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Oral History Interview with Bern Ballard, November 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bern Ballard. Ballard joined the Army National Guard in November 1940 at Camp Mabry. He served as a truck driver in the Austin and San Antonio area and describes how he was injured during the Louisiana Maneuvers. Ballard describes driving a truck with the 36th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy. He details having to pick up dead soldiers near the front and drive them back to cemeteries. Ballard describes taking part… more
Date: November 17, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes
Creator: Ballard, Bern
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Smith, September 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Smith. Smith joined the Navy in October 1940 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was sent to Pearl Harbor, where he worked as a baker. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was aboard the USS California (BB-44), hoisting ammunition from the third deck to the antiaircraft guns topside. The California was torpedoed, damaging fuel lines and covering Smith in oil. Stunned by the explosion, he was u… more
Date: September 17, 2011
Duration: 43 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Smith, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dorinda Nicholson, September 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dorinda Nicholson. Nicholson was a first-grader living on Pearl City Peninsula at the time of the attack. Japanese planes grazed the trees in her backyard as they began their bombardment, and Nicholson’s father rushed her family to the sugarcane fields perched above the harbor. From that day onward, the island was under martial law and strict rationing. Nicholson saw many locals leave and thousands of soldiers arrive. When t… more
Date: September 17, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Nicholson, Dorinda
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arnhold Schwichtenberg, September 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arnhold Schwichtenberg. Schwichtenberg joined the Navy in September 1940 and was assigned to the USS Trever (DMS-16). During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he went out on a whale boat and rounded up officers and a substitute captain to help the Trever get underway. He watched torpedoes hit the USS Utah (BB-31) and the USS California (BB-44). He saw a bomb hit the USS Curtiss (AV-4) and saw a bomb intended for the Trever splash … more
Date: September 17, 2011
Duration: 29 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Schwichtenberg, Arnhold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lawrence Warren, April 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lawrence Warren. Warren joined the Navy in 1942. He was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as a member of the 2nd Deck Division. Warren was a member of the gun crew of a quad-40mm anti-aircraft gun. He details 40mm operations, assignments, and gun watches. Warren describes anti-aircraft operations and being hit by Japanese bombs and a kamikaze. He also discusses some of the tasks performed as a small boat coxswain. Warren… more
Date: April 17, 2011
Duration: 3 hours 50 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Warren, Lawrence
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bern Ballard, November 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bern Ballard. Ballard joined the Army National Guard in November 1940 at Camp Mabry. He served as a truck driver in the Austin and San Antonio area and describes how he was injured during the Louisiana Maneuvers. Ballard describes driving a truck with the 36th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy. He details having to pick up dead soldiers near the front and drive them back to cemeteries. Ballard describes taking part… more
Date: November 17, 2011
Creator: Ballard, Bern
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bill Smith, September 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Smith. Smith joined the Navy in October 1940 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was sent to Pearl Harbor, where he worked as a baker. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was aboard the USS California (BB-44), hoisting ammunition from the third deck to the antiaircraft guns topside. The California was torpedoed, damaging fuel lines and covering Smith in oil. Stunned by the explosion, he was u… more
Date: September 17, 2011
Creator: Smith, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arnhold Schwichtenberg, September 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arnhold Schwichtenberg. Schwichtenberg joined the Navy in September 1940 and was assigned to the USS Trever (DMS-16). During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he went out on a whale boat and rounded up officers and a substitute captain to help the Trever get underway. He watched torpedoes hit the USS Utah (BB-31) and the USS California (BB-44). He saw a bomb hit the USS Curtiss (AV-4) and saw a bomb intended for the Trever splash … more
Date: September 17, 2011
Creator: Schwichtenberg, Arnhold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dorinda Nicholson, September 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dorinda Nicholson. Nicholson was a first-grader living on Pearl City Peninsula at the time of the attack. Japanese planes grazed the trees in her backyard as they began their bombardment, and Nicholson’s father rushed her family to the sugarcane fields perched above the harbor. From that day onward, the island was under martial law and strict rationing. Nicholson saw many locals leave and thousands of soldiers arrive. When t… more
Date: September 17, 2011
Creator: Nicholson, Dorinda
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lawrence Warren, April 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lawrence Warren. Warren joined the Navy in 1942. He was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as a member of the 2nd Deck Division. Warren was a member of the gun crew of a quad-40mm anti-aircraft gun. He details 40mm operations, assignments, and gun watches. Warren describes anti-aircraft operations and being hit by Japanese bombs and a kamikaze. He also discusses some of the tasks performed as a small boat coxswain. Warren… more
Date: April 17, 2011
Creator: Warren, Lawrence
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Kelemen Quartet performs String Quartet in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden"]

Description: Photograph of the Kelemen Quartet performing String Quartet in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden," in the University of North Texas' Recital Hall. Quartet members (l-r) Barnabás Kelemen, Katalin Kokas, Gábor Homoki, and Dóra Kokas are playing the violin, violin, viola, and cello, respectively.
Date: November 17, 2011
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210787 -97.150483
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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