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Oral History Interview with John Wilson, January 31, 2002

Description: Interview with John Wilson, an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Wilson was born in Illinois but attended high school in the Philippines after his father accepted an engineering position there. He graduated from high school in 1939 and then enrolled in the University of Wisconsin, where he participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He graduated and took his commission in the Army in 1943. After Officer Candidate School (OCS), he was assigned to an engineerin… more
Date: January 31, 2002
Duration: 36 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Pratt, Rick & Wilson, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Willis Gathright, October 31, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Willis Gathright. Gathright was born on 3 December 1924 and graduated from high school in 1942. Upon being drafted in June 1943 he went to eight weeks of boot training at the US Naval Training Station in San Diego. This was followed by twelve weeks of sonar training at the West Coast Sound School at Point Loma, California. He describes how a sonar unit works. After graduating from the sonar school and receiving gunnery train… more
Date: October 31, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Gathright, Willis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Henry Kolar, July 31, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Kolar. Kolar joined the Army in June of 1943. He served as a mechanic with the 997th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company. Beginning February of 1944, they deployed to England. They landed on Omaha Beach 2 weeks after the initial invasion. He was later transferred to the 95th Infantry Division, 379th Infantry Regiment. They traveled into France and, by November, captured the forts surrounding Metz and repulsed enemy attempts to… more
Date: July 31, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Kolar, Henry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dana Green, January 31, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dana S. Green. Green joined the Army Air Forces in March, 1943. Ha made it through pilot training before switching to radio operator/gunner. Once Green arrived in England in October, 1944, he was assigned to the 305th Bomb Group in Chelveston, England. When the war in Europe ended, Green was shipped to California to await reassignment to a B-29 crew.
Date: January 31, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Green, Dana S.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Norman Cates, May 31, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman Cates. Cates was born in San Antonio, Texas on 19 January 1927 and joined the Navy in 1944. Upon enlisting he was sent to San Diego for boot camp. Upon completion of the training he was sent to Astoria, Washington where he reported aboard the USS Clinton (APA-144). His experiences aboard the Clinton included evacuating the wounded from Guam, picking up a large group of Japanese prisoners on Okinawa for delivery to Pea… more
Date: May 31, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Cates, Norman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with P. T. Allison, July 31, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with P T Allison. Allison joined the Army in June 1942 and received basic training in Virginia, having spent three years in the Civilian Conservation Corps prior to enlisting. He was assigned to the 1470th Engineer Maintenance Company, where he procured parts for a group of mobile machine shops and welding shops. He arrived in France during the Battle of the Bulge, where his unit repaired tractors, chain saws, and anything else t… more
Date: July 31, 2008
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Allison, P. T.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Daniel W. Jones, August 31, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Jones. Jones was at Harvard and at the end of his sophomore year in 1940, he joined the Navy under the V-7 program. After a cruise on the old battleship USS Wyoming to Guantanamo, Cuba he enterd midshipman's school in New York City. At the end of three months, he was commissioned an ensign and sent to the USS Wichita (flagship of Commander Cruiser Division 7) in January 1941. He was a communications officer and on the… more
Date: August 31, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 01 second
Creator: Jones, Daniel W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Neil Scheibel, January 31, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Neil Scheibel. Scheibel joined the Navy three months after graduating from high school and received basic training at Great Lakes. He attended electrician’s mate school in Iowa and was sent to Jacksonville for aviation electrician’s mate training. Upon completion, he was assigned to CASU-3. They shipped out in April 1945 and headed for Buckner Bay. After stopping at Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok for repairs, they arrived at Okin… more
Date: January 31, 2008
Duration: 11 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Scheibel, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Bargsley, October 31, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Bargsley. Bargsley joined the Navy in February of 1942. He completed communication school and served as radioman aboard the USS Fowler (DE-222), beginning in May of 1944. Bargsley describes life aboard the ship, as they made numerous voyages between New York, Africa and England escorting convoys. They delivered men and supplies for the operations in Italy and Southern France. In February of 1945 he was transferred to the US… more
Date: October 31, 2007
Duration: 36 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Bargsley, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clarence W. Masching, August 31, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence W. Masching. Masching was inducted into the Army in August 1942. He was trained as a medic and served in the Aleutian Islands. Masching talks about living in the harsh environment. He also discusses certain types of casualties and illnesses. Masching was then transferred back to the States to work in a general hospital for the remainder of the war. He was discharged in November 1945.
