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Oral History Interview with Richard Williams, August 18, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Williams. Williams was born in Chicago on 21 April 1925. After quitting school in the sixth grade, he worked with the Works Progress Administration. In 1942, he joined the Navy and went to Camp Perry, Virginia for six weeks of basic training. He was then sent to Eastport, Maine for six months before taking a troop train to California where he was assigned to the 136th Construction Battalion. There he had advanced inf… more
Date: August 18, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Williams, Richard J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Anita Borchers, September 26, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Anita Borchers. Borchers speaks on behalf of her late husband, Eddie Borchers, in regards to his military involvement in World War II. Beginning in 1941, Eddie worked in Civil Service at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, as a Logistic Command Officer. He completed schooling in automatic pilot work, which he worked in during the war. Anita shares pictures of Eddie at Kelly Field in November of 1945, and describes the airplanes … more
Date: September 26, 2006
Duration: 15 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Borchers, Anita
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Merle Ainley, September 26, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Merle Ainley. Ainley joined the Navy in September of 1944. He completed Radar School in Hawaii, and served as a Radar Specialist and navigator aboard USS Finch (DE-328). They traveled to Guam, Leyte and maneuvered along the China Coast, with a carrier task force. They transported prisoners-of-war from Taiwan and Formosa to Manila. They traveled to Saipan and completed occupation duty in Hong Kong, completing air sea rescue and ch… more
Date: September 26, 2003
Duration: 22 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Ainley, Merle
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Martin L. Clayton, September 15, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin L. Clayton. Clayton was born in Marshall, Texas 23 September 1920. Joining the US Marine Corps 26 February 1942 he completed boot camp in six weeks. After undergoing intensified combat training he was placed in the 17th replacement outfit, at San Diego, Clayton was then shipped to Melbourne, Australia. He was assigned to 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Having spent twenty-five months in combat he describes c… more
Date: September 15, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Calyton, Martin L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Kaney, September 26, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Kaney. Kaney joined the Navy in 1942. He completed Fleet Sonar School. He served as operator of sonar equipment for anti-submarine warfare activities aboard USS Finch (DE-328). They traveled to Algiers, North Africa, and escorted ships to Naples, Italy for Operation Dragoon. Kaney was later reassigned to USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), where he remained through the end of the war.
Date: September 26, 2003
Duration: 10 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Kaney, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Coleman Harrington, September 26, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Coleman Harrington. Harrington joined the Navy in 1944. He completed Communications School, and stevedore training. He traveled to Okinawa, offloading supplies from ship to shore, where he remained through the end of the war. He traveled to Hong Kong. Harrington returned to the US and was discharged in January of 1946.
Date: September 26, 2002
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Harrington, Coleman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joe E. Hunter, October 10, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joe E. Hunter: He joined the Navy in May, 1944 with basic training at Camp Wallace, Texas. He spoke of being chosen for the CINPAC (Commander-in-Chief Pacific Command) Boat Crew by Commander Hal Lamar, Admiral Nimitz's Flag Officer, and becoming the stern hook on Admiral Nimitz's barge. He took Admiral Bull Halsey out fishing once and another time picked up an unnamed vice-admiral off of a submarine. He told about interactin… more
Date: October 10, 2003
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Hunter, Joe E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Gilbert, October 16, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Gilbert. Gilbert joined the Navy in early 1945. Beginning June of 1945, he served as Fireman First-Class aboard the USS Norris (DD-859), traveling to Hong Kong. There, they tended the mines and tended water for the minesweepers working along the coast. He continued his service after the war ended, serving aboard the USS Finch (DE-328), until his discharge in the spring of 1947.
Date: October 16, 2003
Duration: 12 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Gilbert, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Perkins

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas M. Perkins. Perkins was born in Oxford, Maine in March 1929 and followed his older brothers in joining the Navy in July 1946. Perkins served in the Navy in both Europe and the Pacific, spending 13 years as an enlisted serviceman. He was promoted to Warrant Officer, then received his commission and achieved the rank of Commander, before retiring in 1975. Perkins shares experiences of his older siblings and their service in … more
Date: unknown
Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Perkins, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Thurmond, September 26, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Thurmond. Thurmond joined the Navy around 1942. Beginning in December of 1943, he served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard the USS Finch (DE-328). He served in both the European and Pacific theaters. They escorted convoys to Africa, Britain, Pearl Harbor, Guam, Saipan and the Philippines. After the war ended, they transported former POWs from Formosa to Manila. He returned to the US and was discharged in the fall of 1946.
Date: September 26, 2003
Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Thurmond, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Calvin Patterson, October 10, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Calvin Patterson. Patterson joined the Navy in 1943. He completed Radar School and Fire Fighter School and was assigned to serve as an instructor aboard a radar training ship, USS Moosehead (IX-98). They traveled up and down the Mexican coast, taking recent radar school graduates for experiential learning aboard the ship. Patterson was later assigned to a Coast Guard radio station in California. In February of 1944, he was transf… more
Date: October 10, 2003
Duration: 44 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Patterson, Calvin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Louis Avant, October 10, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Louis Avant. Avant was 16 when the war began and joined the Navy a few years later. He was trained as an electrician, but ended up working as a machinist mate for the boat pool that served CINPAC at Hawaii and then Guam. Avant mentions boxing in several smoker events. He was a member of the boat crew that took Admiral Nimitz to the surrender ceremony.
Date: October 10, 2003
Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Avant, Louis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Grealish, October 11, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Grealish. Grealish joined the Navy in April of 1942. He completed Midshipman School. He served aboard the USS Waters (APD-8), transporting troops to the Solomon Islands, New Georgia, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and rescuing survivors from the USS Helena (CL-50). He was later assigned as Commanding Officer of USS Cronin (DE-704). Grealish was discharged in 1946, though continued active duty through 1953 and service in the Res… more
Date: October 11, 2003
Duration: 23 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Grealish, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert LeBeau

