, he went to Algiers with a military police unit. He recalls a story about when he captured several German soldiers trying to sneak through the lines. He also went to Italy, arriving in Naples after the invasion and spent much time in Rome. He served in the 281st Military Police Battalion and shares several ove… more

Date: March 12, 2010

Creator: Cunningham, Robert

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

Oral History Interview with Ivan E. Davies, October 12, 2010

Transcript of an oral interview with Ivan E. Davies. Born in 1921, he joined the Navy and was assigned to the B-2 hangar deck division on USS Enterprise (CV-6) in 1943. He describes the flight deck after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. He discusses his subsequent assignment to the mess deck as well as his assignment as aircraft elevator operator. He describes a shooting accident on the hangar deck; an aircraft landing accident; and a fire on the flight deck. He talks about kamikazes and the da… more

Date: October 12, 2010

Creator: Davies, Ivan E.

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

Oral History Interview with Frederick Binder, November 12, 1997

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frederick Binder. Binder joined the Navy and went to Notre Dame for Midshipman School. Upon completion, he then went to PT boat school in Rhode Island. After training, he was assigned to Motor Torpedo Squadron 27. Before reaching the Pacific in late 1943, he had some duty in Panama. Binder served as the executive officer in his squadron and recalls operating against Japanese barges around Bougainville and Choiseul. He was also st… more

Date: November 12, 1997

Creator: Binder, Frederick

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

Oral History Interview with Harold Collins, November 12, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Collins. Collins was a student at UCSB when he witnessed the bombardment of Ellwood. He was drafted soon after and sent to the University of Colorado. Upon course completion, he was assigned to USS LST-476 as a navigator and gunnery officer. His ship generally transported Marines from secured islands to rest points such as Ulithi. After landing troops on the beach at Okinawa, he pulled back to defend a heavy cruiser. … more

Date: November 12, 2012

Creator: Collins, Harold

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

Oral History Interview with Joseph Dague, February 12, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Dague. Dague joined the Army Air Forces Cadet Program in May of 1943. He trained on PT-17s, PT-13s, AT-10s, AT-6s and B-25s. He graduated from flying school in 1944 and transferred to the 434th Troop Carrier Command and went to George Field, Illinois. They were trained in pulling gliders and dropping paratroopers and supplies. He pulled Waco gliders and provides some detail of this experience. Dague worked on aircraft and … more

Date: February 12, 2005

Creator: Dague, Joseph

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

Oral History Interview with Walter Oweiss, November 12, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Oweiss. Oweiss joined the Army in March 1943 and trained in Virginia. His first stop was in the Army Specialized Training Program until he transferred to a flight school. The Army had too many pilot trainees,so oweiss was tranferred to a parachute infantry training and became a paratrooper attached to the 127th Airborne Engineers, 11th Airborne Division. He shipped overseas t oLuzon, Philippine Islands, with them. He also … more

Date: November 12, 2013

Creator: Oweiss, Walter

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

Oral History Interview with Richard Petri, May 12, 2001

Transcript of an oral interview with Richard Petri. Born in 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri, he joined the Navy in 1943. He began his training in the Naval Air Corps, but soon discovered he had no aptitude for flying and was assigned to the Navy's V-12 college student program. After completing his Bachelor's Degree, he completed Basic Training in Norfolk and Midshipman Training at Notre Dame and Navy Supply Corps school at Harvard. Upon completion of Supply Corps School he was assigned to the Nav… more

Date: May 12, 2001

Creator: Petri, Richard

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

Oral History Interview with Richard Dirks, November 12, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Dirks. Dirks was drafted into the Navy in February 1944 and trained at San Diego. From there he went to a weather school. Once he got to the Aleutian Islands, he was assigned to a weather station. Because he could type, he was made a yeoman in Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher's Northern Pacific Command headquarters on Adak. He spent the war there but for a brief interlude in Japan during the surrender and was discharged i… more

Date: November 12, 2014

Creator: Dirks, Richard

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

Oral History Interview with Robert Yerger, April 12, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Yerger. Yerger joined the Navy when he finished college in June, 1942 and went into flight training at Grand Prairie, the Corpus Christi. He earned his wings in March 1943 and after instrument training was made an instructor at Beeville. In April, 1945, Yerger was assigned to fly cargo in PBY from Alameda to Hawaii and beyond. He recalls a few anecdotes about Majuro Island and its natives. Yerger took his discharge in 1946. more

