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Oral History Interview with Leo Vrana, March 20, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leonard Vrana. Vrana was born in Moravia, Texas on 21 March 1921 and attended school in a two-room building. He enlisted in the Navy in 1940. After eight weeks of boot training at San Diego, he went to Pearl Harbor assigned aboard the USS California (BB-44). After serving a while in the Motor Launch Division, he became a striker in a fourteen inch gun turret. He describes the working conditions within a turret, the job assig… more
Date: March 20, 2004
Duration: 3 hours 6 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Vrana, Leo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harvey L. Harvey, November 20, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harvey L. Harvey. Right after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Harvey left the oil fields in South Texas and joined the Army Air Corps. Harvey discusses training to be a pilot and then going to New Caledonia. He also shares anecdotes about aerial combat over Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. Harvey participated in the mission to shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in 1943 and describes his role and what he witnessed. Harvey al… more
Date: November 20, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Harvey, Harvey L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Royce Keiser, July 20, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Royce Keiser. Keiser joined the Army in February of 1943. He served in the 156th Field Artillery Battalion, Battery B, 44th Infantry Division, 7th Army. Keiser worked as a lineman, stringing wire between switchboards and firing batteries, and also worked as a cannoneer on the 105mm howitzer. In September of 1944 he traveled overseas to Cherbourg, France, maneuvered through Mannheim and Worms, Germany, crossed the Rhine, moved int… more
Date: July 20, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Keiser, Royce
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Emil Smolek, May 20, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Emil Smolek. Smolek joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He served as a B-24 pilot with the 531st Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group. In the spring of 1944, they traveled to Biak, Indonesia and Mindanao, Philippines where they set up operations. Smolek flew a total of 31 missions, including bombing ammunition plants in China, Japanese headquarters in Baggio, oil fields in Balikpapan, and factories in Mindoro. They participated in the… more
Date: May 20, 2004
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes
Creator: Smolek, Emil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Jennings, April 20, 2004

Description: Interview with Richard Jennings, a member of a bomber squadron that flew missions during World War II in Europe, and a squadron commander during the Korean War, born near Charleston, West Virginia. Jennings answers questions concerning how he came to be in the Army, and where all he was stationed and trained. Most of his answers contain details of bombing missions he was a part of as well as his experiences during the Korean War.
Date: April 20, 2004
Duration: 38 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Nawaz, Muhammad & Jennings, Richard
Partner: Lee College
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