Oral History Interview with Billy Hill, June 12, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Billy Hill, June 12, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Billy Hill. Hill joined the Navy around 1941. He completed Medical Tech School and Pharmacy School. Beginning in March of 1944, Hill served as a Pharmacist Mate aboard the hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9). They traveled to Honolulu, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, the Mariana Islands, Peleliu, Leyte and Iwo Jima, evacuating and caring for the wounded. He continued his service after the war ended, retiring in 1966.
Date: June 12, 2012
Creator: Hill, Billy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Joseph O'Malley, June 12, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Joseph O'Malley, June 12, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Joseph O???Malley. O???Malley was drafted into the Army in 1943. In March of 1944 he was sent for airborne training at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. He fought with the 84th Infantry Division in Germany and Belgium, pushing forward from Geilenkirchen, Germany in November, 1944 to Schnackenburg, Germany and ultimately contacting the Russian Army on the Elbe River in April, 1945. O'Malley spoke fluent German and served as an Army interpreter. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: June 12, 2009
Creator: O'Malley, John Joseph
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Larry Parker, June 12, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Larry Parker, June 12, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Larry Parker. Parker was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. He was trained and joined the crew of a B-17 as a co-pilot. He was a member of a specialized unit trained to carry wooden life boats slung under the bomb bay and to drop them by parachute when downed aircrews were discovered. Parker operated out of the Philippines and eventually was sent to Ie Shima. He details several lifeboat drops. His plane carried General Stillwell to Okinawa after the death of General Buckner. He describes Stillwell almost melting one of the plane’s guns due to continuous fire during this trip. Parker also witnessed the Japanese delegation that landed on Ie Shima at the end of the war. He left the service in December 1945.
Date: June 12, 2010
Creator: Parker, Larry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Billy Hill, June 12, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Billy Hill, June 12, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Billy Hill. Hill joined the Navy around 1941. He completed Medical Tech School and Pharmacy School. Beginning in March of 1944, Hill served as a Pharmacist Mate aboard the hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9). They traveled to Honolulu, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, the Mariana Islands, Peleliu, Leyte and Iwo Jima, evacuating and caring for the wounded. He continued his service after the war ended, retiring in 1966.
Date: June 12, 2012
Creator: Hill, Billy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willie Ray Snow, June 12, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Willie Ray Snow, June 12, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willie Ray Snow. Snow joined the Navy in May of 1943. He served as a Radio Technician Second Class, then a Petty Officer. In August of 1944 he traveled to New Guinea and Australia, and in January of 1945 he boarded the USS Flasher (SS-249). Snow participated in her sixth war patrol along the coast of Indochina. In February they sank a sea truck and a cargo ship with torpedoes. They completed patrols in April. Snow was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: June 12, 2006
Creator: Snow, Willie Ray
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Larry Parker, June 12, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Larry Parker, June 12, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Larry Parker. Parker was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. He was trained and joined the crew of a B-17 as a co-pilot. He was a member of a specialized unit trained to carry wooden life boats slung under the bomb bay and to drop them by parachute when downed aircrews were discovered. Parker operated out of the Philippines and eventually was sent to Ie Shima. He details several lifeboat drops. His plane carried General Stillwell to Okinawa after the death of General Buckner. He describes Stillwell almost melting one of the plane’s guns due to continuous fire during this trip. Parker also witnessed the Japanese delegation that landed on Ie Shima at the end of the war. He left the service in December 1945.
Date: June 12, 2010
Creator: Parker, Larry
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History