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Oral History Interview with Robin Meece, February 1, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robin Meece. Meece was born in Middletown, Ohio on 7 October 1926. When called into the Navy in 1944, he went to the San Diego Naval Training Station for boot training. Upon completion of boot training, he was assigned to the USS Mobile (CL-63) for on-the-job training (striker) as a radar operator. He briefly describes his job and several actions in which the ship was involved. After the surrender of Japan, he was a member o… more
Date: February 1, 2015
Creator: Meece, Robin
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Fred Glosser, March 1, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Glosser. Glosser was born 8 January 1924, and joined the Army in 1942. He served as a switchboard operator in the Signal Corps. He shares details of his basic training at Camp McCain, Mississippi. Glosser was assigned to the 2nd Army. He became very ill with pneumonia, and mastitis, and was transferred to several hospitals. He underwent an 8-hour mastectomy surgery at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1944, Glo… more
Date: March 1, 2015
Creator: Glosser, Fred
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with C. B. Slaughter, July 1, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with C B Slaughter. Slaughter was born in 1920, and joined the US Army Air Forces in January of 1942. He served as a C-47 pilot in the 5th Air Force in Townsville, Australia. He was transferred to the Air Transport Command. He made flights between Australia and New Guinea and New Caledonia. He returned to the US in mid-1944, and was assigned to a glider unit at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas, where he remained through the end of the w… more
Date: July 1, 2015
Creator: Slaughter, C. B.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Sarah Kay Dukote, September 1, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sarah Kay Dukote. Dukote decided to become a neruse after having her appendix removed when she was a teenager. She finished high school in 1938 and went to nursing school in Kentucky, completing the course in September 1941. She joined the Army the day after he attack on Pearl Harbor. Her first assignment was at Fort Knox in the tuberculosis ward and the venereal disease ward. In late 1942, Dukote was transferred to a hospital in… more
Date: September 1, 2015
Creator: Dukote, Sarah Kay
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Don Alfred, August 1, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Don Alfred. Alfred joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He was stationed on Tinian Island, and served as a B-29 navigator with the 6th Bombardment Group. He flew 27 missions over Japan.
Date: August 1, 2015
Creator: Alfred, Don
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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