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Oral History Interview with William J. Bates, February 7, 2001

Interview with Navy veteran William J. Bates including personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education, the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, flight training, leaving naval aviation and attending Midshipman's School, being assigned to APc-21, operations off the coast of New Guinea with the VII Amphibious Force, providing escort duty for LCTs during assaults along the coast of New Guinea, the sinking of APc-21 by Japanese planes off New Britain Island, recupera… more

Date: February 7, 2001

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bates, William J.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996

Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, clothier and Navy veteran regarding personal experiences about the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II. Ditto talks about his education, enlistment in the Navy V-7 Program, midshipman training, assignment to the USS Langley, pre-war duty in the Philippines, coming of war and combat around the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, the sinking of the Langley and his transfer to the USS Pecos, the sinking of the Pecos and his rescue … more

Date: October 11, 1996

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Ditto, Lanson B.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003

Interview with John J. Clemens. The interview includes Clemens' personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas, World War II-era service in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard USS Wren in the Pacific Theater, and piloting a ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender. Clemens speaks about convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean, the January 4, 1944 sinking of the USS Turner while moored in New York Harbor and the court of inquiry regarding the sinkin… more

Date: May 13, 2003

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Clemens, John J., 1921-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 2004

Interview with Army veteran Harlan W. Crouse, including personal experiences about combat in the Philippines during World War II, the Japanese surrender in Yokohama Harbor, and being present during the post-war U.S. occupation of Japan.

Date: July 2, 2004

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Crouse, Harlan W., 1926-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David Braden, October 8, 1994

Interview with David Braden, an Army Air Force WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Braden served as a navigator/radar-bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific; he recounts being in ROTC at North Texas Agricultural College and signing up for the Air Corps Reserves, flight training, the B-29, his crewmates, assignment to Saipan, organization of a bombing mission, the jetstream, flak and fighters, being shot down, switching crews, targets, briefings, recreation, Japanese holdouts on Saipan, … more

Date: October 8, 1994

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Braden, David, 1924-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard E. Cole, August 8, 2000

Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Richard E. Cole describing personal experiences about being Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot during the Tokyo Raid on April 8, 1942, pre-war education, flight training, volunteering for a secret mission and meeting Colonel Doolittle, being assigned as Doolittle's co-pilot, mission training, various B-25 missions against Japanese targets in China and Burma, flying supplies over "The Hump." transferring to the states and volunteering for service in Burma with the … more

Date: August 8, 2001

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Cole, Richard E.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996

Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by t… more

Date: October 12, 1996

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Balch, Jean

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Admiral J. Lloyd Abbot, Jr., March 14, 1998

Transcript of an interview with Admiral J. Lloyd Abbot, Jr., a Navy veteran, comments about his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Abbot discusses the U. S. Naval Academy, 1935-39; assignment to USS Enterprise, 1939; assignment to USS Gilmer, 1939-41; flight training at Pensacola, 1941; assignment to Advanced Carrier Training Group (Pacific), 1941-42; assignment to VF-6 (Fighting 6) aboard the USS Enterprise, 1942; assignment to VS-1D-14 in the South Pacific, 1942-43; commandin… more

Date: March 14, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Abbot, J. Lloyd, Jr.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lloyd Gossell, March 21, 2001

Transcript of an interview with Lloyd Gossell, a Marine Corps veteran (A Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning his experiences during the assault on Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945. Gossell discusses his enlistment and boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1942; jungle training on New Caledonia, 1942-43; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1943; combat on Bougainville, 1943-44; return to the States to help form the 5th Ma… more

Date: March 21, 2001

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gossell, Lloyd

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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 George Charland, December 7, 1998

Transcript of an interview with George E. Charland, a Native American Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences during World War II. Charland discusses his experiences with the 3rd Marine Defense Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his experiences with the 2nd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, at Guadalcanal, 1942; his experiences with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at Tarawa, 1943; his experiences with the 4t… more

Date: December 7, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Charland, George E.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank Tremaine, March 18, 1995

Transcript of an interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist and World War II news correspondent, concerning his experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for the United Press during World War II. Tremaine discusses the Pearl Harbor attack, military censorship, CINCPAC and Admiral Chester Nimitz, Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, General Douglas MacArthur, an account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.

Date: March 18, 1995

Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Tremaine, Frank

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles W. Lindberg, February 19, 1998

Transcript of an interview with Charles W. Lindberg, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning experiences during the battle for Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a map of Iowa Jima and copies of multiple photographs of Mr. Lindberg with other Marines on and around Mt. Suribachi.

