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Oral History Interview with William Maddux, June 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Maddux. Maddux joined the Navy in December 1942. He was sent to the USS Argonne (AS-10). Maddux describes his role as a deck seaman, coxswain, and boatswain’s mate. He also details the capabilities of the ship as well as the repair and supply work that it performed. Maddox describes the fatal explosion that occurred aboard the USS Mount Hood (AE-11) and how he was blown over the side of his own ship which was anchore… more
Date: June 14, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 01 second
Creator: Maddux, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Murven J. Witherel, June 22, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Murven J. Witherel. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Allegheny High School in 1939. He went to work for a untility company before being drafted into the Army in February 1942. He qualified for Officer Candidate School (OCS) after Basic Training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant at Fort Benning, Georgia in December 1942. He was then assigned as the leader of 3rd Platoon, Company E, 20th Infantry,6th Infa… more
Date: June 22, 2011
Duration: 39 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Witherel, Murven J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with J. Whitfield Moody, June 14, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with J. Whitfield Moody. He discusses joining the Navy to become a pilot, going through flight school and training at various bases in the States before joining the USS Chenango (CVE-28) in February of 1945 as part of squadron VT-260 flying TBM's and TBF's. The Chenango went to Guadalcanal to join the invasion force for Okinawa, where Moody flew submarine patrols, dropped bombs on the island, other surrounding islands and on Formosa to prevent the Japanese from u… more
Date: June 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Moody, J. Whitfield
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Talmage Gilbreath, June 21, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Talmage Gilbreath. Gilbreath joined the Army in February of 1942. He was trained as a radio operator in the Signal Corps. Gilbreath was assigned to work in communications aboard merchant marine vessels. He travelled in convoys to Murmansk, England, delivered troops to North Africa and brought back German POWs. Gilbreath was then assigned to a refrigerated ship and tells of delivering food throughout the South Pacific. He sta… more
Date: June 21, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Gilbreath, Talmage
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Albert Marley, June 13, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Albert Marley. When Marley finished high school in 1943, he volunteered for service in the Navy. After training and gunnery school, Marley was assigned to a gun crew on a vessel that transported men and material to England from the East Coast. After the invasion at Normandy, Marley's ship delivered men and supplies to France. He even steamed through the Mediterranean Sea delivering supplies to Egypt and India. In all, he served aboard five ships and made run… more
Date: June 13, 2011
Duration: 46 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Marley, Albert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dale Nelsen, June 27, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dale Nelsen. Nelsen joined the Navy in 1940. He was trained as a corpsman and was assigned to LST-347. He took part in the invasion of Sicily and was awarded the Bronze Star for treating wounded soldiers. He was transferred to USS LST-72 and participated in landings at Italy and discusses transporting 90 wounded soldiers to Bizerte. He was part of a landing by British troops behind enemy lines in Burma. Nelsen was also a par… more
Date: June 27, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Nelsen, Dale
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Cowden, June 28, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Cowden. Cowden joined the Navy in November 1944. He joined the crew of USS LST-1001 as a deck seaman. Cowden describes taking part in the second wave of the invasion of Okinawa and mentions seeing several attacks by kamikaze planes on nearby ships. He describes his battle station on a 40mm anti-aircraft gun and how it operated. Cowden also details his ship being severely damaged during two typhoons. He remained aboar… more
Date: June 28, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Cowden, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bobbie W. Noble, June 30, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Bobbie W. Noble. He joined the Navy at 17 shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was aboard the USS North Carolina in early 1942. Noble did not finish high school and he received all his training aboard ship. He was in New York City when the French liner Normandie caught fire and capsized. He served as a powder hoist operator in the center gun of the number 3 turret. The North Carolina, after her shakedown cruise, spent the winter anchored in Portland,… more
Date: June 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Noble, Bobbie W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert J. Tweed, June 15, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert J. Tweed. Born in 1921, he joined the Army in 1943. He was assigned to the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division and sent to Marseilles, France as part of Task Force Linden. In December, 1944 he was an infantry squad leader in the 1st Battalion when he was deployed near Strasbourg, France. He provides an account of the combat action in which he participated, including a German tank assault, in the town of Hatten. He shares an anecdote about reporting on a re… more
Date: June 15, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Tweed, Robert J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Granville Coggs. Coggs joined the Army Air Forces in the fall of 1943. He trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and at Tyndall Field in Florida, serving as a pilot and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Coggs was commissioned on 16 October 1945 as a second lieutenant bombardier pilot. He served as an aerial gunner, aerial bombardier, multi-engine pilot and B-25 pilot trainee who was scheduled for the 477th Bombardment Gr… more
Date: June 30, 2010
Duration: 46 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Coggs, Granville
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Placido Lozano, June 2, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Placido Lozano. Lozano joined the Navy in October of 1943. He completed Radio School. He was assigned to a Landing Craft Infantry participating in the Battle of Saipan in June of 1944. He was later stationed aboard a carrier in the Pacific. Lozano was assigned as a radioman to a Douglas SBD Dauntless divebomber. The pilot taught Lozano how to fly and they flew cover for the carrier in the Philippine Sea. He also participated in t… more
Date: June 2, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Lozano, Placido
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ruth Scarce, June 15, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ruth Scarce. Scarce volunteered for service in 1943 and served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WACS) as a teletype. After training and working all over the United States, Scarce was sent overseas to High Wycombe, England, where she continued to work as a teletype and switch board operator. During her time in England she often went to London where she stayed at the Red Cross Club for women, visited historical sites, pubs… more
Date: June 15, 2010
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Scarce, Ruth
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jesse Scott, June 3, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jesse Scott. He joined the Marine Corps and served as a crew chief with Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 235 (VMSB-235). When he reached Ewa on Oahu, he was working on C-47 planes giving them their 1,000 hour overhauls with Marine Air GRoup 15 (MAG-15). He shares several anecdotes about test flying aircraft all over the Pacific.