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert LeBeau. LeBeau joined the Navy in May of 1943. He completed radio school, and played clarinet in the band located on base at Great Lakes. He served aboard the USS Talbot (APD-7), transporting Navy and Marine underwater demolition teams, and escorting convoys. They traveled to Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Saipan and Okinawa. They conducted anti-submarine patrols, and returned to the US in October of 1945. After the war en… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 31 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: LeBeau, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Will Lehner

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Will Lehner. Lehner joined the Navy Reserve in 1938. He began active duty in January of 1941, when he went aboard USS Ward (DD-139). They deployed to Pearl Harbor, where the destroyer patrolled locally over the next year. On 7 December, the Ward was conducting a precautionary patrol off the entrance to Pearl Harbor when she was informed at 03:57 by visual signals from the coastal minesweeper, USS Condor (AMc-14), of a periscope s… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 46 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Lehner, Will
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gerald Stevens

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerald Stevens. Stevens joined the Navy soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He trained as an engineman at a school conducted by Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. Stevens was assigned to the USS Kane (DD-235) and traveled throughout the Pacific. He describes the refueling process in particular, an incident with a major leak on deck and fuel lines parting. Stevens also describes the challenging weather conditions that the ship fa… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 43 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Stevens, Gerald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Reedle, October 11, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Reedle. Reedle joined the Navy in January 1942. He served as a boatswain’s mate on the USS McKean (APD-5). Reedle describes how his ship landed Marine Raiders throughout the Solomon Islands. He also discusses being critically hit by an aerial torpedo and being the last man off before it sank. Reedle then joined the crew of the USS Preston (DD-795) and became a captain of one of the five-inch guns. He describes provid… more
Date: October 11, 2003
Duration: 31 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Reedle, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Paul Livingston, October 11, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Livingston. Livingston joined the Navy in April of 1943. He served aboard the USS Rathburne (DD-113), a training ship for the West Coast Sound School in San Diego. Livingston helped train prospective Commanding and Executive Officers in anti-submarine warfare using sonar as a guide. In May of 1944 they were converted to a to a high-speed transport, and reclassified as (APD-25). They traveled to Hawaii to complete amphibious … more
Date: October 11, 2003
Duration: 39 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Livingston, Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Roberts, October 10, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Roberts. Roberts joined the Navy in June of 1943. Beginning in 1944, he served as Signalman Third-Class aboard the USS Drew (APA-162). They transported cargo and troops to and from combat areas traveling to Guam, Ulithi, Leyte and Okinawa.
Date: October 10, 2003
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Roberts, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Meehan, October 11, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Meehan. Meehan was born in Lambertville, New Jersey. He attended midshipman’s school at Northwestern in Chicago completing the course in December 1940. He was commissioned by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Meehan received orders to report to the USS Goldsborough (AVD-5), a seaplane tender, as the communications officer. He recounts various missions to Mexico and Iceland and describes a trip to Greenland during which the … more
Date: October 11, 2003
Duration: 44 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Meehan, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dwight Mayo, October 11, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dwight Mayo. Mayo joined the Marine Corps in October of 1942. Beginning in late 1944, he served as an F4U Corsair fighter pilot, stationed aboard USS Bennington (CV-20) in the Pacific. He took part in strikes against the Japanese home islands, and in raids in support of the Okinawa campaign. Mayo completed 100 missions. He continued his service after the war ended, retiring in 1962 with the rank of major.
Date: October 11, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Dwight
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Curtis G. Clark, October 11, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Curtis G. Clark. Born in 1918, he joined the Navy in 1937. He served on the USS Talbot throughout the war, beginning as a Radioman third class and working his way up to the rank of Warrant Officer. He provides information about the Battle of Dutch Harbor in Alaska. He discusses the conversion of four-stack destroyer ships (DD), such as the USS Talbot, into high-speed transport ships (Auxiliary Personnel Destroyer or APD) on … more
Date: October 11, 2003
Duration: 37 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Clark, Curtis G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Kunkler, October 9, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles W. Kunkler. Kunkler was born in Los Angeles on 5 August 1925. He joined the Navy and was sent to Farragut, Idaho for six weeks of boot training. He was then sent to Pearl Harbor. Upon his arrival he was one of five seaman selected by Commander Hal Lamar to serve on the Admiral Nimitz’s barge. After serving for a period of time in Pearl Harbor the crew was assigned to a newly constructed barge that was sent to Admiral… more
Date: October 9, 2003
Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Kunkler, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arnold Rothhaar, October 3, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arnold Rothhaar. Rothhaar joined the Navy in 1942. He served as Coxswain of a whaleboat aboard USS Cotten (DD-669). He transported crewmembers to and from shore. He recalls several encounters with the Japanese through the Pacific Theater. He remained with the Cotton until it returned to the US in December of 1945.
Date: October 3, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 20 seconds
Creator: Rothhaar, Arnold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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