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Oral History Interview with Lawrence Barrett, November 11, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lawrence Barrett, November 11, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lawrence Barrett. Barrett joined the Marine Corps in December of 1943. He served as an aerial gunner, combat cameraman and ground and motion picture photographer. Barrett worked as a combat aircrewman with Marine Air Group 32 in the Pacific and the Philippines, completing 25 combat missions by 1945. After the war ended, he served with the occupation forces in Tsingtao, North China. He returned to the US and was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: November 11, 2005
Creator: Barrett, Lawrence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joseph Dubray, November 14, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Joseph Dubray, November 14, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Dubray. Dubray joined the Navy in June, 1943 and trained in San Diego. Afterwards, he was assigned to USS San Juan (CL-54) in December. He went with the ship to the Marshall Islands and describes his experience crossing he equator. He shares several anecdotes about life aboard the cruiser and some about the surrender and going ashore in Japan.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Dubray, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lone Star Sesquicentennial - audio presentations by Fehrenbach and guest panelist] transcript

[Lone Star Sesquicentennial - audio presentations by Fehrenbach and guest panelist]

Sound recording of panelists at the Lone Star Sesquicentennial conference held by the University of Texas at Austin. First panelist: T.R. Fehrenbach, presenting, "The Texas Revolution in Perspective"; Second panelist: unknown. Fehrenbach's speech is cut off and the recording proceeds in the middle of the second presentation.
Date: November 7, 1985
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joyce Calhoon, November 20, 1979. transcript

Oral History Interview with Joyce Calhoon, November 20, 1979.

Interview with Joyce Calhoon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Texas book depository system, Jefferson County, and Liberty County
Date: November 20, 1979
Creator: Smith, Vicki & Calhoon, Joyce
System: The Portal to Texas History