Oral History Interview with Clyde Day, February 8, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Clyde Day, February 8, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clyde Day. Day finished college and was commissioned in the Navy in June 1942. He received more training at in armaments and gunnery before being assigned to USS Boston (CA-69) in January 1943 while still under construction. He served as a fire control officer aboard the Boston. Day recalls supporting the landings at the MArshall Islands, Iwo Jima and elsewehere in the Pacific. He describes the circular battle formation. Day also recalls a near collision with a carrier while bombarding Japan and several other anecdtoes from his time abaord the Boston. He also shares stories from his time during the occupation of Japan after the war ended.
Date: February 8, 2017
Creator: Day, Clyde
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Osborne, April 8, 2017 transcript

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
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Doy Davis, November 8, 2017 transcript

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
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jack Howe, March 8, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jack Howe, March 8, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Howe. Howe was drafted into the Navy in August 1943. He went to boot camp in Sampson, New York. From there he went to signal school in Baltimore. From there he went into the Armed Guard division of the Navy in New York City, aboard the Liberty Ship SS Edwin Markham. He served for one year aboard the ship as signalman. They traveled through the Panama Canal picking up sugar from Hawaii and delivering it to the San Francisco Hawaii Sugar Company in California. From there they went to the Philippines for a year and a half. After that Howe was transferred to the USS Baltimore (CA-68) in Hawaii. He served on this cruiser for one year, transferring supplies and ammunition to the islands in the Pacific. He visited Hiroshima after the bomb fell and provides some description of that experience. He was discharged in 1946.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Howe, Jack
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Doy Davis, November 8, 2017 (open access)

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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clyde Day, February 8, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Day, February 8, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clyde Day. Day finished college and was commissioned in the Navy in June 1942. He received more training at in armaments and gunnery before being assigned to USS Boston (CA-69) in January 1943 while still under construction. He served as a fire control officer aboard the Boston. Day recalls supporting the landings at the MArshall Islands, Iwo Jima and elsewehere in the Pacific. He describes the circular battle formation. Day also recalls a near collision with a carrier while bombarding Japan and several other anecdtoes from his time abaord the Boston. He also shares stories from his time during the occupation of Japan after the war ended.
Date: February 8, 2017
Creator: Day, Clyde
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jack Howe, March 8, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Howe, March 8, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Howe. Howe was drafted into the Navy in August 1943. He went to boot camp in Sampson, New York. From there he went to signal school in Baltimore. From there he went into the Armed Guard division of the Navy in New York City, aboard the Liberty Ship SS Edwin Markham. He served for one year aboard the ship as signalman. They traveled through the Panama Canal picking up sugar from Hawaii and delivering it to the San Francisco Hawaii Sugar Company in California. From there they went to the Philippines for a year and a half. After that Howe was transferred to the USS Baltimore (CA-68) in Hawaii. He served on this cruiser for one year, transferring supplies and ammunition to the islands in the Pacific. He visited Hiroshima after the bomb fell and provides some description of that experience. He was discharged in 1946.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Howe, Jack
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Osborne, April 8, 2017 (open access)

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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History