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Oral History Interview with Walter Pittman, May 3, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Pittman. Pittman grew up in Texas and joined the Navy in 1941. Once he finished training, he was assigned to a Merchant Marine vessel as a 3.5 inch gun operator. His first assignment was shipping planes and aviation fuel to Australia with a stop at Hawaii. Pittman also tells a story of delivering crude oil to Britain after dropping the airplanes off at Australia. He also discusses his routine, the food and the life ab… more
Date: May 3, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Pittman, Walter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Marian E. Kelly, April 3, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marian Kelly. Kelly joined the Army Medical Corps in October 1944 and was assigned to the hospital in Manila. There were two dozen women and 3,000 men aboard the transport ship, so Marines were stationed as guards to protect the women. At the hospital, she treated wounded soldiers from all over the Pacific. As a physical therapist, she found spinal cord injuries particularly frustrating because there weren’t known techniques… more
Date: April 3, 2012
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Kelly, Marian E
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lewis A. Smith, October 3, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lewis A. Smith. Born in 1924, he joined the Army Air Force in 1942. After twenty-two months of flight training at various locations, he flew a B-17 aircraft to Scotland. He was sent to England and assigned to the 385th Bombardment Group at Great Ashfield station 155. He describes a mission to bomb the airfield at Grossostheim, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge as well as a mission to bomb Berlin. He tells a story about … more
Date: October 3, 2012
Duration: 45 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Smith, Lewis A.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Ketcik, November 3, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Keteik. Keteik was working as a railroad engineer when he was drafted into the Navy in 1942. He was assigned to the USS Claxton (DD-571) as a seaman, working his way up to boatswain's mate. Operating the whaleboat was easy for him, as he was accustomed to communicating with whistles and bells, from his time on the railroad. His battle station was as a loader on turret four. He received a citation from Nimitz for remai… more
Date: November 3, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Ketcik, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ervin Vernon, November 3, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ervin Vernon. Vernon joined the Navy in September of 1942. He served as a Fireman and Machinist Mate aboard USS Claxton (DD-571). They traveled to New Caledonia, Manus Island in New Guinea and participated in the invasion of the Philippines and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in late 1944. Vernon shares numerous details of his work in, and the function of, the boiler room. In May of 1945, they conducted radar picket duty off the coast o… more
Date: November 3, 2012
Duration: 2 hours 47 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Vernon, Ervin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert W. Wells, April 3, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert W. Wells. When Wells finished high school in Nebrasks, he joined the Marine Corps in June, 1944. From San Diego, he sailed aboardthe USS Bayfield (APA-33) to Guadalcanal to join and train with the Sixth Marine Division prior to invading Okinawa. He landed on Okinawa off the USS Clay (APA-39) on 1 April 1945 and fought for a month until his appendix had to be removed. His surgery occured just behind the front lines and… more
Date: April 3, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Wells, Robert W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Owen Fluckey, July 3, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Owen Fluckey. Fluckey joined the Navy in April 1944. Fluckey recalls hearing the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor when he was 16. He trained at Great lakes, Illinois and recalls a few humorous incidents. Fluckey served at a weather station on Clipperton Island for nine months before transferring to a submarine tender. While assigned to Clipperton Island, Fluckey witnessed USS LST-563 running aground there. Fluckey's job wa… more
Date: July 3, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Fluckey, Owen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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