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Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, September 8, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernice Shafer. Shafer was born in Ackley, Iowa 26 December 1926. She began nurse training at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Des Moines in 1941. Upon graduating in 1944, she entered the US Army Nurse Corps and began basic training at Camp Carson, Colorado. When she completed basic, she was assigned to Leonard General Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. After a period of time, she was shipped to Camp Pendleton, California in preparation for an overseas assignment. Shafer was assigned to the 311th Hospital Unit and boarded the USS Monterey (CVL-26), bound for Manila. She tells of the primitive conditions encountered in setting up the hospital. Designated as an operating room nurse, she describes working up to forty hours straight and the various types of battle casualties that were treated. She recalls that patients were transported to the hospital by ambulance, jeep and helicopter. In February 1946, Shafer returned to the United States aboard the USS West Point (AP-23), arriving at New York City after passage through the Panama Canal.
Date:
September 8, 2007
Creator:
Shafer, Bernice
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, September 8, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernice Shafer. Shafer was born in Ackley, Iowa 26 December 1926. She began nurse training at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Des Moines in 1941. Upon graduating in 1944, she entered the US Army Nurse Corps and began basic training at Camp Carson, Colorado. When she completed basic, she was assigned to Leonard General Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. After a period of time, she was shipped to Camp Pendleton, California in preparation for an overseas assignment. Shafer was assigned to the 311th Hospital Unit and boarded the USS Monterey (CVL-26), bound for Manila. She tells of the primitive conditions encountered in setting up the hospital. Designated as an operating room nurse, she describes working up to forty hours straight and the various types of battle casualties that were treated. She recalls that patients were transported to the hospital by ambulance, jeep and helicopter. In February 1946, Shafer returned to the United States aboard the USS West Point (AP-23), arriving at New York City after passage through the Panama Canal.
Date:
September 8, 2007
Creator:
Shafer, Bernice
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eugene Leonard, December 8, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Leonard. Leonard grew up during the Great Depression and shares details of his family’s experiences during that economic downturn. He joined the Marine Corps in November of 1939. By 1940 he was in Bremerton, Washington and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 2. They were stationed 10 miles from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by 1941. Leonard completed gunnery school. He also grew up learning much about mechanics and pursued that skill set on the island. Leonard was at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, and provides vivid details of his experiences through that fateful event. In March of 1942 he joined Marine Aircraft Group 25. They initially operated from New Caledonia, flying missions in support of the Marines at Guadalcanal in September of 1942. In March of 1943 he took a job in the US delivering planes to factories, and sharing design changes with engineers for optimal flight performance. He was discharged in November of 1945.
Date:
December 8, 2001
Creator:
Leonard, Eugene
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date:
October 8, 2005
Creator:
D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date:
October 8, 2005
Creator:
D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarence Petersen, October 8, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clarence Petersen. Petersen joined the Marines in June of 1942. He completed radio school and served as a radio operator in D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He provides details of training. Beginning February of 1943, he traveled to New Zealand, completing maneuvers. They traveled to Guadalcanal in May of that same year and Bougainville in November. Petersen provides some detail of the Japanese and living in the jungle of Bougainville. He landed on Guam in July of 1944, by way of amphibious tractor. He was in the 13th wave and describes carrying his radio and an 85-pound roll of combat wire onto the island. He was discharged in August of 1945.
Date:
October 8, 2009
Creator:
Petersen, Clarence
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarence Petersen, October 8, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clarence Petersen. Petersen joined the Marines in June of 1942. He completed radio school and served as a radio operator in D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He provides details of training. Beginning February of 1943, he traveled to New Zealand, completing maneuvers. They traveled to Guadalcanal in May of that same year and Bougainville in November. Petersen provides some detail of the Japanese and living in the jungle of Bougainville. He landed on Guam in July of 1944, by way of amphibious tractor. He was in the 13th wave and describes carrying his radio and an 85-pound roll of combat wire onto the island. He was discharged in August of 1945.
Date:
October 8, 2009
Creator:
Petersen, Clarence
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 2018
Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 8, 2018
Creator:
Pruden, Todd
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1993
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 8, 1993
Creator:
Morales, Sgt. 1st Class Marco
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1993
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1993
Creator:
Moore, Staff Sgt. Don
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1994
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 8, 1994
Creator:
Horky, Anita
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1957
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 8, 1957
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1960
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1972
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 8, 1972
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1959
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 8, 1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1969
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 8, 1969
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1960
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 8, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
White Deer Review (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1943
Weekly newspaper from White Deer, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 8, 1943
Creator:
Simmons, W. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Canton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1945
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
June 8, 1945
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1943
Creator:
Doss, Glenn
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
Date:
September 8, 1944
Creator:
Eddins, Howard B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Sinton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1943
Creator:
Cooke, W. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History