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Annual Symposium Series
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1943: Turning to Victory
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"December 7, 1941": Part One: The Gathering Storm
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The Die is Cast: The Final Campaigns of the Pacific War 1944-1945
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1942: Issue in Doubt
11
Double-Edged Secretes: Six Decades of Intelligence in the Pacific Ocean
8
Home Front Collection
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Justice in the Aftermath
8
The Lessons Learned: Military Preparedness 1941/1988
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Cecelia McKie Scrapbook Collection
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[V-Mail Letter from Cpl. James L. Christian to Mrs. L. H. McNeel]
V-mail letter sent by Cpl. James Leander Christian (1918 - 2008) to his grandmother, Mrs. Leander H. McNeel, Sr., telling her that all is well and that he is "somewhere in Hawaii." Christian tells her there isn't much he can say about his activities at the moment and provides advice for Kemp.
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
Christian, James Leander
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Six-Piece Band in Military Uniform Playing at Acorn 39 Party]
Photograph of a six-piece band playing at an Acorn (military air base) 39 party. Pictured seated from left to right is a saxophone player, a trumpet player, and a guitarist all sitting in front of a drummer and a double bass player standing behind the seated players. Behind them, a piano can be see with the hat of the piano player visible over the top of the piano.
Date:
April 27, 1944
Creator:
Anderson, Frederick Nels
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Gun Crew Aboard the United States Coast Guard's Cutter Campbell]
Photograph and press release of U.S. gun crew about the cutter Campbell that participated in the sinking of a German submarine. The photograp shows U.S. soldiers, some operating a large gun on the ship, surrounded by other crew members, all looking in the direction the gun is firing. A large American flag is flying from a mast above them.
Date:
April 20, 1943
Creator:
United States. Coast Guard
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Greer, April 23, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Greer. Greer was born 8 March 1924 in Gary, West Virginia. In 1942 he enrolled in the ROTC at West Virginia State College. In May 1943 his class was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for sixteen weeks of artillery basic training. In August the group was sent by troop train to Camp Beale, California where they joined the newly formed, all-black 777th Field Artillery Battalion where they trained with the 4.5 millimeter howitzer. During August 1944 the unit sailed for Liverpool, England. Upon arrival they went to Normandy where they joined the 9th Army as part of III Corps. In November 1944 the battalion was involved in the Hurtgen Forest Campaign. After the surrender of Germany, the battalion was on board a ship going to the Pacific when Japan surrendered. The ship was diverted back to the United States. After Greer was discharged in December 1945, he returned to college and upon graduating, received a commission in the Field Artillery. He concludes the interview by telling of his various assignments, which included combat situations during the Korea and Vietnam wars. In 1976, Greer retired as a major …
Date:
April 23, 2008
Creator:
Greer, Edward
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Greer, April 23, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Greer. Greer was born 8 March 1924 in Gary, West Virginia. In 1942 he enrolled in the ROTC at West Virginia State College. In May 1943 his class was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for sixteen weeks of artillery basic training. In August the group was sent by troop train to Camp Beale, California where they joined the newly formed, all-black 777th Field Artillery Battalion where they trained with the 4.5 millimeter howitzer. During August 1944 the unit sailed for Liverpool, England. Upon arrival they went to Normandy where they joined the 9th Army as part of III Corps. In November 1944 the battalion was involved in the Hurtgen Forest Campaign. After the surrender of Germany, the battalion was on board a ship going to the Pacific when Japan surrendered. The ship was diverted back to the United States. After Greer was discharged in December 1945, he returned to college and upon graduating, received a commission in the Field Artillery. He concludes the interview by telling of his various assignments, which included combat situations during the Korea and Vietnam wars. In 1976, Greer retired as a major …
Date:
April 23, 2008
Creator:
Greer, Edward
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Inami, September 28, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Inami. Inami was born in April of 1921 in Madera, California. After graduating from Madera High School, Frank attended the University of California, Berkeley. While working on his degree in electrical engineering, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Inami and his family, all Japanese-Americans, were removed from the west coast and incarcerated in Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas. In 1944, while still in Jerome, Inami volunteered for the Army. He was assigned to the Military Intelligence Service because of his proficiency in Japanese. He was stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where he eventually became an instructor. After the war, he served in the Signal Corps and then in the 8th Army during the Korean War. He retired from the Army in 1974, at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date:
