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Oral History Interview with Paul Jackson, April 10, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Jackson. He begins by discussing his time in boot camp at Camp Pendelton. The majority of the interview is about his time fighting at Iwo Jima.
Date:
April 10, 2008
Creator:
Jackson, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ethel Tucker, April 3, 2007
Transcript of an oral interview with Ethel Tucker. She discusses life prior to and on the homefront during the World War II. She gives a detailed portion of her history of going to New York City to work while waiting for her husband to return to port. Her husband was in the U.S. Navy at the time, and she shared an apartment with some of the other wives.
Date:
April 3, 2007
Creator:
Tucker, Ethel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nila Jackson Alderson, April 23, 2007
Transcript of an oral interview with Nila Jackson Alderson. Born in 1925, Alderson describes life before and during the war in rural Texas as well as in the town of Burnet, Texas . Her husband, Joe Alderson, served in the military in Europe. They both discuss the mail service during the war. The interview includes information about her parents and siblings.
Date:
April 23, 2007
Creator:
Alderson, Nila Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daniel Andrews, April 13, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Andrews. Andrews joined the United States Navy in 1941 where he became a SeaBee. Andrews was sent to Saipan to help build airfields and seaplane bases. He left Saipan in July of 1945.
Date:
April 13, 2010
Creator:
Andrews, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Henry Jennings, April 12, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Jennings. Jennings joined the Army Air Forces in September, 1942 and trained at Wichita Falls. He eventually became a flight engineer on B-26 bombers. Jennings recalls several anecdotes about his time in the service.
Date:
April 12, 2016
Creator:
Jennings, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Martin, April 19, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Martin. Martin joined the Navy in August of 1943. He completed the V-5 program, and served as a pilot. Martin shares details on his training in carrier landing and skip bombing. He does not speak of any service overseas, and his discharge date is not noted.
Date:
April 19, 2016
Creator:
Martin, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with L. B. Blackmon, April 10, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with L. B. Blackmon. He discusses his time in boot camp in San Diego, getting shipped to Pearl Harbor, his experiences during the attack and later training cadets in Corpus Christi.
Date:
April 10, 2007
Creator:
Blackmon, L. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Young, April 17, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Young. Young joined the Army and served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, and participated in the Normandy landings. In September, Young made the invasion in Holland.
Date:
April 17, 2004
Creator:
Young, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Floyd Mumme, April 12, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd Mumme. He discusses boot camp, being on Saipan, Japanese trying to steal food, working in the Army Medical Corps and treating wounds in combat.
Date:
April 12, 2002
Creator:
Mumme, Floyd C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruth Hary, April 3, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ruth Hary. Ruth was married to Edward Hary, a former submariner. She shares information of her family history, stories of civilian life during World War II, details of Edward’s time in the service, as well as anecdotes of their marriage in September of 1943. During wartime, Ruth worked at Texas A&M University until she had their first child.
Date:
April 3, 2003
Creator:
Hary, Ruth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Enid Cothren, April 6, 2009
Transcript of an oral interview with Enid Cothren, nee Barton. Cothren joined Great Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in 1942 when she was 20. The ATS was the women's branch of the British Army. After two weeks training, she was assigned to a company in her hometown of Winchester where she worked in the quartermaster store. She discusses rationing in Britain during the war. She married an American in the medical corps during the war and left the ATS. She moved to the UNited States in 1946.
Date:
April 6, 2009
Creator:
Cothren, Enid
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Miles, April 7, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Miles. Miles made a deal with the local draft board in his area that he would join the Army right after his sister was married. When she married in 1945, he joined the Army, trained at Fort Lewis and went to Japan on occupation duty. He was assigned to an engineer unit and constructed facilities in occupied Japan. He returned, was discharged and went on to attend Georgia Tech.
Date:
April 7, 2016
Creator:
Miles, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Michael Keaveny, April 1, 2020
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Michael Keaveny. Keaveny joined the Navy in May 1944. After training in Virginia, Keaveny joined the crew of USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121) in November as a signalman. They arrived in Manila the following March where they embarked some Underwater Demolition Team 16 and took them to Okinawa. Keaveny was discharged in June 1946.
