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Oral History Interview with Rufus Johnson, March 27, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rufus Johnson. He begins the interview with a summary of his life. Rufus Winfield Johnson was born in Montgomery County, Maryland in 1911. He was in the ROTC at Howard University. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1934 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Reserves. In 1939 he received his LLB degree from the Howard University School of Law. He shares stories from his time working in the White House as lif… more
Date: March 27, 2005
Creator: Johnson, Rufus
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Al Kiracofe, March 6, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Kiracofe. Kiracofe joined the Navy in 1942 and received yeoman training at Great Lakes. Upon completion, he was assigned to CASU-22 at Quonset Point, helping to prepare squadrons for overseas deployment. He was then assigned to Carrier Air Group 41, which was just beginning to use radar for night flying. One of his duties as yeoman was to send letters of regret to the parents of soldiers who were killed in action. The exp… more
Date: March 6, 2006
Creator: Kiracofe, Al
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Dewitt, March 19, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Dewitt. Dewitt joined the Navy and served as a Chief Yeoman. He served aboard the ammunition ship, USS Nitro (AE-2). They traveled to all ports along the east coast and in the Caribbean. From there he boarded the USS Medusa (AR-1). He then transferred a year and half later to the supply ship, USS Antares (AKS-3), where he was stationed in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He recalls when a Japanese two-man submarine was sunk… more
Date: March 19, 2005
Creator: Dewitt, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harold Gensler, March 31, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and oral interview with Harold Gensler. Gensler was born in Tarrytown, New York on 28 September 1915 and graduated from high school in 1935. He recalls the crowds at the New York recruiting station being so large the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor that horse-mounted policemen were needed for crowd control. He was exempt from the draft and ineligible to enlist in any branch of the service as he was employed by a railroad company with a job co… more
Date: March 31, 2001
Creator: Gensler, Harold
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clifford Ashby, March 6, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clifford Ashby. Ashby was born in Effingham, Illinois on 11 June 1925. He became interested in amateur radio while in high school and joined the Merchant Marines in 1943. After passing tests related to radio operations he was assigned to the liberty ship, SS James B. Francis (1942) as a radio operator. He tells of the ship loaded with ammunition sitting in the harbor at Guadalcanal with hoses pumping water on the deck to kee… more
Date: March 6, 2007
Creator: Ashby, Clifford
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Wayne VanDerWeele, March 5, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wayne VanDerWeele. VanDerWeele joined the Navy in June of 1944. He discusses briefly the relocation of the Japanese-Americans during wartime. He was assigned to HMS Battleaxe beginning August of 1944. They traveled to the New Hebrides Islands, working on a dry dock. From there they went to New Caledonia working on a receiving station, and at the Fleet Record Office forwarding mail. He served in the Fleet Office from October 1944 … more
Date: March 5, 2005
Creator: VanDerWeele, Wayne
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman. She begins by discussing her family background: her parents were Jews born in Poland and emigrated to the United States. Ethel's European aunts, uncles and grandparents all likely died in the Holocaust. As a first grade student, she taught her mother, a Polish immigrant, how to read and write English. She recalls, wartime rationing, Victory Gardens, scrap drives, and antisemitism among her school-ag… more
Date: March 24, 2001
Creator: Schectman, Ethel
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Carl Peltier, March 4, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carl Peltier. He begins by discussing his reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor and then joining the Marines when he was old enough. He trained in San Diego before shipping out to Hawaii where he joined the 2nd Marine Division. Further training included heavy weapons - mortars. Later, he landed on Saipan and describes his small arms and rations. He witnessed General Simon Buckner getting killed on Okinawa. He was later woun… more
Date: March 4, 2001
Creator: Peltier, Carl
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William F. (Bill) Graham, March 24, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Bill Graham. He begins by discussing joining the Navy and becoming a corpsman, then being transferred to the 2nd Marine Division after the Pearl Harbor attack. He discusses being in the first wave on Guadalcanal and various things that happened during the six months there, contracting a severe strain of malaria, getting shipped back to the States and stationed near his home in Fort Worth, then to training in Virginia preparing for an invasion of Japan.
Date: March 24, 2001
Creator: Graham, William F. (Bill)
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joseph B. Brown, March 24, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Joesph B. Brown. He discusses going to Guadalcanal, various guns and artillery he used, the battle of Tarawa and getting malaria just before it, then going to Hawaii for more training before returning to the South Pacific and fighting on Saipan and Tinian. He also discusses being wounded on Saipan, getting a bayonet run through his forearm and keeping the bayonet as a souvenior after the war and talks about some of his experiences and travels after the war.
Date: March 24, 2001
Creator: Brown, Joseph B.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Steele, Sr., March 24, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Steele, Sr. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 6, 1924. He enlisted into the Marines in February, 1943 and was assigned to 2nd Marine Division, M Company, 3rd Battalion 8th Marines, as a machine gunner. He describes his experiences while landing at Tarawa in LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) also known as Higgins Boats. During the landing he recalls being wounded by shrapnel. After Tarawa, he recoun… more
Date: March 24, 2001
Creator: Steele, William
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James A. Laux, March 23, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James A. Laux. Born in 1925, he was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He was accepted into the submarine service. He describes his training at sub school. He reached New Guinea in 1944 and was assigned to his first submarine, the USS Pintado (SS-387), in 1945. He served as a 3rd Class Motor Machinist Mate. He describes sinking two floating mines while off the coast of Java as well as a near-miss with depth charges dropped by Ja… more
Date: March 23, 2001
Creator: Laux, James A.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bill Ingram, March 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Ingram. Ingram was born in Springfield, Illinois on 13 June 1924. He joined the US Navy in 1941 and after completion of boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station he traveled to California where he was assigned to the USS Houston (CA-30), boarding the ship in Darwin, Australia. He describes his battle station as loader of an 8 inch forward gun and the procedures involved in loading of the gun. He tells of the 2… more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Ingram, Bill
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harry Kelly, March 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harry Kelly. Kelly joined the Navy in 1939. He served aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) through March of 1941. He was then transferred to USS Houston (CA-30) at Manila Bay, Philippines. Kelly served on the 5-inch antiaircraft gun aboard Houston, until it sank in March of 1942 during the Battle of Sunda Strait. He was captured and interned as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. They traveled to Surabaya, Singapore and Burma, where he … more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Kelly, Harry
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Paul Papish, March 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Papish. Papish was born in Pueblo, Colorado on 4 April 1919. After joining the Navy in 1939 he reported aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) and was assigned to the disbursements office. He describes the job responsibilities of his position and the USS Houston being a part of the naval forces within ABDACOM (American-British-Dutch-Australian Command) during March 1942 and participating in the battle of the Java Sea. He also t… more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Papish, Paul
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with J. B. Pryor, March 2, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J.B. Pryor. Born in Oklahoma in 1922, Pryor attended the University of Wyoming on a football scholarship. Upon entering the Navy in 1941, he was selected for pilot training and tells of being at various bases training in different types of single engine planes until September 1942. He then entered multi-engine aircraft training, flying B-24s as a co-pilot. In November 1943 he was assigned to Patrol Bomber Squadron 106 flying… more
Date: March 2, 2002
Creator: Pryor, J. B.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with David Flynn, March 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Flynn. Flynn joined the Navy in 1939. He served as a Radioman aboard USS Houston (CA-30) until it sank in March of 1942 during the Battle of Sunda Strait. He was captured by the Japanese and placed aboard their ship. Several hours later the ship was torpedoed, landing Flynn back into the water. He met up with Australian and British survivors and again was captured by another Japanese group. They were taken to a POW Camp in … more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Flynn, David
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Kyle Thompson, March 2, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kyle Thompson. Thompson was born in Nevada County, Arkansas in 1922. He joined the Texas National Guard in 1939. In November 1941, Thompson’s unit was bound for the Philippines, but was diverted to Australia after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After a stop at Darwin, they were escorted to Java by the USS Houston (CA-36) in January 1942. There they assisted crews of the 10th Bomb Group. After the surrender the group was… more
Date: March 2, 2002
Creator: Thompson, Kyle
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Audie Lynch, March 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Audie Lynch. Lynch was born in Scotland, Arkansas 15 May 1925 and graduated from high school in 1942. He then attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College where he participated in the Navy’s V-12 college training program. After one year he was sent to the Naval Reserve Midshipman School at Notre Dame University and received his commission four months later. Lynch was then ordered to report aboard the USS Charles Carrol… more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Lynch, Audie J.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Brooks, March 3, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Brooks. Brooks joined the Navy around 1938. He served as a trainer on the turrets aboard the USS Houston (CA-30). He worked in the Second Division, Number 2 turret. Their ship was assigned to the Asiatic Fleet to replace the USS Augusta (CA-31). They traveled to Manila Bay and the Philippines. He shares his experiences patrolling numerous islands and visiting and trading with the natives. Brooks talks about various inciden… more
Date: March 3, 2002
Creator: Brooks, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Kidd, March 2, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John F. Kidd. Kidd enlisted in the US Navy in 1938. After boot camp, he was assigned to the USS Nevada (BB-36) and was later transferred to the USS Blackhawk as a yeoman striker. After a short time he was assigned to the staff of Admiral Thomas C. Hart and stationed at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. He tells of the Japanese attack on 8 December 1941 and of commandeering civilian automobiles to carry wounded military personne… more
Date: March 2, 2002
Creator: Kidd, John
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with L. W. "Dutch" Kooper, March 1, 2002

