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Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Description: Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST … more
Date: August 24, 2002
Duration: 51 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
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 Ed Carseth, August 6, 2003

Description: Interview with Ed Carseth, a pilot during World War II. He discusses an early interest in aviation and earned his pilot's license through the Civilian Pilot Training program. He spent a year as an instructor before joining the Air Transport Command. Through 1944 he delivered aircraft to Australia before being assigned to Myitkyina, Burma. He speaks of living conditions at Myitkyina. He flew materials over the Himalaya Mountains (the Hump) from Burma to Kunming, China. Carseth relates anectdotes… more
Date: August 6, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Metzler, Ed & Carseth, Ed
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 19, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a visit with a friend name Sally and a trip planned for Gonzales with Baby and John, a suggestion about an address book to track the information that she gives him, and an update that Jessie got a job in San Antonio.
Date: August 19, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 27, 1944]

Description: Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, the impressiveness of Catherine's golf scores, boiling water due to the city's inaction on fixing the pipes, and the squadron being able to keep up with news in the United States via their radio.
Date: August 27, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 10, 1944]

Description: Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the contents of the letters he received, including his excitement over the birthday present Catherine will mail him, his sorrow over Lorraine, Catherine's coworker, leaving, and his enjoyment of his letter from Tommy.
Date: August 10, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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