Oral History Interview with Richard Gilbert, October 16, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Richard Gilbert, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Gilbert. Gilbert joined the Navy in early 1945. Beginning June of 1945, he served as Fireman First-Class aboard the USS Norris (DD-859), traveling to Hong Kong. There, they tended the mines and tended water for the minesweepers working along the coast. He continued his service after the war ended, serving aboard the USS Finch (DE-328), until his discharge in the spring of 1947.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Gilbert, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Jagielski, October 16, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank Jagielski, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Jagielski. Jagielski was born in Redding, Pennsylvania 5 April 1926. In May 1943, he joined the Navy and attended boot camp at Sampson, New York. Following graduation, he was sent to gunnery school at Price Neck, Rhode Island. He was eventually assigned as a member of the deck force on the USS Cebu (ARG-6). He was present at Manus Island when the Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded. The blast killed six sailors on the Cebu. He received his discharge soon after the surrender of Japan.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Jagielski, Frank
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rhollie Nix, October 16, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rhollie Nix, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rhollie Nix. Nix joined the Navy in 1943. He completed schooling for welding, metallurgy and diving. He served as Second-Class Petty Officer and deep-sea diver aboard USS Cebu (ARG-6). He assisted with underwater welding repairs of LST propellers. They traveled to the Admiralty Islands, the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan. He was discharged around 1946.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Nix, Rhollie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harold Bond, October 16, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harold Bond, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Bond. Bond was drafted and entered the Navy in 1942. Upon completion of boot camp at Samson Naval Training Base in New York, he was assigned to the USS Cebu (ARG-6), which was in the Baltimore ship yard. He went to Pearl Harbor and describes the destruction he observed. Aboard the Cebu, Bond proceeded to Manus Island. While at anchorage there, the USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded and severely damaged the USS Mindanao (ARG-3), which was moored alongside. Five of the crewmen aboard the Cebu where killed by the blast. The ship then went to Leyte Gulf remaining there for seven months before proceeding to Okinawa where the crew weathered a typhoon. Bond recalls going to Japan before returning to the United States.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Bond, Harold
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Gilbert, October 16, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Richard Gilbert, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Gilbert. Gilbert joined the Navy in early 1945. Beginning June of 1945, he served as Fireman First-Class aboard the USS Norris (DD-859), traveling to Hong Kong. There, they tended the mines and tended water for the minesweepers working along the coast. He continued his service after the war ended, serving aboard the USS Finch (DE-328), until his discharge in the spring of 1947.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Gilbert, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Jagielski, October 16, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Frank Jagielski, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Jagielski. Jagielski was born in Redding, Pennsylvania 5 April 1926. In May 1943, he joined the Navy and attended boot camp at Sampson, New York. Following graduation, he was sent to gunnery school at Price Neck, Rhode Island. He was eventually assigned as a member of the deck force on the USS Cebu (ARG-6). He was present at Manus Island when the Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded. The blast killed six sailors on the Cebu. He received his discharge soon after the surrender of Japan.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Jagielski, Frank
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rhollie Nix, October 16, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Rhollie Nix, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rhollie Nix. Nix joined the Navy in 1943. He completed schooling for welding, metallurgy and diving. He served as Second-Class Petty Officer and deep-sea diver aboard USS Cebu (ARG-6). He assisted with underwater welding repairs of LST propellers. They traveled to the Admiralty Islands, the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan. He was discharged around 1946.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Nix, Rhollie
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harold Bond, October 16, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Harold Bond, October 16, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Bond. Bond was drafted and entered the Navy in 1942. Upon completion of boot camp at Samson Naval Training Base in New York, he was assigned to the USS Cebu (ARG-6), which was in the Baltimore ship yard. He went to Pearl Harbor and describes the destruction he observed. Aboard the Cebu, Bond proceeded to Manus Island. While at anchorage there, the USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded and severely damaged the USS Mindanao (ARG-3), which was moored alongside. Five of the crewmen aboard the Cebu where killed by the blast. The ship then went to Leyte Gulf remaining there for seven months before proceeding to Okinawa where the crew weathered a typhoon. Bond recalls going to Japan before returning to the United States.
Date: October 16, 2003
Creator: Bond, Harold
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History