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Oral History Interview with H. L. Obermiller, April 30, 2004

Description: Interview with H. L. Obermiller, a Pharmacist's Mate during World War II. He discusses his involvement in the Battles of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, where he served as a Pharmacist's Mate. He remembers having Spam for Thanksgiving, meeting Navajo code talkers, and writing letters home.
Date: April 30, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Metzler, Ed & Obermiller, H. L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with David Braden, September 30, 2000

Description: Interview with David Braden, a member of the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He discusses his training in the U.S. to become a navigator; his deployment to Saipan with the 870th Squadron, 497th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing; initial attacks on Tokyo in a B-29 bomber at high altitude (during which the jet stream interfered with the bombing raids); a low-altitude fire-bombing mission over Tokyo in March, 1945; living conditions on base at Saipan; a mission in which the B-29 he was on ditched in the o… more
Date: September 30, 2000
Duration: 58 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Johnson, Kep & Braden, David
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Guinn Rasbury, April 30, 2004

Description: Interview with Guinn Rasbury, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses joining the Marines, being part of the invasion force at Florida and Tulagi Islands, having multiple malaria attacks, being transferred to Maine to cure his malaria, being transferred around the United States, and finally returning to the Pacific theater. He explains how being sick with malaria and getting bumped from a plane ride home saved his life. He shares anecdotes about sounding "Taps" at a memorial service fo… more
Date: April 30, 2004
Duration: 38 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Graham, Eddie & Rasbury, Guinn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Gallant, September 30, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Gallant. Gallant was commissioned as an Army Infantry Officer in 1940 and was transferred to the Army Air Forces to serve as an Administration Officer. He discusses his duties at Randolph and Foster fields as a part of flight training. Gallant once was flown by a WASP and from one field to another. He was sent to China in 1945 to join the 327th Troop Carrier Squadron. Gallant tells how his flight over the Himalaya Moun… more
Date: September 30, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Gallant, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harry Colson, October 30, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harry Colson. Colson joined the Navy in December of 1943. He served as Watertender Third-Class aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). They participated in bombardment support for the invasion landings on Iwo Jima and throughout the Okinawa Campaign. Colson was aboard the Missouri on 2 September 1945 in Tokyo Bay, when the Instrument of Surrender was signed. Colson returned to the US aboard the ship, and was discharged in January of 194… more
Date: October 30, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Colson, Harry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stanley Robertson, November 30, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stanley Robertson. Robertson entered the Army Air Forces as a cadet in May 1943 and graduated as a pilot and earned his commission in August, 1944. He started training on B-17 bombers before being assigned to B-29s. He arrived at Tinian in late April 1945 and started combat missions over Japan with the 398th Bomb Squadron, 504th Bomb Group. He names and discusses several missions over various Japanese cities. Robertson returned t… more
Date: November 30, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Robertson, Stanley
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ned Simes, October 30, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ned Simes. Simes joined the Marine Corps in March of 1942. He completed Radio Operators School, and served with 2nd Tank Battalion in light tanks. In October, they deployed to New Zealand and New Caledonia. In 1943 they landed on Saipan. While stationed there, Simes transferred to the artillery battalion, assisting with road construction, and continued to serve as a radio operator at headquarters. He returned to the US in July of… more
Date: October 30, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Simes, Ned
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clinton Stork, May 30, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Clinton Edward Stork. Stork joined the Navy in early 1943 and took basic training at San Diego. Upon completion of training, Stork was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43), and joined her at Bremerton, Washington. Stork sailed with the Tennessee to the Aleutian Islands and patrolled there and in the Bering Sea. His job aboard the Tennessee was working on the shell deck. All the 16-inch shells were stored there and Stork's team hoisted them up to turret #1 t… more
Date: May 30, 2008
Duration: 31 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Stork, Clinton Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Koch, September 30, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Koch. Koch was born 31 October 1920 in Rochester, Indiana. He graduated from high school in 1939 and began working at various farms for one dollar per day. Upon being drafted into the US Army Air Forces in 1942, he was sent to Buckley Field, Colorado for six weeks of training in the operations and maintenance of machine guns. This was followed by gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Airfield in Nevada. Upon completion … more
Date: September 30, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Koch, Richard E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Smart, October 30, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Smart. Upon graduating from junior college Smart joined the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. Having civilian pilot experience, he quickly advanced from platoon leader to company and battalion commander. Smart first joined the experienced VMSB-141 before joining VMSB-236 at Bougainville. His first combat experience involved bombing Rabaul. Smart then supported the Army in the Philippines by bombing assigned buildings and… more
Date: October 30, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Smart, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Virgil Cassel, January 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Virgil Cassel. Cassel joined the Navy in July of 1942. From September of 1942 through March of 1946 he served aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as an Apprentice Seaman and Chief Yeoman. Cassel signed up for extended duty and served in Berlin, Germany for two years beginning in March of 1946. He was assigned as the admiral’s secretary in the Office of Military Government for the U.S. Navy. They were disbanding the Germany Navy. Cas… more
Date: January 30, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Cassel, Virgil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hugo Werner, April 30, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugo Werner. Werner joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He received training as a radio operator and gunner. Werner was then sent to Attu, Alaska to become a crewman on a B-25 with the 77th Bomb Squadron. He took part in missions over the Kuril Islands in Northern Japan. He shot down an attacking Japanese fighter during one mission. Werner served with the 77th for the rest of the war and left the service soon after the surre… more
