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Oral History Interview with Jose Soliz, November 5, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jose Soliz. Soliz was drafted into the Army in April, 1941. In early 1945, Soliz went to the Philippines for the liberation. He served as a machine gunner.
Date:
November 5, 2002
Creator:
Soliz, Jose
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Reuben J. Kammlah, November 4, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Reuben J. Kammlah. Kammlah served in the Navy aboard the attack cargo ship USS Algorab (AKA-8) as a gunner's mate.
Date:
November 4, 2004
Creator:
Kammlah, Reuben J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Peter Chu. Peter's son Alan Chu also participates in this interview. Peter Chu discusses the Japanese occupation in Nanking, China in 1937 when he was 10 years old.
Date:
November 1, 2003
Creator:
Chu, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Huffman, November 30, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Huffman. Huffman joined the Army Air Forces in 1943. He served as a B-24 Navigator, stationed in Virginia. He flew throughout the US during the war, and did not go overseas. Huffman received his discharge in late 1945.
Date:
November 30, 2018
Creator:
Huffman, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maxine Lauderdale Cullison, November 18, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Maxine Lauderdale Cullison. Cullison speaks of being raised in Harlingen, Texas and meeting her husband, who was training in the Army Air Corps there in 1942. She mentions two brother that served during the war: one aboard the USS Swordfish (SS-193) and one was an engineer building the Alcan Hiaghway. Then she speaks about her husband's service and all the places he was stationed.
Date:
November 18, 2004
Creator:
Cullison, Maxine Lauderdale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Hurmence, November 17, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bob Hurmence. Hurmence joined the Navy in May of 1944. Beginning March of 1945, he served as a Radio Operator aboard the USS Iowa (BB-61). They participated in the Battle of Okinawa, and served with occupation forces in Japan after the war. Hurmence returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date:
November 17, 2008
Creator:
Hurmence, Bob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jonah Peterson, November 18, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jonah Peterson. Peterson was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He finished signal school in October and was assigned to the USS Cascade (AD-16), a destroyer tender. He was there at Ulithi for a while before transferring to the USS Argonne (AG-31) in time for the invasion of the Philippines. Peterson returned to the US in December and was discharged in early 1946.
Date:
November 18, 2014
Creator:
Peterson, Jonah L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clinton Langstaff, November 1, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Langstaff. Langstaff joined the Navy in early 1943 and qualified for the V-12 program and received college instruction in pre – med in Montana, then at Northwestern University. Upon commissioning and some anti-submarine warfare officer training, Langstaff was scheduled to go aboard a vessel when the war ended. He stayed in the reserves and was eventually discharged in the 1950s.
Date:
November 1, 2018
Creator:
Langstaff, Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John M. Olsen, November 20, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John M Olsen. Olsen joined a reserve program with the Army Air Forces in February of 1944. In mid-1945, he deployed to the Philippines and joined a Recovered Personnel Detachment, processing allied prisoners of war. He transferred to Japan, continuing his work. Olsen returned to the US and received his discharge in December of 1946.
Date:
November 20, 2014
Creator:
Olsen, John M
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Doy Davis, November 8, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Doy Davis. Davis begins with an account of growing up in West Virginia. In August, 1943 Davis joined the Navy and trained at Great Lakes as an electrician. He soon arrived in Kodiak, Alaska. He shares anecdotes about being at a base and in charge of maintaining the harbor craft. When the war ended, Davis took his discharge and went to work for AT&T.
Date:
November 8, 2017
Creator:
Davis, Doy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bunichi Ohtsuka, November 8, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bunichi Ohtsuka. Ohtsuka begins by describing growing up in Japan in the 1930s. Then he describes military training in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He volunteered for service in the Navy in March, 1945. Ohtsuka recalls his military training school being bombed by the Americans. He also speaks about his impressions of the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan. Ohtsuka emigrated to the UNited States in 1967 to study English at the University of Texas.
Date:
November 8, 2000
Creator:
Ohtsuka, Bunichi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thelma Province O'Malley, November 18, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thelma Province O'Malley. Born in 1921, she joined the SPARS in 1943 or early1944. She describes her training in Palm Beach, Florida as well as her duties at the Coast Guard Recruiting Station in San Francisco, California. She also talks about sightseeing in San Francisco. The interview also includes information about her parents and siblings.
Date:
November 18, 2004
Creator:
O'Malley, Thelma Province
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Larry Caid, November 17, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Larry Caid. Caid joined the Army in September of 1944. He served as a light machine gun specialist with the 33rd Infantry Division. He arrived in the Philippines in February of 1945, participating in the Battle of Luzon and the liberation of the islands. He served on occupation duty in Honshu, Japan after the war ended. He was discharged in 1946, though continued his service in the Reserves, retiring as a colonel in the Field Artillery in 1974.
