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National WASP WWII Museum
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UNT Oral History Program
153
Lee College
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National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Private Collection of the Ritchie Family
25
The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
19
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
13
University of Texas at Arlington Library
9
Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum
7
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Charlyne Creger Collection
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Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Eleanor Brown Collection
37
Kafka Collection
34
Cooper World War II Collection
32
NWM Collection
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Catherine Parker Collection
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[Sam Houston Rifles]
Copy negative of the Sam Houston Rifles in formation. They are a drill team from North Texas Agricultural College.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Drill Team]
Copy negative of the Sam Houston Rifles, a crack drill team from North Texas Agricultural College.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Photographs of Houston Henry Lovell]
Three photographs of Houston Henry Lovell. The top left photograph shows Lovell and an unidentified woman posing together. In the photo to the right, Lovell stands at attention in his military uniform at Camp Barkeley, and in the bottom photo, he stands in an open doorway.
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]
Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date:
November 24, 1991
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs finnaly getting their due]
Newspaper clipping describing a bill introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their services during World War II. The clipping also provides a brief background about the experiences of former WASP, Lois Hailey and how she became a member of the organization.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Turner, Allan
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs finally getting their due]
Newspaper clipping describing a bill introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their services during World War II. The clipping also provides a brief background about the experiences of former WASP, Lois Hailey and how she became a member of the organization.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Turner, Allan
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Houston Tom Wright, August 15, 1978
Interview with Houston Tom ("Slug") Wright, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wright discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), American air raids, Tamuang, Thailand (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
August 15, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wright, Houston Tom, 1915-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]
Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date:
June 28, 1943
Creator:
Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Otto C. Schwarz, August 7, 1979
Transcript of an interview with Otto Schwarz, a Navy veteran from New Jersey and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. Schwarz discusses the sinking of the USS Houston and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
August 7, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Schwarz, Otto C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Detre, August 17, 1978
Transcript of an interview with George Detre, a Navy veteran from Warren, Ohio, and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. Detre discusses concerning his experiences during World War II, including as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.
Date:
August 17, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Detre, George
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil
Newspaper article from The Houston Chronicle, discussing new evidence uncovered about the beginning of the Holocaust in 1941.
Date:
November 11, 1996
Creator:
Dobbs, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971
Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date:
January 8, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack O. Burge, May 16, 1978
Transcript of an interview conducted in Azle, Texas with Jack Burge, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
May 16, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Burge, Jack O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Otto Koecher, August 4, 1942]
Recommendation letter from Otto Koecher discussing Eleanor McLernon's loyalty to the United States and war effort.
Date:
August 4, 1942
Creator:
Koecher, Otto E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lloyd V. Willey, March 3, 1999
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Lloyd V. Willey, U.S. Marine Corps WWII veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Appendix includes poems written by the interviewee and photocopied picture of the interviewee.
Date:
March 3, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Willey, Lloyd V.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Seldon D. Reese, June 21, 1978
Interview with Seldon D. Reese, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Reese talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), American air raids, Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
June 21, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Reese, Seldon D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Wisecup, July 28, 1987
Interview with John Wisecup, a Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wisecup talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
July 28, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wisecup, John
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, April 15, 1987
Interview with Albert Kennedy, a businessman, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Kennedy talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Saigon, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
April 15, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kennedy, Albert E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Griff L. Douglas, April 18, 1978
Interview with Griff Douglas, U.S. Navy WWII veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, about his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. He discusses the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), Prachin Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
April 18, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Douglas, Griff
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Donald C. Brain, March 11, 1981
Interview with Donald C. Brain, U.S. Navy WWII Veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, about his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. He discusses the 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.
Date:
March 11, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Brain, Donald C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Huffman, April 11, 1990
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with James W. Huffman, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Los Angeles, California, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Huffman discusses joining the Navy; service aboard the Houston and changes in training as war neared; early operations in the war; the Battle of Sundra Strait and sinking; surviving in Java; capture by the Japanese; various experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat, several camps on the Burma Railway, and Tamarkan in Thailand; and liberation.
Date:
April 11, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Huffman, James W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Region 2 Report
Report detailing Eleanor Brown's activities as the Director of Region 2 from October 2004 through April 2005.
Date:
April 2, 2005
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William J. Stewart, June 11, 1981
Interview with William Stewart, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Forsman talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), Ohasi, Honshu (1942-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
June 11, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, William J., 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul E. Papish, January 30, 1989
Interview with Paul E. Papish, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Denver, Colorado, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Papish discusses joining the Navy in 1939 and training, assignment to the Houston and operations in the Pacific, the start of war and initial engagements, the Battle of the Java Sea, getting sunk at Sundra Strait, surviving on a raft and reaching shore on Java, capture, initial internment, transfer to and experiences in Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and liberation.
Date:
January 30, 1989
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Papish, Paul E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library