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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 Bert Dawson, March 18, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bert Dawson. Dawson joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He served with the 5th Marine Division, as a paratrooper. He participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. From Iwo, Dawson traveled to Sasebo, Japan. He was discharged in 1945.
Date:
March 18, 2010
Creator:
Dawson, Bert
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 Arelius J. Hall, June 17, 2010
Transcript of an oral interview with Arelius Hall and his daughter Margaret. He discusses joining the Navy and becoming a Quartermaster on PT-246, being stationed in the Pacific and doing patrols around Bougainville and seeing other damaged PT boats coming into harbour.
Date:
June 17, 2010
Creator:
Hall, Arelius J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Claire Krizoy, October 25, 2011
Transcript of an oral interview with Claire Krizoy. Krizoy discusses her time in the Marine Corp Women's Reserve where she did secretarial work at Cherry Point, NC and Milledgeville, GA for aviation units stations on bases in each place.
Date:
October 25, 2011
Creator:
Krizoy, Claire
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Royal A. Wetzel, October 20, 2011
Transcript of an oral interview with Royal Arlington Wetzel. Wetzel joined the Navy in July, 1943 before finishing high school. After training, he shipped out to New Caledonia where he was assigned to the USS LCI-70. Wetzel served as the ship's cook and he shares various experiences he had aboard the 70.
Date:
October 20, 2011
Creator:
Wetzel, Royal A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Claribell Hannemann, February 22, 2013
The National Museumn of the Pacific War presents an interview with Claribel Hannemann. Hannemann was born in Frederickaburg Texas in 1928. She discusses growing up during the Depression and being a teenager during the war and how the war affected her family.
Date:
February 22, 2013
Creator:
Hannemann, Claribell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arnold Peters, February 24, 2013
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arnold Peters. Peters joined the Navy in 1944. He served in the commissary department as a butcher at a Naval Air Base in San Diego. His wife worked as a cook for a children’s nursery at an aircraft factory. He ranked Petty Officer, Third Class, and received his discharge in early 1946.
Date:
February 24, 2013
Creator:
Peters, Arnold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Jackson, March 13, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Jackson. Jackson was born in 1924. At age 16, he joined the US Navy and underwent boot training at the Naval Training Center in Chicago. Upon graduation, he was assigned to USS Texas (BB-35) as a member of Gun Fire Control. Later, he was transferred to an LST.
Date:
March 13, 2014
Creator:
Jackson, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne Brooks, September 8, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wayne Brooks. Brooks joined the Army Air Corps in 1941. He completed flight school and additional training at Fort Sumner and served as a second lieutenant flight instructor in Roswell, New Mexico. He flew Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft. He was discharged in 1946.
Date:
September 8, 2014
Creator:
Brooks, Wayne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Alma, February 4, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Alma. Alma went into the Army Air Forces in March 1943 and trained in Florida before training as an engine mechanic. He went overseas in March, 1946 to Germany. There he repaired aircraft engines.
Date:
February 4, 2014
Creator:
Alma, Robert
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 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 Harmon Harris, March 6, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harmon Harris. Harris joined the Navy in May of 1944. He served with the 141st Construction Battalion. They traveled to the Marshall Islands and Kwajalein, building airstrips, houses and defensive structures.
Date:
March 6, 2016
Creator:
Harris, Harmon
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 Francis Kellems, October 17, 2019
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Francis Kellems. Kellems joined the Navy in September 1943. After boot camp, he was assigned to USS Hubbard (DE-211). He served as a baker aboard the ship and recalls antisubmarine partols in the Atlantic.
Date:
October 17, 2019
Creator:
Kellems, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Virginia Cumberland, August 9, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Virginia Cumberland. During World War II, Cumberland worked in a factory in Indiana as a tool and die maker. She also speaks some about a brother of hers that was in the service and stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas and served overseas in France.
Date:
August 9, 2017
Creator:
Cumberland, Virginia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Harold DeYoung, June 26, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold DeYoung. DeYoung joined the Navy around mid-1942. He trained in radio and submarine cable telegraphy. In March of 1945 DeYoung was assigned to replace the cable station in Manila, which had been destroyed by the Japanese. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date:
June 26, 2010
Creator:
DeYoung, Harold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William B. (Bill) Kennedy, June 3, 2011
Transcript of an oral interview with Bill Kennedy. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps in 1944, training stateside before shipping to Germany in fall of 1945 with the 8th Air Force, 891 Air Engineering Squadron, as part of the occupation force in Berlin where he worked typing up enlisted men's records, returning home in May of 1946.
Date:
June 3, 2011
Creator:
Kennedy, William B. (Bill)
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 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 William Lyon, October 18, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Lyon. Lyon joined the Army Air Forces after Pearl Harbor was attacked. He spent over three years as an aviation engineer with the 7th Air Force. Lyon spent most of the war on Makin Island repairing and salvaging parts from B-24s as a member of the 2nd Air Support Squadron. He left the service at the end of the war.
Date:
October 18, 2010
Creator:
Lyon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History