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Dutch Kooper. Kooper enlisted at the Great Lakes Training Center on November 15, 1938. After training camp, he was sent to Seattle for assignment on the USS Williamson (a four-piper converted into a Seaplane Tender), which operated between Seattle and Alaska. Kooper heard that the USS Houston was going on an Asiatic cruise and wanted volunteers so he volunteered; he was eventually transferred and became a gunners mate. After the start of the war, the Houston… more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Kooper, L. W.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John W. Ranger, March 1, 2002

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with the family of John Ranger; his wife, Joyce, and their son, Jerry. Ranger joined the Navy on January 17, 1938, took boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois and was assigned to the USS Houston. He was an aviation's mate and worked on the airplanes onboard the Houston. She was in the Far East when he joined the cruiser. Ranger's son tells the story of how his dad received the Silver Star while putting out a fire near turret number 3, the result of a Japanese bomb. R… more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Ranger, John W.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Ficklin, March 1, 2002

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Frank Ficklin. Ficklin joined the National Guard (Regimental Headquarters Battery of the 131st Field Artillery) in 1938 when he was sixteen. They were mobilized in November 1940 in Wichita Falls, Texas and sent to Camp Bowie Brownwood, Texas for training with the 36th Division. They trained there for about a year and were then shipped overseas, picking up American 75s in San Francisco on the way. After landing in Brisbane, Australia, they were sent to Singas… more
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: Ficklin, Frank
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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