Oral History Interview with Hugo Werner, April 30, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Hugo Werner, April 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugo Werner. Werner joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He received training as a radio operator and gunner. Werner was then sent to Attu, Alaska to become a crewman on a B-25 with the 77th Bomb Squadron. He took part in missions over the Kuril Islands in Northern Japan. He shot down an attacking Japanese fighter during one mission. Werner served with the 77th for the rest of the war and left the service soon after the surrender only to rejoin in October of the same year.
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: Werner, Hugo
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Scott, April 30, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Scott, April 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert M. Scott. Scott was born in Chicago 30 September 1926 and spent part of his youth in foster homes. He quit school and joined the Navy in July 1943 and took boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Upon completing boot camp he went to Pleasanton, California where he received orders sending him to New Guinea. Upon arriving after a two week trip he did stevedore work for a period of time and then worked as a switchboard operator. He was then assigned as a yeoman in naval intelligence. Scott contracted malaria while on Guadalcanal. After eighteen months he was sent back to the United States and went on leave. After returning from leave he was assigned to the newly constructed USS Glynn (APA-239) as a yeoman. After shuttling around various islands in the Pacific the ship returned to the United States. Scott was discharged June 1946.
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: Scott, Robert M.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with F. Duane Flink, November 30, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with F. Duane Flink, November 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with F. Duane Flink. Flink joined the Navy as an aviation cadet in 1943. The program had enough candidates at that time, so he was sent to boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Flink describes life in boot camp. He was then sent to submarine school in New London, Connecticut and describes the training he received and training that was conducted on O-boats. Flink was then sent to California where he joined the crew of the USS Pelias (AS-14) for the remainder of the war. He served as a cook and seaman. Flink was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: November 30, 2010
Creator: Flink, F. Duane
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Granville Coggs. Coggs joined the Army Air Forces in the fall of 1943. He trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and at Tyndall Field in Florida, serving as a pilot and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Coggs was commissioned on 16 October 1945 as a second lieutenant bombardier pilot. He served as an aerial gunner, aerial bombardier, multi-engine pilot and B-25 pilot trainee who was scheduled for the 477th Bombardment Group, though never made it to combat, as the war ended in 1945 before he finished training. Coggs was discharged in the fall of 1946.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Coggs, Granville
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John D. Marshall, September 30, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with John D. Marshall, September 30, 2010

Transcript of an oral interview with John D. Marshall. Born in 1924, he was drafted into the Army in 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Grant, Illinois. He was assigned to the 94th Medical Gas Treatment Battalion and received his medical training at Camp Ellis, Illinois and Camp Sibert, Alabama. He was talks about training with mustard gas in Bushnell, Florida and mentions being burned by the gas. He was sent to France in July, 1944. He served as a medic at a first aid station as well as a truck driver. He describes conditions during the Battle of the Bulge. He also describes arriving at the Buchenwald concentration camp after the Germans fled. He mentions celebrating V-E Day. After the German surrender, he guarded prisoners in Nuremburg, Germany. He was discharged in December, 1945.
Date: September 30, 2010
Creator: Marshall, John D.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hugo Werner, April 30, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Hugo Werner, April 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugo Werner. Werner joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He received training as a radio operator and gunner. Werner was then sent to Attu, Alaska to become a crewman on a B-25 with the 77th Bomb Squadron. He took part in missions over the Kuril Islands in Northern Japan. He shot down an attacking Japanese fighter during one mission. Werner served with the 77th for the rest of the war and left the service soon after the surrender only to rejoin in October of the same year.
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: Werner, Hugo
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Scott, April 30, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Scott, April 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert M. Scott. Scott was born in Chicago 30 September 1926 and spent part of his youth in foster homes. He quit school and joined the Navy in July 1943 and took boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Upon completing boot camp he went to Pleasanton, California where he received orders sending him to New Guinea. Upon arriving after a two week trip he did stevedore work for a period of time and then worked as a switchboard operator. He was then assigned as a yeoman in naval intelligence. Scott contracted malaria while on Guadalcanal. After eighteen months he was sent back to the United States and went on leave. After returning from leave he was assigned to the newly constructed USS Glynn (APA-239) as a yeoman. After shuttling around various islands in the Pacific the ship returned to the United States. Scott was discharged June 1946.
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: Scott, Robert M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Granville Coggs. Coggs joined the Army Air Forces in the fall of 1943. He trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and at Tyndall Field in Florida, serving as a pilot and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Coggs was commissioned on 16 October 1945 as a second lieutenant bombardier pilot. He served as an aerial gunner, aerial bombardier, multi-engine pilot and B-25 pilot trainee who was scheduled for the 477th Bombardment Group, though never made it to combat, as the war ended in 1945 before he finished training. Coggs was discharged in the fall of 1946.
Date: June 30, 2010
Creator: Coggs, Granville
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John D. Marshall, September 30, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John D. Marshall, September 30, 2010

Transcript of an oral interview with John D. Marshall. Born in 1924, he was drafted into the Army in 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Grant, Illinois. He was assigned to the 94th Medical Gas Treatment Battalion and received his medical training at Camp Ellis, Illinois and Camp Sibert, Alabama. He was talks about training with mustard gas in Bushnell, Florida and mentions being burned by the gas. He was sent to France in July, 1944. He served as a medic at a first aid station as well as a truck driver. He describes conditions during the Battle of the Bulge. He also describes arriving at the Buchenwald concentration camp after the Germans fled. He mentions celebrating V-E Day. After the German surrender, he guarded prisoners in Nuremburg, Germany. He was discharged in December, 1945.
Date: September 30, 2010
Creator: Marshall, John D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with F. Duane Flink, November 30, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with F. Duane Flink, November 30, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with F. Duane Flink. Flink joined the Navy as an aviation cadet in 1943. The program had enough candidates at that time, so he was sent to boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Flink describes life in boot camp. He was then sent to submarine school in New London, Connecticut and describes the training he received and training that was conducted on O-boats. Flink was then sent to California where he joined the crew of the USS Pelias (AS-14) for the remainder of the war. He served as a cook and seaman. Flink was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: November 30, 2010
Creator: Flink, F. Duane
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History