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[TXSSAR Arlington Chapter saluting during memorial service, 2]

Description: Photograph of TXSSAR Arlington Chapter Members dressed in their colonial American revolution attire, standing shoulder to shoulder and saluting for a group photograph during the memorial and funeral service of Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Bikers are seen riding in the street and flying the American flag in their salute to Coke. Coke Jr., born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds o… more
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ted E. Wilson and Gary Faletti]

Description: Photograph of Ted E. Wilson (left) and Gary Faletti (right) posed together outside of First United Methodist Church during the memorial service of Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Wilson and Faletti are a part of the TXSSAR Arlington chapter and are their to give their respect to a fallen solider. Coke Jr., born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds of servicemen killed and his remains… more
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men and women in their Military uniforms]

Description: Photograph of TXSSAR Arlington Chapter Members dressed in their colonial American revolution attire and standing with the men and women of the U.S. Navy bearing their colors. The men and women are standing shoulder to shoulder and posing for a group photograph during the memorial and funeral service of Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Coke, born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds of… more
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[TXSSAR Arlington Chapter during memorial service]

Description: Photograph of TXSSAR Arlington Chapter Members dressed in their colonial American revolution attire and standing shoulder to shoulder posing for a group photograph during the memorial and funeral service of Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Coke, born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds of servicemen killed and his remains were declared unrecoverable until recently and his family made… more
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Navy men and women firing rifles]

Description: Photograph of the men and women of the U.S. Navy firing their rifles in a three-volley salute for Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Coke Jr., born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds of servicemen killed and his remains were declared unrecoverable until recently and his family made the decision to return Coke to Arlington to be laid to rest with his parents.
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Navy men and women carrying the remains of George Anderson Coke, Jr.]

Description: Photograph of the men and women of the U.S. Navy carrying the remains of Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr., during the memorial and funeral service. Men and women in their colors are seen standing in the background and saluting the coffin in honorably respect. Coke Jr., born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds of servicemen killed and his remains were declared unrecoverable until rece… more
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[TXSSAR Arlington Chapter saluting during memorial service]

Description: Photograph of TXSSAR Arlington Chapter Members dressed in their colonial American revolution attire, standing shoulder to shoulder and saluting for a group photograph during the memorial and funeral service of Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Coke, born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds of servicemen killed and his remains were declared unrecoverable until recently and his family m… more
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[TXSSAR Arlington Chapter saluting during memorial service, 3]

Description: Photograph of TXSSAR Arlington Chapter Members dressed in their colonial American revolution attire, standing shoulder to shoulder and saluting for a group photograph during the memorial and funeral service of Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Bikers are seen riding in the street and flying the American flag in their salute to Coke. Coke Jr., born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds o… more
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Navy men and women standing by]

