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Oral History Interview with Ruth Bennett, January 1, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ruth Bennett. Bennett grew up in Texas. She worked in Big Spring as a personnel secretary and married an officer in the Air Force.
Date:
January 1, 2000
Creator:
Bennett, Ruth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Despain, January 29, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Despain. Despain joined the Navy and was training to be a gunner when the war ended. He was discharged a month later. When the war ended, Despain entered into a career in law enforcement.
Date:
January 29, 2016
Creator:
Despain, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Sharkey, January 27, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Sharkey. Sharkey joined the Navy and served in a mobile antiaircraft unit at Pearl Harbor. He served at CINCPAC headquarters at Pearl Harbor.
Date:
January 27, 2015
Creator:
Sharkey, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Benjamin Hazard, January 26, 1998
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Benjamin Hazard. Hazard joined the Army in December of 1943. He served with the 27th Infantry Division. He participated in combat, and also worked as a language officer. Hazard became proficient in Japanese. After the war, he continued his service as a reserve officer.
Date:
January 26, 1998
Creator:
Hazard, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruth Fowler, January 8, 2001
Transcript of an oral interview with Ruth Fowler. Fowler was teaching in Big Spring, Texas, when she went out for the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1939. She was accepted and was trained to fly. She evetually became an instructor. She also discusses rationing.
Date:
January 8, 2001
Creator:
Fowler, Ruth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Boyd K. Miller. He discusses being drafted out of college, working as an artist/draftsman making diagrams and charts since he studied art in college, then transfering to the Air Corps to become a pilot, and the various training he went through in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date:
January 21, 2003
Creator:
Miller, Boyd K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Schroeder, January 27, 2012
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Schroeder. Schroeder joined the Army Air Forces and completed gunnery school and airplane mechanics school. Around 1943, Schroeder served with the 2nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron as a detached service with the 13th and 7th Air Forces. They traveled over Johnston Island, Eniwetok, the Philippines and Truk Lagoon.
Date:
January 27, 2012
Creator:
Schroeder, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Smith, January 29, 2020
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Smith. Smith joined the Navy and was in boot training when the war ended. After training, he was assigned to USS Rutland (APA-192). He recalls a few anecdotes about being aboard ship, seeing part of Japan and hauling troops home after the war. Smith shares some of his Christian testimony and entered the seminary after returning to college after the war.
Date:
January 29, 2020
Creator:
Smith, Kenneth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Olsen, J. S. Gray, and Paul Spain, January 1, 1983
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth Olsen, J S Gray and Paul Spain. These men were prisoners of war on the Philippines and share anecdotes of their captivity. Olsen also tells stories from his time in captivity in Japan. Paul Spain shares a story about rescuing an American flag and keeping portions of it throughout his captivity. They also discuss their weight upon being liberated.
Date:
January 1, 1983
Creator:
Olsen, Kenneth; Gray, J. S. & Spain, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Ho, January 28, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Ho. Ho was a boy living in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. Ho’s father served as a major general in the Chinese Nationalist Army and the Japanese were after him and his family. They changed their identities and escaped to Luchow and joined his father. When the Japanese overran Luchow, Ho escaped to Kunming. He remained there for the rest of the war. When the war ended, Ho went to Macao before returning to Hong Kong.
Date:
January 28, 2008
Creator:
Ho, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Wicker, January 23, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Wicker. Wicker joined the Navy in mid-1944. He served with the ship repair crew aboard the USS Corregidor (CVE-58). They traveled to Eniwetok, Guam, Pearl Harbor, conducting anti-submarine patrol, providing air cover and qualifying pilots in carrier operations. Wicker returned to the US and received his discharged in late 1945.
Date:
January 23, 2014
Creator:
Wicker, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Bookbinder, January 16, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Bookbinder. Bookbinder was in ROTC at the University of Kentucky when the war started and was called to active duty in the Army in April, 1943 and trained at Camp Wolters, Texas before getting his commission at Fort Benning on October, 1944. He was assigned to the 86th Infantry Division and went to Europe with them. After fighting in Europe, his division went to the Philippines for occupation duty.
Date:
January 16, 2014
Creator:
Bookbinder, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Donald Green, January 30, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Green. Green joined the Navy in December of 1944. Beginning March of 1945, he served as a Fireman aboard the USS Nashville (CL-43). They provided support for the landings at Brunei Bay, Borneo. In September they traveled to the Philippines, where they were stationed when the war ended. They transported troops back to the US, where Green was discharged in July of 1946.
