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Oral History Interview with Maurice Horine, January 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Maurice Horine. Horine joined the Navy in August of 1942. He completed Yeoman schooling. He served as Yeoman Second-Class with a Carrier Aircraft Service Unit in Seattle through April of 1944. In January of 1945, Horine was assigned to the USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148). They transported troops to the Philippines and the Mariana Islands during the final amphibious offensive against Japan. After the war, he returned to the US a… more
Date: January 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Horine, Maurice
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Sehe, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Sehe. Sehe was born in Geneva, Illinois, on 26 February 1923 and enlisted in the Navy in November 1940. Upon completing basic training at Great Lakes, Illinois in February 1941, he completed gunner’s mate school and was assigned to the USS Nevada (BB-36). He recalls the Nevada, the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and the USS Arizona (BB-39) made up Battle Division One at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Sehe describes the events of 7 Dece… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 50 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Sehe, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alphonsis Stockdale, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alphonsis Stockdale. Stockdale was born near Morristown, South Dakota 2 August 1915. After graduating from high school, he joined the Navy in 1934 and went to San Diego for boot training. He then trained as a radio operator. In 1940, he joined Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 aboard PT-24 and went to Pearl Harbor where he witnessed the Japanese attack. Arriving at Midway Island on 2 June 1942 he was present when the Japanese la… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 43 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Stockdale, Alphonsis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Lee Swift, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Swift. Swift was born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 3 December 1919. Upon joining the Navy in 1939 he had three months of boot training at San Diego, followed by four months of study at the electrical ordnance school. Reporting aboard the USS Reid (DD-369) in December 1939, he was assigned to the engine room. The Reid was at Pearl Harbor tied up next to the USS Whitney (AD-4) when the Japanese attacked. In March 1942 he wen… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Swift, James Lee
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Rhodes, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Rhodes. Rhodes was born in 1922 and enlisted in the Army on 23 January 1941. Soon after enlisting, he boarded the USS Republic (AP-33) for an eighteen day voyage to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii for basic training. Upon completion of basic, he was assigned to the 696th Ordnance Company at Wheeler Field. Rhodes recalls being at breakfast when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He describes the actions he and others that … more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 36 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Rhodes, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leroy McCovney, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Leroy McCovney. McCovney joined the Navy in May of 1941. Beginning around August he served with the deck force aboard the USS Honolulu (CL-48). He was aboard the Honolulu on 7 December 1941 when it was moored in Pearl Harbor. McCovney provides vivid details of his experiences through the attack on that fateful day. His job was to help clean up the ship after the attack. After minor repairs to the ship, they traveled to Australia,… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 36 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: McCovney, Leroy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with June Reilly Leonard, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with June Reilly Leonard. Leonard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 8 June 1923 and enlisted in the WAVES after the beginning of the war. Upon completion of basic training at Whittier College, Bronx, New York, she was sent to storekeeper’s school at the Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville. She met and married an Army soldier while on leave in August 1943, and after three months together, they were separated for t… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 23 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Leonard, June Reilly
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Deno Petrucciani, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Deno Petrucciani. Petrucciani joined the Navy in September of 1940. He served with the deck force aboard USS Maryland (BB-46). In January of 1941 they traveled to Pearl Harbor. Petrucciani was aboard the Maryland during the attack on 7 December 1941. He served aboard the ship for four and half years. He shares a number of anecdotal stories living on the Maryland. He was discharged in 1946.
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 47 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Petrucciani, Deno
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Nelson Howard, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Nelson Howard. He was born in Everett, Washington, March 17, 1920. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the Navy in 1940. He was sent to Pearl Harbor and assigned to the USS Macdonough (DD-351) where he served as a Gunners Mate. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he recalls shooting down a Japanese plane. He recalls that the Macdonough steamed out of the harbor that morning and returned the following Wednesday to prov… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 37 minutes
Creator: Howard, Nelson
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Chester W. Marshall, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chester W. Marshall. He was born March 19, 1917 in Holmes County, Mississippi. He describes growing up during the Depression. On June 26, 1940 he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Corps. In early 1942 he was accepted into Aviation Cadet training. In July 1943 he was assigned to the 30th Bomber Group of the 20th Air Force in Salina, Kansas to train as a flight engineer on B-29s. He recalls being transferred to the 31st Bo… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Marshall, Chester W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James R. O'Donnel, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James R. O'Donnel. He was born in Donora, Pennsylvania and joined the Aviation Cadet training program in December 1942. Upon graduation from Bombardier School in late 1943 he was sent to Clovis, New Mexico as a B-29 crewmember. Upon completion of training in November 1944 his crew flew a B-29 to Saipan as part of the 499th Bomber Group of the 20th Air Force. He recalls their first mission over Japan on Thanksgiving Day 1944 … more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 39 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: O'Donnel, James R.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth K. Little, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth K. Little. He was born in San Diego, California on February 2, 1921 and enlisted in the California National Guard in the summer of 1940. His unit was activated on September 16, 1940. He recalls embarking on the SS Washington (later requisitioned by the Navy and renamed USS Mount Vernon (AP-22)) in San Pedro, California and sailing to Hawaii on November 5, 1940. He recounts the transit during which he contracted a ser… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Little, Kenneth K.