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Oral History Interview with Charles Kollman, July 28, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Kollman. Kollman joined the Marine Corps in January 1944 and had basic training at San Diego. After training, he went to Hawaii and was at Maui when the war ended. He returned to the US and was discharged in December 1945.
Date:
July 28, 2017
Creator:
Kollman, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mary Schandua, July 9, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mary Schandua. Florence Reeves also participates in the interview. After marrying, while her husband, John was in the service, she began working for the Boeing Company as a riveter in Seattle. She assembled wing sections on aircraft.
Date:
July 9, 2004
Creator:
Schandua, Mary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Henry Kopkey, July 15, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Kopkey. Kopkey joined the Army Air Forces in January 1942. Later in September, he was shipped overseas to England where he served as an ordnanceman in the 366th Bomb Squadron.
Date:
July 15, 2002
Creator:
Kopkey, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Armand Maffuccio, July 28, 2011
Transcript of an oral interview with Armand Maffuccio. Maffuccio begins with some anecdotes about growing up during the Depression. He joined the Navy in 1942. In 1943, Maffuccio boarded the USS Enterprise (CV-6) and served as a baker and in damage control. He describes his duties as a baker. He received a furlough to go home in early 1945 because his mother was dying. He finished the war in Banana River, Florida as a baker at a naval base.
Date:
July 28, 2011
Creator:
Maffuccio, Armand
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Calvin Beem, July 17, 2013
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Calvin Beem. Beem volunteered for the Navy in September, 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. After training, Beem was assigned to USS LST-454 as a motor machinist. He was aboard in time for the invasion of Cape Gloucester and for several other invasions along New Guinea. He also recalls landings in the Philippines.
Date:
July 17, 2013
Creator:
Beem, Calvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Bailey, July 17, 1997
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Bailey. Bailey was a crew chief with the Flying Tigers. He recalls that many of the mechanics in his crew were not well trained when they arrived, but they learned from him quickly. He describes the dangers presented by various landing gears. He discusses the personal lives of the crew, staff, and pilots, both during the war and after.
Date:
July 17, 1997
Creator:
Bailey, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarence Griffith, July 28, 2020
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence Griffith. Griffith was born in Granbury Texas in 1913. He worked as an electrician and volunteered for service in the Navy in 1943. He served with the Seabees in the 76th Naval Construction Battalion and went to Guam during the invasion. While there, his outfit built power stations.
Date:
July 28, 2020
Creator:
Griffith, Clarence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Milton Haby, July 27, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Milton Haby. Haby joined the Army in 1942. He served with the 13th Armored Division, overseeing six parts trucks. He deployed to France in January of 1945. They traveled through Germany, participating in the Ruhr Pocket operation in April. Haby returned to the US an received his discharge in July of 1945.
Date:
July 27, 2015
Creator:
Haby, Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Otis Sumner, July 12, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Otis Sumner. Sumner was drafted into the Navy in November, 1943 and went to Samson for boot camp. Training completed, he was assigned to the USS Hodges (DE-231). He was aboard working as a water tender during the invasion of Luzon. Sumner was discharged in May 1946.
Date:
July 12, 2016
Creator:
Sumner, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Billy Tune, July 7, 2005
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Billy Tune. Tune joined the Navy right after he finished high school in May 1943. He was assigned to USS President Polk (AP-103) and was aboard it when it was torpedoed. He somehow managed to get ashore at Tarawa and stayed with the Marines there for five days. Then he wound up at New Caledonia as a stevedore until he entered the hospital with asthma.
Date:
July 7, 2005
Creator:
Tune, Billy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Sloup, July 19, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Sloup. Sloup joined the Army in 1943. He served with the 7th Infantry Division and participated in the invasions of Leyte and Okinawa. After the war ended, Sloup was shipped to Korea. In January of 1946, he returned to the US and was discharged.
Date:
July 19, 2002
Creator:
Sloup, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Burl Bonnell, July 9, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Burl Bonnell. Bonnell joined the Army Air Forces in April of 1941. He served as an aircraft mechanic with the 20th Carrier Group. They deployed to Africa in July of 1943, where Bonnell worked as a crew chief in a Ferrying Command. He was discharged in October of 1945.
Date:
July 9, 2002
Creator:
Bonnell, Burl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wendell Leon Stewart, July 16, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wendell Leon Stewart. Stewart joined the Navy in February of 1944. He completed gunnery school and served the remainder of the war as Shipfitter 3rd Class in Boat Pool 15-1 in Cavite, Philippines. He completed large welding repair jobs on ships. Stewart returned to the US and was discharged in May of 1946.