September 28, 2002
Creator:
Inami, Frank
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Inami, September 28, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Inami. Inami was born in April of 1921 in Madera, California. After graduating from Madera High School, Frank attended the University of California, Berkeley. While working on his degree in electrical engineering, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Inami and his family, all Japanese-Americans, were removed from the west coast and incarcerated in Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas. In 1944, while still in Jerome, Inami volunteered for the Army. He was assigned to the Military Intelligence Service because of his proficiency in Japanese. He was stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where he eventually became an instructor. After the war, he served in the Signal Corps and then in the 8th Army during the Korean War. He retired from the Army in 1974, at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date:
September 28, 2002
Creator:
Inami, Frank
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Marvin Russell, May 17, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Marvin Russell. Russell, who graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Houston, describes his role in the testing of fuel used in the Pacific and in North Africa during the war. He discusses the homefront, including the politics of war, rationing, the Japanese American internment, the use of the atomic bomb, and the reaction to the end of the war. There is also a brief comparison of World War II and the Iraq War. After the war, Russell was employed in the automotive industry. Additionally, Russell identifies his parents and siblings and mentions his brothers’ role as civilians involved in troop transport.
Date:
May 17, 2005
Creator:
Russell, Marvin
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Marvin Russell, May 17, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Marvin Russell. Russell, who graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Houston, describes his role in the testing of fuel used in the Pacific and in North Africa during the war. He discusses the homefront, including the politics of war, rationing, the Japanese American internment, the use of the atomic bomb, and the reaction to the end of the war. There is also a brief comparison of World War II and the Iraq War. After the war, Russell was employed in the automotive industry. Additionally, Russell identifies his parents and siblings and mentions his brothers’ role as civilians involved in troop transport.
Date:
May 17, 2005
Creator:
Russell, Marvin
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wallace Baptiste
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Baptiste. Baptiste joined the Navy in 1938 and received training in Norfolk, Virginia. He describes the racism he encountered at training as an African American. Upon completion, he was assigned to USS Chandler (DD-206) where he served as a messman for two years. Despite having two years of college, his duties consisted of shining shoes, doing laundry, and making beds. In 1939 he convoyed destroyers on the Atlantic to be loaned to Britain. His ship returned to Mare Island and was converted to a minesweeper. He spent 1941 in Hawaii and was aboard the USS Perry (DMS-17) during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. His ship left for Diamondhead, throwing all wooden chairs overboard as a protective measure against potential fires. He came back to Pearl Harbor two days later and recounts the devastation. Aboard the USS Hopkins (DMS-13) he delivered supplies to the Hawaiian Islands. Baptiste then participated in numerous operations in the South Pacific, including the Battle of Kolombangar and the First Battle of Savo Island.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Baptiste, Wallace
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma, December 7, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma. Takeo Shiroma was born in Fresno County, California to parents who were both born in Okinawa. Roberta Shiroma, wife of Takeo, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1932. Her mother was born in San Francisco and her father was born in Japan. Takeo & Roberta were both relocated to an internment camp on an Indian Reservation in Poston, Arizona. They share their remembrances of learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the treatment of Japanese Americans, and life in the internment camp.
Date:
December 7, 2003
Creator:
Shiroma, Takeo
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma, December 7, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma. Takeo Shiroma was born in Fresno County, California to parents who were both born in Okinawa. Roberta Shiroma, wife of Takeo, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1932. Her mother was born in San Francisco and her father was born in Japan. Takeo & Roberta were both relocated to an internment camp on an Indian Reservation in Poston, Arizona. They share their remembrances of learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the treatment of Japanese Americans, and life in the internment camp.
