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Oral History Interview with Warren C. Betcher, September 3, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Warren C. Betcher. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, 22 June 1928, enlisted in the Marine Corps 22 June 1945 and completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina. After completing boot camp he describes shipping out to Guam after the war had ended. From there, he was shipped to Quindao, China and joined Easy Company, Second Battalion, First Marines, First Division. In the Spring of 1946 his company transferred to Peki… more
Date: September 3, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: Betcher, Warren C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Wallingford, August 3, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Wallingford. Wallingford enlisted in the Navy in August, 1942. He received very little training before being assigned to USS LST-452 in Washington. They first went to Hawaii, then Australia before getting involved in the campaign for New Guinea. In the Philippines, at Leyte, Wallingford was aboard when the ship received 8 enemy shells while beached and unloading. Toward the end of the war, Wallingford was assigned to … more
Date: August 3, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Wallingford, Joseph H
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wesley Visel, November 3, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Wesley Visel. Visel joined the Army shortly after war's outbreak and was sent to Texas for training. He ended up as an LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) driver and describes the operation of the amphibious vehicle. Visel describes loading up onto LSTs (Landing Ship. Tank) and invading Luzon, Philippines. He describes dropping infantrymen off, then returning to the side of a liberty ship where cargo was craned over the side into his LVT. Visel then headed back t… more
Date: November 3, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Visel, Wesley Dale
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edgar Fulwider, September 3, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar Fulwider. He was born in San Francisco, California in 1927 and joined the Merchant Marines in 1944 at the age of 17. He attended the Maritime Academy at Catalina Island, California. In February 1945 he shipped out as a Fireman/Water Tender on a T2 Tanker carrying six million gallons of bunker fuel (black oil) and one million gallons of aviation gasoline. The ship arrived off the Philippines as the islands were being li… more
Date: September 3, 2004
Duration: 38 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Fulwider, Edgar
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clarence E. Shockey, September 3, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence E. Shockey. Shockey was born in rural Texas and attended school in McKinney. Before finishing school, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938 or 1939. After being in the CCC< Shockey went to work for Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Corsicana, Texas making anchors for US Navy ships. He was also married with a daughter at the time and received an exemption from the draft on account of his family and the class… more
Date: September 3, 2004
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Shockey, Clarence E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Millard Simmons, September 3, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Millard Simmons. Simmons joined the Navy in 1944. He completed amphibious training on Coronado Island in California. He traveled to Pearl Harbor around August of 1944. From Pearl Harbor he traveled aboard a Landing Craft, Infantry to Guam. He was assigned as a Boatswain’s Mate and 20mm gunner aboard LCT(6)-867, and served as a replacement during the Battle of Peleliu. Simmons had additional experiences on the island of Angaur. Th… more
Date: September 3, 2004
Duration: 39 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Simmons, Millard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arthur Nowakowski, July 3, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Nowakowski. Nowakowski joined the Army in March of 1942. He was assigned to the 90th Infantry Division. In March of 1944 he traveled to England. On 6 June Nowakowski participated in the Normandy landings. He traveled through France into Belgium where he was in active combat through the Battle of the Bulge. They continued on into Czechoslovakia when the war ended. Nowakowski remained in the Army of Occupation, and returned … more
Date: July 3, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Nowakowski, Arthur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Bebell, August 3, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Bebell. Bebell joined the Navy in 1943. Beginning June of 1944, he served as Boatswain’s Mate and Fire Controlman aboard USS Hollandia (CVE-97). They traveled between the US and Navy bases in the Pacific, including Guam, transporting needed supplies and passengers. In April of 1945, they operated off the Okinawan coast, sending fighters to support the advancing troops. In May, they returned troops to San Diego. In June, t… more
Date: August 3, 2002
Duration: 50 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Bebell, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Brooks, March 3, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Brooks. Brooks joined the Navy around 1938. He served as a trainer on the turrets aboard the USS Houston (CA-30). He worked in the Second Division, Number 2 turret. Their ship was assigned to the Asiatic Fleet to replace the USS Augusta (CA-31). They traveled to Manila Bay and the Philippines. He shares his experiences patrolling numerous islands and visiting and trading with the natives. Brooks talks about various inciden… more
Date: March 3, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carroll E. Prescott, April 3, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carroll Prescott. Prescott joined the Marine Corps in July 1941 and was at Salt Lake Camp (about a mile from Pearl Harbor) on December 7, 1941. He was assigned to the 4th Defense Battalion as a gunner on a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun. His whole battalion was on the aircraft tender USS Tangier on December 25 when the entire task force turned around; they were 2-3 hours from landing on Wake. He left Pearl Harbor on March 18, went… more
Date: April 3, 2002
Duration: 51 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Prescott, Caroll E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with David Van Fleet, May 3, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with David Van Fleet. Mr Van Fleet graduated from high school in 1941, went to A&M on a football scholarship, staying there until midterm when the war broke out and he joined the Marine Corps. After boot camp in San Diego, he joined the 4th Marine Raiders Battalion, D Company. After additional training with the Raiders, his outfit went overseas in February 1943, ending up in Espiritu Santo. They went to Guadalcanal in June, stayed there for a month, and then land… more
Date: May 3, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Van Fleet, David
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leon Bruce, October 3, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leon Bruce. Bruce was born in Sayre, Oklahoma and joined the Merchant Marine Service in 1943. He was sent to Catalina Island, California for training. When he completed training he reported aboard the SS Schuyler Colfax (1943) a Liberty ship tanker. Bruce tells of his experiences while aboard the ship. In 1945 he went aboard the SS Mission San Rafael (1944). He relates the experience of being aboard as the ship carried high … more
Date: October 3, 2001
