Audio Archive

The following audio files are taken from oral history video interviews with Pearl Harbor Survivors. Here they talk about what they saw and experienced on December 7, 1941.
 

  • Clarendon Hetrick


    Pearl Harbor Survivor Clarendon Hetrick talks about his experience on the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941. Mr. Hetrick passed away on April 18, 2016, at the age of 92.

    Credit / Author:
    NPS
    Date created:
    12/06/1985
    Audio Transcript
 

  • Sterling Cale


    Pearl Harbor Survivor Sterling Cale talks about his experience as a Pharmacist's Mate Third Class at the Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor, and what he saw on December 7, 1941.

    Credit / Author:
    NPS
    Date created:
    09/28/2004
    Audio Transcript
 

  • CM2c Walter Staff


    Pearl Harbor Survivor CM2c Walter Staff was the last person rescued from the overturned USS Oklahoma. Here he talks about what it was like being trapped inside, and how he finally escaped.

    Credit / Author:
    NPS
    Date created:
    12/04/1986
    Audio Transcript
 

  • SM2c Chip Chiappari


    SM2c Chip Chiappari was aboard the USS Antares and spotted the Japanese midget submarine near the entrance to Pearl Harbor.

    Credit / Author:
    NPS
    Audio Transcript
 

  • S2c George Smith


    S2c George Smith talks about his experience in the brig (military prison) of the USS Oklahoma, just before the Pearl Harbor attack.

    Credit / Author:
    NPS
    Audio Transcript
 

  • S2c George Smith


    S2c George Smith talks about his experience on the morning of December 7, 1941, just after the start of the Pearl Harbor attack.

    Credit / Author:
    NPS
    Audio Transcript
 

Last updated: February 19, 2021

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