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Oral History Interview with Paul Davis, July 26, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Davis. Davis was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in June 1923. In December 1942, he joined the Navy and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois for boot camp. He was then sent to Norfolk, Virginia and assigned to the USS Daniel T. Griffin (DE-54) to run the ship’s laundry. He recalls an encounter with a German submarine. After serving in the Atlantic for a period of time, the ship returned to the Un… more
Date: July 26, 2001
Creator: Davis, Paul E.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Claud Grizzell, June 12, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Claud Grizzell. Grizzell was born in Denison, Texas on 19 June 1916 and joined the Navy in 1939. He attended machinist mate school following basic training in June 1940 and was assigned to the USS Cushing (DD-376) at Pearl Harbor. Upon returning to Hawaii, Grizzell describes the devastation at Pearl Harbor. He remembers the Cushing escorting various combatants to the South Pacific and arriving at Espiritu Santo Island. He re… more
Date: June 12, 2001
Creator: Grizzell, Claud
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard Bischoff, July 31, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Bischoff. Bischoff joined the Army in December of 1942. He served with the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion. They arrived in England in April of 1944. They invaded Normandy on D-Day plus 2. Bischoff and his unit fought across France and into Germany during the summer and early winter of 1944. In December they participated in the Ardennes Campaign, ending the war near the Czechoslovakian border. Bischoff returned to the US a… more
Date: July 31, 2001
Creator: Bischoff, Richard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Clevenger, July 16, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Clevenger. Clevenger was born in Fulton County, Indiana in May 1925 and enlisted in the Marine Corps in March 1944. Following boot camp and communications training in January 1945, he embarked aboard the USS Meriwether (APA-203) in San Diego and sailed to Pearl Harbor. He boarded another troopship in Hawaii and sailed to Saipan. Clevenger then boarded USS LST-641 bound for Okinawa. During that transit the LST sailed … more
Date: July 16, 2001
Creator: Clevenger, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Bartuck, September 9, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Bartuck. Bartuck joined the Navy in 1937. He served as a coxswain aboard the USS Langley (CV-1) until it was scuttled in February of 1942, running whaleboats, motor launces and 60-foot officers’ boats. He later served aboard the YMS-9 minesweeper. He then served aboard an attack cargo ship and made the invasion in North Africa in late 1942. Beginning August of 1943, he served aboard the USS Cowpens (CVL-25). After the war Ba… more
Date: September 9, 2001
Creator: Bartuck, John
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Henry Restorff, September 29, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Restorff. Restorff joined the Navy in August of 1940. He served as Seaman First Class, and later moved to the Engineering Division aboard the USS Balch (DD-363). They worked guard duty on the coast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Restorff volunteered for the Asiatic Fleet and was sent to Manila, Philippines. His job was refueling PBY aircraft and transporting ammunition to cruisers, destroyers and submarines in combat. In late 194… more
Date: September 29, 2001
Creator: Restorff, Henry
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Norman Moise, September 22, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman Moise. Moise was born in New Orleans in 1923. After graduating from high school he joined the Marine Corps on 10 December 1941. He trained at San Diego and received specialty training for assignment as a crewman on amphibious vehicles known as LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked). As a member of the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion he observed the action from the USS President Jackson (AP-37, later APA-18) during the Battle… more
Date: September 22, 2001
Creator: Moise, Norman
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Leon Bruce, October 3, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leon Bruce. Bruce was born in Sayre, Oklahoma and joined the Merchant Marine Service in 1943. He was sent to Catalina Island, California for training. When he completed training he reported aboard the SS Schuyler Colfax (1943) a Liberty ship tanker. Bruce tells of his experiences while aboard the ship. In 1945 he went aboard the SS Mission San Rafael (1944). He relates the experience of being aboard as the ship carried high … more
Date: October 3, 2001
Creator: Bruce, Leon
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Keith Evans, July 13, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by Keith Evans. Evans joined the Navy in April of 1944. He was assigned to the USS USS LSM-135 that same year. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa as one of the first waves to hit the beach. Evans provides details of his experiences through this battle and general living conditions aboard the ship. They anchored on the beach of Ie Shima, and delivered supplies and had an opportunity to tour the island. In May of 1945, while operat… more
Date: July 13, 2001
Creator: Evans, Keith
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Tom Krauska, October 9, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Krauska. Krauska was born 15 December 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri and attended high school in Cleveland, Missouri. He graduated from the University of St. Louis with a Law degree. He was drafted into the United States Army and assigned to the 329th Infantry at Shelby, Mississippi. After basic training, he was assigned to menial tasks such as kitchen police and guard duty. He was soon selected for the Aviation Cadet Train… more
Date: October 9, 2001
Creator: Krauska, Tom
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Leonard Frame and William Houseworth, October 4, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Leonard Frame and William Houseworth. Both Frame and Houseworth were P-39 pilots in the Pacific during the war. Houseworth completed the Flying Cadet program in November of 1940, and received his wings and commission in the Army Air Corps in July of 1941. He remained in the US during the war as a tactical instructor for the training program. He was discharged in late 1945, and later participated in the Korean War, retiring in Jan… more
Date: October 4, 2001
Creator: Frame, Leonar & Houseworth, William
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James McClanahan, October 4, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James McClanahan. McClanahan completed the Civilian Pilot Training program in the summer of 1940. He had received his wings and commission when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He served with the Army Air Forces 35th Fighter Group. McClanahan primarily served in Fiji, Guadalcanal and New Caledonia, as a P-39 fighter pilot. He returned to the US and was discharged in September of 1945.