Date:
April 1, 2020
Creator:
Keaveny, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Evans, April 3, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Evans. Evans joined the Army in August of 1944. He served as a tank driver with the 41st Infantry Division, participating in the New Guinea and Philippines Campaigns. Evans served with occupation forces in Japan. He returned to the US and received his discharge in late 1946.
Date:
April 3, 2015
Creator:
Evans, Kenneth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vernon Bowen, April 10, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Bowen. Bowen quit school and joined the Navy in August 1944. After training, he went aboard the USS Franklin (CV-13) and served as messman and as a 40mm antiaircraft gun loader. He describes his experiences when the ship was bombed in March, 1945 and how he escaped from below decks. Bowen rode the ship back to New York. He was discharged in June, 1946.
Date:
April 10, 2015
Creator:
Bowen, Vernon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Simpson, April 10, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Simpson. Simpson joined the Army in December of 1944. After boot camp, he deployed to Saipan where he served on patrol. Simpson participated with the 147th Infantry Regiment through the Battle of Iwo Jima, where he was stationed when the war ended. He returned to the US and received his discharge around early 1946.
Date:
April 10, 2015
Creator:
Simpson, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Osborne, April 8, 2017
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Osborne. Osborne joined the Navy in 1943. He was assigned aboard USS Chester (CA-27). Osborne shares several anecdotes of his time aboard the ship. He also describes the collision between the Chester and another ship off Iwo Jima. When the war ended, Osborne elected to take his discharge.
Date:
April 8, 2017
Creator:
Osborne, Bob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Dittmar, April 12, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Dittmar. Dittmar joined the Navy in 1943 and trained at Great Lakes and shares a few anecdotes from those days. He served as an operating room technician aboard USS La Grange (APA-124) when he was assigned to the ship in mid-1944. He recalls his duties aboard and going to the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Date:
April 12, 2017
Creator:
Dittmar, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with H. L. Obermiller, April 30, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with H. L. Obermiller. He discusses his involvement in the Battles of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, and being a Pharmacist's Mate. He ancedotes about having Spam for Thanksgiving, meeting a couple Navajo codetalkers, and writing letters back home.
Date:
April 30, 2004
Creator:
Obermiller, H. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Valetin R. Ybarra, April 29, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Valentin R. Ybarra. He discusses Peleliu, Okinawa, occupation duty in Japan and China; being assigned in Spain; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the revolt in the Dominican Republic; service in Vietnam.
Date:
April 29, 2004
Creator:
Ybarra, Valentin R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eleanor Brown, April 24, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eleanor Brown. From early 1942 through 1944, Brown served as a general mechanics helper at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, and had completed flight training. In April, she joined the Women’s Air Service Pilots (WASPs) in Sweetwater, Texas. Brown graduated, though WASP was disbanded in December of that same year. She returned to Kelly Field and continued to work as the first woman mechanic at the Air Force Base.
Date:
April 24, 2000
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Burns, April 29, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Burns. Burns joined the Navy in June of 1943. He completed the Navy V-12 Program. He was commissioned as ensign in May of 1945, and assigned to a destroyer escort. They conducted submarine patrol. He worked in numerous departments aboard the ship, and they remained along the coast of Florida. He was transferred to California for amphibious training. Burns continued his service in the Navy, receiving his discharge in 1958.
Date:
April 29, 2003
Creator:
Burns, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maurice P. Pearce, April 16, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Maurice P. Pearce. Pearce finished the eighth grade and went to work on the farm on which he was raised. He joined the Arizona National Guard in June, 1940. they were activated later in Spetmenber and shipped to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for training. He evnetually was shipped to Panama for jungle training with the 158th Regimental Combat Team (Pearce was one of the original members of the Bushmasters). From there, Pearce went with the 158th to Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. While with the Bushmasters, Pearce served as a cook.
Date:
April 16, 2009
Creator:
Pearce, Maurice P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eddie Good, April 9, 2011
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eddie Good. Good participated in the Army Specialized Training Program. In 1945, he joined the United States Army Air Forces, where he served as a clerk helping to discharge returning combat veterans. He also spent time working in a hospital while being monitored for a lung condition before he was discharged soon after the war ended.
Date:
April 9, 2011
Creator:
Good, Eddie
System:
The Portal to Texas History