World War II | Oral History

World War II

OH 0246

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0409

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0674

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 35th Infantry during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 1133

His experiences as an aircraft mechanic with the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0591

His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0546

His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the USS Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.

OH 0791

Her experiences as a dietician at Schofield Barracks hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 1553

His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II; his youth in Dallas during the Great Depression; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, 1939, at age sixteen; mobilization and assignment to Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers, summer, 1941; assignment to Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, and duty along the Texas-Mexico border; assignment to New Caledonia, August, 1942; assignment to New Guinea, June, 1943; landings on Woodlark Island, June, 1943; landings at Arawe, New Britain, December 1943; Battle of the Driniumor River, Aitape, New Guinea, July, 1944;