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Oral History Interview with Paul Taylor, July 26, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Taylor. In 1941, after Taylor graduated from high school at 17, he entered a trade school to learn airplane mechanics because his mother would not allow him to go into the military. Taylor tried to get into the Navy, but was not accepted for service due to his having Bright's disease. Instead. when he finished trade school, he went to work for Pan American Airways. Pan Am sent him to Pearl Harbor to work on the Clipper … more
Date: July 26, 2005
Duration: 54 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Taylor, Paul
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Knarr, July 21, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Knarr. Knarr was teaching school in Indiana when he was drafted into the Army. He was assigned to the field artillery in the 87th Infantry Division where he served in the headquarters battery. Knarr describes his training prior to shipping overseas to England. He landed in France in late November 1944 and shares experiences during the Battle of the Bulge. He also recalls liberating a few concentration camps. When the war … more
Date: July 21, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Knarr, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Uno Johnson, July 14, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and oral interview with Uno Johnson. Johnson was born in Veinge, Sweden 26 May 1923. He emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months. He entered the U.S. Army 4 February 1943 and took basic training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He was stationed in Florida and had a part-time job in a foundry cleaning the furnaces. He recalls being stationed in Berkeley, California as a truck driver and tells of taking troops to San Franc… more
Date: July 14, 2005
Duration: 39 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Johnson, Uno
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lester D. Read, July 19, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lester D. Read. Read was born 14 September 1928 in Plymouth, Indiana and graduated from Plymouth High School in 1943. Drafted into the Marine Corps in 1943, he describes training in boot camp at San Diego. He then went to tank training school where he was assigned to reconnaissance and liaison in the 5th Marine Division, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Tank Battalion. His primary job was to communicate by radio between the infantr… more
Date: July 19, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Read, Lester D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Margaret Ringenberg, July 8, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Margaret Ringenberg. Ringenberg possessed a private pilot’s license and became a ferry pilot with the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) in March, 1943. Once she joined, she went to training at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. With training completed, Ringenberg was stationed in Delaware. From there, she would travel to factories and fly planes to various fields. She flew single and multi-engine planes during the war.… more
Date: July 8, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Ringenberg, Margaret
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Billy Tune, July 7, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Billy Tune. Tune joined the Navy right after he finished high school in May 1943. He was assigned to USS President Polk (AP-103) and was aboard it when it was torpedoed. He somehow managed to get ashore at Tarawa and stayed with the Marines there for five days. Then he wound up at New Caledonia as a stevedore until he entered the hospital with asthma.
Date: July 7, 2005
Duration: 56 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Tune, Billy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gladys Winkleman, July 31, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gladys Winkleman. Winkleman was born on 10 March 1919 in Lytle, Texas. She met her husband, Meryl, while working at her parent’s restaurant after she graduated from high school. They were married on 16 October 1939. Her husband worked for Exxon before the war and enlisted in the Marines in October 1942. After her husband enlisted she moved back in with her parents. Before her husband was shipped overseas (February/March 1943… more
Date: July 31, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 46 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Winkleman, Gladys
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Davis Kaiser, July 16, 2005

Description: Interview with Donald Davis Kaiser, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, originally from Yoakum, Texas. Kaiser answers many questions regarding his training in the United States, to which he recalls that basic training was very difficult and miserable. The interview goes on to discuss his time while overseas in Vietnam including combat during the Tet Offensive in early 1968.
Date: July 18, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Moore, Terry & Kaiser, Donald Davis
Partner: Lee College
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