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National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
149
National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
14
UNT Oral Histories
8
World War Two Collection
7
Texas Oral History Collection
6
Lee College Oral Histories
2
Abilene Library Consortium
1
Environmental Policy Collection
1
World War Two Newsmaps
1
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
1
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Documenting the War Collection
113
Ralph Sprinkle Photograph Collection
113
Carol Weaverling Collection
20
Women in War Collection
20
Baytown Veteran Oral Histories
2
Charles Stasny Collection
1
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
1
Newsmap
1
Nimitz Family Photograph Collection
1
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Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date:
February 23, 2004
Creator:
Day, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.
Date:
September 21, 2008
Creator:
Jowdy, Al
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Stremel, July 30, 2011
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Al Stremel. Stremel joined the Navy in October of 1940. Beginning in December, he served in the fire room aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). In April of 1942, they escorted USS Hornet (CV-8) on the Doolittle Raid. From June through November, they participated in the battles at Midway, the Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal. In January of 1944, Stremel was sent to Oil Burning School in Philadelphia. He was transferred to USS Swanson (DD-443). Stremel was honorably discharged in December of 1946.
Date:
July 30, 2011
Creator:
Stremel, Al
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[ADG Band Performing at G.I. Dance]
Photograph of an Airport Depot Group band playing at G.I. Dance in La Tontouta, New Caledonia. The band is arranged in two lines behind a small white picket fence - one row is sitting and playing the sax while the rest of the horns stand behind them alongside a drummer. On the right side sits a man playing the piano with a man standing behind him playing the bass.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Service Members Attending Purple Heart Ceremony]
Photograph at the presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia, August 1944. Men and women service members stand at attention, while unidentified officer standing in front of them speaks into microphone.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Army Soldiers Dancing with Nurses in New Caledonia]
Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Purple Heart Presentation at New Caledonia]
Photograph of a field where a presentation of Purple Hearts is taking place in Noumea, New Caledonia on August 1944. On the left stand a 2 groups of service members standing at attention, in the center stands another group at attention with one member standing with the American flag and a group of women are lined up facing them. On the right side of the photograph stands service members amongst some folding chairs, and a service band.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Caledonia Dance]
Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at a dance in New Caledonia. In the front of the people dancing are two tables covered in cups and tins, two women sit at the second table and a service member is leaning down to the woman on the left facing the camera.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Caledonia Dance, #2]
Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia. A couple stands in the center of the photograph with the man's back turned to the camera, and there are two couples shown behind them and one just out of frame on the left.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carol Weaverling in Uniform at Purple Heart Ceremony]
Photograph of Carol Weaverling in uniform at a Purple Heart presentations ceremony outside the Fleet Hospital, Noumea, New Caledonia. Three men in uniform's stand behind Carol, and a woman in a white, Red Cross Nurse uniform stands on the left taking to another serviceman.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
United States. Navy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Caledonia Dance Goers Sit at Tables]
Photograph of G.I.s, nurses, and Red Cross Staff sitting at two tables talking at a dance in New Caledonia.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nurses and Wounded Soldiers Trim a Christmas Tree]
Photograph of wounded soldiers and Red Cross nurses decorate and trim a small Christmas tree at Fleet Hospital in New Caledonia. Two soldiers sit on each bed with the small Christmas Tree propped up between them with a nurse on either side.
Date:
December 23, 1944
Creator:
United States. Navy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wounded Soldiers in Beds at Fleet Hospital]
Photograph of five soldiers lying in sick beds at Fleet Hospital 107, Ward 3, in Noumea, New Caledonia. Pictured on the left at the end the row of beds stands a man and women in service uniforms.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
United States. Navy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Caledonia Dance, #4]
Photograph of three G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia, in front of the band sitting behind a white picket fence.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Red Cross Staff Sit in Front of Fleet Hospital]
Photograph of women on the Red Cross Staff in front of the Fleet Hospital 107 in Noumea, New Caledonia. Seated on the wooden steps from left to right: Jane Mayhew, Secretary; Carolyn Perabe, Recreation; Carol Weaverling, AFD; Rebecca Van Meter, Recreation. A sign with the symbol and words "American Red Cross" is in front a building behind them.
Date:
October 4, 1944
Creator:
United States. Navy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor Roosevelt Speaking in Red Cross Uniform]
Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in Red Cross uniform speaks to crowd while standing in front of several servicemen and women as well as Admiral Halsey and some cars.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
Thibodeau, Laura M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wounded Soldiers at Purple Heart Presentation]
Photograph of wounded servicemen at a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944 in the middle of a large dirt area. On the right stands two rows of injured servicemen at attention, and on the right more servicemen standing at attention with a row sitting in the center on folding chairs due to leg injuries. The dirt area has been carved out of rolling hills that appear in the background of the photo. A portion of the camp can also be seen in the background.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Officer Speaking at Purple Heart Presentation]
Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the right stands an officer speaking into a microphone and behind him to the right stands service women and men at attention.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Purple Heart Recipients]
Photograph of a group of Purple Heart recipients taken at a Purple Heart ceremony in Noumea, New Caledonia. The recipients are in two lines, the back line all standing, and the front seated.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
Wilcox, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ungroomed Marines Being Addressed by Officer]
Photograph of a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia, in August of 1944. Four Marines are lined up and standing at attention for an officer standing in front of them, while women service members hold papers off to the left alongside another officer.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Service Men and Women Passing Out Papers at Presentation of Purple Heart]
Photograph of a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the left there are four people in white uniforms handing out papers to service members as they pass by while on the left a man is shown with his back to the camera.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Servicemen and Women at Attention at a Presentation of Purple Hearts]
Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. Group of men and women military members stand at attention in rows behind a microphone.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Becky Van Meter Pinning Purple Heart on Sailor]
Photograph of Becky Van Meter on the right pinning a Purple Heart to one sailor in a line of them with an officer standing to her left.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
Wilcox, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Sits in Armchair]
Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as he sits in a dark colored armchair with his hands clasped in his lap. he is wearing a light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, a collared shirt and dark tie. In front of Admiral Nimitz is a small round table with a teacup, saucer and teaspoon on top of it.
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History