Description: Photograph of the men and women of the U.S. Navy standing with their rifles by their side during the memorial service for Navy Seaman 1st Class George Anderson Coke Jr. Coke Jr., born in Arlington, Texas in 1923 died on December 7, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Eighteen year old Coke Jr. was among the hundreds of servicemen killed and his remains were declared unrecoverable until recently and his family made the decision to return Coke to Arlington to be laid to rest with his parents.
Date: June 23, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.730446 -97.101285
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, September 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jean Adams. Adams was born in Washington, DC. Her father served in the military as well as her two brothers. She attended an all-girls school in Washington and graduated from a women’s college in Philadelphia. In 1940 she joined her brother in the Philippines but was evacuated in 1941. She joined the second class of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WACs) in 1942. She was assigned to the Office of Inspector General and tells of s… more
Date: September 17, 2017
Duration: 37 minutes 01 second
Creator: Adams, Jean
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Liz Irvine and Yvonne Charles, September 17, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a joint interview with Liz Irvine and Yvonne Charles. Both were teenagers when they were interned as civilians in Santo Tomas University by the Japanese in 1942. They discuss the various activities they participated in. They tell of some of the acts of kindness as well as brutality that occurred by their captors. They also tell of the violent demise of the Japanese camp commandant Abiko, following the surrender of the camp on 3 February 1945.
Date: September 17, 2017
Duration: 58 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Irvine, Liz & Charles, Evon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with John Rue, March 2, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Rue. Rue’s son-in-law Scott Gremillion assists with the interview. Upon high school graduation in 1941 Rue enlisted in the Coast Guard. He completed training at the Naval Station in Algiers, Louisiana, and then went to Miami, Florida where he was stationed on a light ship. From there he went to Fort Lauderdale where he guarded a German ship that was in port. From there he went on to Maryland to be trained as an electric… more
Date: March 2, 2017
Duration: 47 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Rue, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Tucker, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Tucker. Tucker was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. He went to aircraft armament school at Buckley Field, Colorado and aerial gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. He was then assigned to a B-25 crew training in Columbia, South Carolina. He served as a tail gunner. He provides detail of his activities and lessons in training. In December of 1944 his crew received orders to go overseas to India. His crew joi… more
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Charles
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 Edgar Hessek, December 22, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar Hessek. Hessek joined the Navy in October of 1942. In February of 1943 he was assigned to the American Builder, a commercial ship, as a radio operator. They traveled to South Africa and England delivering war materials. In 1944 he was transferred to the USS Swenning (DE-394). From late 1944 into 1945 they traveled to Casablanca, the Pacific, Guam, Wake Island and Okinawa. He describes a torpedo attack by a submarine on thei… more
Date: December 22, 2017
Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Hessek, Edgar
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 James Reynolds, January 4, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Lee Reynolds. Reynolds was drafted into the Army in January of 1946. After basic training, he was deployed to Yokohama, Japan with occupation forces. He shares what the city looked like after the bombing and how the people treated him. He was transferred to Kobe, where his job was to process uniforms and anything that had to be salvaged or replaced. He shares his experiences living and working in Japan after the war. He ret… more
Date: January 4, 2017
Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Reynolds, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with William Batty, January 7, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with William Batty. Batty was drafted into the Army Signal Corps in April, 1944 after he finished high school. After training, he joined the 58th Signal Repair Company in late 1944 and headed for England. His unit eventually moved to the continent and into Germany. Their job was to repair telephones, but they did not encounter too many. Batty shares several anecdotes of his time in Europe during and after the war. When the war en… more
Date: January 7, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Batty, William
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 Walter Steffes, January 11, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Steffes. Steffes entered the Navy June 1946. He completed training in Great Lakes, Illinois. He moved on to Treasure Island, California for electronics school. In July 1947 he boarded the USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883). He served as an electronics technician aboard the destroyer. They arrived in Japan September 1947. They were with the Carrier Division 132. They were assigned to patrol escort, search and rescue, and hyd… more
Date: January 11, 2017
Duration: 36 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Steffes, Walter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Max Crittenden, January 13, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Max Crittenden. Crittenden joined the Navy in May of 1944. He served as a fire controlman. He completed boot camp in Farragut, Idaho. He went to Service School for Fire Control Operator in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to learn how to use the fire control telescope. He went to Tacloban, Philippines in January 1945. He was assigned in New Guinea to the USS Flusser (DD-368), the flagship for DESRON 5. His job aboard was serving as … more
Date: January 13, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Crittenden, Max
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 Richard Smith, January 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard, Rick, Smith. Smith was born in El Paso, Texas in October of 1939. His parents were Arden Smith and Winnie Mae Wilson Smith, formerly Hagee. Winnie is the older sister of Michael Hagee, President and CEO of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation. Arden died in 1945, and Rick’s grandparents came to live with he and his mother. Bob Hagee, Michaels’s father, had property north of Fredericksburg, Texas, close to Boot Ranch today. Rick… more
Date: January 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Smith, Richard
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 Donald McWilliams, January 24, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald McWilliams. McWilliams finished high school in 1942 and joined the Marine Corps in March, 1943. He went overseas in October and joined the Fifth Marines. At Cape Gloucester, McWilliams served in a headquarters and supply company handling ammunition. He also went to Peleliu and recalls a friend he lost there. McWilliams also went to Okinawa with the First Marine Division. He shares anecdotes about time at Pavuvu and in… more
Date: January 24, 2017
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: McWilliams, Donald
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Rudolph Kraut, January 27, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudolph Kraut. Kraut joined the Navy in 1943. He volunteered for submarine duty and attended torpedo school in San Diego and submarine school in New London. He was assigned aboard USS Lizardfish (SS-373) and shares several anecdotes about his service aboard that boat. Kraut was transferred to USS Blueback (SS-326) before electing to be discharged on points.
Date: January 27, 2017
Duration: 58 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Kraut, Rudolph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Ivan Bishop, February 7, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Ivan Bishop. Bishop attended electrician school prior to joining the Army. He served in the Signal Corps in the 727th Signal Aircraft Warning Company. Bishop participated in the invasion of Leyte and Okinawa operating a radar warning system for invasion forces. Bishop shares several anecdotes about his experiences in the service during the war.
Date: February 7, 2017
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Bishop, Ivan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Clyde Day, February 8, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clyde Day. Day finished college and was commissioned in the Navy in June 1942. He received more training at in armaments and gunnery before being assigned to USS Boston (CA-69) in January 1943 while still under construction. He served as a fire control officer aboard the Boston. Day recalls supporting the landings at the MArshall Islands, Iwo Jima and elsewehere in the Pacific. He describes the circular battle formation. Day also… more
Date: February 8, 2017
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Day, Clyde
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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