Date: August 31, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Masching, Clarence W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Fred Lee, July 31, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Lee. Lee was born in Portland, Oregon in Chinatown in 1924. His mother and father moved from China to Oregon in 1918, when his father was hired to work on the railroad from Oregon to California. Lee shares his family history, his experiences growing up in segregated schools and his Japanese friends going to holding camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In March of 1943, Lee joined the Army Reserves. He completed training … more
Date: July 31, 2013
Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Lee, Fred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stanley Bysiewicz, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Stanley Bysiewicz. Bysiewicz joined the Army Air Forces and attended gunnery school and bombardier school in Texas. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 15th Air Force as a replacement bombardier. He flew 50 missions out of San Pancrazio, Italy, disabling oil transportation between Romania and Munich, and damaging oil facilities in Romania. He also occasionally targeted military hardware facilities in Germany and ports in… more
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 32 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Bysiewicz, Stanley
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Buck, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald Buck. Buck joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and was assigned to a B-24 crew as a nose turret gunner. He flew his first mission with the 376th Bomb Group, 514th Bomb Squadron, in the fall of 1944 while stationed in San Pancrazio. On 7 February 1945 his plane was hit hard over Vienna after bombing an oil refinery. The pilot made a crash landing in a corn field in Yugoslavia, where Tito’s Partisans looked after them fo… more
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Buck, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Martin Goldfarb, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin Goldfarb. Goldfarb joined the Army Air Forces in December 1942 and learned to fly at Xavier University. Although he had experienced anti-Semitism during basic training at Fort Pickett, he was impressed with the respectful tone amongst the airmen, including their fair treatment of the Tuskegee Airmen, who saved Goldfarb’s life during a mission over Vienna. Flying with the 376th Bombardment Group (H) as a navigator, Gol… more
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 56 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Goldfarb, Martin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Kuehn, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Kuehn. Kuehn joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and joined the 376th Bomb Group (H), 515th Bomber Squadron, based in San Pancrazio, Italy. Although he was an aviation mechanic, on 24 February 1944 he flew a mission as a substitute flight engineer. He was shot down over Austria, bailed out, and landed atop a snowy mountain near the border of Yugoslavia. He was picked up by Tito’s Partisans and spent four months hiking t… more
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 31 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Kuehn, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Dzwigalski, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Dzwigalski. Dzwigalski was born in River Rouge, Michigan on 25 February 1925. He was drafted into the US Army Air Forces in 1943. He graduated from Armament School at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, Gunnery School in Harlingen, Texas, and was assigned to a B-24 crew. The crew was assigned to the 512th Bomb Squadron, 376th Heavy Bombardment Group in Bari, Italy during late summer 1944. He served as a ball turret gunner un… more
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Dzwigalski, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert McClean, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert McClean. McClean joined the Army Air Forces around 1941. He completed gunnery school and training in airplane mechanics. Beginning May of 1944, he served as a flight engineer with the 376th Bombardment Group. McClean completed 36 support and interdiction missions in Austria, Germany, Italy and Croatia.
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 49 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: McClean, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Miller, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Miller. Miller joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1941, after the war began. He worked in airplane maintenance, and served in Trinidad from early 1942 through mid-1943. He served as a flight engineer on B-24s. In December of 1943, Miller deployed to Naples, Italy and was assigned to the 376th Bombardment Group. He completed support and interdiction missions in Austria, Germany, Italy and Croatia.
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 58 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Miller, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Holley Midgley, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Holley Midgley. Midgley was born in June 1918. He was drafted into the US Army Air Corps in 1940, and completed the Aviation Cadet Program. Midgley served as a second lieutenant bombardier with the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group. His B-24 Liberator bomber was shot down over Bari, Italy on 16 July 1943. He was confined in a German prisoner-of-war camp in Chieti, Italy for twenty-two months, until liberated by General George Patton’… more
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Midgley, Holley
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with David Vartanian, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Vartanian. Vartanian was born 21 August 1924. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in December 1942. He served as a B-24 bombardier/navigator, and shares details of his training. He traveled to Marseilles, France in early 1945. He speaks of witnessing animosity between American black troops and American white officers in Marseilles. He traveled to a replacement depot in Naples, Italy, then onto Bari. Vartanian flew all his mi… more
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Vartanian, David
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wendell Wilkins, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wendell Wilkins. Wilkins joined the Army Air Forces around 1942. He completed radial engine and gunnery schools, and served as an aerial engineer. In 1943, Wilkins deployed to Italy. He completed 50 combat missions over Munich, North Italy, along Brenner Pass, Austria and Romania.
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Wilkins, Wendell
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carl Yerian, August 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carl Yerian. Yerian joined the Army Air Forces in August of 1942. He completed training as a pilot and received his wings in November of 1943. Yerian served as a B-24 pilot with the 376th Bombardment Group. He completed 51 combat missions over Italy, Austria, southern France and Germany. Yerian continued his service after the war ended, and participated in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He completed 32 years of service.
Date: August 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Yerian, Carl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Martin Mehron, May 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin Mehron. Mehron joined the Navy in February 1941 after spending a year working for Western Electric while attending night school at the Newark College of Engineering. Upon completion of boot camp at Newport, he attended radio school in Jacksonville, which ended with a secret two-week course in radar. After learning to operate radar in PBYs, he stayed on at Jacksonville as an instructor until being sent to a more rigoro… more
Date: May 31, 2012
Duration: 53 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Mehron, Martin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Owens, May 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Owens. Owens joined the Navy in 1943, aspiring to be a fighter pilot. He enrolled in the V-12 program but by 1944 there was declining interest in pilots with as little experience as he would have had, so he volunteered for gunnery school. He joined a PBY4-2 Privateer crew in Florida as a turret gunner and deployed to the Philippines. Flying over the South China Sea and along the coastline of Indochina, his crew was of… more
Date: May 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Owens, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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