The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Orland Harris. Harris went to Santa Anna, California for Aviation Cadet training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He went to primary flying school in Visalia, California and then went to LaeMoore, California for more training. From there he went to replacement training units, flying the P-38, P-322 and P-39. Harris had take civilian pilot training for one year at college before he went into the service. He received his wings at Williams Field in Arizona 3 Nov 1943 and became an officer that day. He went to the South Pacific in a C-54, along wih about 30 other pilots, ending up in Nadzab, New Guinea with the 8th Fighter Group (part of the 5th Air Force). His P-38 missions included targets of opportunity around New Guinea, a cave on Corregidor and straffed ships on the way to Borneo, and the Philippines. Normally they flew cover missions for B-17s and B-24s but on occasion covered B-25s and A-20s. Harris was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) when he was flying out of Mindoro in the Philippines on a night mission (26 Dec 1944) attacking a Japanese task …

Interview with William O. Good, United States Army veteran from Riverton, West Virginia. Good describes his recollections as a member of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 98th Antiaircraft Regiment stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Charles H. Horner, a United States Navy veteran from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Horner discusses his recollections aboard the USS Cassin during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with B. S. "Bud" Reddig, a United States Army veteran from Plumerville, Arkansas. Reddig explains his experiences as a member of K Company, 21st Infantry stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.