Date: October 4, 2001
Creator: McClanahan, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Douglas Canning, October 4, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Douglas Canning. Canning was born in Wayne, Nebraska 4 July 1919. He attended Nebraska State Teachers College where he participated in the Civilian Pilot Training program. Graduating in 1940, he entered the Army Air Corps, training in various aircraft prior to being assigned to the 70th Fighter Squadron flying P-40 fighters. After gunnery training, the squadron boarded the USS President Monroe (AP-104) bound for Fiji. Upon a… more
Date: October 4, 2001
Creator: Canning, Douglas
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Paul St. Pierre, September 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul St. Pierre. St. Pierre joined the Navy in 1934. In November of 1935 he traveled aboard the USS Vega (AK-17) to San Diego, then was assigned to the USS Langley (CV-1), working as a signal striker. Their ship served as a training ship for carrier landings. In 1937 they traveled to Mare Island for ship modifications, then headed to French Frigate Shoals to operate with new PBY planes. He was promoted to Signalman 3rd Class. St.… more
Date: September 28, 2001
Creator: St. Pierre, Paul
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Crichton, September 27, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Crichton. Crichton enlisted in the Army in June 1942 and was assigned to the 31st Infantry Division. In New Guinea, as captain of his unit he took no prisoners when intercepting elite Japanese forces even though the natives brought in prisoners bound in vines. While Crichton was evacuating all women from combat zones, he read in a Japanese diary that Americans planned to annihilate the Japanese, sparing only the most be… more
Date: September 27, 2001
Creator: Crichton, John
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Conner, October 19, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert W. Conner. Conner was born in Pennsylvania on 8 September 1914. He attended Duke University prior to joining the 93rd Construction Battalion in 1941. Initial training began in Williamsburg, Virginia, after which the unit moved to California where they were trained in the use of arms. The unit was then transported to Green Island where they built two airstrips and support buildings. He tells of his admiration for the N… more
Date: October 19, 2001
Creator: Conner, Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Juliussen, October 19, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Juliussen. Juliussen joined the Navy Seabees in March of 1943. He completed boot camp, gunnery school and additional Seabees training at Port Hueneme in California. Juliussen served with the 33rd Naval Construction Battalion. They traveled by freighter to the Russell Islands and had a Shellback initiation when they crossed the equator. They helped load an LST, and invaded the Green Islands, where they were attacked by Jap… more
Date: October 19, 2001
Creator: Juliussen, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Art Rankin, October 19, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Art Rankin. Rankin was born in 1924 and joined the Navy after he graduated high school, around 1942. He completed boot camp at Camp Perry in Ohio. In the fall of 1943 he traveled to Noumea, New Caledonia and Russell Islands, off Guadalcanal. Rankin continued on to Green Islands where he was assigned to sanitation details and mess cook duty. He traveled on to Leyte Gulf, Samar and Guiuan in the Philippines. His unit built an airst… more
Date: October 19, 2001
Creator: Rankin, Art
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harold Collins, October 19, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Collins. Collins was born in Driftwood, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1920. In 1943 he joined the United States Navy and was sent to Camp Peary for eight weeks of boot training. He then went to Camp Parks, California where he was assigned to Company A, 93rd Construction Battalion. In October 1943 the unit boarded the USAT Perida, arriving at Noumea, New Caledonia on 1 November 1943. Just as the ship anchored in the har… more
Date: October 19, 2001
Creator: Collins, Harold
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas Bousman, April 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Bousman. Bousman was born 9 October 1928 in Manila, Philippines to American missionary parents. He was a seventh-grade student at Bordner School when the attack on the Philippines occurred. He was interned at Santo Tomas January of 1942, and transferred to Los Baños July of 1944. Bousman recalls the raid on Los Baños in February of 1945, with paratroopers dropping outside the camp, and being escorted to safe American-held … more
Date: April 28, 2001
Creator: Bousman, Thomas
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Trudy Harris, November 15, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Trudy Varrs Harris. Harris was born in Buffalo, New York in 1926. She attended Hockaday Private School and graduated in 1941. She joined the American Women’s Voluntary Service during the summer as a 15 year old driver whose job was to pick up military officers in a command car at various locations and take them to defense plants and various offices. During this time her sister worked in a hospital and her mother rolled banda… more
Date: November 15, 2001
Creator: Harris, Trudy
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Forest Rees, November 15, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Forest Rees. Rees was born in Beeville, Texas, 23 May 1926 and was accepted into the Navy’s V-12 Program on 1 July 1943 and enrolled at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Following two semesters, he was sent to basic training at Great Lakes, Illinois and upon graduation, was enrolled in aviation machinist’s school. He was next transferred to the engine overhaul and testing section at Naval Air Station, Corpus Chris… more
Date: November 15, 2001
Creator: Rees, Forest
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Will Scott, September 23, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Will Scott. Scott joined the Navy in May of 1941. He served as a Gunner’s Mate aboard the USS Utah (BB-31). He shares his experiences living at sea, his work and general life aboard the Utah. Scott also provides details of the attack while berthed in Pearl Harbor. After the Utah was sunk, Scott was assigned to the USS Honolulu (CL-48) for ten months, and then transferred to the USS Denver (CL-58) for two and half years. From ther… more
Date: September 23, 2001
Creator: Scott, Will
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Roland Eberhardt, December 6, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roland Eberhardt. Eberhardt joined the Navy in 1937, and attended a watertender school in Philadelphia. He served as chief watertender aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36). Eberhardt was aboard the ship while it was docked in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He provides vivid details of his experiences through that fateful day, and the grounding of their ship. He was then assigned to the USS San Francisco (CA-38) for the remainder of th… more
Date: December 6, 2001
Creator: Eberhardt, Roland
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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