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Oral History Interview with Mary Medcalf, December 27, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mary Medcalf. Medcalf grew up in Georgia and became a registered nurse in Virginia. Then, she went to Michigan to finish her degree. After graduating, she signed up to be an Army Nurse. She was a 2nd Lieutenant. She went to a hospital transformed from the Chicago Beach Hotel into the Gardiner General Army Hospital. Many of the soldiers needed orthopedics. Later, she transferred to Fort Bragg in North Carolina. She met her hu… more
Date: December 27, 2000
Creator: Medcalf, Mary
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arthur McQuiddy, December 10, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur McQuiddy. McQuiddy completed Civilian Pilot Training in 1940. He joined the Navy on 8 December 1941. McQuiddy served as a Naval Aviator beginning November of 1942, flying PBYs with Patrol Squadron 23, a Navy fixed-wing, anti-submarine and maritime patrol squadron. He completed patrol and rescue missions over the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Peleliu and Iwo Jima. He also completed a s… more
Date: December 10, 2002
Creator: McQuiddy, Arthur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Brown, December 6, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Brown. Born in 1919, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941. He was sent to Pearl Harbor. He recounts his actions during the Japanese attack there. He was then assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35). He describes his duties as the captain?s orderly. He talks about an encounter with fifteen Japanese twin-engine airplanes while escorting troop ships from the Coral Sea to Australia. He also discusses sinking Japanese su… more
Date: December 6, 2003
Creator: Brown, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with J. C. Alston, December 6, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J.C. Alston. Alston joined the Navy in August, 1941. He eventually reported aboard the USS California (BB-44) and served in the number 2 turret. Alston describes being present aboard the California when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Afterwards, Alston stayed with the California repairing and refurbishing her. Alston was aboard for the in Leyte invasion in the Philippines and describes watching some of the action at Iwo… more
Date: December 6, 2003
Creator: Alston, J. C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Curre, December 6, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Curre. Curre joined the Navy in June of 1941. Beginning in August, he served as Mess Cook aboard USS Tennessee (BB-43). They were moored in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Through 1942, Curre served aboard a yard mine sweeper in Bremerton. He completed training on minesweeping gear. He traveled through the Caroline, Marshall and Gilbert islands. They swept around Bougainville, New Britain and New Georgia prior to i… more
Date: December 6, 2003
Creator: Curre, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charlie Boswell, December 7, 2004