Date:
November 17, 2003
Creator:
Caid, Larry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Floyd Cox, November 1, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd Cox. Cox was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on 26 November 1932. Upon graduating from high school in 1950 he joined the US Air Force. He recalls, as a child, hearing a broadcast telling of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and how the war affected a youngster living in a small town during that time. He relates his experiences in participating in scrap iron and grease collections for war time purposes and purchasing War Bond Stamps. Cox alludes to the effects of government enforced rationing on various commodities during this time.
Date:
November 1, 2007
Creator:
Cox, Floyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bruce Gardner, November 17, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bruce Gardner. Gardner joined the Navy in 1944. He provides some details of boot camp. An LST transported him to Pearl Harbor and he shares details of his experiences on board. He completed radar school in Hawaii at Camp Catlin, and talks about his activities on the base including conducting weather observation. Gardner was assigned to the USS Azurlite (PY-22) working with radar and weather reporting. He provides details of daily life aboard the yacht. Gardner was discharged in 1945 as Radarman 2nd Class.
Date:
November 17, 2007
Creator:
Gardner, Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Henry Carroll, November 3, 2011
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Carroll. Carroll joined the Marine Corps in August 1943. He became a member of a Unit Defense Company and joined VMO-155 in Hawaii. Carroll was then sent to help defend Midway, Kwajalein, and later Majuro. He briefly describes the islands. Carroll was sent back to the US before the end of the war and served as Sergeant of the Guard at Treasure Island until the end of his enlistment in 1946.
Date:
November 3, 2011
Creator:
Carroll, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Procter, November 22, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Procter. Procter volunteered for the Navy in 1944. He was assigned to the gunnery division on the USS Hornet (CV-12). Procter was aboard when the Hornet was supporting at Okinawa. He describes the operation of the 5-inch gun and going through a typhoon that heavily damaged the flight deck. Procter remained aboard after the surrender and took part in Operation Magic Carpet to return servicemen to the States.
Date:
November 22, 2010
Creator:
Procter, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Schneider, November 20, 2012
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Schneider. Schneider joined the Navy in January 1945. He describes his training at radio school including how he was taught Morse Code and typing. Schneider was assigned to PC-1244 and was based in Guam. He briefly discusses going through two typhoons with his tight-knit crew. Schneider was discharged from the Navy in July 1946.
Date:
November 20, 2012
Creator:
Schneider, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Dirks, November 12, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Dirks. Dirks was drafted into the Navy in February 1944 and trained at San Diego. From there he went to a weather school. Once he got to the Aleutian Islands, he was assigned to a weather station. Because he could type, he was made a yeoman in Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher's Northern Pacific Command headquarters on Adak. He spent the war there but for a brief interlude in Japan during the surrender and was discharged in May 1946. Dirks resumed his education and graduated in 1947.
Date:
November 12, 2014
Creator:
Dirks, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Justin, November 22, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Louis Justin. Justin volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in March, 1943 and took the photography course in Denver. He went overseas to Tinian in November, 1944 where he worked in the photo lab developing images. On Tinian, he developed the film from the Enola Gay. After the war, Young returned to the US in January and received his discharge in February. Justin has some help during the interview from his daughter.
Date:
November 22, 2015
Creator:
Justin, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Reynolds, November 5, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Reynolds. Reynolds has some assistance from his daughter during the interview. Reynolds joined the Navy in September 1943 and was in a construction battalion working at Manus in the Admiralty Islands. Reynolds was discharged in December 1945.
Date:
November 5, 2015
Creator:
Reynolds, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Odd Aarstad, November 4, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Odd Aarstad. Aarstad joined the Navy in August 1944 and trained to be a corpsman. Upon completion of training, Aarstad reported to the Annapolis Naval Hospital where he served and treated wounded and sick patients. Eventually, Aarstad worked on artificial limbs for amputees. He also served at a rehabilitation station in Philadelphia where people were being fitted for prosthetic legs. Aarstad was discharged in October 1946.
Date:
November 4, 2018
Creator:
Aarstad, Odd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Doolittle, November 13, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Doolittle. Doolittle was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1930. His father was a doctor at the Queen’s Medical Center. He was an 11-year-old boy, living with his family in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Doolittle shares details of his experiences through that fateful day, and his life in general living on the island before, during and after the war. He graduated high school in 1948 and served in the Army with the 101st Airborne Division.
Date:
November 13, 2018
Creator:
Doolittle, Kenneth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Lozano, November 17, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Lozano. Lozano joined the Navy in January 1944 and trained at San Diego. From there he also attended radar school at Point Loma before reporting aboard the USS Washington (BB-56). He shares several anecdotes and provides much detail of his life aboard ship during WWII. He was discharged in May 1946.
Date:
November 17, 2016
Creator:
Lozano, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History