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Oral History Interview with Alfred Keeler, September 18, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred Keeler. Keeler joined the Navy in July of 1943. In November, he served as a Radio Operator with the 2nd Marine Division, during the Battle of Tarawa. In 1944, Keeler traveled aboard the USS Bushnell (AS-15) to Midway, where he continued to work as a radio operator on the island. Beginning late 1944, he served in communications with Admiral Nimitz headquarters in Hawaii. He was a passenger aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41)… more
Date: September 18, 2018
Creator: Keeler, Alfred
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert J. Gettelfinger, September 18, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert J Gettelfinger. Gettelfinger joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1942. He completed Cadet School in San Antonio. He served as a C-46 pilot and was deployed to Chabua, India in 1943. He recalls flying the Hump, transporting fuel, munitions and supervisory staff to Kunming, China. Gettelfinger also completed missions to Burma. He returned to the US in November of 1944 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He continu… more
Date: September 18, 2016
Creator: Gettelfinger, Robert J
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dale Robert, September 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Dale. Dale joined the Navy in 1944 when he was 16 years old. He was assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Boston (CA-69). Dale served as a fireman in the Engineering Department working with the evaporators. He talks of the Boston shelling the Japanese mainland and being present for the surrender in Tokyo Bay. Dale stayed with the Boston for occupation duty. He describes visiting Hiroshima and interacting with the Japanese… more
Date: September 18, 2010
Creator: Dale, Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Max Schlotter, September 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Max Schlotter. Schlotter joined the Navy in August 1941 and received basic training in San Diego. He attended service school in Toledo, Ohio. Upon completion, he went to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and converted a banana boat to an attack transport. The ship carried troops just north of Casablanca to Fedala as part of the North Africa invasion. Onboard, Schlotter served as the skipper’s messenger, running errands. He was then pro… more
Date: September 18, 2010
Creator: Schlotter, Max
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Cooper, September 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Cooper. Cooper joined the Navy in May 1945 and received basic training in Illinois. There he joined the Blue Jacket Choir. He survived Typhoon Louise as a water tender aboard the USS Admiral W. S. Benson (AP-120), picking up survivors from sunken ships in Buckner Bay. He was transferred to the USS Dorchester (APB-46) as a diesel mechanic and traveled to Wakanura, a small fishing village untouched by war, and Wakayama, … more
Date: September 18, 2010
Creator: Cooper, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with J. L. Summers, September 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J. L. Summers. Summers joined the Army in 1937. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division. He traveled to Java with his unit and was captured by the Japanese in early 1942. Summers talks of his time as a POW covering railroad construction, hunger, disease, and punishment suffered at the hands of his Japanese captors. He also discusses being used as tiger bait by the Japanese during a detail. … more
Date: September 18, 2010
Creator: Summers, J. L.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Stanley Kuenstler, September 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Stanley Kuenstler. Kuenstler entered the Navy in 1943. In December 1944 he was assigned to the USS Murphy (DD-603). The USS Murphy escorted the USS Quincy to the Yalta Conference. During the conference King ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia stayed on the USS Murphy and gifted Kuenstler and the crew watches. Following the surrender of Japan, the USS Murphy went on to Nagasaki. Five months before Kuenstler was discharged he transferred… more
Date: September 18, 2010
Creator: Kuenstler, Stanley
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dean Moel, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dean Moel. Moel joined the Navy in September of 1943. He became a member of the commissioning crew of USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73). Moel was a crewman on a twin 40mm and describes coming under air attack. He describes in detail the Battle off Samar. Moel details seeing his ship get hit by battleship shells and the damage that resulted. He describes abandoning ship and his time in the water. Moel recalls seeing a Japanese ship pa… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Moel, Dean
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Roy, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Roy. Roy joined the Navy in 1939. He joined the engineering department on the USS Arkansas (BB-33). Roy practiced amphibious landings using the battleship motor launch alongside early Higgins landing craft. He was then sent to school to become a photographer’s mate. Roy was sent to the USS Yorktown (CV-5) where he operated motion picture cameras and worked in the photo lab. He mentions taking part in photo-reconnaiss… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Roy, Bill
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard W. Roby, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard W. Roby. Roby was accepted for aviation cadet training and earned his wings at Pensacola in October, 1941. His first assignment was as a flight instructor at Corpus Christi. When Roby was finally assigned to the Fleet, He joined Composite Squadron 10 (United States. Navy. Composite Squadron 10 (VC-10)) aboard the USS Gambier Bay in April, 1944. He mentions combat missions over Guam, Tinian and Saipan. During the inva… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Roby, Richard W.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Yussen, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Yusen. Yusen joined the Navy around 1943. Beginning early 1944, he served as Seaman 2nd Class and worked on the deck force aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413). They traveled to Pearl Harbor to complete additional training, then escorted a thirty-ship convoy to the Marshall Islands. In October of 1944 they participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where the ship was badly damaged and sunk. Yusen was one of the surviving… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Yusen, Jack
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Paul Austin, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Austin. Austin was born in Texas and grew up on farms before joining the Texas National Guard. When his unit, the 144th Infantry Regiment, was federalized, he became a member of the 36th Infantry Division. He was training at Camp Bowie, Texas, when he received word Pearl Harbor had been attacked. His unit was detached and went to Fort Lewis, Washington, where it was spread out along the coast watching for a Japanese inv… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Austin, Paul
