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Oral History Interview with Lee Soucy

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lee Soucy. Soucy joined the Navy in December of 1937. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as Pharmacist’s Mate aboard the USS Utah (BB-31). He was on board when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After the attack and sinking of the Utah, Soucy worked as an RN and head of the medical laboratory at the Pearl Harbor Hospital. He remained at the hospital through April of 1945. He then completed Malaria Control School with… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Soucy, Lee
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Earl Stevens, September 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Earl Stevens. Stevens served aboard the USS New Mexico (BB 40) as an electrician beginning October of 1942. He was a gun electrician and took care of the firing mechanisms and the telephones. He provides his experience of joining the Navy with his dad and three brothers. He describes life aboard the New Mexico. He recalls traveling to Australia for liberty. Stevens describes the explosion of the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) and the r… more
Date: September 28, 2001
Creator: Stevens, Earl
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Eugene Walker, September 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Walker. Walker served in the Navy aboard the USS New Mexico (BB-40) beginning Christmas Day 1937. He was aboard serving as a radioman. He describes the radios aboard the ship, working in the powder rooms in the turrets and Navy life in general. He gives details of a typical day as a radioman, including training, practicing Morse code and standing watch. Walker describes changes that took place in 1940, when they traveled f… more
Date: September 28, 2001
Creator: Walker, Eugene
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Leo Bowden, September 28, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Leo Bowden. Bowden joined the Army Air Forces in October of 1943. He served as a B-29 gunner with a replacement crew in the Pacific. He traveled to Saipan, Tinian and Guam, and shares his living conditions on the Pacific islands. Bowden flew around 15 missions from May of 1944 through August of 1945. He conducted several bombing missions over Japan. He received his discharge in March of 1946.
Date: September 28, 2015
Creator: Bowden, Leo
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James "Jim" Vander-Moere, Jr., September 28, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with James “Jim” Vander-Moere, Jr. Born in 1925, he joined the Navy in 1943. He talks about boot camp at the Great Lakes Training Station. He describes the living quarters at the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois where he attended diesel school. He also describes his submarine school training at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut. He was transported to the Pacific Theater aboard the Liberty ship SS John Bartram. At the Freemantle submarine base in Aust… more
Date: September 28, 2010
Creator: Vander-Moere, James "Jim", Jr.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Paul St. Pierre, September 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul St. Pierre. St. Pierre joined the Navy in 1934. In November of 1935 he traveled aboard the USS Vega (AK-17) to San Diego, then was assigned to the USS Langley (CV-1), working as a signal striker. Their ship served as a training ship for carrier landings. In 1937 they traveled to Mare Island for ship modifications, then headed to French Frigate Shoals to operate with new PBY planes. He was promoted to Signalman 3rd Class. St.… more
Date: September 28, 2001
Creator: St. Pierre, Paul
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Raymond & Florence Bower, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Raymond and Florence Bower. Raymond joined the Army in 1940. He completed aircraft mechanics school and joined the 86th Observation Squadron, 7th Air Force, at Bellows Field in Hawaii. He provides vivid details of his first-hand experiences through the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. He recalls the capture of a Japanese soldier from a midget sub, who later attended their 50th squadron reunion in Hawaii. Raymond stayed… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Bower, Raymond & Florence
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Carl Duncan, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carl Duncan. Duncan joined the Navy around 1944. In February of 1945, he completed Midshipman’s School, and received his commission in July. He recalls his experiences and the celebrations in New York’s Times Square on both V-E Day and V-J Day. Duncan joined the USS Cotten (DD-669) in Tokyo Bay, beginning late September of 1945. He served as an Assistant Communications Officer. They participated in the allied occupation of Japan … more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Duncan, Carl
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with J. J. Knaupp, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with J J Knaupp. Knaupp joined the Marine Corps in November of 1943. He completed boot camp in March of 1944. He joined the 5th Marine Division, and remained in Hawaii through December. He participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima serving as a gunner on 81mm mortars. After the war ended, Knaupp was transferred to the 2nd Marine Division and sent with occupying troops to Sasebo, Japan. He worked in administration. He returned to the US an… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Knaupp, J. J.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with David Richardson, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Richardson. Richardson served as a journalist and sergeant in the Army from 1941-1945. In 1941 he worked as editor of the Camp Pendleton newspaper. He then worked for the Army Weekly and Yank in New York in 1942. They sent him, with orders, to General MacArthur in Australia to put together a group of journalists to document the war in the China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. He participated in battles in New Guinea, t… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Richardson, David
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Howell, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Howell. Howell joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He completed engineering school. He graduated from the Platoon Commanders Class at the Marine Corps Quantico Base, Virginia in May of 1945. Before the war ended, he deployed aboard a troop ship to invade mainland Japan. He then served in the Occupation of Japan after the surrender from November through January of 1946. He was discharged in early 1946.
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Howell, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gerald Graham, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gerald Graham. Graham joined the Georgia National Guard in the 1930s, and enlisted in Troop C, 108th Cavalry. In 1940, his unit was re-designated to Battery C, 101st Anti-aircraft Battalion. He was stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Beginning May of 1942, his unit was transferred to the 40th Coastal Artillery Brigade, and they served as the first ground troops in New Guinea. Graham worked as th… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Graham, Gerald
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Green, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Green. Green joined the Army in the spring of 1943. He served with the 763rd Tank Battalion, 96th Infantry Division, and transferred to Scofield Barracks in Hawaii in January of 1944. They participated in the battles of Leyte and Okinawa. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Green, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edwin Simmons, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edwin H. Simmons. Simmons was born 21 August 1921 in Paulsboro, New Jersey. Graduating from Lehigh University in 1942 he entered the Marine Corps as a 2nd lieutenant. Upon graduating from the reserve officers training course at Quantico, Virginia he served as an instructor. In the fall of 1943 he went to New Caledonia aboard the USS Orizaba (AP-24). He was then sent to Guadalcanal and assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment as a… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Simmons, Edwin H.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Inami, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Inami. Inami was born in April of 1921 in Madera, California. After graduating from Madera High School, Frank attended the University of California, Berkeley. While working on his degree in electrical engineering, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Inami and his family, all Japanese-Americans, were removed from the west coast and incarcerated in Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas. In 1944, while still in Jerome, Inami volun… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Inami, Frank
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Helen Leverton, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Helen Leverton. Leverton married Lieutenant Joseph Wilson Leverton, Jr., USN, in 1938. They were stationed in Honolulu when the Japanese attacked. Bill had to leave Helen and their twin babies, as he helped remove his ship, USS Wasmuth (DD-338), from the harbor during the bombing. Bill rose to the rank of Rear Admiral during a long, distinguished career in the Navy. She speaks on her experiences through that fateful day in 1941, … more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Leverton, Helen
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with O. H. King, September 28, 2002

Description: Interview with O. H. "Karl" King of Fort Worth, Texas, who is a World War Two veteran of the United States Marine Corps. In the interview, Mr. King recalls memories of his travels, the Japanese attack on Clark Field, the Battle for Bataan, and when he was a Japanese prisoner-of-war. He also talks about other experiences he had while serving in the Marines and his life before and after the war.
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Graham, Eddie & King, O. H.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas H. Boruff, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas H. Boruff where he discusses his childhood and what led him to join the Air Force and what he had to go through for training. He describes his experiences flying airplanes in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two.
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Boruff, Thomas H. & Bryk, Clarence
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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