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Oral History Interview with Wayne Brooks, September 8, 2014 transcript

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 Wilton Neumann, September 8, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Wilton Neumann, September 8, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wilton Neumann. Neumann joined the Navy in 1943. He served as a radioman aboard the USS Griswold (DE-7) beginning June of 1944. They traveled to Pearl Harbor for additional training. In March of 1945 they were stationed at Eniwetok. In late May they participated in the Battle of Okinawa, where they conducted anti-submarine warfare and were credited for two kamikaze kills. In June they traveled to Leyte Gulf, and to Japan by September. Neumann returned to the US in October. He was discharged in early 1946.
Date: September 8, 2014
Creator: Neumann, Wilton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles White, September 8, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles White, September 8, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles White. White joined the Navy in June, 1945 and went to Great Lakes for basic training. He caught his ship, the USS Pawnee (ATF-74) at Okinawa in August, 1945 and began pulling ships off the beach after a typhoon. They also tugged barges around Japan for a few weeks after the surrender, the Philippines, too. White returned to the US and was discharged in August, 1946.
Date: September 8, 2016
Creator: White, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History