Oral History Interview with Robert Modersohn, November 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Modersohn, November 20, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Modersohn. Modersohn joined the Navy in April of 1943. He completed Radio, Radar and Electrical School by March of 1944. Beginning in May, he served as Radio Technician Third-Class aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), participating in the Philippine Campaign and combat in the South China Sea and around the southern part of Japan.
Date: November 20, 2003
Creator: Modersohn, Robert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Modersohn, November 20, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Modersohn, November 20, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Modersohn. Modersohn joined the Navy in April of 1943. He completed Radio, Radar and Electrical School by March of 1944. Beginning in May, he served as Radio Technician Third-Class aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), participating in the Philippine Campaign and combat in the South China Sea and around the southern part of Japan.
Date: November 20, 2003
Creator: Modersohn, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter B. Neitsch, November 11, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Walter B. Neitsch, November 11, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter B. Neitsch: He was inducted at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas and received basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and later at the Army Engineer Vancouver Barracks. He speaks of working with the 340th Army Engineers Construction Battalion to construct the ALCAN (Alaska-Canadian) Highway as well as rebuilding an airport in Darwin, Australia, and repairing roads and bridges in Luzon in the Phillipines where he saw Japanese soldiers coming in to surrender at the end of the war. He also told of the death from seasickness of a fellow soldier while in transit on the US Motorship Pennant and becoming a shellback when their ship crossed the equator.
Date: November 11, 2003
Creator: Neitsch, Walter B.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter B. Neitsch, November 11, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walter B. Neitsch, November 11, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter B. Neitsch: He was inducted at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas and received basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and later at the Army Engineer Vancouver Barracks. He speaks of working with the 340th Army Engineers Construction Battalion to construct the ALCAN (Alaska-Canadian) Highway as well as rebuilding an airport in Darwin, Australia, and repairing roads and bridges in Luzon in the Phillipines where he saw Japanese soldiers coming in to surrender at the end of the war. He also told of the death from seasickness of a fellow soldier while in transit on the US Motorship Pennant and becoming a shellback when their ship crossed the equator.
Date: November 11, 2003
Creator: Neitsch, Walter B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History