Oral History Interview with Arthur Wages, August 18, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Arthur Wages, August 18, 2016

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Wages. Wages joined the Navy in February 1943 and trained at Great Lakes and then attended quartermaster school in Rhode Island. When he got overseas to New Caledonia, he was assigned to the USS Washington (BB-56) in late 1943. He was aboard when the Washington was involved in a collision at sea. After a brief home leave and repairs, Wages returned to the ship and participated in the action at the Mariana Islands, the Palaus, the Philippines and others. He was aboard when the war ended and was discharged in February, 1946.
Date: August 18, 2016
Creator: Wages, Arthur
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hubert Kosub, August 18, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Hubert Kosub, August 18, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hubert Kosub. Kosub continues his original conversation which was recorded in 2014 (Oral History # 04158). He relates his experience aboard USS Lyra (AK-101) as it escorted a group of floating dry docks when they sailed from the US to the Admiralty Islands. He tells of the construction and purpose of docks. Kosub was discharged in late 1945.
Date: August 18, 2016
Creator: Kosub, Hubert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur Wages, August 18, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur Wages, August 18, 2016

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Wages. Wages joined the Navy in February 1943 and trained at Great Lakes and then attended quartermaster school in Rhode Island. When he got overseas to New Caledonia, he was assigned to the USS Washington (BB-56) in late 1943. He was aboard when the Washington was involved in a collision at sea. After a brief home leave and repairs, Wages returned to the ship and participated in the action at the Mariana Islands, the Palaus, the Philippines and others. He was aboard when the war ended and was discharged in February, 1946.
Date: August 18, 2016
Creator: Wages, Arthur
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hubert Kosub, August 18, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Hubert Kosub, August 18, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hubert Kosub. Kosub continues his original conversation which was recorded in 2014 (Oral History # 04158). He relates his experience aboard USS Lyra (AK-101) as it escorted a group of floating dry docks when they sailed from the US to the Admiralty Islands. He tells of the construction and purpose of docks. Kosub was discharged in late 1945.
Date: August 18, 2016
Creator: Kosub, Hubert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History