Description: 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
Creator: Boswell, Charlie
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Euell White, December 6, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Euell White. White entered the Marine Corps on 29 May 1941 and did his basic training in San Diego. His first assignment was on Midway Island where he manned 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. He was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 in the Marine barracks, which looked down on battleship row. White talks about a Japanese aircraft that was shot down and ended up about 500 feet from the hospital near his barracks. He states that the… more
Date: December 6, 2003
Creator: White, Euell
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Pat Duncan, December 3, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Pat Duncan. Duncan joined the Navy 9 July 1940 and after training in San Diego he was put on the USS Brazos (AO-4) for transport to Pearl Harbor where he was assigned to the USS Raleigh (CL-7). He was onboard for almost a year before the war started. Duncan was the bugler, stood orderly watches and did deck work. He was standing watch on 7 December 1941 and saw the plane coming in low that dropped the torpedo that hit the Ra… more
Date: December 3, 2003
Creator: Duncan, Pat
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Tippen, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert D. Tippen. Tippen was born in Goldthwaite, Texas on 8 May 1923. He joined the Navy in July 1942. After boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, he was sent to the Canal Zone where he joined the USS Columbia (CL-56), assigned to the Navigation Department. In October 1942 Columbia sailed for Espiritu Santo, supporting the struggle for Guadalcanal. For the next 14 months, with few breaks, Tippen and Columbia saw combat. Start… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Tippen, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma. Takeo Shiroma was born in Fresno County, California to parents who were both born in Okinawa. Roberta Shiroma, wife of Takeo, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1932. Her mother was born in San Francisco and her father was born in Japan. Takeo & Roberta were both relocated to an internment camp on an Indian Reservation in Poston, Arizona. They share their remembrances of learning of the attack … more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Shiroma, Takeo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Greene, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Greene. Greene dropped out of high school and joined the Navy in 1939, going to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. Afterwards, he went to the USS Kilty (DD-137). After a year on her, Greene was assigned to the USS Detroit (CL-8) in December 1940, remaining on her until December 1945. The Detroit changed its home port from San Diego to Pearl Harbor and was there on 7 December 1941. Greene states the Detroit was light in th… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Greene, James Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Quinton Pyle, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Quinton Pyle. Pyle joined the Navy in 1940 before he finished high school. After training in San Diego, he reported to the USS Bagley (DD-386). The Bagley was in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. He was the ‘hot case man’ on number two turret. That day, the turret started firing while the fireman got the boilers lit so they could generate steam and get underway. Pyle states that the ship shot down six Japanese planes … more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Pyle, Quinton
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Snell, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Snell. Snell joined the Navy on 11 February 1941. After boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois he took a train to San Pedro and from there rode the USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) to Hawaii where he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6). On 7 December 1941 Snell was in baker’s school at the submarine base. He went down to the pier and got a panoramic view of all that was happening. Snell returned aboard the Enterprise on 8 Dece… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Snell, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Watters, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Watters. Watters enlisted in the Naval Reserves in Los Angeles in November, 1940. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to the USS New York (BB-34) for a training cruise, which went to Cuba. After 30 days on the battleship he applied to midshipman’s school in New York. Watters was commissioned and assigned to an aircraft squadron, VP-23, based at Pearl Harbor. Watters’ primary duty in the squadron was administrative but … more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Watters, C. James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edward J. Kostelich, December 3, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward J. Kostelich. He joined the Army Air Corps on 1 July, 1940. He was assigned to Hickam Field, Hawaii. He recounts his experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In October 1943, his squadron was sent to Henderson Field on Guadalcanal to fly missions targeting Japanese troop ships and supplies. In 1944 he was sent back to the United States. He was discharged in July 1945. He shares an anecdote about making moonshine… more
Date: December 3, 2003
Creator: Kolstelich, Edward J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Graves, December 14, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Graves. Graves joined the Marine Corps Reserves while attending the Rice Institute in 1941. After graduation he was sent to Quantico, Virginia in June 1942. He was placed into a candidate?s class, a reserve officer?s class, and then an artillery class. He was sent to Camp Pendleton, California to train artillerymen. In January 1944, he was sent to Hawaii as the Battery Executive Officer of E battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th… more
Date: December 14, 2003
Creator: Graves, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Trubiano, December 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Trubiano. Trubiano was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on 17 August 1920. Enlisting in the National Guard in February 1939, he joined the 101st Combat Engineers. After the unit was activated, it went to Camp Edwards, Massachusetts for training. On 23 January 1942 they boarded the SS Argentina for a thirty-eight day voyage to Melbourne, Australia. Then they went to Espiritu Santos and built an airstrip. The unit the… more
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Trubiano, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Mann, December 3, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Mann. Mann joined the Army National Guard in January of 1941. He served with a medical unit and played trumpet in the band. He completed Officer Candidate School, and was later commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Air Forces around mid-1944. He deployed to Casablanca in September, and was assigned to a base in Abadan, Iran. He served as a B-25 pilot, completing missions over North Africa and Iran. Mann was discharged … more
Date: December 3, 2003
Creator: Mann, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Pontow, December 8, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Pontow. Pontow joined the Navy in May, 1944. After basic training, he headed for Little Creek, Virginia, for amphibious training. After that, he was assigned to USS LSM-96. On his first cruise, they took a marine radar unit to the Philippines in early 1945. He also went to Okinawa for the initial landings. When the war ended, the USS LSM-96 battled typhoons and then went to China with the First Marine Division. He wa… more
Date: December 8, 2003
Creator: Pontow, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Custer, December 23, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Custer. Custer joined the Army Air Corps in December, 1942. He attended aerial gunnery school before shipping to England.
Date: December 23, 2003
Creator: Custer, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Link, December 26, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Link. Link joined the Navy in March of 1939. He served as an electrician aboard a ship, though does not note the name. It is deduced that he was aboard USS California (BB-44), and stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. In March of 1942, Link boarded USS Lexington (CV-2), and participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea when the ship was sunk. He later served aboard USS YP-518 and Whipstock (YO-49). He was di… more
Date: December 26, 2001
Creator: Link, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez to Claudio Estrada, 1]

Description: Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez to Claudio Estrada. A long, curving title is printed above small lines of text that are positioned above and beside a bird icon, below which is a printed date. Below the date is a wide column of text positioned to the right of a smaller text column and a stamped seal. The wider column of text continues onto the back side of the page, ending above three lines of handwriting.
Date: December 31, 1982
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Translated article, "An Unusual Way to Attack Poverty"]

Description: A translated article titled "An Unusual Way to Attack Poverty," from the Register-Pajaronian. A long, curving title is printed above small lines of text that are positioned above and beside a bird icon, below which is a printed date. Beneath the date is a wide column of text positioned to the right of a narrower text column. The wide column of text continues onto the back of the letter and ends above a handwritten paragraph.
Date: December 20, 1975
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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