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Ellinger, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Ellinger. Ellinger joined the Navy in August of 1943. He served aboard the USS California (BB-44) beginning in December of that same year. They provided shore bombardment during the Battles of Saipan, Guam and Tinian. In late 1944, they participated in the Leyte operation during the invasion of the Philippines. They were struck by a kamikaze in January of 1945 while providing shore bombardment at Lingayen Gulf. They contin… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Ellinger, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Fyke, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Fyke. Fyke joined the Navy in December of 1939. He served on the USS Nevada (BB-36), and was aboard during the attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941. In January of 1943 they provided fire support for the capture of Attu, during the Aleutians Campaign. They completed bombardment missions through the Battle of Okinawa. Fyke was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 35 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Fyke, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Yaklowich, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Yaklowich. Yaklowich joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938 and served 2 years. He then joined the Navy in February of 1940. He completed training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Beginning around May of 1940 Yaklowich served aboard the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) as apprentice seaman, a plug man on the middle gun where he called cadence and gave the manual of arms. He was aboard the Pennsylvania in Pearl Harbor… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Yaklowich, Joseph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dallas Harvey, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dallas Harvey. Harvey joined the Navy in 1937. He completed training as a Hospital Corpsman, and dental technician. He was assigned to Pearl Harbor, serving in the Sick Bay and dental office aboard the USS Argonne (AS-10). Harvey was aboard the ship, which was positioned at the north end of 1010 dock, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. They later traveled to the Fiji Islands, New Caledonia and Guam, where Harvey worked in a hospi… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Harvey, Dallas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dick Frieze, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dick Frieze. Frieze joined the Navy in 1939. He trained as an aviation machinist mate, and worked at a base in Pearl Harbor, where he shares some anecdotal stories working for Captain John Sidney McCain. Frieze was in a hangar at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and provides his recollections of surviving that fateful day. He speaks about Lieutenant Fasada Iada, a Japanese pilot, whom Frieze shot at right before he crash-landed in… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 36 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Frieze, Dick
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Garland Swann, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Garland Swann. Swann joined the Marine Corps in June of 1940. He trained to serve as an aviation mechanic. In January of 1941 he was stationed in Hawaii, working as an airplane mechanic and helping to build the Marine Corps Air Station at Ewa. He recalls the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. From Pearl, he was shipped to Midway Island for 13 months. Around 1943, Swann was transferred to Majuro, and moved throughout the Pacific. He… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 51 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Swann, Garland
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Evelyn Gordon, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Evelyn Gordon. Gordon joined the Navy in 1943. She served as Yeoman Second Class in the United States Naval Reserve, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). She trained at Hunter College in The Bronx, New York. From there she was shipped to Port Hueneme, California. Their job was to put the Naval base into commission where they trained and shipped out construction battalions, the Seabees. She provides some details… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Gordon, Evelyn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Rita Harvey, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rita Harvey. Harvey joined the Navy around 1941. She served as Third Class Pharmacist Mate at a hospital in Bainbridge, Maryland. She completed accounting school there and worked on payroll in the accounting department, in addition to assisting at the hospital. Around 1942 Harvey was sent to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where she worked as an assistant to the accounting officer in the main dispensary by day, … more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Harvey, Rita
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leon Kita, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Leon Kita. Kita joined the Navy in 1940. He served aboard the USS Honolulu (CL-48). Their ship was moored at the Naval Station when the Japanese launched their attack on Pearl Harbor. In the spring of 1942 they traveled to Kodiak, Alaska, participating in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. In early 1943 they operated out of Espiritu Santo, engaging in bombardments in the Solomon Islands. In early 1944 he served aboard a Yard Mineswee… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Kita, Leon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mary Jane Holsey, December 8, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Mary Jane Holsey. She married Ray Holsey, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, at Hickam Field in Hawaii in November 1941. She relates her experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent evacuation to San Francisco, California. She comments on the state of communication at the time as well as rationing. Her husband served in Hawaii and New Guinea. The interview includes information about her parents and her children.
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 31 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Holsey, Mary Jane
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Anthony Ganarelli, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anthony Ganarelli. Ganarellis was born in Huntington, Pennsylvania in 1913 and enlisted in the Navy in May 1934. Upon completing basic training in Norfolk, Virginia he was assigned as a gunner’s mate to the USS Tennessee (BB-43), where he remained for seven years. He recalls that, when the Japanese attacked on the morning of December 7, 1941, the Tennessee was in Pearl Harbor, inboard of the USS Arizona (BB-39) and forward o… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 26 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Ganarelli, Anthony
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Orvil High, December 8, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orvil and Linda Kathleen High, on behalf of Linda’s father Vincent Brophy. Both Orvil and Vincent are Pearl Harbor survivors. Orvil joined the Coast Guard in September of 1939, and traveled to Hawaii in September of 1940. He served as a motor machinist mate in the engine room of the USCGC Reliance (WPC-150). They were tied up at Pier 5 when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941. Orvil shares vivid details of his experiences th… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: High, Orvil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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