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Oral History Interview with Alfredo Buentello, May 18, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alfredo Buentello. Buentello joined the Army in September 1940 and received basic training at Fort Sam Houston. He received medical corpsman training for three years before landing on Normandy on 6 June 1944 with the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, supporting the 38th Regiment. He recalls the devastation at Normandy and remembers saving the lives of two men, one of whom was a German soldier. Buentello spent 160… more
Date: May 18, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Buentello, Alfredo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Andy Miller, May 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific Ware presents an oral interview with Andy Miller. Miller was born in Miller, South Dakota 15 March 1924. He graduated from high school in 1938 and enlisted in the US Army Air Corps 23 July 1941. He arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands on 28 August 1941 where he was assigned to the 19th Airbase Squadron stationed at Nichols Field. Starting on 9 December 1941, Nichols Field was bombed by the Japanese daily throughout the month. On 24 December Miller boarded the… more
Date: May 18, 2002
Duration: 23 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Miller, Andy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Cook, May 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John M Cook. Cook joined the Army in September of 1940. In October of 1941, he traveled to the Philippines. He was assigned to Fort William McKinley in Manila, to receive training in field operations for the Medical Corps. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Cook was captured by the Japanese and interned from January of 1942 in Cabanatuan prison camp through his liberation in early 1945. After the war, he continued medical services… more
Date: May 18, 2002
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Cook, John M
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Barnett, May 18, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Barnett. Barnett was born in the San Joaquin Valley on 17 June 1920. Upon graduation from high school in 1937, he entered the United States Naval Academy. After graduating from the Academy in December 1941, he was assigned to the gunnery department aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) which was being repaired after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After being repaired the ship was sent to Espiritu Santos where it operated … more
Date: May 18, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Barnett, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bob Addobate, May 18, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bob Addobate. Addobate joined the Navy in June of 1941. Beginning in August, he served as a Signalman Second-Class aboard the USS Solace (AH-5), arriving in Pearl Harbor in October. They were docked in the Harbor when the Japanese attacked. From March to August of 1942 they traveled through the Pacific to Australia, and discharged patients. From August of 1942 through May of 1943, they cared for fleet casualties and servicemen wo… more
Date: May 18, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Addobate, Bob
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert J. Rabbitt, May 18, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert J. Rabbitt. He discusses going to boot camp in Mississippi as part of the 69th Division, then shipping out to France via Scotland and England. He entered France through Omaha Beach in late July 1944, and was part of later Normandy Invasion action before being transferred to the 3058th Graves Registration Company where he served until fall of 1945.
Date: May 18, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Rabbitt, Robert J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, May 18, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernice Shafer. Shafer joined the Army in October 1942 as a newly registered nurse. She was treated poorly at basic training and was advised repeatedly that since rape was inevitable she should try to enjoy it. Shafer's first duty was to oversee three rowdy wards at Winter General Army Hospital. To set the tone, she immediately assigned KP duty to a colonel. Deploying to a hospital near Manila in 1944, she worked in an opera… more
Date: May 18, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Shafer, Bernice
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Baker, May 18, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Baker. Baker joined the Army Air Forces around 1942. He completed flight school and served as a bomber pilot. He was selected to serve as a B-24 pilot instructor in Courtland, Alabama. He flew B-29s. Baker was discharged in August of 1946 and remained in the Reserves.
Date: May 18, 2016
Duration: 46 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Baker, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ayoko Lefteau, May 18, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ayoko Lefteau. Lefteau was born in 1935, in Japan. Her father worked at the Kadena Air Force Base. Lefteau speaks of life growing up in Naha, Okinawa during wartime. After the burning of Naha, her family was transferred to a survival camp in Nakijin. Her father disappeared searching for extended family, and Lefteau was given shelter, food and protection by the American GIs. She shares how her family re-established life in Naha, a… more
Date: May 18, 2015
Duration: 57 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Lefteau, Ayoko
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bud Rohling, May 18, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bud Rohling. Rohling recalls volunteering for the service shortly after Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was called up in March, 1942 and went into flight training. After training, he was assigned to the 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. Rohling's first job was to fly over the coast of northern Canada and Alaska and take photographs. He mentions also flying over the coast of Russia and taking a few photographs there as well. F… more
Date: May 18, 2006
Duration: 47 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Rohling, Bud
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lester Tenney, May 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lester Tenney. Tenney joined the Army National Guard and B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion in Illinois. His unit was mobilized and shipped out to the Philippines, arriving in November 1941. He was captured in April after the fall of Bataan and became a prisoner of war. He was eventually shipped to Japan and was encamped near Nagasaki. He recalls seeing the cloud from the atomic bomb attack. Tenney was liberated shortly thereafter, … more
Date: May 18, 2002
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Tenney, Lester
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with R. Sumner, May 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R. Sumner. Sumner was born in Portland, Oregon on 15 November 1921. He participated in the ROTC training program at Multnomah College in Portland and was commissioned a second lieutenant in May 1942. Soon after being commissioned he was assigned to the 31st Infantry Division, 167th Infantry. In 1944 the regiment was sent to New Guinea. Soon after arriving he was selected to be a member of the Alamo Scouts (United States Army… more
Date: May 18, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Sumner, R.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Jones, May 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Jones. Jones was born in 1925 in Missouri. He joined the Navy in December 1942 and trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. After boot training and gunnery school, Jones was assigned to the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) as a 40mm gun crewmember. Jones was aboard the Bunker Hill from 1943 to the end of the war. He recalls being off Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He describes the kamikaze attack on the Bunker Hill off Okinawa.
Date: May 18, 2007
Duration: 46 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Jones, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gary Wade Warren, December 1, 2003

Description: Interview with Gary Wade Warren, a combat engineer in Operation Desert Storm. He answers questions about his life overseas and in combat.
Date: May 18, 2004
Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Thibodeaux, Mary & Warren, Gary Wade
Partner: Lee College
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