Date:
January 30, 2015
Creator:
Green, Donald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Maurice Penick, January 30, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Maurice Penick. Penick joined the Navy in 1943. He completed Radio Operator and Submarine Schools by mid-1945. He was stationed at a submarine base on Mare Island in California, and had not yet been assigned to a submarine when the first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6. Penick assisted in decommissioning the USS Hammerhead (SS-364). He worked in the ship’s company on the base through his discharge in June of 1946.
Date:
January 30, 2015
Creator:
Penick, Charles Maurice
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eugene Volcik, January 23, 2016
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene Volcik. Volcik grew up on a farm in Texas and was 13 when the war started. Volcik’s brothers served and urged him not to join the service too quickly as their mother needed help at home. Volcik was 17 when the war ended. After the war, he joined the Navy in February 1946 and recalls several experiences from his time in the post-war Navy aboard USS Huntington (CL-107).
Date:
January 23, 2016
Creator:
Volcik, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, January 25, 2016
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Jean Adams. Adams recalls visiting her brother in the Philippines before the war started. On the way, she visited Japan. She was evacuated back to the US before hostilities started in the Philippines. After the war started, Adams joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and was in the Inspector General’s office in Des Moines. She recalls meeting Eleanor Roosevelt and had some interaction with Oveta Culp Hobby.
Date:
January 25, 2016
Creator:
Adams, Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Julius Spelce, January 15, 2019
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Julius Spelce. Spelce joined the Navy in May of 1944. On Manus Island, he was assigned to a floating dry dock, USS ABSD-2. Spelce served as Petty Officer Third Class with the deck force, conducting repair work and serving as a cook, where he remained through the end of the war. They provided service repairs to large and small ships. Spelce recalls their vessel being torpedoed in April of 1945. He received his discharge in July of 1946.
Date:
January 15, 2019
Creator:
Spelce, Julius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Reynolds, January 4, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Lee Reynolds. Reynolds was drafted into the Army in January of 1946. After basic training, he was deployed to Yokohama, Japan with occupation forces. He shares what the city looked like after the bombing and how the people treated him. He was transferred to Kobe, where his job was to process uniforms and anything that had to be salvaged or replaced. He shares his experiences living and working in Japan after the war. He returned to the US in 1948 and received his discharge.
Date:
January 4, 2017
Creator:
Reynolds, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rudolph Kraut, January 27, 2017
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudolph Kraut. Kraut joined the Navy in 1943. He volunteered for submarine duty and attended torpedo school in San Diego and submarine school in New London. He was assigned aboard USS Lizardfish (SS-373) and shares several anecdotes about his service aboard that boat. Kraut was transferred to USS Blueback (SS-326) before electing to be discharged on points.
Date:
January 27, 2017
Creator:
Kraut, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Carpenter, January 29, 1989
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Carpenter. Carpenter served aboard USS South Dakota (BB-57), going aboard in early 1942. He was assigned to a 20mm gun. He shares several anecdotes about his experiences aboard the ship. He discusses the Battle of Santa Crus Islands and night action of Guadalcanal.
Date:
January 29, 1989
Creator:
Carpenter, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Ernst, January 6, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Ernst. Ernst joined the Army and was assigned to an artillery unit in the 75th Infantry Division. He landed in France in October, 1944 and fought at the Battle of the Bulge attached to the 101st Airborne Division. He served briefly as a forward artillery observer. When the war ended, Ernst stayed in the Army and served in Korea and Vietnam.
Date:
January 6, 2018
Creator:
Ernst, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hilton Lockhart, January 1, 2005
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hilton Lockhart. Lockhart joined the Army in February of 1941. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division. They traveled to England in early 1944 and participated in the Normandy landings. They moved into Bastogne, Belgium, participating in the Battle of the Bulge in December. Lockhart shares some stories of General Patton. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date:
January 1, 2005
Creator:
Lockhart, Hilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Cross, January 23, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Cross. Cross joined the Navy in August of 1944. He was trained as a yeoman. Cross served on a destroyer in the Atlantic. He describes how his ship screened convoys by disrupting an air attack by German planes and depth charging a suspected submarine. Cross also talks about his duties as a phone talker during general quarters and the type of work performed by a yeoman. He was discharged soon after he returned to the US.
Date:
January 23, 2004
Creator:
Cross, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edith Chamberlin, January 31, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edith Chamberlin. Chamberlin’s mother was from Poland, her father was from England, and she was born in Shanghai, China. Her father was a cinematographer and was offered a job in the movie industry in the Philippines. She speaks of their life in the Philippines prior to the war. After the Japanese invaded the Philippines, she and her family were taken to Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila. They remained there from January of 1942 through their liberation in February of 1945. After the war, their family re-established their life in the Philippines.
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Chamberlin, Edith
System:
The Portal to Texas History