Oral History Interview with Bart Semerero, October 18, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bart Semerero, October 18, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bart Semerero. Semerero joined the Army Air Forces in 1943. He completed bombardier training. Beginning in April of 1944, he served aboard a B-17 with the 326th Base Unit. He was transferred to Florida to completed additional training, where he was stationed when the war ended. He continued his service after the war ended, serving with occupying forces in Germany, receiving his discharge in 1947.
Date: October 18, 2018
Creator: Semerero, Bart
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Norman, October 20, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Norman, October 20, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Norman. Norman graduated from Rice University in February 1944 and then attended midshipman school at Notre Dame. Once commissioned, he went to North Carolina for diesel engineering school finishing that in December 1944. He was assigned to the submarine tender USS Aegir (AS-23) as an engineering officer in February 1945 at Midway Island. When the war ended, he was assigned to a minesweeper, USS Sprig (AM-384), in Japanese waters. Norman was discharged in August, 1946.
Date: October 20, 2018
Creator: Norman, James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bart Semerero, October 18, 2018 transcript

Oral History Interview with Bart Semerero, October 18, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bart Semerero. Semerero joined the Army Air Forces in 1943. He completed bombardier training. Beginning in April of 1944, he served aboard a B-17 with the 326th Base Unit. He was transferred to Florida to completed additional training, where he was stationed when the war ended. He continued his service after the war ended, serving with occupying forces in Germany, receiving his discharge in 1947.
Date: October 18, 2018
Creator: Semerero, Bart
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Norman, October 20, 2018 transcript

Oral History Interview with James Norman, October 20, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Norman. Norman graduated from Rice University in February 1944 and then attended midshipman school at Notre Dame. Once commissioned, he went to North Carolina for diesel engineering school finishing that in December 1944. He was assigned to the submarine tender USS Aegir (AS-23) as an engineering officer in February 1945 at Midway Island. When the war ended, he was assigned to a minesweeper, USS Sprig (AM-384), in Japanese waters. Norman was discharged in August, 1946.
Date: October 20, 2018
Creator: Norman, James
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History