Date: June 3, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Scott, Jesse
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dale Ball, June 4, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dale Ball. Ball joined the Navy around 1942. In 1943, he began serving as a Storekeeper aboard USS LST-1005 in the Pacific Theater. They traveled to Hawaii, the Caroline Islands, Eniwetok and Leyte Gulf, Philippines. He recalls a typhoon he experienced in 1945. He served with occupation troops in Japan after the war ended. Ball returned to the US, and continued his service in the Navy.
Date: June 4, 2013
Duration: 58 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Ball, Dale
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald K. Cradit, June 6, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald K Cradit. Cradit joined the Navy in November of 1939. He served as Boatswain’s Mate aboard the USS McCook (DD-496), participating in the Normandy invasions. Cradit later served aboard the USS Rogers (DD-876), where he witnessed the signing of the Peace Treaty in Tokyo Harbor. He returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945.
Date: June 6, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Cradit, Donald K
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Hall, June 15, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Hall. Hall joined the marine Corps in mid-1943 and trained at San Diego. After basic training, Hall attended aviation radio school and gunnery school before being assigned to VMB-621 when they were still flying PBJ bombers. Hall eventually went to Emirau and then the Philippines. He also shares a few anecdotes about being in Australia on R and R. Hall elected to leave the service after the war and use the GI Bill to go to c… more
Date: June 15, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Hall, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Sussman, June 15, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Sussman. Sussman was at the University of Illinois when he was sent to Columbia for Midshipman's School. He finished in early 1943 and was shipped out to the Pacific where he eventually joined USS LCI(G)-461. Sussman was aboard for the invasion o fthe Mariana Islands and the invasion of Okinawa. He describes the mission of USS LCI(G)-461 and shares anecdotes of his experiences aboard. When he first came aboard, he was in c… more
Date: June 15, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Sussman, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with B. J Wilson, June 19, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with B J Wilson. Wilson was at basic training at Parris Island when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Wilson was soon assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment as an assistant BAR man. He describes landing on Guadalcanal and fighting at teh Tenaru River. He eventually became the BAR man after some combat. He also recalls some anecdotes about being in Melbourne after leaving Guadalcanal. Hew also went with the FIrst M… more
Date: June 19, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Wilson, B. J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Battifarano, June 14, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Battifarano. Battifarano enlisted in the Navy during his senior year of high school in 1943. He served for 2 years as Signalman 3rd Class aboard the USS Guitarro (SS-363). They traveled to the Panama Canal operating with a destroyer and to the South Pacific. They made 4 successful war patrols, have 15 Japanese flags on their battle flag, laid 25 mines and recorded a 95-day war patrol. He discusses life aboard a submarine an… more
Date: June 14, 2013
Duration: 50 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Battifarano, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Nuckols, June 7, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Nuckols. Nuckols was drafted into the Army in September, 1944 and trained at Camp Hood. After training and transit, Nuckols landed on Okinawa on 10 April, 1945 with the 7th Infantry Division, 184th Infantry Regiment. He recalls several anecdotes from his combat experiences. After occupation duty in Korea, Nuckols returned to the US and was discharged in November 1946.
Date: June 7, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Nuckols, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Stayer, June 27, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with John Stayer. Stayer joined the Army in August 1944 and had basic training at Camp Hood. After training, he shipped out to France and joined the 4th Armored Division in Luxembourg in December. After two week, Stayer was severely wounded by mortar fire and evacuated. He eventually lost his right leg below the knee. Stayer relates several anecdotes of his time in hospitals recovering from his wound. He was discharged in April, 1946 … more
Date: June 27, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Stayer, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Pat Hemphill, June 14, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and oral interview with Pat Hemphill. Hemphill’s father was stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on 7 December 1941. Although she was only three years of age, she recalls being taken with other children out of the area on a school bus, while covered by mattresses as a means of protection. She also tells of the actions taken by her family during air-raid alerts.
Date: June 14, 2013
Duration: 29 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Hemphill, Pat
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Tex Hill, Joe Robert and Dick Rossi, June 17, 1996

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents oral interviews with Tex Hill, Joe Robert and Dick Rossi. Hill and Burken go into great detail regarding an issue of LIFE Magazine with a picture of General Claire Lee Chennault on the cover and a drawing of a panda bear dressed like a cowboy, as Hill was a member of the Panda Bear squadron of the Flying Tigers. Burken then visits with Joe Robert about a print that Joe is looking to sell and a LIFE Magazine that Joe is featured in, sitting on the … more
Date: June 17, 1996
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Hill, Tex; Robert, Joe & Rossi, Dick
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arthur Holtz, June 4, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Holtz. Holtz joined the Navy around 1942. Beginning July of 1944, he served as a First-Class Shipfitter aboard USS Canotia (AN-47), a net laying ship. They traveled to Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok. From February to April of 1945, they completed mooring and salvage duty at Iwo Jima. They traveled to Guam for repairs and Ulithi to install and maintain nets. Holtz was discharged in early 1946.
Date: June 4, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Holtz, Arthur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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