Duration: 50 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Bruce, Leon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Albert Sackett, October 3, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Sackett. Sackett was born in Victor, Iowa on 24 June 1920. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Navy in July 1937. Following basic training at Great Lakes, Illinois he was assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Northampton (CA-26) as a Machinist’s Mate. He was next assigned to the commissioning crew of USS Jamestown (AGP-3), which was converted from a yacht into a PT boat tender in the summer of 1941. Jame… more
Date: October 3, 1997
Duration: 58 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Sackett, Albert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Rudy Kiehne, March 3, 1999

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudy Kiehne. Kiehne was born in Fredericksburg, Texas, 25 October 1919 and enlisted in the Navy in 1938 upon graduating from high school. He was assigned to the USS Maryland (BB-46) in Pearl Harbor as a gunner’s mate responsible for a battery of 5-inch/.51-caliber broadside guns. He was aboard the Maryland the morning of 7 December 1941 and watched a Japanese plane drop a torpedo on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), which was tied u… more
Date: March 3, 1999
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Kiehne, Rudy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Warren Suter, July 3, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Warren Suter. Suter finished his course work at The Ohio State University before signing up with the Navy. He received his commission in May, 1941. After that, Suter went to work in the Ordnance Bureau overseeing the production of five-inch gun mounts at a factory in Ohio. In 1943, he was transferred to the San Francisco bay Area and discusses anti-submarine nets deployed in the bay. Toward the end of the war, Suter went to … more
Date: July 3, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Suter, Warren
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Norman Hatch, May 3, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman Hatch. Hatch was born in Boston in 1921. Following graduation from high school in 1939, he joined the Marine Corps. He volunteered for an English instructor billet at the Marine Corps Institute in Washington, DC. After six months he left for an editorial position at Leatherneck Magazine. Soon thereafter, he took a position at the Office of Information in the Office of Naval Operations, where he assisted in putting out… more
Date: May 3, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Hatch, Norman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dick Keresey, May 3, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dick Keresey. Keresey was born in Delawana, New Jersey in 1913 and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1941. He joined the V7 Midshipman Program while at Columbia and completed training in January 1942, followed by motor torpedo boat training in Melville, Rhode Island, from which he graduated in March 1942. He served as captain of PT-105 in the Solomon Islands and recalls meeting John F. Kennedy, when Kennedy, as captain o… more
Date: May 3, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Keresey, Dick
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gerald Martel, May 3, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue with Gerald Martel. Martel was born in Massachusetts and joined the Army in the spring of 1941. He was assigned to the 182nd Infantry Regiment as a machine gunner and headed for Australia. His unit comprised the Americal Division when it was formed. Martel went to Guadalcanal and Leyte. He eventually was pulled from the ranks and put into special services where he performed for GI audiences. Sometimes, he opened before other cele… more
Date: May 3, 1993
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Martel, Gerlad
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Doug Hubbard, November 3, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Doug Hubbard. Hubbard joined the Navy in 1943. He served in the South Pacific as a lieutenant (j.g.). He served aboard the USS Joseph E. Connolly (DE-450). They traveled to Jamaica, the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. They completed convoy duty, escorting combat ships. By late 1945 he transferred to the Hospital Corps, and was stationed in New Caledonia. Hubbard was discharged in 1946. He speaks briefly on his work in beginning t… more
Date: November 3, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 01 second
Creator: Hubbard, Doug
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Margaret Gardner, June 3, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Gardner. Gardner married Russell Emmett Edwards on 2 November 1943. Edwards joined the Navy in 1941. Gardner provides some details of Edwards’ flight training in Florida, where he was selected for a night fighter squadron. He completed additional training in Charleston, Rhode Island aboard the Grumman F6F Hellcats. Gardner notes the various places she and Edwards lived while he was training in Florida and Rhode Island. S… more
Date: June 3, 2006
Duration: 34 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Gardner, Margaret
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jesse Barker, June 3, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jesse T. Barker. Barker joined the Navy and entered the V-5 Naval Aviation Program in April 1941. Completing his training at Pensacola in September, he received his wings and commission. Upon arriving in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and traveled to Pearl Harbor. After additional training, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-5) and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. A group of twelve p… more
Date: June 3, 2006
Duration: 48 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Barker, Jesse T.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ben Smith, July 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ben Smith. Smith was born on a farm in Illinois 9 June 1918. After college he became an embalmer for the state of Colorado. Volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he trained at the Spartan School of Aeronautics before being sent to Brady, Texas for basic flight training, then Kelly Field for advanced. He was then sent to Muroc Air Field, California for P-38 gunnery training. After he was commissioned, he was assigned as an ins… more
Date: July 3, 2007
Duration: 57 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Smith, Ben
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ed Knipper, August 3, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ed Knipper. Knipper joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He earned his wings in June 1944 and began training in B-17s and B-29s. After deploying to Guam in February 1945, he joined the 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, whose missions included dropping propaganda leaflets. Knipper transferred to the 499th Bomb Group at Saipan. After Iwo Jima was secured, Knipper flew bombing missions over Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and Toky… more
Date: August 3, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Knipper, Ed
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Beverly Bagley, May 3, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Beverly Bagley of Fullerton, California. She discusses where she was when Pearl Harbor was bombed and recalls hearing President Roosevelt's speech about the incident. Mrs. Bagley also talks about how her father wanted to volunteer for the military, but her mother refused to sign off on it, so he was barred from joining the war. Mrs. Bagley recalls having to save everything from aluminum cans to chewing gum wrappers and the w… more
Date: May 3, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: Bagley, Beverly Kolman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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