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Michael Bak, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Michael Bak. Bak was born in Garfield, New Jersey on 14 March 1923. He joined the US Navy Reserve in 1942 and went to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station for ten months. He then attended quartermaster school for four months. Upon graduating, he was assigned to the USS Franks (DD-554). The ship was assigned to Division 94 along with the USS Haggard (DD-555), USS Hailey (DD-556) and USS Johnston (DD-557). After training in … more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Bak, Michael J.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Doy Duncan, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Doy Duncan. He begins by speaking about finishing high school in Arkansas, looking for work, joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), enrolling in junior college, joining the Navy and evetually taking Civilian Pilot Training before being called into the Navy. His battalion commander at Preflight School at Chapel Hill, North Carolina was Gerald R. Ford, the future president. He passed and evetually made it into dive bom… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Duncan, Doy
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with I. S. Fellner, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with I.S. Fellner. Fellner joined the Navy in January of 1942. He was trained as a dive bomber pilot and went to Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in 1943. Fellner describes an emergency landing after being hit by flak over Bougainville. He then returned to the US and joined VB-13, attached to the USS Franklin (CV-13). Fellner describes another close call after a collision during a training mission. He discusses flying a photo recon… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Fellner, I. S.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Aubrey Felder, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Aubrey Felder. Felder joined the Navy in February of 1943. He completed training and served as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate aboard the USS Wolverine (IX-64), a training ship at Naval Station Great Lakes. Beginning January of 1944 Felder worked aboard the USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76). They participated in the battles of Peleliu, Leyte Gulf, Luzon and the Battle off Samar in the Philippine Sea. Their ship was hit by a kamikaze. Felder… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Felder, Aubrey
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Don McNelly, September 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Don Mc Nelly. McNelly was born in Brookville, Ohio on 11 November 1920. After graduating from high school he attended the General Motors Institute, studying to be an engineer. Employed in defense work, he received draft deferments until 1944. During June 1944 he joined the US Navy and received a commission, as he was a graduate engineer. He joined the USS Kyne (DE-744) at Ulithi as a deck and engineer officer. The ship’s mis… more
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: McNelly, Don
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Britten, September 18, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Charles H. Britten. Britten was drafted into the Marine Corps after he finished high school in June, 1944. He trained at San Diego and at Camp Pendleton as a Marine scout and sniper. He was eventually assigned to the Headquarters Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division. He trained more on Guadalcanal in preparation for the invasion of Okinawa. Britten shares several anecdotes about his time in battle on Okinawa. When the war ended, Bri… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Britten, Charles H.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Clayton, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Clayton. Clayton was drafted into the United States Navy. After training, he joined the Amphibious Forces and was assigned to USS Alpine (APA-92). His crew made assaults on Guam and the Philippines. He was a yeoman for 2 years. He was aboard the Alpine when it was commissioned and decommissioned. After the war, the Alpine pulled troops out of battle zones in Japan and China. He was discharged in New Orleans.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Clayton, Jack
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Schaefer, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Schaefer. Schaefer was drafted into the Army in April, 1943. Once in, he passed the exam to become an air cadet. Instead of becoming a pilot, he was trained as a tail gunner and went overseas to Tinian to join the 505th Bomb Group. He flew in B-29s on several missions to Japan mining harbors or dropping bombs. He flew on 13 combat missions before flyting on a few prisoner of war supply missions. When the war ended, Sc… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Schaefer, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Santiago Villaneuva, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Santiago Villanueva. Villanueva was born in Helena, Texas 7 February 1922. He was drafted into the Army in 1941and had basic training at Camp Adair, Oregon. Upon being assigned as a gunner in an 81mm mortar squad in the 1st Battalion, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division he was sent to Obispo, California for amphibious training. He recalls being sent to Camp Stoneman, California prior to disembarking for overseas.… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Villanueva, Santiago
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas R. Durham, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas R. Durham. Durham was born in Oklahoma 24 March 1924 and joined the Marine Corps 7 April 1944 and went to boot camp in San Diego, California. He recalls being on board a troop ship with 3000 Marine replacements for the 1st Marine Division after the battle of Peleliu. Landing on Okinawa 1 April 1945 he entered the battle and describes incidents that contributed to high casualty rates. Within his initial group of 43 men… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Durham, Thomas R.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Warren Tsuneishi, September 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Tsuneishi. Tsuneishi was living in California when the war started and was soon evacuated to a Japanese-American detention center. He joined his family at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. He did not stay there long as he was allowed to attend Syracuse University. In 1943, he entered the Military intelligence Language School and studied Japanese to become an interpreter. He participated in the invasion of Le… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Tsuneishi, Warren
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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