Date:
July 16, 2001
Creator:
Stewart, Wendell Leon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nancy Tuznik, July 23, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Nancy Tuznik. Tuznik was born in Aremark, Norway 30 October 1931. She tells of her life before the German occupation in 1940. The German Army occupied Norway and all farmers were required to furnish a certain percentage of what they raised to the Wehrmacht. She recalls that her father was involved with the underground resistance forces but has no knowledge of the extent of his involvement. She does remember various relatives fleeing the country. Soon after the end of the war, she met and married her husband. She immigrated to the United States in 1954 with him.
Date:
July 23, 2003
Creator:
Tuznik, Nancy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ivan Haselby, July 21, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ivan Haselby. Haselby joined the Army in July of 1944. He completed Officer Candidate School and served as a first lieutenant in the First Cavalry Division, Eighth Cavalry Regiment. He worked at Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas through May of 1945. Beginning in July, he was deployed to Japan and served with the occupation forces. He was stationed in the Chiba Prefecture, occupying and investigating schools. Haselby returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date:
July 21, 2003
Creator:
Haselby, Ivan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Pate, July 25, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Andrew Pate. Pate joined the Army in February of 1945. He completed training with the Army Chaplain Corps. Pate served as a Stockade Chaplain at Fort Lewis in Washington, where he remained through August. From August of 1945 through the spring of 1946, Pate was assigned as Chaplain to Nichols Air Base in Manila, Philippines and Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, Japan. He returned to the US and was discharged in June of 1946.
Date:
July 25, 2003
Creator:
Pate, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James C. Chandler, July 22, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James C Chandler. Chandler joined the Marine Corps in the spring of 1943. He was assigned to the 1st Armored Amphibian Battalion. Chandler participated in the battles of Guam and Okinawa. He returned to the US and was discharged in December of 1945
Date:
July 22, 2008
Creator:
Chandler, James C
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Kozak, July 23, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Kozak. Kozak provides some details of his family’s history as professional musicians, including his experience on the piano, marimba, harp and drums. Kozak served as the head of the department in the Shreveport Symphony, and served as a music teacher at a number of schools, including Juilliard School of Music in New York. He joined the Navy in 1943. He graduated from the Washington D.C. School of Music and was assigned as a Coxswain on a Higgins boat. He served as a marimba soloist in a band that played for Admiral Chester Nimitz throughout the war.
Date:
July 23, 2007
Creator:
Kozak, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur Brown, July 30, 2011
Transcript of an oral interview with Arthur Brown. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1942, and after a brief training period at San Diego, he went to Pearl Harbor where he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The Enterprise then headed for the Solomon Islands. Brown worked aboard the Enterprise as a shipfitter in the damage control section. He describes the Enterprise in a typhoon. Brown shares several anecdotes about his 28 months spent aboard the Enterprise. When the war ended, Brown got discharged and headed back to Iowa.
Date:
July 30, 2011
Creator:
Brown, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert White, July 6, 2013
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert White. White finished high school in 1934 and shares several anecdotes about making a living during the Great Depression. During most of the war, White was working in an essential oil and gas industry job and was deferred from military service, until he was drafted into the Army in early 1945. He shipped out for occupation duty in Japan, arriving in November, 1945. WHite eventually received a hardship discharge because hi wife was going to have a surgery.
Date:
July 6, 2013
Creator:
White, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvatore Coviello, July 11, 2013
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Salvatore Coviello. Coviello joined the Navy in August, 1942 and went to basic training in Rhode Island. Then he went to Diesel engine school in Chicago. Afterwards, he was assigned to USS LST-454 and was aboard when it was commissioned and was assigned to the 7th Fleet in the Southwest Pacific. They made several combat landings at New Guinea. Coviello worked in the engine room. He was discharged in December, 1945.
Date:
July 11, 2013
Creator:
Coviello, Salvatore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anthony Giglio, July 23, 2013
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anthony Giglio. Giglio joined the navy in September, 1942 and trained in Virginia. He was assigned to USS LST-454 just prior to commissioning and served as a gunner’s mate. He stayed aboard for 49 months and made 13 invasions. Giglio relates several experiences he had while aboard. He returned to the US after the war and was discharged in December, 1945.
Date:
July 23, 2013
Creator:
Giglio, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Schaper, July 19, 1997
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Schaper. Schaper joined the Flying Tigers as a crew chief and was soon promoted to hangar chief, handling all the heavy maintenance that could not be done on the field. Part of his job included salvaging carburetors and engines from crash sites. He recalls that many of the mechanics in his crew were not well trained after transferring in. Finally, he laments that much of the history around the AVG is obscured and forgotten.
Date:
July 19, 1997
Creator:
Schaper, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Goffe, July 7, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Goffe. Goffe joined the Army Air Forces in February 1943 and trained as a parachute rigger. He was assigned to the 434th Troop Carrier Group and shipped to England in October. He recalls the preparations ahead of the Normandy invasion and delivering gasoline to units in the field during the Battle of the Bulge. When the war ended, Goffe returned to the US in November and was discharged.
Date:
July 7, 2015
Creator:
Goffe, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History