Date: April 12, 2003

Creator: Yerger, Robert

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

Oral History Interview with John Rich, October 12, 1996

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Rich. Rich was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine on 5 August 1917. He completed high school in 1935 and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1939. Following graduation, he worked as a newspaper reporter and interviewed survivors of the USS Reuben James (DD-245), which was sunk by a German U-boat in 1941. In early 1941, he attended the University of Colorado and spent a year studying the Japanese language. In 1942, he joined th… more

Date: October 12, 1996

Creator: Rich, John

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

Oral History Interview with Edward Chandler, January 12, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Chandler. Chandler quit school and joined the Navy in 1942. After boot training, he went to diesel school before reporting to Little Creek, Virginia for amphibious training. His first assignment was aboard an LCT in North Africa. Chandler had duty ashore maintaining engines at a port facility. From there, he went to Palermo and then Naples in early 1944. At Naples, he continued to repair ship engines. He also worked at the… more

Date: January 12, 2006

Creator: Chandler, Edward

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

Oral History Interview with Travis Smith, February 12, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Travis Smith. Smith joined the Army Air Forces in September 1942. He qualified as a pilot trainee and began training in San Antonio. In May, 1944, he graduated and received his commission. Smith went overseas to the Philippines, arriving in March, 1945. Later, he moved to Okinawa and flew bomber escort for bombing missions to China and Japan. He flew over 50 combat missions before the war ended and then went to japan on occu… more

Date: February 12, 2015

Creator: Smith, Travis

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

Oral History Interview with Edward Sandini, July 12, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Sandini. Sandini was born in June 1925 into a Hungarian immigrant family and grew up in Philadelphia during the Great Depression. Upon joining the Army Air Forces in 1943, he was accepted into the flight training program. Sandini was assigned to the 369th Bombardment Squadron, 30th Bomb Group, 40th Bomb Wing, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force. He tells a comprehensive tale of the experiences he encountered during World War I… more

Date: July 12, 2012

Creator: Sandini, Edward

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

Oral History Interview with Rudolph Schultz, August 12, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudolph Schultz. Schultz was drafted into the Army Air Forces in March, 1943. He received radar training in Florida and then served with the 13th Air Force. He installed a radar station at Noumea and trained men on its use. He also trained more men at Guadalcanal and the Admiralty Islands. Schultz was at Leyte when the war ended and soon went to Japan.

Date: August 12, 2003

Creator: Schultz, Rudolph H.

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

Oral History Interview with James Foster, November 12, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Foster. Foster received an agriculture deferment for two years afer he finished high school in 1942. He was drafted into the Army and trained in Florida before being shipped overseas to Hawaii, then Saipan, and finally Okinawa where he joined the 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division as a replacement. He shares several anecdotes about his experiences fighting on Okinawa. Toward the end of the war, Foster was reass… more

Date: November 12, 2018

Creator: Foster, James

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

Oral History Interview with Walter Stueck, October 12, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Stuek. Stueck was born in St. Louis, Missouri 28 May 1921. Upon enlisting in the Army Air Forces in May 1942, he was sent to Santa Ana, California to begin eight weeks of pre-flight training which was followed by three months of primary training at Oxnard. While making his first flight in a P-40 fighter, the plane suffered a complete electrical failure resulting in a controlled crash landing at Luke Army Airfield. He … more

Date: October 12, 2003

Creator: Stueck, Walter E.

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

Oral History Interview with Roger Went, March 12, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roger Went. Went joined the Navy in August of 1942, and began flight training in November. He was placed on active duty in December and began flying an N3N (Yellow Peril). He also practiced night flying. In July of 1943 he began work at the Naval Air Training Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, flying the SNV and AT-6. He received his wings in February of 1943. In April of 1944 he qualified for instrument flying and carrier landings… more

Date: March 12, 2008

Creator: Went, Roger

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

Oral History Interview with Gustave Sembritzky, July 12, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gustave Sembritzky. Sembritzky joined the Navy in March of 1940. Beginning September, he served as Aviation Chief Electrician’s Mate aboard USS Lexington (CV-2). In December 1941 they reinforced the base at Midway. In February of 1942 they participated in the Salamaua–Lae raid. In May, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, their ship was critically damaged and sunk. In the fall of 1942, Sembritzky was transferred to USS Altamaha (C… more

Date: July 12, 2002

Creator: Sembritzky, Gustave

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

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