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Oral History Interview with Burnett Napier, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Burnett Napier. Napier joined the U.S. Navy during his senior year in high school. He was sent to Hospital Corps School to train as a corpsman. Napier then spent six weeks at the Oakland Naval Hospital. He was then sent to the Fleet Marine Force and joined a replacement battalion that was shipped to the Pacific. Napier arrived in Pavuvu and joined the 1st Marine Division. He then landed on Peleliu where his unit experienced … more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Napier, Burnett
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Hayes, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Hayes. Hayes joined the Navy in 1943. He was trained as a corpsman. Hayes spent time working at a Navy hospital in Oakland before he was sent to the Fleet Marine Force as a replacement. He joined the 1st Marine Division on Pavuvu after they returned from Cape Gloucester. Hayes mentions a USO show featuring Bob Hope that occurred during his time there. He landed on Peleliu with the fourth wave. Hayes was awarded the Bron… more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Hayes, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Paul St. Pierre, September 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul St. Pierre. St. Pierre joined the Navy in 1934. In November of 1935 he traveled aboard the USS Vega (AK-17) to San Diego, then was assigned to the USS Langley (CV-1), working as a signal striker. Their ship served as a training ship for carrier landings. In 1937 they traveled to Mare Island for ship modifications, then headed to French Frigate Shoals to operate with new PBY planes. He was promoted to Signalman 3rd Class. St.… more
Date: September 28, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: St. Pierre, Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joe Clapper, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joe Clapper. Clapper joined the Marine Corps in December of 1942. He joined the 1st Marine Division as a replacement after Guadalcanal. His first combat landing was at Cape Glouster followed by Peleliu where he was wounded on the second day. After he recovered from his injury Clapper rejoined his unit and landed on Okinawa where he was wounded twice more. He was then transferred to Parris Island to become a drill instructor … more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Clapper, Joe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jess Pacheco, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J L Pacheco. Pacheco joined the Marine Corps in May 1943 and received basic training at Camp Elliot. He received further training at Guadalcanal as a Raider with the 1st Marine Division. Upon completion, he was assigned to New Caledonia for special training in demolition as part of the 4th Raider Battalion. In New Caledonia he contracted malaria despite taking antimalarial pills daily. Pacheco next arrived at Guadalcanal, wh… more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Pacheco, Jess
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Carnes, March 28, 2022

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Carnes. Carnes joined the Navy in 1944 before he finished high school. In the Navy, he became a signalman and was assigned to USS Norton Sound (AVM-1). Carnes was aboard when the ship went to Okinawa, where he describes being attacked by kamikaze aircraft. When the war ended, Carnes went to Japan briefly before returning to the US and receiving his discharge.
Date: March 28, 2022
Duration: 58 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Carnes, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Orville Brauss, December 28, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orville Brauss. Brauss joined the Marine Corps in 1942, and was called for active duty in 1944. He completed officer training and joined the First Marine Division in Pavuvu, Solomon Islands. He participated in a combat training landing on Guadalcanal in January of 1945 and the Battle of Okinawa in April. After the war ended, Brauss served with the occupation troops in China, guarding supply trains, bridges and depots to keep food… more
Date: December 28, 2016
Duration: 49 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Brauss, Orville
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Paul Wojahn, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Wojahn. Wojahn joined the Marine Corps in July 1942 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion he was assigned to the 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Marine Division. At Pavuvu, he helped to build the camp, exterminating land crabs and rats and making roads out of crushed coral. Being from the Midwest, he had no difficulty driving trucks on the coral roads, which were slippery when wet. At Peleliu he landed in… more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Wojahn, Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Couch, January 28, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. Couch. Couch was born in Murrayville, Georgia 4 January 1923. He quit school in December 1941 and joined the Marine Corps. Upon completing boot camp at Parris Island, he went to Camp Lejeune for combat training with the Browning automatic rifle. Assigned to Company G, Second Battalion, 1st Marine Division, he boarded the USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) and sailed to Wellington, New Zealand. Leaving there, the divisio… more
Date: January 28, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Couch, James H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hawk Hawkins, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hawk Hawkins. Hawkins joined the Marine Corps in spring 1942. He was sent to radio school after boot camp. Hawkins then joined a replacement battalion and was assigned to the 1st Signal Company for a landing on Cape Glouster. Next Hawkins’ unit landed on Peleliu. He describes the battle and tells some stories from his experience. Hawkins was then sent to back to the States where he spent the remainder of the war working at a… more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 31 minutes
Creator: Hawkins, Hawk
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with C. R. Jack Mummert, August 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with C.R. Jack Mummert. Mummert was born in Logansport, Indiana on 3 January 1916 and graduated from high school in Havre, Montana in 1935. Joining the Marine Corps in December 1942, he was sent to boot camp at San Diego, California. He was selected for Officers Candidate School and received his commission at Quantico, Virginia. After undergoing several courses in communications, he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd… more
Date: August 28, 2001
Duration: 53 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Mummert, C. R. Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jerold Cox, August 28, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jerold Cox. Cox joined the Marine Corps in January of 1942. He served with the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Defense Battalion on Guadalcanal. He later served with the 2nd Marine Division, 3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (formerly Defense) during the Bougainville Campaign. Cox assisted with carrying ammunition and unloading the ships. He contracted malaria, and was sent back to the US around August of 1944 for recovery. He received his di… more
Date: August 28, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Cox, Jerold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard M. Heisler, May 28, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard M. Heisler. Born in 1926, he ran away from home and joined the Army in 1942. He was underage and used an assumed name. He was assigned to a reconnaissance group in the 1st Cavalry Division and sent to Australia in the spring of 1943. He participated in the invasion of the Admiralty Islands, Leyte, and Luzon. He was injured by a mortar shell when his platoon was guarding a bridge outside of Manila. He was evacuated to … more
Date: May 28, 2004
Duration: 24 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Heisler, Howard M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Louis Schott, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Louis Schott. Schott joined the Marine Corps Reserve while he was a college student in the summer of 1942. He trained as an infantry officer and was sent to a replacement battalion. Schott joined the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific during the invasion of Cape Gloucester. His unit was then sent to Pavuvu where they were tasked with building their rest camp. Schott landed on Peleliu and was wounded by a mortar shell on… more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Schott, John Louis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Armand Maffuccio, July 28, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Armand Maffuccio. Maffuccio begins with some anecdotes about growing up during the Depression. He joined the Navy in 1942. In 1943, Maffuccio boarded the USS Enterprise (CV-6) and served as a baker and in damage control. He describes his duties as a baker. He received a furlough to go home in early 1945 because his mother was dying. He finished the war in Banana River, Florida as a baker at a naval base.