Date: February 19, 1998

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Chalkley, John & Lindberg, Charles W., 1920-2007

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David W. Peake, Sr., October 9, 1994

Interview with Acting Sergeant David W. Peake, Sr., a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a member of the 5th Marine Division. Peake discusses Iwo Jima and his occupation duty in postwar Japan. Appendix includes a photocopy of a "Veteran's Questionnaire" from the Admiral Nimitz Museum and Historical Center, filled-out by David W. Peake, Sr. [3 pages]

Date: October 9, 1994

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Peake, David W., 1924-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Lloyd Ruddick, September 9, 1994

Transcript of an interview with John Ruddick, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Melvin during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Ruddick discusses the Marianas invasion, the Carolines invasion, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Battle of Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kurile operations, and the occupation of Japan.

Date: September 9, 1994

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ruddick, John Lloyd, 1923-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Caleb H. Canby, III, August 5, 1997

Transcript of an interview with Caleb H. Canby, III, a Marine Corps veteran (Scout-Bomber 243, 1st Marine Air Wing), concerning experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Canby discusses his family background and education; decision to join the Marine Corps, 1942; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina; advanced training at Quantico, Virginia, 1943-44; assignment to Scout-Bomber Squadron 243 at Emirau, Solomon Islands, 1944-45; his work in the flight department processing pilot… more

Date: August 5, 1997

Creator: Jackson, Sarah C. & Canby, Caleb H., III

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Daniel Thomas, February 26, 1999

Transcript of an interview with Daniel Thomas, a Navy veteran (4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences while attached to the 4th Marine Division as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Thomas discusses his decision to join the Navy in 1943; Hospital Corps School, San Diego, 1943; assignment to the Fleet Marine Force; Field Medical School, 1944; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1944; Iwo Jima, February, 1945; detailed description of casualties and their treatment du… more

Date: February 26, 1999

Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Byrd, Richard W. & Thomas, Daniel B., 1925-2007

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hugh M. Robinson, February 21, 1997

Transcript of an interview with Hugh M. Robinson, a Navy veteran (Patrol-Torpedo Boat Squadron 3), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Robinson discusses the U. S. Naval Academy, 1934-38; assignment to the carrier USS Yorktown, 1938-39; assignment to the destroyer USS Bainbridge, 1939-41; assignment to Motor Boat Submarine Chaser Squadron 1, 1941; assignment to Patrol Torpedo Squadron 2, 1941; operations around the Panama Canal, 1942; reorganization of PT Squa… more

Date: February 21, 1997

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Robinson, Hugh M.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Alan A. Fouts, December 6, 2001

Interview with Navy veteran Alan A. Fouts. The interview includes Fouts' personal experiences while assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and his subsequent service aboard the submarine USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Date: December 6, 2001

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Fouts, Alan A., 1920-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George Duncan, October 9, 1994

Interview with Captain George Duncan, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Duncan discusses his pilot training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1941, his assignment to Air Group 9 on the carrier Essex, the Hellcat fighter, the sinking of Fubuki-class destroyer in June of 1944 off of Pagan Island, the Marianas Campaign in 1944, the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot," the Philippines Campaign and the attack on the Japanese battleship Musashi, and his … more

Date: October 9, 1994

Creator: Christman, Calvin L. & Duncan, George, 1917-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with General Robert E. Galer, March 14, 1998

Transcript of an interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Galer discusses his pre-war training at Pensacola and Quantico; assignment to Saint Thomas and reminiscences about the "destroyers-for bases" deal, 1940; experiences at Ewa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to Guadalcanal as commander of VMF-224, August 30, 19… more

Date: March 14, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Galer, Robert E., 1913-2005

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert E. Galer, August 27, 1998

Interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences concerning the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; the Guadalcanal Campaign as commander of VMF-224; and as head of the 584 Radar units during the campaigns for the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy ROTC at the University of Washington, 1931-35; pilot training at Sand Point, Pensacola, and Quantico, 1935-38; assignment to amphibian squa… more

Date: August 27, 1998

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Lane, Peter B. & Galer, Robert E., 1913-2005

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lewis J. Michelony, Jr., May 2, 1993

Interview with First Sergeant Lewis J. Michelony, Jr., a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and the Korean War. Michelony discusses his assignment to the 6th Marines in 1943, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian, as well as Korea and the Chosin Reservoir.

Date: May 2, 1993

Creator: Daniels, John D. (John David), 1946- & Michelony, Lewis. J., 1920-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Burton S. Pearsall, April 20 and 21, 1997

Transcript of an interview with Burton S. Pearsall, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Appendix includes photos, newspaper articles, samples of flight log, and US Marine Corps certificate.

Date: {1997-04-20,1997-04-21}

Creator: Jackson, Sarah C. & Pearsall, Burton S.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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