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Oral History
Keiki Ogura’s Interview
April 10, 2024
Keiko Ogura: This is the west end. There was a hill. People rushed to the foot of this hill for fleeing from the city. And then you see the white area. That is the sea area. We are facing south, the southern area, here. Usually, we see Miyajima Island around here. This one, maybe. And […]
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Robert Krauss’s Interview
November 30, 2018
Alexandra Levy: I’m Alexandra Levy with the Atomic Heritage Foundation. We’re here on September 13, 2018, in Chantilly, Virginia with Robert Krauss. My first question is to, please, say your name and to spell it. Bob Krauss:   Robert Krauss. R-O-B-E-R-T K-R-A-U-S-S. Levy: If you could tell us a little bit about your life and career, and your […]
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Larry DeCuir’s Interview
August 2, 2017
Cindy Kelly:  I’m Cindy Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation. This is Wednesday, February 22, 2017. We’re in Encino, California, and I have with me Larry DeCuir. I first want you to tell me your full name and spell it, please. Larry DeCuir: Laurence Edwin DeCuir. L-A-U-R-E-N-C-E, Edwin is E-D-W-I-N, and DeCuir is D-E-C-U-I-R. It translates to “of […]
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Nancy K. Nelson’s Interview
July 28, 2017
Cindy Kelly: I’m Cindy Kelly. I am in Riverside, California. It is Tuesday, February 21, 2017. I have with me Nancy Nelson. I’d like her to say her name and spell it. Nancy Nelson: My name is Nancy Nelson, N-A-N-C-Y N-E-L-S-O-N. Kelly: Tell me a little bit about yourself, so we can put this in context. Nelson: Okay. I […]
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Joseph Papalia’s Interview
October 25, 2016
Alexandra Levy: This is Alexandra Levy of the Atomic Heritage Foundation here in New Jersey on June 13, 2016, with Joseph Papalia. My first question is to please say your name and spell it. Joseph Papalia: Joseph Papalia, P-A-P-A-L-I-A. Levy: Can you tell us where and when you were born? Papalia: I was born August […]
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Mack Newsom’s Interview
June 13, 2016
Cindy Kelly: I’m Cindy Kelly. It is Sunday, May 15, 2016, and I’m in Houston, Texas. I’m here to interview Mack Newsom. My first question for you is to say your formal name and spell it. Mack Newsom: My full name is Mack Newsom, M-A-C-K. Well, originally it was Victor McKee, but they call me […]
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Bob Caron’s Tape to Joe Papalia
July 20, 2015
Bob Caron: Oh, now for comments on Bob Lewis. I do not know what the hell to say about that, Joe. Bob calls me fairly frequently on his WATS [Wide Area Telephone Service] line, and I kind of feel like I am in the middle of something. He is very bitter, and very bitter towards [Paul] […]
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Ray Gallagher’s Accounts of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Missions
July 9, 2015
Raymond Gallagher: My name is Ray Gallagher. I am from Chicago, Illinois. The purpose in making this tape is because of an event that took a part of my life, and also of the lives of a group of men of which I was associated in 1945, during World War II. I was assigned to a […]
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Robert E. Hayes’s Interview
August 19, 2014
Alexandra Levy: All right, we are here today on July 18, 2014 in New Jersey with Robert Hayes. My first question for you is to please say your name and to spell it. Robert Hayes: Robert, R-O-B-E-R-T, E, Hayes, H-A-Y-E-S. Levy: Can you tell me a little bit about when and where you were born […]
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George Allen’s interview
July 10, 2014
George Allen: Alright. This is in Alexandria, Louisiana at the city park. My name is George Allen. G-E-O-R-G-E, A-L-L-E-N. Interviewer: Alright and where was your place and date of birth? Allen: I was born right in Alexandria on September the 10th, 1925. Interviewer: Okay. How did you first become involved with the Army Air Force? Allen: […]