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Oral History Interview with Perry Camp, August 26, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Perry Camp. Camp spent a year in Honolulu working as a high scaler, scaling cliffs and building ammunition dumps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Camp was then drafted into the Navy in 1943. He was trained as a gunner’s mate and completed schooling for electrical and hydraulics. He served as an instructor on the 5-inch guns. His position was fuse center and sight center. He discusses his position on his ship and provides detail … more
Date: August 26, 2005
Creator: Camp, Perry
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jeremiah Tuttle, August 26, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jeremiah Tuttle. Tuttle joined the Navy in January 1943 and trained at Great Lakes in gunnery and fire control. When complete, he reported aboard the USS Bache (DD-470) and they headed for the Aleutian Islands. He was also aboard the ship when it was attached to the 7th Fleet and operated around New Guinea. He shares several anecdotes of his time aboard and R&R in Australia. He was aboard when the invasion of the Philippines… more
Date: August 26, 2016
Creator: Tuttle, Jeremiah
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harry Bayne, August 26, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Brigadier General Harry Bayne. Bayne joined the Army Air Corps as a private in September, 1941. By August, 1942, he had attained the rank of flying sergeant, but soon was commissioned a second lieutenant. His first assignement was ferrying airplanes to fields where pilots were training. Eventually, he was sent to India and flew missions carrying fuel over the Himalaya Mountains to bombers and other airplanes operating out of China. He flew sixty-three missio… more
Date: August 26, 2011
Creator: Bayne, Brigadier General Harry
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gilberto Mendez, August 26, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Gilberto Mendez. Mendez's parents left Mexico in 1910 to escape the violence Mexican Revolution and relocated to San Antonio, Texas, where Gilberto was raised until the family moved back to Mexico during the Depression. When Mexico declared war on Germany in 1942, Mendez was drafted into the Mexican Army (Spanish: Erjecito Mexicano) for one year. Upon being discharged from the Mexican Army, Mendez was called up in the US where he volunteered for duty in the … more
Date: August 26, 2011
Creator: Mendez, Gilberto
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with George Gibbons, August 26, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Gibbons. Gibbons completed infantry training in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M his freshman and sophomore years of college. In January of 1943 he gave up his exemption for college and volunteered for the Army. He completed the Army Special Training Program, and volunteered for the paratroopers. Gibbons completed jump school at Fort Benning, Georgia. He also completed Demolition School. He traveled with replacement paratr… more
Date: August 26, 2004
Creator: Gibbons, George
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joe Mason, August 26, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Mason. Mason entered the Navy in September of 1944. He completed storekeeper school at Samson, New York. He trained and served on a PT boat throughout the war. They traveled to Samar, Philippines on 1 September 1945, which he describes his experiences. He was stationed at PT Base 17. The war was over by the time he traveled overseas. He discusses his time in Samar and witnessed the burning of the PT boats. He traveled to othe… more
Date: August 26, 2008
Creator: Mason, Joe
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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