Date:
December 7, 2003
Creator:
Shiroma, Takeo
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wallace Baptiste
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Baptiste. Baptiste joined the Navy in 1938 and received training in Norfolk, Virginia. He describes the racism he encountered at training as an African American. Upon completion, he was assigned to USS Chandler (DD-206) where he served as a messman for two years. Despite having two years of college, his duties consisted of shining shoes, doing laundry, and making beds. In 1939 he convoyed destroyers on the Atlantic to be loaned to Britain. His ship returned to Mare Island and was converted to a minesweeper. He spent 1941 in Hawaii and was aboard the USS Perry (DMS-17) during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. His ship left for Diamondhead, throwing all wooden chairs overboard as a protective measure against potential fires. He came back to Pearl Harbor two days later and recounts the devastation. Aboard the USS Hopkins (DMS-13) he delivered supplies to the Hawaiian Islands. Baptiste then participated in numerous operations in the South Pacific, including the Battle of Kolombangar and the First Battle of Savo Island.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Baptiste, Wallace
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Indian Summer" Social Program]
Program for the "'Indian Summer' Social" that honored the recent graduates and held at Mess Hall 45 at Poston, AZ Relocation Camp. Lists the songs played during the dance.
Date:
June 24, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Granville Coggs. Coggs joined the Army Air Forces in the fall of 1943. He trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and at Tyndall Field in Florida, serving as a pilot and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Coggs was commissioned on 16 October 1945 as a second lieutenant bombardier pilot. He served as an aerial gunner, aerial bombardier, multi-engine pilot and B-25 pilot trainee who was scheduled for the 477th Bombardment Group, though never made it to combat, as the war ended in 1945 before he finished training. Coggs was discharged in the fall of 1946.
Date:
June 30, 2010
Creator:
Coggs, Granville
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Granville Coggs. Coggs joined the Army Air Forces in the fall of 1943. He trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and at Tyndall Field in Florida, serving as a pilot and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Coggs was commissioned on 16 October 1945 as a second lieutenant bombardier pilot. He served as an aerial gunner, aerial bombardier, multi-engine pilot and B-25 pilot trainee who was scheduled for the 477th Bombardment Group, though never made it to combat, as the war ended in 1945 before he finished training. Coggs was discharged in the fall of 1946.
Date:
June 30, 2010
Creator:
Coggs, Granville
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Health and Physical Education Program at the Manzanar War Relocation Center
A report prepared by Elizabeth M. Moxley, Supervisor of Health and Physical Education of the Manzanar Education Section, that details the development of the health and physical education program at the Manzanar War Relocation Center. The report includes a map of the relocation center, elementary and secondary health curriculum descriptions, photographs, and example health and medical forms.
Date:
June 1944
Creator:
Moxley, Elizabeth M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rhythm Review
Booklet outlining the program for a concert entitled "Rhythm Review" presented by staff and students at Manzanar Elementary School, Manzanar War Relocation Center, on April 26, 1943. The program lists the school's staff and briefly outlines the curriculum for rhythmic activities that combine both musical and physical education.
