Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack. There is a photograph and a short biography of Hill after the interview transcription.

Interview with Earl Smyth, Jr., a serviceman during World War II. He discusses his time aboard the USS Saratoga at the Battle of Midway and at Guadalcanal, where the ship sustained two torpedo attacks. He saw Pearl Harbor three days after the attack.

Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack.

Interview with W. A. (Bill) Henderson, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his time as a bombardier and navigator on a B-24 in the China-Burma-India Theater. His crew hit the bridge over River Kwai (Mae Klong) while making bombing runs along the Burma Railway and also flew runs to supply gasoline to various bases in China, India and Burma. He relates anecdotes about the food and living quarters on the bases and the time he saved his co-pilot's life. He helped his co-pilot land the plane after a bullet tore through the plane's nose wheel and injured the man's leg.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the rainy weather, playing poker, good meals, taking a shower, and planning to write letters to his friends back home.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing exploring the island, taking pictures, and supporting Elaine coming to live with Catherine.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing going fishing with Graves, with little success, and the mail service.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his success at school, which he chooses not to describe to avoid censors, and visiting men they knew in Tonopah with Holquin.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, having his broken watch mailed home to her, appreciating her handwritten letters, and playing a game of poker. The third page of the letter has notes from Joe's crewmates, Graves and Williams, on the back.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his crew making improvements to their tent, the mail service, and expecting to see a good movie in the evening.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a fish supper at Joyce's house, a war bond rally that raised $21,00, Jenny's crush on Walter, and plans to go to the post office.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her awaiting his return, playing bridge at Corrine's house, and Lois bringing her six packages of Lucky Strike cigarettes.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Jessie Bell being stationed in Illinois, seeing the movie Gaslight, a potential visit with Uncle John and Aunt Em that she avoided, and her idleness at work.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including receiving a letter from Rita, Sally giving her material for a new dress, spending the evening with Evelyn and Joyce, and having to keep their dog, Teddy, tied up in the yard due to the killing of another mad dog.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing her enjoyment of his letters, as well as news from home, including supper at Weston's, a prayer meeting at the Baptist church, and Mr. Davis planning a dinner for the soldiers who have returned home.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a quiet evening at home, busyness at work, and chores she has to get done before leaving for Gonzales.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including seeing Heine, planning not to attend Mamie Jane's wedding, and an update from Leepy that Johnny has been missing in action since September 27.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing a night out drinking with other soldiers, eating dinner at the service club, the weather, a group of boys gambling away their pay, and his appreciation of the beautiful countryside.

Photograph and press release of U.S. gun crew about the cutter Campbell that participated in the sinking of a German submarine. The photograp shows U.S. soldiers, some operating a large gun on the ship, surrounded by other crew members, all looking in the direction the gun is firing. A large American flag is flying from a mast above them.

Text of press release dated April 20, 1963 listing the names of eleven service members enlisted in the United States Coast Guard who participated in an attack that resulted in the sinking of a German submarine.

Transcript of an oral interview with Harry Litzelfelner. Mr Litzelfelner enlisted in the Missouri National Guard, 140th Infantry Regiment (medical detachment stationed in his hometown of Caruthersville, Missouri) around October 1940; they were called into Federal service on December 23, 1940. They trained for almost a year at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Right after Pearl Harbor, they were on the train headed to California. Originally, the 140th Infantry Regiment was part of the 35th Division but they were removed from the 35th and most of the people sent out to other places; he was sent to Alaska. Litzelfelner spent about fifteen months in Seward, Alaska. One night they came and got him (and some others), loaded them on a Liberty ship, and took them to Shemya (a little island near Attu); the campaign had just ended at Attu. They lived in tents there and the winter of 1943-44 was real terrible. Mr Litzelfelner mainly worked in the Post Office. He left there in June when his replacement arrived. After home leave, he was sent to Fort Sam Houston for about two months and then to Camp Barkley in Abilene; Camp Crowder, Missouri and then to Neosho, Missouri. He was discharged in …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with A. W. McCasker. McCasker joined the Royal Australian Navy and at the end of 1942 was stationed on Guadalcanal. He took a small party behind enemy lines to Lord Howe Island on a reconnaissance mission, accompanied by two American soldiers and a Javanese guide. There he was greeted by a Polynesian king who held a formal ceremony declaring war on the Japanese. McCasker brought along a radio that could reach several hundred miles; however, moving its heavy battery chargers required the labor of 12 natives. For nine months they moved from island to island, observing aircraft, reporting to headquarters at Guadalcanal. At one point they found two islanders who had drifted over 700 miles off course in a canoe. When enemy forces landed in August 1943 and McCasker was evacuated by PBY, he brought with him the two displaced islanders, who were eventually flown back to their homeland.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents on oral interview with Carl McKenzie. McKenzie was born in Boise, Idaho in November, 1921. After working at Boeing briefly, McKenzie volunteered for service in the Navy in June, 1942. Once in the Navy, he attended fire control and radar operator schools before being assigned to the USS Earl (DD-635) at Boston. He recalls several convoy trips across the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and the United Kingdom. When the war in Europe ended, the Earle was being converted to a minesweeper and preparing for duty in the Pacific. Shortly after arriving in the Pacific, the war with Japan ended and the Earle went to Sasebo where minesweeping operations got underway. McKenzie also served aboard the USS McCook (DD-496) for more minesweeping operations in the China Sea.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lucille Wilson. Wilson, nee Werner, born in Indiana in 1918. When war was declared, she was attending Purdue University. Soon, though, she went to Fort Wayne and took a job at General Electric. Wilson married during the war and her husband was in the Navy. She recalls travelling to New York on several occasions to meet him during the war. She also comments on rationing.