Oral History Interview with John Crooker, January 19, 2006 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Crooker, January 19, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Crooker. Crooker joined the Navy on 6 December 1941. He served as an officer (ensign to lieutenant commander), stationed in 1944 and 1945 in New Guinea, and as an intelligence briefer for Admiral T.C. Kinkaid, Commander, Seventh Fleet, on the USS Wasatch (AGC-9) and in the Philippine Islands. He participated in the Leyte and Lingayen Gulf operations from October of 1944 through August of 1945. He was discharged from active duty in October of 1945.
Date: January 19, 2006
Creator: Crooker, John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Zane Puckett, February 10, 2006 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Zane Puckett, February 10, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Zane Puckett. Puckett joined the Navy in April, 1942. After boot training, he qualified for communications school. Upon graduation, Puckett was assigned aboard USS PC-602. After transiting the Panama Canal, Puckett joined USS YMS-93 as her signalman in August, 1943. At the Marshall Islands, they patrolled for submarines and accidentally damaged their wooden keel. After repairs at Pearl Harbor, YMS-93 headed for Okinawa in time for the invasion. Puckett explains how minesweepers operated. When the war ended, YMS-93 swept waters off the coast of Japan.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Puckett, Zane K.
Object Type: Text
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 Thomas F. Jordan, February 9, 2006 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas F. Jordan, February 9, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas F. Jordan. Jordan joined the Navy on 8 December 1941. He was assigned to the USS Wichita (CA-45) and worked as a deck seaman. Jordan describes convoy duty, traveling in foggy conditions, and a collision between two British ships. He mentions an incident detailing how the ship was segregated. Jordan discusses taking part in the invasion of North Africa and trading fire with French ships at Casablanca. He then describes taking part in a battle off of Guadalcanal and then bombarding Attu and Kiska before the landings. Jordan transferred to the aviation division and then became a plane captain at Alameda Naval Air Station for the remainder of the war. He remained in the reserves and discusses his experiences during the Korean War.
Date: February 9, 2006
Creator: Jordan, Thomas F.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Crooker, January 19, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Crooker, January 19, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Crooker. Crooker joined the Navy on 6 December 1941. He served as an officer (ensign to lieutenant commander), stationed in 1944 and 1945 in New Guinea, and as an intelligence briefer for Admiral T.C. Kinkaid, Commander, Seventh Fleet, on the USS Wasatch (AGC-9) and in the Philippine Islands. He participated in the Leyte and Lingayen Gulf operations from October of 1944 through August of 1945. He was discharged from active duty in October of 1945.
Date: January 19, 2006
Creator: Crooker, John
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Zane Puckett, February 10, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Zane Puckett, February 10, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Zane Puckett. Puckett joined the Navy in April, 1942. After boot training, he qualified for communications school. Upon graduation, Puckett was assigned aboard USS PC-602. After transiting the Panama Canal, Puckett joined USS YMS-93 as her signalman in August, 1943. At the Marshall Islands, they patrolled for submarines and accidentally damaged their wooden keel. After repairs at Pearl Harbor, YMS-93 headed for Okinawa in time for the invasion. Puckett explains how minesweepers operated. When the war ended, YMS-93 swept waters off the coast of Japan.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Puckett, Zane K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas F. Jordan, February 9, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Thomas F. Jordan, February 9, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas F. Jordan. Jordan joined the Navy on 8 December 1941. He was assigned to the USS Wichita (CA-45) and worked as a deck seaman. Jordan describes convoy duty, traveling in foggy conditions, and a collision between two British ships. He mentions an incident detailing how the ship was segregated. Jordan discusses taking part in the invasion of North Africa and trading fire with French ships at Casablanca. He then describes taking part in a battle off of Guadalcanal and then bombarding Attu and Kiska before the landings. Jordan transferred to the aviation division and then became a plane captain at Alameda Naval Air Station for the remainder of the war. He remained in the reserves and discusses his experiences during the Korean War.
Date: February 9, 2006
Creator: Jordan, Thomas F.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History