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Alden Whitman, New York Times Obituary

Description: Sound recording of Alden Whitman, obituaries writer for the New York Times, speaking at the Ninth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park.
Date: September 13, 1974
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Plenary Session 1 and 5 of Oral History Association Colloquium 1970]

Description: Sound recording of Willla K. Baum, T. Harry Williams, James V. Mink, and Francis W. Schruben speaking during Plenary Session 1 and 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium in Pacific Grove, CA at the Asilomar Conference Center.
Date: November 13, 1970
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Richard Paine, March 13, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Paine. Paine joined the Navy Reserves soon after 7 December 1941. He served as a photographer’s mate in charge of a photo printing lab in Washington DC. Paine briefly discusses the equipment he used. He was discharged in 1944 when he contracted a serious case of tuberculosis and took several years to recover.
Date: March 13, 2006
Duration: 24 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Paine, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Walsh, July 13, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Walsh. Walsh was born in Wheeler, Indiana on 19 October 1926. He quit high school in 1944 and joined the Navy. He went to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois for six weeks of boot training followed by six months of amphibious training and gunnery training at Norfolk, Virginia. Upon completion of the training he went by troop train to Portland, Oregon. In September 1944 he went aboard Landing Craft Suppor… more
Date: July 13, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Walsh, James M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hobert Dempsey, August 13, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hobert Dempsey. Dempsey joined the Army in June 1943 and received antiaircraft training in the Mojave Desert. He came down with appendicitis just before his unit went overseas. After recovering, he was reassigned to the 232nd Infantry Regiment, Rainbow Division, as a combat infantryman. He arrived at Le Havre in December 1944, finding a port full of civilian casualties. He fought through France and into Belgium. He was shot … more
Date: August 13, 2002
Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Dempsey, Hobert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hugh Fuller, October 13, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugh Fuller. Fuller was born in Rogers, Texas 17 October 1924. He was drafted into the Army in 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He recalls his time at boot camp and that he was assigned to the 69th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 69th Infantry Division upon completion. During training at Fort Knox, Kentucky he recalls meeting and speaking with President Roosevelt. Fuller was sent t… more
Date: October 13, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Fuller, Hugh Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edmond Drake, May 13, 2004

Description: 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
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Deer, November 13, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Deer. Deer joined the Marine Corps in February of 1944, and provides details of his training. He was assigned to communications, working with phones, radios and stringing lines. He was attached to the 11th Gun Battalion at Camp Tarawa, Hawaii and shares his experiences training, living and working on the island, providing a number of anecdotal stories as well. He participated in the Battle of Leyte in October of 1944, wher… more
Date: November 13, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Deer, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dwight Dehaven, June 13, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight Dehaven. Dehaven joined the Navy in 1939 and served aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) in the boiler room. Dehaven recalls being shaken by a bomb and by explosions from the USS Lexington (CV-2) nearby in the Battle of the Coral Sea. In the Battle of Midway, bombs and a torpedo caused fire and flooding. Dehaven witnessed the gruesome death of a sailor jumping ship and saw a pilot trapped underneath an overturned plane. Aft… more
Date: June 13, 2000
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Dehaven, Dwight
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Stokesberry, June 13, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Stokesberry. Stokesberry joined the Navy in April 1940 and was stationed at Kaneohe Bay on 7 December 1941. He was out early collecting garbage from various stations on the base that morning and was among the first to see Japanese planes approaching. After the attack, he repaired damaged water lines. October 1942, he was sent to Johnston Island as an aviation metalsmith. After a brief assignment at Pearl Harbor doing… more
Date: June 13, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Stokesberry, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Eustace, January 13, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Eustace. Eustace joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training at Camp Farragut. He received further training at photography school in Pensacola. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Suwannee (ACV-27) as a photographer’s mate. Eustace flew in the backseat of a Douglas SBD Dauntless divebomber throughout the war in the Pacific. On 20 October 1944 the Suwannee was attacked by Japanese planes. Eustace conten… more
Date: January 13, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Eustace, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Causey, February 13, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Causey. Causey was born in Mississippi and was drafted into the Army right after he finished high school in 1944. Causey shares a few stories about basic training in Florida. Causey went overseas aboard the USS General M.M. Patrcik (AP-150) from Seattle to Hawaii in February, 1945. Causey describes more training he received on Hawaii before shipping out to Saipan in April. On 1 May, Causey arrived as a replacement o nO… more
Date: February 13, 2003
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Causey, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Theodore E. Gruhn, March 13, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Theodore Gruhn. Gruhn joined the Navy in September 1941 after working as a carpenter. He was en route to Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Once at Hawaii, Gruhn did shore patrol for a year until he was assigned to the USS Farenholt (DD-491) as a carpenter's mate in December 1942. In May, 1944, Gruhn transferred to the USS Abercrombie (DE-343). When the war ended, Gruhn had enough points to be discharged in October, 19… more
Date: March 13, 2003
Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Gruhn, Theodore E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Donihi, October 13, 1996

