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Oral History Interview with Robert E. Yerger, April 12, 2003

Transcript of an interview with Robert E. Yerger, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a flying boat pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Yerger discusses his decision to enlist in the Navy, May, 1942; basic flight training, Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; PBY flying boat training at Corpus Christi, 1942-43; his tenure as a flight instructor, Chase Field, Beeville, Texas, 1943; assignm… more

Date: April 12, 2003

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Yerger, Robert E.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999

Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration … more

Date: April 27, 1999

Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Garland, Terry & Roberts, John A.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ralph W. Nelson, April 18, 1996

Transcript of an interview with Ralph W. Nelson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS Batfish and USS Parche in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, San Francisco, California, 1942; early torpedo problems; his responsibilities as a fire controlman; assignment to the Batfish, 1944; various patrols in the Luzon Strait and Makassar Strait; lifeguard duty off Palau for downed airmen; transfer to the Parche, 1945.

Date: April 18, 1996

Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Nelson, Ralph W.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Pamela Bradbury, April 28, 1990

Interview with Pamela Bradbury, a dietician from Cedartown, Georgia. Bradbury was working at the Schofield Barracks hospital on Oahu during the attack on Pearl Harbor; she recounts her education, a hospital internship requiring a year of service for the Army, assignment to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, conditions and work at the hospital there, the morning of December 7th, care for the wounded, the evening and following day, restrictions on food, the impact on local Japanese, rumors of sabotage a… more

Date: April 28, 1990

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bradbury, Pamela

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William R. Eaton, April 9, 1997

Transcript of an interview with William Eaton, an Army Air Forces veteran, concerning his experiences with the 72nd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Includes facsimiles of discharge letter, biography, and a letter to Dr. Robert Marcello.

Date: April 9, 1997

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Eaton, William R., 1922-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, April 27, 1990

Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, a Navy WWII veteran from Milan, Missouri who served aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Eslick discusses joining the Navy and basic training, assignment to the Oklahoma, accommodations aboard, the food, the crew, liberty, being bombed and torpedoed, the Oklahoma capsizing, being trapped inside the ship, rescue, work after the attack, and service aboard the Saratoga (CV-3).

Date: April 27, 1990

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Eslick, Garlen W.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William Havel, April 22, 1994

Interview with William Havel, an army veteran from Staten Island, New York. This interview recounts his experiences as an adopted child in a farm family and then as a corpsman at Tripler General Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Date: April 22, 1994

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Havel, William

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James W. Huffman, April 11, 1990

Interview with James W. Huffman, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Los Angeles, California, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Huffman discusses joining the Navy; service aboard the Houston and changes in training as war neared; early operations in the war; the Battle of Sundra Strait and sinking; surviving in Java; capture by the Japanese; various experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat, several camps on the Burma Railway, a… more

Date: April 11, 1990

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Huffman, James W.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Nine, April 28, 1990

Interview with Kenneth Nine, a Army WWII veteran from Lonaconing, Maryland, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nine discusses joining the Army, assignment to the 27th Infantry at Schofield Barracks, alerts, athletics, gambling, events of the attack at Schofield, preparing defenses on Oahu, and later service in the war.

Date: April 28, 1990

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Nine, Kenneth

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David Thomas, April 28, 1990

Interview with David Thomas, a Marine WWII veteran from Takio, Missouri, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Thomas discusses joining the Marine Corps in 1940, assignment to Kaneohe Naval Air Station, life and work there, the attack on December 7th, the immediate aftermath, casualties and damage to Kaneohe, leaving the Marines to attempt becoming a naval aviator, and being drafted into the Army as a bomber navigator.

Date: April 28, 1990

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Thomas, David

Partner: UNT Oral History Program