Date: July 28, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: Maffuccio, Armand
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Olcott, April 28, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Olcott. Olcott joined the Navy in the spring of 1941. After training, he was assigned to USS Maury (DD-401) at Pearl Harbor. Olcott was at torpedo school at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. When Maury returned to port, Olcott went back aboard and was on the ship when it bombarded Wake Island and went to the Solomon Islands. Olcott stayed on Maury through 1944 and went back to torpedo school. Then, he was sent to… more
Date: April 28, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: Olcott, John H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dwight Dahmes, October 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight A. Dahmes. Dahmes was born 18 July 1918 in Clements, Minnesota. In 1936 he attended Westmar College in Lemars, Iowa where he joined the 133rd Infantry Regiment of the Iowa National Guard (part of the 34th Infantry Division). On 1 February 1941 the unit went to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Soon after, Dahmes was made sergeant of a weapons platoon and trained with various weapons. Upon completion of training the unit move… more
Date: October 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Dahmes, Dwight
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Norman Pondich, July 28, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman Pondich. Pondich joined the Navy in April 1944 and received basic training at Samson. Upon completion, he was assigned to a supply depot at Tacloban where he operated a forklift and oversaw Japanese and Filipino laborers. The depot received food from the ships coming into the harbor, some of it frozen as far back as 1936. The food would then be stored in Quonset huts until it was transferred to ships that supplied the… more
Date: July 28, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 19 seconds
Creator: Pondich, Norman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Eugene Wilkinson, February 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Wilkinson. Wilkinson joined the Navy in 1940. He served in the Fire Control Division aboard the USS Chicago (CA-29). After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Wilkinson transferred to the USS Houston (CA-30), where he served as the Forward Rangefinder Operator. They completed convoy duty, transporting American soldiers to various locations in the Pacific. In February of 1942, Wilkinson describes Japanese attacks while escorting a … more
Date: February 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Wilkinson, Eugene
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Baye, August 28, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas M. Baye. Baye was born on 24 October 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was drafted into the Army in July 1943. Following basic training at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord in California, he was sent to Hawaii. In December 1943 he was assigned to the 27th Division, C Company, 1st Battalion, 165th Regiment. After more training, including landings on the beach in an LVT launched from an LST, his unit went to Saipan. They went ashore … more
Date: August 28, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Baye, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Porter. Porter was born in Woburn, Massachusetts 1 May 1916. After graduating from high school he worked on his father’s farm until 1940, when he enlisted in the Army. After basic training at Camp Edwards, Mississippi for thirteen weeks he took part in maneuvers in South Carolina. On 16 January 1941 he boarded a troop ship in New York City bound for Australia. Upon arrival in Melbourne, he was assigned to 81mm mortar… more
Date: August 28, 2009
Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Porter, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Ho, January 28, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Ho. Ho was a boy living in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. Ho’s father served as a major general in the Chinese Nationalist Army and the Japanese were after him and his family. They changed their identities and escaped to Luchow and joined his father. When the Japanese overran Luchow, Ho escaped to Kunming. He remained there for the rest of the war. When the war ended, Ho went to Macao before re… more
Date: January 28, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Ho, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Phillips, December 28, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Phillips. Phillips joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He served as a B-24 pilot, and shares details of his flight training. Beginning December of 1944, Phillips and his crew flew over the Gulf of Mexico, identifying potential enemy U-boats. He later transferred to Hondo, Texas to train B-29 engineers, where he was stationed when the war ended. Phillips received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: December 28, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Phillips, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jesse Copeland, November 28, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with Jesse Copeland. Copeland joined the Navy in June, 1943. In September, Copeland was assigned to USS Haskell (APA-117) as a radio operator. Copeland made the invasion of Luzon in January, 1945 and provided shore to ship radio communication. He did the same at Okinawa. He remained with the Haskell throughout the war and upon returning to the US, was discharged in December, 1945.
Date: November 28, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Copeland, Jesse O.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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