Date: April 30, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Werner, Hugo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Scott, April 30, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert M. Scott. Scott was born in Chicago 30 September 1926 and spent part of his youth in foster homes. He quit school and joined the Navy in July 1943 and took boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Upon completing boot camp he went to Pleasanton, California where he received orders sending him to New Guinea. Upon arriving after a two week trip he did stevedore work for a period of time and then worked as a … more
Date: April 30, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: Scott, Robert M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with F. Duane Flink, November 30, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with F. Duane Flink. Flink joined the Navy as an aviation cadet in 1943. The program had enough candidates at that time, so he was sent to boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Flink describes life in boot camp. He was then sent to submarine school in New London, Connecticut and describes the training he received and training that was conducted on O-boats. Flink was then sent to California where he joined the crew of the USS Pelias… more
Date: November 30, 2010
Duration: 52 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Flink, F. Duane
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bobbie W. Noble, June 30, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Bobbie W. Noble. He joined the Navy at 17 shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was aboard the USS North Carolina in early 1942. Noble did not finish high school and he received all his training aboard ship. He was in New York City when the French liner Normandie caught fire and capsized. He served as a powder hoist operator in the center gun of the number 3 turret. The North Carolina, after her shakedown cruise, spent the winter anchored in Portland,… more
Date: June 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Noble, Bobbie W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Rural Boyd, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rural Boyd. Boyd joined the Navy in February 1942 and received basic training in San Diego. He attended aviation machinist school in Chicago. Upon completion, he was assigned to Corpus Christi and then United States. Navy. Carrier Air Service Unit 1 (CASU-1), where he took care of PB4Ys as they came in for landings. He went aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in January 1944 and worked in the pump room on the seventh deck down.… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 35 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Boyd, Rural
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with DW Fortenberry, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with DW Fortenberry. Fortenberry joined the Navy in August 1940 at the age of 24 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6) where he manned supply rooms, beginning with food stores. His battle station was on a repair crew, and he describes in detail the extraordinary effort required to regain enough pressure to operate water pumps after the ship was struck by a kamikaze… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Fortenberry, DW
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Midgley, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Midgley. Midgley joined the Navy in April 1944 and was fascinated by the diversity of people he met at boot camp. He was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), where he observed people of all races and nationalities working together in harmony, unlike what he had experienced in civilian life. Aboard ship as an aviation ordnance man, Midgley was responsible for maintaining aerial guns and loading bombs. In the summer … more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Midgley, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert McKinley, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert McKinley. McKinley enlisted in the Navy in May 1941 and trained as an aircraft engine mechanic at Sand Point Naval Air Station. Assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) as a third-class aviation machinist mate, he sailed to Pearl Harbor. He then boarded the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as a seaman, later assigned to an anti-aircraft gun. McKinley made a pact with a shipmate that if one of them died they'd visit the other's mother… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: McKinley, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with W. W. Norberg, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with W W Norberg. Norberg joined the Navy in February of 1941. He completed Communications School, and served as a Yeoman Third-Class aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) beginning mid-1941. Norberg remained on the ship through the end of the war. In April of 1942, they escorted USS Hornet (CV-8) on the Doolittle Raid. From June through November, they participated in the battles at Midway, the Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal. In … more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Norberg, W. W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Francis Shiner, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis Shiner. Shiner joined the Navy in December 1942 and received basic training in Green Bay. Based on an aptitude test, he was sent to a university for electrician’s mate training. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), tasked with climbing 60-foot ladders to retrieve and recharge batteries from backup generators. It was heavy lifting for a man of his size, so he was reassigned to the power room,… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Shiner, Francis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lloyd Winkler, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Winkler. Winkler joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training at Farragut, Idaho. He was treated for meningitis during boot camp and upon recovery was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6). Winkler’s battle station was a 40-millimeter antiaircraft gun. As a pointer, he turned two cranks to aim the gun and fired the gun with a foot pedal trigger. It quickly became evident in battle that dive bombers were proving … more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 46 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Winkler, Lloyd
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Hay, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Hay. Hay joined the Navy in 1943 and was assigned to a gun crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). Hay was also coxswain of a whaleboat, transporting mail and officers, including Butch O'Hare. Hay was at a five-inch gun when the Enterprise was hit by a kamikaze. He diligently protected powder cans while the ship moved violently from the blast. While docked in Bremerton for repairs, Hay ran liberty parties ashore until the wa… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Hay, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Benjamin James, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Benjamin James. James joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training at Great Lakes. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), where he painted and cleaned the ship as part of its Second Division. He also worked in the mess hall and could pour 100 cups of coffee per minute. His battle station was at a 40-millimeter gun, where he kept a sharp eye out during watches. Sometimes general quarters would s… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: James, Benjamin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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