Oral History Interview with Carlos Montoya, May 15, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Carlos Montoya, May 15, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carlos Montoya. Montoya joined the National Guard in 1938. He was assigned as a Battery Clerk for Troop A, cavalry. In January of 1941 he traded his horse for anti-aircraft, joining the 200th Coast Artillery, continuing to serve as a Battery Clerk corporal. They were transferred to the Philippines in August of 1941, providing air defense for Clark Field while based at Fort Stotsenburg. After the 8 December 1941 attack made upon Clark Field, Montoya and his unit were captured by the Japanese in 1942. Montoya became a prisoner-of-war, suriving the Bataan Death March. He was then captive in the Philippines Bilibid Prison for 1 year and 9 months, then transferred to a prison camp in Niigata, Japan, Camp 5B for 1 year and 11 months. He provides vivid details of these events in his life. He was liberated in August of 1945, and given a disability discharge in July of 1946.
Date: May 15, 2002
Creator: Montoya, Carlos
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Twenty-five Year Century: a South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon

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For Victor Hugo, the nineteenth century could be remembered by only its first two years, which established peace in Europe and France's supremacy on the continent. For General Lam Quang Thi, the twentieth century had only twenty-five years: from 1950 to 1975, during which the Republic of Vietnam and its Army grew up and collapsed with the fall of Saigon. This is the story of those twenty-five years. General Thi fought in the Indochina War as a battery commander on the side of the French. When Viet Minh aggression began after the Geneva Accords, he served in the nascent Vietnamese National Army, and his career covers this army's entire lifespan. He was deputy commander of the 7th Infantry Division, and in 1965 he assumed command of the 9th Infantry Division. In 1966, at the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest generals in the Vietnamese Army. He participated in the Tet Offensive before being removed from the front lines for political reasons. When North Vietnam launched the 1972 Great Offensive, he was brought back to the field and eventually promoted to commander of an Army Corps Task Force along the Demilitarized Zone. With the fall of Saigon, he …
Date: March 15, 2002
Creator: Thi, Lam Quang
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Queen of the Confederacy: the Innocent Deceits of Lucy Holcombe Pickens

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From book jacket: "Submissiveness is not my role, but certain platitudes on certain occasions are among the innocent deceits of the sex." A strong character with a fervent belief in woman's changing place, Lucy Holcombe Pickens (1832-1899) was not content to live the life of a typical nineteenth-century Southern belle. Wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens, the secessionist governor of South Carolina on the eve of the Civil War, Lucy was determined to make her mark in the world. She married "the right man," feeling that "a woman with wealth or prestige garnered from her husband's position could attain great power." She urged Pickens to accept a diplomatic mission to the court of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, and in St. Petersburg Lucy captivated the Tsar and his retinue with her beauty and charm. Upon returning to the states, she became First Lady of South Carolina just in time to encourage a Confederate unit named in her honor (The Holcombe Legion) off to war. She was the only woman to have her image engraved on Confederacy paper currency, the uncrowned "Queen of the Confederacy."
Date: May 15, 2002
Creator: Lewis, