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| 10917 | OH0001 | Merlin R. Doggett oral history interview | May 12, 1971 | Merlin R. Doggett, a retired tobacconist of Washington, N.C., lived in China from 1917 until 1935 as an employee of the British-American Tobacco Company and the Universal Leaf Tobacco Company of China, Inc. He was involved in both sales and leaf operations and taught farmers in the interior of China to grow American tobaccos. Mr. Doggett discusses bright leaf flue-cured tobacco culture and marketing in China. Included are his descriptions of problems between the foreign tobacco companies and Chinese labor; Chinese law, courts, and justice, especially public executions; treatment of the Chinese and Japanese by foreigners; relations among foreign missionaries and businessmen; turmoil within China; and reminiscences of his life in China.
Two more dates will need to be added for this collection
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| 11269 | OH0130 | Howard R. Schoenbaum oral history interview | June 6, 1991 | Lt. Commander Schoenbaum comments on his background in Virginia and West Virginia, attendance at prep school, and experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy. For World War II, he mentions convoy duty in the North Atlantic aboard the destroyer SCHENCK, duty in the BUTLER during patrols in the South Atlantic and Allied invasions of Sicily and Normandy, and experiences aboard the CUSHING in the South China Sea.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011269. Technics - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 10918 | OH0003 | Quentin Gregory oral history interview | March 22, 1972 | Mr. Gregory, of Halifax, N.C., was a tobacconist in China from 1905 to 1920. He was general inspector for all sales in China for the British-American Tobacco Company. He tells of tobacco operations in China during his stay; Chinese attitudes toward American, British, and German businessmen; missionary reactions to businessmen; aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion; the revolution in 1912; travel in China; horseracing; railroads; and a visit to an opium den. | |
| 11270 | OH0131 | Leon Grabowsky oral history interview | June 7, 1991 | Captain Grabowsky, a native of France, discusses his family background in Europe and his immigration to the U.S. as a small child. He comments on his youth in Paterson, N.J., his enlistment in the Navy, and his subsequent assignment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He describes service aboard the USS ARIZONA before and during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, assignment to the USS MARYLAND, appointment to intelligence duty on the island of Midway in preparation for a Japanese attack, the battle of Midway, and duty in the USS GILLESPIE. Other commentary concerns World War II action at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa; post war duty and supply service in Vietnam.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00011270. Tape 1: Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2: Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 11271 | OH0132 | Alan Ray oral history interview | June 7, 1991 | Captain Ray, a native of New York, comments on his background in an Army family and his experiences before and during his U.S. Naval Academy days. He describes duty in the USS LEXINGTON during 1941, encounters with the Japanese at New Guinea and Solomon Islands early in 1942, and the battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. Included are details of the sinking of the LEXINGTON and the rescue of its crew. Other World War II topics discussed include service in the Solomon Islands campaign aboard the PRINGLE, involvement in the Saipan and Tinian invasions, service at Okinawa on the JOHN A. BOLE, and duty along the Korean coast after the Japanese surrender. Post World War II commentary concerns evacuation of American nationals from Shanghai (1949), involvement of the transport HORACE A. BASS in the Korean War Inchon invasion, and the demolition of railroads along the Korean coast.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00011271. Technics - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 10919 | OH0004 | Louise J. Sills Oral History Interview | June 16, 1972 | Louise Jelks Sills, whose ancestors came from Greenville Co., Virginia, and settled in Nash Co., N.C., recounts family history and tradition concerning life at Belford Plantation. The plantation was started by her great-grandfather David Sills and remained in the Sills family for a hundred years. | |
| 10920 | OH0005 | Lorena Kelly Oral History Interview | August 18, 1972 | Kelly recounts her experiences on the mission field working in the rural Congo. Particular note is made of impressions of African life, organization of missionary stations, development of schools, students' prospects for success, leadership positions being undertaken by women, the Congolese Rebellion of 1960-1963 and treatment of missionaries during the outbreak, current control of the mission organization by African people, and medical care in the area. Included are samples of the Otetela language. | |
| 11272 | OH0133 | Walter Seedlock oral history interview | June 7, 1991 | Captain Seedlock comments on his background in Ohio and his education at the U.S. Naval Academy prior to assignment to the USS SHAW during the spring of 1941. He describes duty aboard the SHAW prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, details of the attack as he observed them, and the situation aboard the SHAW during and after its explosion. Other commentary pertains to his subsequent work in submarine design, particularly that of torpedo, and missile systems development. | |
| 11273 | OH0134 | Lewis S. Bullock oral history interview | April 10, 1992 | Mr. Bullock describes his background and training at the Westminster Choir College, his efforts to organize community choruses in rural North Carolina towns, the development and performances of the Eastern Carolina Symphonic Choral Association, and its transformation into the North Carolina Symphonic Choir. He also provides insights into the Choir's tours to New York and California and its 1942 Victory Tour, his induction into the U.S. Army, and his formation of military choirs during World War II, culminating in the development of the International Male Chorus. In interview #2 Mr. Bullock discusses the International Male Chorus, its return to the United States, and its performances at hospitals in California before being discharged from the Army. He completes his memoir by discussing the formation of the American Male Chorus, its performance at Carnegie Hall in 1947, its National Good Will Tour, and the eventual disbanding of the chorus in 1954.
Has two dates... and more transcripts (but these are the only two available at this time)
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| 10921 | OH0007 | Henry C. Lauerman Oral History Interview | December 14, 1972 | Lauerman describes service aboard the submarines U.S.S. TAMBOR (1941-1942), U.S.S. HALIBUT (1942-1943), U.S.S. SEALION (1943-1944), and U.S.S. CABRILLA (1944-1945) in the Pacific and the Aleutians during World War II. After the war, he served aboard U.S.S. ARGONAUT (1948-1950), a training submarine based at New London, Connecticut, and aboard U.S.S. MOUNT McKINLEY (1960-1962), an amphibious commandship. Lauerman discusses submarine warfare, unity of a ship's crew, and comparison of the World War II submarine with its modern counterpart. | |
| 10923 | OH0009 | J. Con Lanier Oral History Interview | March 19, 1973 | Mr. Lanier, a veteran of World War I and a leading tobacco expert, relates his experiences as a soldier and tobacconist. He discusses his role in drafting the first tobacco production control legislation (1933-1934), efforts to gain support from farmers, introduction of grading systems, development of export markets, tobacco taxes, acreage quotas, and changes in marketing and production methods since 1930. On World War I he elaborates on experiences as a soldier in France and Germany. | |
| 10922 | OH0008 | Katie Murray Oral History Interview | May 23, 1973 | Miss Murray, a missionary to China and Taiwan (1922-1959), recounts her experiences on the mission field. Included are descriptions of China and Chinese people, mission schools, Japanese invasion, refugee work, flight from China, conditions after World War II, attitudes toward foreigners, the breakdown of civil and moral authority, and the communist takeover of China. Particular note is made of idolatry, polygamy, ancestor worship, marriage customs, warlords, mountain tribes in Kwangsi Province, and work in Taiwan after expulsion from the continent. | |
| 10924 | OH0010 | John Henderson Turner Oral History Interview | December 13, 1973 | Main topics of discussion pertaining to World War II submarines are the sinking of the U.S.S. SQUALUS in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1938 due to a faulty valve; problems with the magnetic exploders and the firing pins of torpedoes; tactics of sighting, approaching, and hitting a target; watch duty; use of wolfpacks and of appointed "moving zones" ; and techniques for photographing shorelines. Other interesting subjects included are the building of World War II submarines in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and sending them down the Mississippi River and through the Panama Canal to the South Pacific; a detailed description of the first sinking of a Japanese ship by the U.S.S. SCULPIN; preparing the U.S.S. BOARFISH to be turned over to the Turkish Navy in 1948; and congressionalpressures put on Captain Turner, when he was working for the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Union of South Africa. | |
| 10925 | OH0011 | Sallie Phillips Smith Oral History Interview | June 12, 1973 | Mrs. Smith discusses her parents' lives as slaves and as free citizens. Particular topics of interest include the circumstances surrounding the sale of her mother from Hyde to Edgecombe County owners. Also two fables are recited, "The Lark and the Young Ones," and "One Simple John Proctor," originally told to her by her father. | |
| 10926 | OH0020 | G. Vince Howell Oral History Interview | October 22, 1974 | In this interview Howell relates his experiences at Stalag 17-B. Descriptions of camp life include cooking facilities, bath and toilet facilities, German food rations, and general conditions. Of particular interest are contents of Red Cross parcels, trade rings between Russian and American prisoners, activities for prisoners, and radio reception by inmates. Mentioned are attempts to escape, means of communicating with friends and family in the States, and methods of punishment. | |
| 10928 | OH0027 | Paul Albert Putnam Oral History Interview | November 13, 1975 | General Putnam was born in Michigan and was commissioned into the Marine Corps on March 5, 1926. As a Major he commanded Marine Fighting Squadron 211 which was assigned to Wake Island on 4 December 1941. On 23 December Wake Island was captured by Japanese Forces and Major Putnam and other Wake Island defenders were taken prisoners. He remained in a Japanese POW camp from December 1941 until September 1945. | |
| 10929 | OH0040 | H. A. I. Sugg Oral History Interview | February 23, 1977 | Commander Sugg describes his early background, schooling at the U.S. Naval Academy and elsewhere, service aboard the U.S.S. MEADE in the Pacific (1942-1945), duty in China (1945-1947), Japan, the Mediterranean (1953-1954), Hawaii (1956-1960), Vietnam (1960-1961), and at the Pentagon (1961-1964). Among the 13 campaigns in which the MEADE was involved were Guadalcanal, the Aleutians, Tarawa, and the Marshall Islands.
2 audiocassettes, 2 hours. Transcript already digitized under PID 00010929. https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10929
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| 10930 | OH0041 | T. J. Van Metre Oral History Interview | February 3, 1977 | Rear Admiral Van Metre discusses his career from graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1930 until the end of World War II. Of particular concern is duty on the China station prior to W.W. II, duty aboard the U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA in the South Pacific during the war, and command of the destroyer HILARY P. JONES late in the war. | |
| 10931 | OH0070 | Sallie Lewis Browne Oral History Interview | May 15, 1981 | Miss Browne is a native of Sussex, Virginia and a graduate of Madison College. After attending graduate school at Scarritt College, she was sent to Manchuria in 1926. Her work at Harbin, Manchuria, among White Russians led to her transfer to Warsaw, Poland, where she remained until 1938. After World War II she returned to Poland where she taught until the Communists expelled her in 1949. She was next assigned to Liberia and operated a girls dorm in Monrovia at the College of West Africa. Miss Browne's interview discusses these aspects of her career.
Transcript digitized PID 00010931 Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 10932 | OH0077 | Rebecca Croom Fordham Oral History Interview | May 25, 1980 | Rebecca Croom was raised in Lenoir County, N.C., and taught school in the Sandy Bottom, Tull's Mill, and Bucklesberry areas of Lenoir County. She married Henry Clay Fordham on April 21, 1921. She also attended East Carolina Teachers Training School in 1917-1919. After two years of marriage, the Fordhams moved to Florida where they lived in Miami part of the time and then she managed Tahiti Beach at Coral Gables. In the interview she discusses her teaching experiences, her college years, especially during the 1918 flu epidemic, the real estate boom and subsequent bust in Florida, the 1925 hurricane in Florida, and her work at Coral Gables.
Transcript digitized PID 00010932 Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 10935 | OH0094 | James V. Bartlett Oral History Interview | February 5, 1988 | Rear Admiral Bartlett, USNA Class of 1941, discusses his background and experiences at the Naval Academy, his discharge due to an eye deficiency, employment as a prep school and naval officers training instructor, and his World War II acceptance into Naval engineering school. Postwar service described concentrates on various engineering commands and duty in Vietnam.
pid - 00010935 Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10935
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| 10936 | OH0095 | Robert L. Baughan, Jr., Oral History Interview | February 5, 1988 | Rear Admiral Baughan, USNA Class of 1941, comments on duty in and the sinking of the USS LEXINGTON, assignment to the CHAMPLIN, and patrol in the north atlantic and Mediterranean. Postwar duty included service in the WYOMING, SHELTON, PORTERFIELD, and SALEM, trips in Korean waters, and assignments to ComCruDesPac and OPNAV.
pid - 00010936 Tape 1 - Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2 - Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10936
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| 10937 | OH0096 | Quentin C. Crommelin Oral History Interview | February 7, 1988 | Captain Crommelin, USNA Class of 1941, relates his experiences and those of his four brothers as naval officers during World War II. Among the topics discussed are the torpedoing of the USS SARATOGA, duty in the South Pacific, flight training, combat experiences, and the aviation deaths of two brothers. Postwar commentary concerns duty as squadron commander, association with Admiral J.L. Holloway, Jr., and their opinions of Admiral Hyman Rickover.
pid - 00010937 Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10937
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| 10938 | OH0098 | Louis Poisson Davis, Jr., Oral History Interview | February 7, 1988 | Mr. Davis, a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, discusses his early chaildhood as a Navy junior, his education, and his experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy. Emphasized in the interview is duty on the USS REID , attack on Pearl Harbor, training on submarines at New London, Conn., and assignment to the USS SALMON . The five war patrols of the SALMON are described in detail as is duty as commanding officer of the S-18. Also discussed is the background of Davis' resignation of his Navy commission in 1946 and his civilian career subsequent to his resignation.
pid - 00010938 Tape 1 - Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2 - Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10938
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| 10939 | OH0101 | William W. Jones Oral History Interview | February 6, 1988 | Captain Jones, USNA Class of 1941, comments on his service on the USS HELENA during World War II, including observations on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the naval battle of Guadalcanal and the Solomons Campaign (Fall, 1942), and the sinking of the JUNEAU. Postwar comments concern aviation training, his injury in an aircraft accident, nuclear weapons logistics duty, the Navy atomic weapons program, and squadron commands.
PID - 00010939 Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10939
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| 10940 | OH0102 | Oscar D. MacMillan Oral History Interview | February 6, 1988 | Captain MacMillan, a member of the US Naval Academy Class of 1941, discusses his education at the Academy, service in the USS HULL, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, operations off New Guinea and Guadalcanal, duty on the USS AMMEN and the USS FLOYD B. PARKS, and battle cruises to the Aleutian Islands, New Guinea and the Philippines. Other commentary concerns taking command of the DE CROSS late in 1945.
PID - 00010940 Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10940
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| 10941 | OH0103 | William D. Owen Oral History Interview | February 5, 1988 | Captain Owen, USNA Class of 1941, comments on his experiences at the Naval Academy, delay in commissioning due to an eye deficiency, assignment to the USS YORKTOWN, and service in the North Atlantic during the summer of 1941. For World War II he describes the severe damage to the YORKTOWN in the battle of the Coral Sea and its sinking in the battle of Midway, service in the BIRMINGHAM during the invasion of Sicily, and kamikaze raids on the ASTORIA at Iwo Jima. Postwar comments concern NATO duty, assignments to the GATLING, JOHN S. McCAIN, and the UVALDE, investigation of the USS LIBERTY incident, and experiences in Vietnam.
PID - 00010941 Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10941
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| 10942 | OH0104 | Frank H. Price, Jr., Oral History Interview | February 6, 1988 | Vice Admiral Price, a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, discusses his background and education in the coal mining region of Kentucky, experiences at the Academy, prewar duty in the Atlantic aboard the USS WALKE, assignment to the USS O'BRIEN, and service in that ship at the time of its torpedoing and sinking. Other wartime commentary concerns duty in the USS SHUBRICK in the Atlantic, bombing of the ship while involved in the invasion of Italy, convoy duty prior to D Day, and participation in the Normandy Invasion. Post war experiences include service in the USS MISSOURI, Navy Bureau of Ordnance, Escort Division 22, and Naval Gun Factory. Subsequently he attended the National War College, became deputy chief of MAG, commander of a Destroyer division, commander of COM OPTIV, commanding officer of the first nuclear surface ship (USS LONGBEACH), commander of Destroyer Flotilla Squadron Eight, as well as assignments in the Pentagon. | |
| 10943 | OH0106 | Charles Gray Strum Oral History Interview | February 6, 1988 | Captain Strum, USNA Class of 1941, saw World War II duty in the USS PENNSYLVANIA. Late in the war he became a naval avitor, served as CO of VU-10 in Guantanamo, operations officer at UtWingLant, and CO of FASRon107 stationed in Iceland. Other assignments include the USS MONTEREY, VW-15, and VW-1 on Guam.
pid - 00010943 Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10943
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| 10944 | OH0107 | Robert W. Windsor, Jr., Oral History Interview | February 6, 1988 | Capt. Windsor, a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, discusses World War II service in the USS COLORADO and the USS McLANAHAN, flight training in 1943, and service with the fleet in the South Pacific during 1944 and 1945. Post war commentary centers on assignment to Admiral Marc Mitscher's staff, service during the Korean War operating off of the USS YORKTOWN, duty aboard the USS SARATOGA in the Mediterrian during the Lebanon Crisis of 1958, staff assignment to COMFAIRJAX, test pilot school, setting the national jet speed record, and service in the USS INDEPENDENCE off Vietnam.
pid - 00010944 Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10944
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| 10946 | OH0111 | Walter Francis Martin, Jr., Oral History Interview | January, 1989 | Mr. Martin primarily provides background for his personal papers which are included in the Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers Collection. He relates his childhood memories of growing up in an Army family with a father who served with the 5th Cavalry in the Philippine insurrection and with General Pershing on the Mexican border. Concerning his own service, he discusses duty beginning in 1944 as a reserve intelligence officer operating initially in the New York area. Subsequent duty pertained to a trip to Ecuador, training in anti-submarine warfare, assignment to instructional duty in the South Pacific, encounters with the Japanese, the battle of Leyte Gulf and other Philippine engagements, the capture of Okinawa, and kamikaze experiences.
pid - 00010946 Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10946
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| 10947 | OH0114 | Omar Christian Keller Oral History Interview | September 26, 1988 | Omar Keller was born in 1917 in Arlington, Nebraska. He graduated from high school in 1934 and joined the Navy with the intent of entering the Naval Academy. He was assigned to the USS OKLAHOMA (BB 37) in 1935 and assisted in the rescue of American civilians and German Jews caught in the Spanish Revolution. After attending prep school in Norfolk, Virginia, he entered the Academy in 1937, but left before graduating. He reenlisted in the Navy in 1941, hoping to avoid being drafted by the Army. He started as second class boilermaker on board the USS WHARTON (AP 7), which cruised in the Pacific following the outbreak of World War II. He subsequently served on board the USS KENDRICK (DD 612), the USS CALIFORNIA (BB 44) in Bremerton, Washington, the USS THOMPSON (DD 627) on convoys in the Atlantic, the USS CONE (DD 866) at Staten Island, New York, and the aircraft carrier USS TARAWA (CVS 40) off Cuba and the West Coast. In 1946 he was transferred to shore duty in San Ysidro, CALIFORNIA. In 1949 he joined the light seaplane tender USS DUXBURY BAY (AVP 38) on a round-the-world cruise, and then moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where his family joined him. In 1952 he was transferred to the Naval Weapons Laboratory at Dahlgren, Virginia, and in 1955 he was assigned to the USS ESSEX (CV 9). After his last assignment to the Naval Air Station in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, he retired in 1956 and returned to Nebraska where he worked for the Army Reserve for sixteen years. At the time of the interview Keller was working as a Coast Guard Auxiliarist in Arkansas.
pid - 00010947 Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10947
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| 10948 | OH0115 | Stuart Hotchkiss Oral History Interview | July 16, 1989 | Captain Hotchkiss grew up on Long Island Sound where at an early age he became involved in yachting and international yacht racing. As a Naval ROTC student at Yale University, Hotchkiss received a US Naval Reserve commission and volunteered for active duty in April 1941. After assignment to a minesweeper, he received command of the schooner BOWDOIN and conducted hydrographic studies along the coast of Greenland. In June 1943 Hotchkiss was given command of the COOLBAUGH (DE 217) in which he experienced a violent storm in the Atlantic and participated in convoy and firing exercises in the Pacific. The COOLBAUGH participated in the Leyte Gulf invasion as well as engagements at Luzon and Manila Bay. In August 1945 Hotchkiss took command of the DD 939 (former Z-39) and in November the USS GRIDLEY (DD 380), the latter of which he cruised the Mediterranean. Both the interview and the Stuart Hotchkiss Papers detail the above experiences.
pid - 00010948 Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10948
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| 10949 | OH0116 | James M. Mertz Oral History Interview | July 18, 1989 | Mr. Mertz, a native of Greenich, Connecticut and a graduate of Yale University, grew up sailing in Long Island Sound. He was commissioned as a US Naval Reserve officer on active duty in 1941. After subchaser duty in the PC 544 in 1942, he spent six months on the staff of Subchaser Training Center. In November 1943 Mertz assumed command of the USS STURTEVANT (DE 239) in which he participated in convoy duty to the Mediterranean and the Irish Sea.
pid - 00010949 Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10949
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| 10950 | OH0117 | Donald D. Snyder, Jr., Oral History Interview | July 19, 1989 | Oral history interview (7/19/1989) by Donald R. Lennon, in Concord, New Hampshire, pertaining to Donald D. Snyder, Jr. (1916-2003), from early life in Albany, New York, Vermont, and Gardner, Massachusetts; education at Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute, 1933, and the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1934-1938; service aboard the battleship USS TENNESSEE, 1938-1940; commission revoked for poor eyesight, 1940-1942; return to service in World War II in the Naval Reserve as executive officer of the minesweeper USS FIERCE (AM-97) and command of the minesweeper USS FIDELITY (AM-96) 1942-1943; transfer to Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami, Florida & command of the destroyer escort USS ROBERT BRAZIER (DE-345); service in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, 1943-1944; transfer to the 7th Fleet in the Pacific Ocean escorting tankers from Manaus to Leyte and Mindanao in the Philippines to Okinawa, 1944-1945; postwar life; second marriage; evaluation of destroyer escorts; comments on 73 North: The Defeat of Hitler's Navy (1958), by Dudley Pope.
pid - 00010950 Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10950
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| 10951 | OH0118 | T. Nash Broaddus Oral History Interview | January 16, 1990 | Mr. Broaddus, a native of Richmond, Virginia, graduated from the University of Virginia and entered premedical training before joining the U.S. Navy in 1940. After reserve officer training, he served on the USS MOONSTONE. Broaddus was assigned to submarine chaser duty in December 1942, where he served in Atlantic convoy duty until the fall of 1944. He subsequently assumed command of the USS CATES (DE 176) and continued convoy duty of troop ships in the North Atlantic until VE day. The CATES was deployed to the Pacific and Lt. Commander Broaddus arrived in Japan immediately after the end of World War II.
pid - 00010951 Tape 1: Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2: Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10951
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| 10952 | OH0119 | John L. Landreth Oral History Interview | March 30, 1990 | During the first interview session Mr. Landreth discusses his youth in Whittier, California, and his involvement in acting and wrestling as a teenager. He describes his experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy as a wrestler and as editor of the Lucky Bag. He covers his assignment to the USS NEVADA in the spring of 1941 and his involvement in the ships fate during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. World War II experiences described include the repair of the NEVADA, the construction of the USS ALABAMA, task force duty in the North Atlantic, search duty for German capital ships, assignment to the USS BORUM, and destroyer escort duty in the Atlantic prior to the Normandy invasion.
pid - 00010952 Tape 1: Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2: Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10952
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| 10954 | OH0121 | Charles J. Merdinger Oral History Interview | March 31, 1990 | Captain Merdinger, an engineer and a Rhodes Scholar, received his Ph. D. from Oxford University while still an active duty Naval officer. Since he has participated in an oral memoir for the Naval History Institute, this memoir concentrates on the period since his retirement in 1968.
pid - 00010954 Tape 1: Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2: Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10954
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| 10955 | OH0122 | James P. Jamison Oral History Interview | September 27, 1990 | Captain Jamison, a native of Pennsylvania, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1941. He served in the USS DECATUR (DD 341) until January 1943, involved first in neutrality patrol in the Caribbean and and later convoy duty the North Atlantic. After commissioning the USS BURNS (DD 588) in the spring of 1943, he was involved in landings and raids throughout the South Pacific, including the Gilberts, Marshalls, and Ocean islands; Truk, Palau, New Guinea, the Marianas, Philippines, and other Pacific locations. In 1945 Jamison became executive officer on the BORDELON (DD 881) and commander of the FOGG (DER 57). He describes his service in each of these ships.
pid - 00010955 Tape 1: Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2: Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10955
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| 10956 | OH0123 | Roland G. Bienvenu Oral History Interview | June 5, 1991 | Captain Roland G. Bienvenu served in the U.S. Navy from 1941 until 1965, and in this interview he discusses his naval career from his entrance into the Naval Academy until his retirement in 1965. Included are details of his various assignments at sea aboard the USS HYMAN, USS LANING, USS BURDO, USS JOUETT, USS CHARLES P. CECIL, and USS YOUNG; and his duties as commander of Landing Ship, Squadron 5 (1958) and as a Naval Attaché in Greece (1947-1949), Lebanon (1949-1951), and Canada (1962-1965). Mentioned briefly are his assignments with the Office of Naval Intelligence (1951-1953), the Secretary of Defense (1955-1958), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1959). After leaving the military service in 1965, Bienvenu served as Director of Housing at Southwestern Louisiana University from 1965 until 1977.
pid - 00010956 Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10956
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| 10957 | OH0124 | John W. Newsom Oral History Interview | June 5, 1991 | Captain Newsom provided an overview of his Naval Academy and World War II experiences, concentrating briefly on his experiences at Pearl Harbor; duty aboard the destroyer-minesweeper USS HOPKINS at Gaudalcanal, Savo Island, Munda, and Tulagi; flight school and blimp training; appointment to the USS CALIFORNIA; the invasionary force against Japan; and return the the U.S.
pid - 00010957 Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10957
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| 10958 | OH0125 | Joseph C. Spitler Oral History Interview | June 5, 1991 | Captain Joseph Spitler was born in Lufkin, Texas, and grew up in Florida and Texas. He entered the Naval Academy in 1937 and after graduating in 1941, he joined the USS OKLAHOMA (BB 37) in Pearl Harbor, where he experienced the Japanese attack on the harbor. After the attack, he was assigned to an emergency pool of soldiers and was sent out on board the destroyer USS WORDEN (DD 352), which participated in the battle of Midway, and later was capsized in the Aleutian Islands. Spitler and other crewmembers were rescued by the USS DEWEY (DD 349). He was then sent to Boston to put the USS HALL (DD 583) in commission. Spitler was involved in a variety of operations in the Pacific before being sent to Norfolk, Va., to train a crew for the USS ORLECK (DD 886) in 1945, and then to Seattle, Wash., to command the USS FIEBERLING (DE 640) in March 1946, which sailed to Shanghai. Spitler worked in California and Hawaii, and became flag secretary and aide to Admiral Francis Low. At the start of the Korean War he spent one year as an exchange officer from the Naval Academy to the Military Academy at West Point. During the Korean War he commanded the USS HYMAN (DD 732), and after the war took command of the USS DU PONT (DD 941), sailing from Guantanamo Bay to the Mediterranean. By 1960 he was a captain stationed at the Naval War College for a year and then working in Washington, D.C., with the staff of the Joint Chiefs. After leaving the Navy in 1968, he worked briefly in education and then in insurance.
pid - 00010958 Tape 1: Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 tape 2: Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10958
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| 10959 | OH0128 | David H. Jackson Oral History Interview | June 6, 1991 | Rear Admiral Jackson provides an indepth account of his childhood and youth in rural Arkansas, his life at the U.S. Naval Academy, and his service as a Naval officer during World War II. Included are details of experiences in the destroyer minelayer PREBLE operating out of Pearl Harbor during the summer and fall of 1941, the anticipation of war, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Other comments concern the battle of Midway and reconnaissance landings in search of Japanese on islands surrounding Midway; patrol duty in the Aleutians; and participation in campaigns around Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands, and Russell Islands.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00010959. Tape 1: Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2: Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 10960 | OH0129 | Earl A. Luehman Oral History Interview | June 6, 1991 | Captain Earl Arthur Luehman (b. 1918) graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1941. Stationed aboard the USS HELENA as turret officer during World War II, he saw action in Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal. He attended flight school, received his wings in September 1943, and flew Navy Privateers and B-24's for the remainder of World War II, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, he was an instructor in Naval Science and Navigation at Iowa State (1950-1952); served as the commanding officer of the Naval air station in Trinidad (1959-1962); was the country director for the Caribbean Islands, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, and French Guinea in the Western Hemisphereoffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (1966-1967); was the Naval operations officer during Task Force 8 (the Pacific atomic bomb tests, 1958-1959); served two years as the Naval Attaché to the USSR (1963-1965); and served as the Naval Defense and the Naval Air Attaché in Greece (1968-1971). In the early 1970s, after his retirement, he worked for a subsidiary of National Cash Register as the marketing director for the Middle East and North Africa, selling communication systems for military and civilian aviation uses.
1 cassette. Text digitized under PID 00010960. Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 10961 | OH0148 | Thomas G. Burley, Jr., Oral History Interview | February 6, 1995 | Captain Burley comments briefly on his background in Pennsylvania and his experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy. He discusses duty on the USS MARYLAND prior to and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, commissioning of the USS IOWA and its tour to Argentia, passage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the IOWA to the Teheran Conference, task force duty in the Pacific, and assignment to the USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN. Postwar commentary reflects participation of the LAKE CHAMPLAIN in "Operation Magic Carpet" (transporting troops from the war zones); reactivating of the USS BLUE; duty in the USS LEONARD F. MASON during the Korean War, operating out of Japan in anti-submarine warfare; command of the USS BAUSELL; stateside assignments; the Tonkin Gulf incident; Cuban Missile Crisis; and command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
3 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00010961.
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| 10962 | OH0151 | Sarah Wahab Moore Oral History Interview | December 16, 1995 | Mrs. Moore, a native of Belhaven, N.C., comments on her early career as a U.S. Army nurse, particularly her duty during World War II. Of particular interest are her reminiscences of enlistment shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, arrival at New Zealand, duty in the Fiji Islands, and transfer to Calcutta, India. She comments on living conditions, medical treatment of soldiers, problems with the food in India, reenlistment, and post-war duty in Germany.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00010962.
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| 10963 | OH0157 | David L. Byrd Oral History Interview | August 30, 1996 | Commander Byrd comments on his schooling at the U.S. Naval Academy, his assignment to the USS NEW MEXICO at Pearl Harbor, the NEW MEXICO's service in the North Atlantic on convoy duty, and its return to the Pacific for patrols in the Aleutians. Commander Byrd discusses his assignment to and duty aboard the USS QUINCY, including the Normandy Invasion, support of landings in Southern France, experience of transporting President Franklin D. Roosevelt to and from the Yalta Conference, assignment to the 5th Fleet to support the invasion of Okinawa, and his return to the United States. For the Korean War, he describes service as carrier staff, where planes supported ground forces in Korea, including the Inchon landing and the shooting down of a Russian plane. He comments on a variety of other assignments prior to his retirement in 1961 and his subsequent civilian career in satellite and laser development.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00010963.
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| 11234 | OH0071 | Harry J. Kane Oral History Interview | September 29, 1981 | Mr. Kane was an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II. He describes his training at Air Bases, patrols along the Atlantic coast while stationed at Cherry Point Marine Air Station in N.C., the sinking of German submarine U-701, and the events that followed the sinking of the submarine.
Transcript digitized PID 00011234 Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 11237 | OH0139 | George C. "Jerry" Ball, Jr., Oral History Interview | February 5, 1994 | Captain Ball, a native of Arkansas, comments on his background and his experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy. He describes his assignment to the commissioning of the USS NORTH CAROLINA, appointment to submarine school, and submarine duty in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II. For the postwar period he recounts his experiences with submarine service headquartered in Panama, New London, CT, the Mediterranean, and Key West as well as assignments to the Pentagon. A detailed description is provided of his service as commanding officer of the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including life at Guantanamo, relations with Cuba, Cuban refugees at the naval base, the coming of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the evacuation of dependents from the base.
2 cassettes. Technics - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Transcript digitized under PID 11237. https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/11237
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| 11238 | OH0158 | Walter L. Small, Jr., Oral History Interview | September 30, 1996 | Admiral Small, a native of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1938. During his first interview, Admiral Small recounts his background in North Carolina and his experiences at the Naval Academy. He comments on service in the USS PORTLAND stationed in Long Beach, California, before volunteering for submarine school in 1940. He describes duty in the World War I vintage submarine R-3 in the Panama Canal Zone and his reassignment to the new USS FLYING FISH in September 1941. For World War II Admiral Small reports on spotting a German submarine off South America, an attack upon the FLYING FISH by an American plane, and the problem of attacking Japanese ships with defective torpedoes. He also describes his eight submarine patrols in the Pacific, including encounters near the Truk Islands, Taiwan, the Palau Islands, and off China. He describes being depth-charged, chasing a convoy for seventy-two hours, a battery explosion in one of their torpedo tubes, and using ten torpedoes to sink a tanker. After commenting on assignment to new construction aboard the USS ICEFISH, he tells of being part of a wolfpack of three subs off the Philippine Islands, suffering depth charge attacks, taking command of the USS BATFISH, and being bombed by friendly fire.
One date needs to be added to this collection.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00011238. Two interviews with Walter Small.
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| 11257 | OH0179 | Robert G. Black Oral History Interview | May 10, 1999 | Robert G. Black Oral History Interview
One date needs to be added to this collection. Found in job 1971.
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| 11275 | OH0039 | Ruth Willard Merritt oral history interview | February 2, 1977 | Miss Merritt was a Methodist missionary to Brazil from 1926-1930. She discusses life in Brazil, the school in which she taught, the background and experiences of her students, and problems encountered
1 audiocassette, 1.5 hours. Transcript already digitized under PID 00011275. https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/11275
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| 11277 | OH0141 | John G. Messer oral history interview | February 5, 1994 | Captain "Jack" Messer, a native of Massachusetts, comments on his educational background prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy in 1937. He describes his assignment to the USS MADISON (DD 425) and its participation in convoy duty in the North Atlantic until January 1943 and duty on the USS KIMBERLY (DD 521) during 1943 and 1944. Commentary on the KIMBERLY service includes involvement in shore bombardment of Tarawa and Makin islands in the South Pacific, repairs in San Francisco, and bombardment of Kurile Island in the Aleutians. Postwar assignments discussed include assignments to the Naval Mine Depot, CINCNELM staff in London, the torpedo office of the Underwater Ordnance Station, and OPNAV in Washington, as well as sea duty in the USS PHILIPPINE SEA, USS SOLEY, Destroyer Division 82, Carrier Division 14, and USS BELKNAP as commander of a destroyer squadron.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00011277. Tape 1: Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5 Tape 2: Sony - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 11278 | OH0142 | Richard E. Foster oral history interview | February 5, 1994 | Born in Piedmont, California, Captain Foster was the captain of the U.S. Naval Academy football team in 1940. He comments on his wartime assignments on the USS PENNSYLVANIA and the USS INDIANA; his postwar duty on the USS WRIGHT; and his years as a naval engineer involved in ship design, planning, and production. Of particular interest are commentaries on the flag-raising at Iwo Jima as witnessed from the deck of the USS VICKSBURG, the surrender of Japanese forces in Tokyo Bay, and the career-ending injuries sustained in a mid-air collision of commercial airliners in the skies over New York state.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011278. Technics - Aphex - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 11279 | OH0143 | Charles P. Trumbull oral history interview | February 5, 1994 | Commander Trumbull, a Connecticut native, recounts his experiences during World War II aboard the USS LOUISVILLE, USS GROWLER, and the USS CABEZON; his postwar duties on the USS TUSK and USS CHIVO; his assignment to Naval Intelligence School, deployment to the Panama Canal Zone, and years spent as U.S. Naval Attaché at Hong Kong; and his years as executive officer of the Naval station at Bermuda. A major portion of the interview concerns Commander Trumbull's post-naval career with low-frequency sound studies, the establishment of hydrophonic stations in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and related oceanographic endeavors.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011279. Technics - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 11280 | OH0144 | Enders P. Huey oral history interview | February 5, 1994 | Captain Huey comments on his background and his experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy; his service aboard the USS RICHMOND, operating out of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and off the coast of South America during 1942; and submarine duty in the South Pacific in the USS PERMIT. Of particular interest is a description of the sinking of a Russian trawler in the Sea of Japan. Postwar experiences include details of duty in the USS SKATE at Bikini during the atomic tests in 1946.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011280. Technics - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 11281 | OH0145 | Charles W. Styer, Jr., oral history interview | February 6, 1994 | Captain Styer, a Navy junior, enlisted in the Naval Reserves in 1936 before entering the U.S. Naval Academy the following year. Upon graduation, he was assigned to the USS ROWAN at Pearl Harbor. Captain Styer concentrates on his experiences on the ROWAN and the USS MATAGORDA, and his nine war patrols as a submarine officer. Commentary reflects patrols of the FLYING FISH, TILEFISH, and MACKERAL; postwar duty as assistant Naval Attaché in Paris; and assignments to the RAZORBACK, CUTLASS, and HOLLAND.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011281. Tascam - RME Fireface - Cubase Pro 8.5
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| 11282 | OH0146 | Richard E. Warner oral history interview | October 17, 1994 | Mr. Warner relates his experiences as a U.S. Navy Reserve Officer and Destroyer Escort commander during World War II. He comments on his childhood in California, where he participated in Sea Scouts as a youth and graduated from The University of California--Berkeley in 1938. While in college he participated in Navy ROTC and reported for reserve duty in 1939. Mr. Warner describes his training at the subchaser training center and his service on the USS 631 and PC 1245. Details are provided of service as executive officer of the KENDALL C. CAMPBELL (DE 443) and his assignment to the USS GEORGE (DE 697). He comments on action as part of a Hunter-Killer Group (October 1944-August 1945) at Iwo Jima, Leyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf, Kerama Retto--Okinawa, and off Tokyo Bay. He also comments on entering Yokosuka Navy Base in Japan. Mr. Warner was released from active duty on October 16, 1945.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00011282.
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| 11284 | OH0152 | Roland Rieve oral history interview | August 26, 1995 | Admiral Rieve, a native of Maryland and a member of the USNA Class of 1941, relates his experiences as a Naval officer during World War II. He comments on duty in the USS QUINCY in the North Atlantic, including efforts to locate the German warship BISMARCK above the Arctic Circle. He reports on his training in radar and outfitting of the QUINCY with radar before relocating to the Pacific. He describes the sinking of the QUINCY at Guadalcanal, his transport to New Zealand, and his assignment to command the sailing scow KOHI from New Zealand to New Caledonia. Admiral Rieve also comments on duty aboard the USS BENNINGTON and its role in the Japanese surrender ceremony; duty aboard the USS GENERAL ANDERSON during the Korean War and efforts to pick up troops from Inchon; and service in the USS FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT in the Mediterranean during the early 1950s. He further comments on flying to Vietnam from Subic Bay during the Vietnam War to check on concrete ships and a final tour of duty in the Pacific before retiring in 1975.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011284.
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| 11285 | OH0153 | Willard W. DeVenter oral history interview | August 27, 1996 | After serving on several destroyers, he was assigned to the USS ARKANSAS. During this session, he recounts his service in the ARKANSAS participating in convoy duty, the Normandy Invasion, and the invasion of Southern France. He then describes duty in the Pacific participating in the ARKANSAS' involvement at Ulithi, Iwo Jima, Louzon and Okinawa. He also comments on post war duty on the USS MISSISSIPPI and his assignment to Post Graduate school at MIT.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011285.
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| 11286 | OH0154 | Milton J. Silverman oral history interview | August 27, 1996 | In this interview, Commander Silverman reviews his background, describes his experience at Pearl Harbor aboard the USS MONTGOMERY during the Japanese attack, and comments on subsequent minelaying duties. He also describes putting the USS ROSS in commission as its executive officer and participating in shore bombardments throughout the South Pacific. Other comments concern his ship hitting two mines at Leyte Gulf, efforts to repair the ROSS in a floating drydock, and a kamikaze attack upon the drydock. He also reports on the repairs to the ROSS, its action at Iwo Jima, going ashore at Tokyo, and showing the flag in China as commander of the USS VAMMEN.
1 cassette. Transcript digitized under PID 00011286.
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| 11288 | OH0156 | Malcolm E. Wolfe oral history interview | August 28, 1996 and September 21, 2001 | Captain Wolfe, a native of Texas and a member of the USNA Class of 1941, describes his background and experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy. Concerning his naval career, he discusses assignment to the USS CHANDLER at Pearl Harbor; duty in Alaska where the CHANDLER was involved in a collision with other destroyers; and assignment to flight training. He describes his training and duty as a naval aviator, duty aboard the USS INTREPID, raids against Japanese airbases, a kamikaze attack on the INTREPID, and the end of World War II. Discussion of post-war duty includes service on the USS NORTON SOUND, duty on the USS PINE ISLAND during its voyage to the Antarctic, assignment to a secret United Nations mission to India and Pakistan as observer for the Cashmere problem, as well as a variety of other stateside and foreign duty assignments.
2 cassettes. Transcript digitized under PID 00011288. This may be two interviews.
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