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Donihi. Donihi was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from high school in 1934. During the Depression, he worked low wage jobs and lost his leg in an automobile accident while hitchhiking to Florida. His experiences influenced him to attend law school. He passed the Bar in 1941 and went to work in Tennessee. He was exempt from the draft, but was motivated to learn to fly under the Civil Air Patrol. He joined the… more
Date: October 13, 1996
Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Donihi, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Showers, March 13, 1998

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald Mac Showers. He joined the Navy after finishing school at the University of Iowa in August 1940. He signed up for the V-7 program and was commissioned an ensign in September 1941 after Midshipman School at Northwestern University. His first assignment took him to the intelligence center at the 13th Naval District in Seattle. He stayed in Seattle for six weeks hoping to get in with the public relations section. Instead… more
Date: March 13, 1998
Duration: 2 hours 36 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Showers, Donald Mac
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Harold Ryan, September 13, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Harold Ryan. Ryan joined the Army in September of 1944. He served with the 96th Infantry Division. He worked with and trained fellow servicemen on the M1 rifle. Ryan participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He was discharged in September of 1946.
Date: September 13, 2003
Duration: 57 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Ryan, John Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William P. Gattis, April 13, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William P Gattis. Gattis joined the Navy in May of 1941. Soon after joining, he was assigned to the USS Henderson (AP-1). Upon arriving at Pearl Harbor, Gattis volunteered to join the submarine forces. He was quickly assigned to the USS Sargo (SS-188). They departed Pearl Harbor in October of 1941, arrived in Manila in November, and were there when the Japanese attacked. He was later transferred off the Sargo to the Great Lakes N… more
Date: April 13, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Gattis, William P
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carl Woods, May 13, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carl Woods. Woods was born on a homestead in Phillips County, Montana into a family of nine children. He comments on family life during the Great Depression. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and went to boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois. He was then selected to attend hospital corpsman school and describes the training and medical experience he gained before volunteering for submarine duty. After a… more
Date: May 13, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Woods, Carl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Woolson, June 13, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Woolson. Woolson joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1942. He provides details of his flight training. Beginning in August of 1943 he served as a B-24 co-pilot. He went overseas in October of 1943. He traveled to Iceland, Scotland, Morocco, Italy, France and Austria. He joined the 513th Squadron, 376th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. Woolson completed 35 combat missions during World War II, including 2 missions on D-Day.… more
Date: June 13, 2000
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: Woolson, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Walter Crafford, September 13, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Crafford. Crafford was born in Bridgeport, Nebraska in 1919 and graduated from high school in 1937. He was employed at a Consolidated Aircraft plant making B-24 bombers until 1942 at which time he joined the US Army Air Forces. Upon completing his pilot training he was sent to Pueblo, Colorado for crew selection and training. In December 1943 the crew was sent to Herrington, Kansas to pick up a new B-24 which they ult… more
Date: September 13, 2007
Duration: 51 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Crafford, Walter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Duane Howard, August 13, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Duane Howard. Howard was born in Miami, Indiana 30 November 1919. Although married with two children, he was drafted into the Navy in September 1944. After ten week of boot training at The Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois he began three weeks of gunnery training. Upon completion of the training he was assigned to the merchant ship, SS O.B. Martin as a member of the Naval Armed Guard contingent. His job assignment… more
Date: August 13, 2007
Duration: 45 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Howard, Duane
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Willford Burks, June 13, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willford Burks. Burks joined the Army around 1942. He was assigned to the 99th Infantry Division. They deployed to England in September of 1944. He participated in the Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe Campaigns. Burks returned to the US and was discharged in 1945.
Date: June 13, 2008
Duration: 46 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Burks, Willford
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Paul Massier, April 13, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Massier. Massier enrolled in the Army Specialized Training Program after two years of studying mechanical engineering. He was inducted in June 1943 and expected to finish school at Texas A&M. After basic training however, Massier was assigned to the 99th Infantry Division as a rifleman when the program was cut short. He was unhappy with this arrangement, as many of the officers were not well educated. After learning tha… more
Date: April 13, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Massier, Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Wareing, April 13, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Wareing. Wareing attended the Hawken School as a child, impressing upon him the value of discipline. He later joined the ROTC and the Kentucky National Guard. With war looming, he applied both to the Army Air Corps and Royal Canadian Air Force. Accepted by both, he chose the Air Corps, completing flight training in December 1941 as a second lieutenant. After two years as an instructor, he was appointed to oversee cur… more
Date: April 13, 2009
Duration: 50 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Wareing, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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