Date:
April 26, 1943
Creator:
Manzanar Education Department
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bernard Isaacs
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by Bernard Isaacs. Isaacs joined the Navy after attending the University of Wisconsin. Upon completion of basic training, he was sent back to UW to become a medic. However, he asked to be transferred to the School of Athletic Specialists and sent to Camp Lawrence, Great Lakes, where he trained recruits who would become the Navy’s first African-American commissioned officers, also known as The Golden 13. Isaacs was proud that his boot company competed against all-white companies and won the E Flag, or flag of excellence. Isaacs was next sent to OTS at Columbia University, graduating with a specialty in navigation. He was assigned to USS LCI(L)-965, participating in the Philippines campaigns. While in French Indochina, he once flew as a passenger with an ace pilot who kept a cocker spaniel by his side. Isaacs narrowly survived a typhoon at Okinawa, assuming the role of captain and circling the USS Hope (AH-7) until the weather cleared. He went on to China to help evacuate Nationalists before returning to the States. His family had much to celebrate, as his brother, who had been a prisoner-of-war in Europe, also returned home safely.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Isaacs, Bernard
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bernard Isaacs
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by Bernard Isaacs. Isaacs joined the Navy after attending the University of Wisconsin. Upon completion of basic training, he was sent back to UW to become a medic. However, he asked to be transferred to the School of Athletic Specialists and sent to Camp Lawrence, Great Lakes, where he trained recruits who would become the Navy’s first African-American commissioned officers, also known as The Golden 13. Isaacs was proud that his boot company competed against all-white companies and won the E Flag, or flag of excellence. Isaacs was next sent to OTS at Columbia University, graduating with a specialty in navigation. He was assigned to USS LCI(L)-965, participating in the Philippines campaigns. While in French Indochina, he once flew as a passenger with an ace pilot who kept a cocker spaniel by his side. Isaacs narrowly survived a typhoon at Okinawa, assuming the role of captain and circling the USS Hope (AH-7) until the weather cleared. He went on to China to help evacuate Nationalists before returning to the States. His family had much to celebrate, as his brother, who had been a prisoner-of-war in Europe, also returned home safely.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Isaacs, Bernard
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Tanaguchi, March 18, 1995
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Tanaguchi. Tanaguchi was a Japanese-American internee at the Gila River Camp in Arizona during World War II. At 19 years old, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tanaguchi became a part of the internment program of the War Relocation Authority. He provides detail of life growing up in Stockton, California before December 7, 1941 and after, and experiences of bigotry and racism among his peers. He provides detail of his father being in the Justice Department internment group. He served as the dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, and at Rice University in Houston. He designed an addition to the Nimitz Museum.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Tanaguchi, Alan
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George McColm, March 18, 1995
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George McColm. McColm was born on a farm in Kansas in 1911. In 1928, he was selected to go to Washington, DC where he met President Herbert Hoover and his wife. Graduating from Kansas State College in Manhattan in 1935 he began studying terrain, weather and demand in crop growing. He tells of recognition and honors he received in the agricultural field. Soon after the war with Japan began, he was offered a commission in the US Navy to participate in a special classified project. At the time, he was in charge of crops at the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah. McColm shares many of his experiences with the Japanese internees and expresses his opinion of the people he worked with. Upon being inducted, he went to Tucson, Arizona for boot training and then to Princeton University Naval School of Military Government. Upon completion of the training he was sent to the Civil Affairs staging area at the Presidio of Monterey, California. Upon his arrival he was assigned to a Top Secret staff working on the plans for the invasion and occupation of Japan. He concludes the …
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
McColm, George L.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George McColm, March 18, 1995
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George McColm. McColm was born on a farm in Kansas in 1911. In 1928, he was selected to go to Washington, DC where he met President Herbert Hoover and his wife. Graduating from Kansas State College in Manhattan in 1935 he began studying terrain, weather and demand in crop growing. He tells of recognition and honors he received in the agricultural field. Soon after the war with Japan began, he was offered a commission in the US Navy to participate in a special classified project. At the time, he was in charge of crops at the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah. McColm shares many of his experiences with the Japanese internees and expresses his opinion of the people he worked with. Upon being inducted, he went to Tucson, Arizona for boot training and then to Princeton University Naval School of Military Government. Upon completion of the training he was sent to the Civil Affairs staging area at the Presidio of Monterey, California. Upon his arrival he was assigned to a Top Secret staff working on the plans for the invasion and occupation of Japan. He concludes the …
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
McColm, George L.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mei Nakano, March 18, 1995
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mei Nakano. Nakano is a Japanese-American and was an internee at the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She was born in 1924 in Olathe, Colorado. She provides detail of her life growing up in Colorado and various prejudices she received from teachers and classmates. They moved to Los Angeles, California in 1935 where she graduated from high school. She provides detail of the discrimination she and her family received in California, particularly after 7 December 1941. As notices were going out to other Japanese-American families regarding evacuation, Nakano describes her family’s preparations for the inevitable. They were evacuated by the War Relocation Authority to the Santa Anita Racetrack and in 1942 transferred to the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She provides much detail of life in these camps. Nakano returned to California after the war.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Nakano, Mei
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History