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Oral History Interview with Robert Burley, December 19, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Burley. Burley joined the Army Air Forces in October of 1942. He completed armament school, and was assigned to the 1025th Training Squadron. Burley worked at the gunnery range, ensuring each gun remained operable for training. He was sent to a B-29 gunnery school at Lowry Field in Colorado, and was later stationed at the Red Cross Office in Biloxi, Mississippi performing routine maintenance on armament for an emergency re… more
Date: December 19, 2006
Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Burley, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Crooker, January 19, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Crooker. Crooker joined the Navy on 6 December 1941. He served as an officer (ensign to lieutenant commander), stationed in 1944 and 1945 in New Guinea, and as an intelligence briefer for Admiral T.C. Kinkaid, Commander, Seventh Fleet, on the USS Wasatch (AGC-9) and in the Philippine Islands. He participated in the Leyte and Lingayen Gulf operations from October of 1944 through August of 1945. He was discharged from active d… more
Date: January 19, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Crooker, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Vickers, January 19, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Vickers. Vickers was born in Adams Mill, Ohio 20 February 1924. Joining the Army Air Forces in November 1942, he was sent to Keesler Field, Mississippi for basic training. He was then sent to Mississippi State College then the Cadet Classification Center in San Antonio. He received preflight training prior to being sent to Garner Field, Uvalde, Texas for flight training by civilian instructors. Vickers describes some … more
Date: January 19, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Vickers, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Long, June 19, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Long. Long joined the Navy on 10 December 1941. He completed boot camp and traveled to Pearl Harbor in January of 1942, where he worked at a submarine base, served guard duty and completed further training. He served as a Watertender 3rd Class aboard the USS Hinsdale (APA-120) beginning October of 1944. In February of 1945 they participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima, embarking and disembarking troops and valuable cargo, an… more
Date: June 19, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Long, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Hotova, October 19, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Hotova. Hotova was born in November 1918. He describes conditions during the Great Depression. He left high school at 15 years of age and joined the National Guard in 1939. He was assigned to the 242nd Coast Artillery. Hotova applied for flight training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He did not qualify for advanced flight training and was assigned to aircraft mechanics school at Keesler Field, Mississippi. After four mo… more
Date: October 19, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Hotova, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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