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Oral History Interview with Ruth Fowler, January 8, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ruth Fowler. Fowler was teaching in Big Spring, Texas, when she went out for the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1939. She was accepted and was trained to fly. She evetually became an instructor. She also discusses rationing.
Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: Fowler, Ruth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Rosendahl

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Admiral Charles Rosendahl. Rosendahl was the commanding officer of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey in May 1937 when the German airship Hindenburg arrived from Hamburg. He witnessed the accident and describes the ship’s destruction. Ray Porter, a Naval Airship service veteran, describes an eight-day endurance flight in which he participated during 1957. Fred Cline, another airship veteran, also describes his ex… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Rosendahl, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard Hamilton, September 4, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Hamilton. Hamilton joined the Marine Corps in July of 1945. In January of 1946 he was sent overseas as a replacement. He traveled to Tangku in North China, where he remained for the duration of his service. He worked on bridge guard duty, ensuring the bridges remained open. He shares his experiences living and working in China after the war. Hamilton was sent home and discharged in September of 1946.
Date: September 4, 2004
Creator: Hamilton, Richard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bill Kuykendahl, June 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Kuykendahl. Kuykendahl enlisted in the navy in 1944. After basic training, he went to radio school at Farragut, Idaho before going aboard USS Fergus (APA-82). Kuykendahl does not recall a lot of details about his service.
Date: June 18, 2002
Creator: Kuykendahl, Bill
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Billy Jackson, June 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents on oral interview with Billy Jackson. Jackson joined the Navy in August, 1944 and was assigned aboard USS Fergus (AP-82). Jackson recalls hauling troops to various destinations in the Pacific and returning to the US with a load of former prisoners of war.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Jackson, Billy
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Archie L. Sherman and Ray Magro, May 22, 2004

Description: Transcript of a simultaneous oral interview with Archie L. Sherman and Ray Magro. Both served in the Navy. Sherman served for a while on patrol craft in Alaska before transferring to the USS Cummings (DD-365). He was released from the Cummings due to excessive seasickness, but eventually was assigned tothe USS Smith (DD-378). Magro joined the Navy in 1940 and served aboard the USS Mahan (DD-364) and the USS Cummings before being assigned to the USS Smith. Magro describes his actions and impress… more
Date: May 22, 2004
Creator: Sherman, Archie L.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Maurice P. Pearce, April 16, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Maurice P. Pearce. Pearce finished the eighth grade and went to work on the farm on which he was raised. He joined the Arizona National Guard in June, 1940. they were activated later in Spetmenber and shipped to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for training. He evnetually was shipped to Panama for jungle training with the 158th Regimental Combat Team (Pearce was one of the original members of the Bushmasters). From there, Pearce went wit… more
Date: April 16, 2009
Creator: Pearce, Maurice P.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Ward, September 21, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Jack Ward. Ward moved quickly through school and enlisted in the Navy at 17 in March, 1945. He caught scarlet fever in training and was held back. As a result, the war ended while he was still in training. Ward recalls working in an office in the San Francisco Bay Area where orders were typed out. He implies that he wrote his own orders to get aboard a refridgerated merchant vessel hauling cold supplies to various points in the Pacific. Ward recalls several … more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Ward, Jack
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with David Frazier, September 20, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with David Frazier. Frazier was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania on 19 May 1927. Upon joining the Navy in 1945 he went to boot camp at Samson Naval Training Base in New York. Upon completing boot training, he was sent to Iwo Jima where he went aboard the USS Susanville (PC-1149). He developed an ingenious method to make ice cream on board the ship. He recalls that after providing shuttle services for several months the ship went to… more
Date: September 20, 2009
Creator: Frazier, David
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Floyd Cox, November 1, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd Cox. Cox was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on 26 November 1932. Upon graduating from high school in 1950 he joined the US Air Force. He recalls, as a child, hearing a broadcast telling of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and how the war affected a youngster living in a small town during that time. He relates his experiences in participating in scrap iron and grease collections for war time purposes and purchasing War B… more
Date: November 1, 2007
Creator: Cox, Floyd
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with George Reynolds, October 20, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Reynolds. Reynolds was drafted into the Army in January 1946 and received basic training at Fort Bliss. Basic was only six weeks long at that point, and Reynolds was happy to have the opportunity to relieve anyone who had served on the front lines. He recalls that his commanding officers weren’t very kind and seemed to be having difficulty readjusting to life after the war. He received nine months of training in handl… more
Date: October 20, 2002
Creator: Reynolds, George
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James McDavid, May 10, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James McDavid. McDavid joined the Navy in 1940. He worked as a draftsman and plane spotter aboard USS Pennsylvania (BB-38). McDavid was aboard the ship, located in Dry Dock No. 1 in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. After extensive repairs, the Pennsylvania conducted training operations along the California coast from April to August of 1942. McDavid continued his service as an Electronics Electrician First-Class, repairin… more
Date: May 10, 2001
Creator: McDavid, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Henry Mooi, August 6, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Mooi. Mooi joined the Navy in January of 1945. He served aboard USS Cabot (CVL-28). He served on fire watch duty. Mooi remained aboard the Cabot through the end of the war, and they provided air cover during the Japanese surrender on USS Missouri (BB-63).
Date: August 6, 2003
Creator: Mooi, Henry
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Horner, February 17, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Horner. Horner finished high school and immediately joined the Navy in 1944. After training, he was assigned as a Yeoman at Honolulu before joining the crew of USS Nashville (CL-43) in October, 1944. He was in the Philippines when the war ended.
Date: February 17, 2004
Creator: Horner, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned t… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 44 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned t… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Interview with Edna Blair Davis, July 2, 1984

Description: Transcript of an interview with Edna Blair Davis, born Ellen Jane Blair in 1895. She is a long-time resident of the Central Texas region, from Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers her family life, businesses run by her family, her education, and relations of hers throughout the Austin area.
Date: July 2, 1984
Creator: DiGesualdo, Jane & Davis, Edna Blair
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

[Gravestone photograph of married couple Charles Weldon Burgoon and Joy M. Burgoon]

Description: Photograph of Charles Weldon Burgoon and his wife Joy M. Burgoon as a young couple posing for the camera outdoors at what appears to be a field, which the creator states is the Burgoon Roping Arena on east McKinney Street in Denton, Texas. The black and white photograph included on his gravestone shows Charles standing in front of a wooden post that holds up a wire fence. Joy M. Burgoon is standing to the left of Charles behind the wire fence and is holding onto the top portion of the fence. Ch… more
Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Spooner, Pam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.208918 -97.060768
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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