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Oral History Interview with Robert D. Haines, May 15, 2002
Interview with Robert D. Haines, an American prisoner of war during World War II. He discusses the attack on Clark Field in the Philippines on December 8, 1941, as well as his experiences on the Bataan Death March. He also tells of his time spent as a prisoner of war under the Japanese at Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan and Bilibid prison in Manila. He encountered his brother, who was a civilian internee, at Bilibid. From there, he rode on a hell ship for 39 days to a POW camp in Formosa (Taiwan). When the Americans began bombing Formosa, Haines was moved via another hell ship to Tokyo, Japan. Not long after, he was liberated and returned to San Francisco, then Denver.
Date:
May 15, 2002
Creator:
Graham, Eddie & Haines, Robert D.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elliott Ross, May 1, 2001
Interview with Elliott Ross who joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. He discusses being a landing craft coxswain carrying troops and supplies from ships to the shore in seven invasions: Guam, Leyte, Luzon, Santacristo, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and as an occupation force in Japan after the surrender. He talks mostly about Guam, Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan, but also mentions burials at sea and on the beachs, seeing his brother's ship get hit by torpedoes, and the emotional toll of the war.
Date:
May 1, 2000
Creator:
Cox, Floyd; Misenhimer, Richard & Ross, Elliott
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, May 2, 2006
Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. LeBow joined the navy in 1943 and went from Lubbock, Texas to San Diego for recruit training. He shipped out to Pearl Harbor aboard an LST from San Francisco. At Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to a work detail aboard the USS Oklahoma, which had just been righted. Shortly thereafter, he boarded the USS Indianapolis to serve as a range finder operator on one of the gun turrets. Upon leaving Hawaii, the Indianapolis went to Tarawa and then the Marshall Islands. LeBow witnessed Japanese civilian suicides on Saipan. He also witnessed the flag-raising on Iwo Jima from his range finder position aboard the ship. LeBow describes being hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa. He also discusses delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian and being torpedoed on the way to the Philippines. He describes abandoning the ship and spending five days in the water, including his faith in God, hallucinations, rescue, and his recovery.
Date:
May 2, 2006
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Lebow, Cleatus A.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. K. Sheffield, May 20, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with A K Sheffield. Sheffield joined the Navy in late 1943. He completed Armed Guard School in San Diego. He served with the Navy Armed Guard aboard a transport ship, and traveled to the Philippine Islands. In May of 1944, Sheffield was aboard the SS Henry Bergh when it ran aground on the Farallon Islands, and shares details of those events. He traveled through the Pacific Islands, to Japan and throughout the Atlantic. Sheffield does not speak of participating in any battles or combat. He returned home aboard USS Iowa (BB-61) after the war ended in late 1945.
Date:
May 20, 2016
Creator:
Sheffield, A. K.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. K. Sheffield, May 20, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with A K Sheffield. Sheffield joined the Navy in late 1943. He completed Armed Guard School in San Diego. He served with the Navy Armed Guard aboard a transport ship, and traveled to the Philippine Islands. In May of 1944, Sheffield was aboard the SS Henry Bergh when it ran aground on the Farallon Islands, and shares details of those events. He traveled through the Pacific Islands, to Japan and throughout the Atlantic. Sheffield does not speak of participating in any battles or combat. He returned home aboard USS Iowa (BB-61) after the war ended in late 1945.
Date:
May 20, 2016
Creator:
Sheffield, A. K.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger, May 2, 1945]
Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger to her family recounting her daily life while sailing from the United States to the Philippine Islands and upon arriving there. On the island, she tells them that they live in an old Catholic Academy with partial damage from the war, sleep on cots with mosquito bars, and eat with mess kits and canteens in a tent. She mentions that upon arriving, the Filipino people were happy to see them. Agnes' life on the boat consisted of dancing, singing, performances from the G. I. Orchestra, movies, and sleeping on the boat deck. She says it is the first day they received mail since leaving the U.S., and that she received letters from many friends and family, and that she was shocked to hear of President Roosevelt's death and excited to hear of Adolf Hitler's death. She asks if they received a brown envelope that they talked about when she was previously home, and says she will write when she can.
Date:
May 2, 1945
Creator:
Niernberger, Agnes Langley
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date:
May 23, 2015
Creator:
Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date:
May 23, 2015
Creator:
Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. T. P. Condy - May 12, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. T. P. Condy, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. E. C. Condy', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Thomas P. Condy'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 12, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Grace Harris - May 12, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Grace Harris, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Grace Parrish (?)', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Dexter Cone'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to Grace from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 12, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Grace Cooper - May 13, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Grace Cooper' of Sidney, New York, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Price Cooper'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 13, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Eleanor Bowker - May 13, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Eleanor Bowker regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Isla Corfield, recorded in the letter as 'Isla Coffield (Cortier) (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to Eleanor from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 13, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. H. Gaber - May 14, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. H. Graber, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Harry Lester Gaber (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Leonard Don Corte', as recorded in the letter. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to sister from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 14, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to R. L. Dwyer - May 9, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mr. R. L. Dryer, recorded in the letter as 'Mr. R. L. Dwyer (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Elsie M. Luckman. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to mother from internee on Radio Tokyo. McKie was unable to get the address of the internee's parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. Horace Luckman', so asked that Mr. Dryer forward the message, as he was mentioned in Elsie Luckman's broadcast message.
Date:
May 9, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Emerson - May 12, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Emerson, recorded in letter as 'Mrs. Emerson (Ellison) (Ensign) (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Ion (Ronald) Leing (Lane) (?)', as recorded in the letter. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to Mrs. Emerson from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 12, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Charles M. Kirkpatrick - May 10, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Charles M. Kirkpatrick, recorded in the letter as 'Mr. T. M. Kilpatrick', regarding prisoner of war Harlan G. Kirkpatrick, recorded in the letter as 'Harland J. Kilpatrick (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast about internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 10, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. H. W. Knox - May 10, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. H. W. (Beverly) (Knox) (Motsch) (?)', of Valparaiso, Indiana, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'M. O. Coleman, American civilian, New York City'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 10, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Frank B. Lacy - May 11, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Frank B. Lacy', of Los Angeles, California, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'William Edward Lacy', as recorded in the letter. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 11, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Hartley Lansbery - May 10, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Hartley Lansbery', San Fernando, California, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Irene Lansbery', as recorded in the letter. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to father from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 10, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Stella Lauriat - May 13, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Stella Lauriat, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Frederick U. Lauriat', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Frederick U. Lauriat'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to wife from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 13, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Laurel E. Weiskind - May 12, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Laurel E. Weiskind, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Nora (Laura) E. Weiskirce', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee D. B. Ledermann, recorded in the letter as 'Daniel B. Letterman (Lederman)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 12, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Sam Legg - May 13, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Sam (?) Legg', of Providence, Rhode Island, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'John Alex Jackson Legg (Lane) (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 13, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Eddie Dennis - May 10, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Eddie Dennis, recorded in the letter as 'Miss Edda Dennis (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Jeannette Light, recorded in the letter as 'Janet Knight'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 10, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Clara Lincoln - May 14, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Clara Lincoln (?)', of Miami, Arizona, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Ernest Adams Lincoln (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to Clara from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 14, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History