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Oral History Interview with James Mooney, May 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Mooney. Mooney received his Navy wings at Pensacola, Florida in October of 1943. He went aboard the USS Ranger (CV-4) and was sent to the South Pacific as a replacement pilot. He was then sent to Guadalcanal where he performed escort missions for C-47 Air Force planes up through the Solomon Islands and Admiralties. He was sent back to Pearl Harbor to become indoctrinated in the Hellcat at the Naval Air Station at Berbers Po… more
Date: May 14, 2011
Duration: 50 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Mooney, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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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 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 Jerry Mason, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jerry Mason. Mason joined the Army Air Forces in December 1942 and received basic training in Lincoln, Nebraska. He played reveille during training, which helped distinguish him from the other recruits and secure him a spot in fighter pilot training. After learning to fly the P-38 and P-39, he was sent to New Guinea and the Philippines, where he flew as Cy Homer’s wingman in the 80th Fighter Squadron, the Headhunters. He was… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 54 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Mason, Jerry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Glenn Hope, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glenn Hope. Hope joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 and received flight training in Texas and Oklahoma in PT-19s and AT-6s. Upon completion, he was assigned to a P-40 squadron on Oahu. He was transferred to Port Moresby with the 80th Fighter Squadron, flying P-39s. The only advantage they had over Zeros was horsepower, so when Hope later became a flight instructor he taught pilots evasive maneuvers consisting of shallow dive… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 41 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Hope, Glenn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jim Davenport, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Davenport. Davenport was born 3 March 1925 in San Antonio, Texas. Graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the US Army Air Forces in September 1943 and received his basic training at Amarillo, Texas. After basic training he was sent to Iowa State Teacher College for three months to improve his skills in mathematics and sciences in preparation for entry into the Cadet program. Upon completion of pre-flight training … more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 47 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Davenport, Jim
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Neil O’Keefe, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J N O’Keefe. O’Keefe joined the Army Air Forcess in early 1942 and received basic training at Keesler Field. He graduated as a pilot in November 1942 and was stationed at a replacement training detachment when the war ended. He was sent to Japan in 1948, flying P-51s out of Itazuke. While there, he flew over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see the remnants of the atomic blast. In April 1950 he flew ground support missions in Korea… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: O'Keefe, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hugh Shoults, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugh Shoults. Shoults joined the Army Air Forces in March 1944 and received basic training in Amarillo. Upon completion of radar maintenance school, he trained radar navigators and bombardiers for the invasion of Japan. After the war ended, he worked on the flight line, maintaining radios, until his discharge in June 1946. He was called to active duty during the Korean War as a maintenance officer at Fairchild. In 1951 he be… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Shoults, Hugh
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Swartz, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Swartz. Swartz joined the Army Air Forces in April 1945 and received basic training at Sheppard Field. He was discharged as an aviation cadet after the war ended and embarked on a civilian career in various technologies, including television, radio, and broadcast equipment. After working as a ground radio operator for American Airlines, he enlisted in the Air Force and graduated as a pilot in September 1949. He was on… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 49 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Swartz, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lloyd D. Handschy, October 14, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Lloyd Dane Handschy. Handschy went to high school and college with John Glenn in New Concord, Ohio. They learned to fly together. Handschy joined the Marine Corps and went to pilot training at Pensacola. When he finished there, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and continued training in single engine aircraft. When he went overseas in 1943, he was assigned to VMF-213 and they went to the Solomon Islands. He describes aerial combat versus Japanese pilot… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 59 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Handschy, Lloyd Dane
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Covill Schneider, November 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Covill Schneider. " " In February 1943, he began his ground education. By the time he earned his wings, he had witnessed several fatal crashes, prompting him to become a churchgoer. In August 1944 he narrowly qualified for carrier landings in an SBD. He then volunteered for night training in Corsairs. Flying at night over tremendous ocean swells during his training was terrifying. He made his first high-altitude flig… more
Date: November 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Schneider, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Nash, November 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Nash. Nash joined the Army Air Forces in the fall of 1942. He received his wings in April of 1944, and was assigned to the 433rd Troop Carrier Group, 67th Troop Carrier Squadron. Operating primarily in the Southwest Pacific, they transported in supplies and evacuated wounded personnel during numerous campaigns. Nash recalls traveling to Luzon, Okinawa and assisting with the liberation of POWs from Manila and the Bataan surv… more
Date: November 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Nash, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clarence Wolgemuth, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence Wolgemuth. Wolgemuth joined the Army Air Forces in September 1942 and received basic training at Fort Meade. He received flight training in California and Arizona. He was sent to Port Moresby in April 1944 and crash landed in a jungle while on a training mission there. Natives took him in until he was rescued by his unit four days later. While there, he contracted malaria, experiencing his first symptoms several mon… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Wolgemuth, Clarence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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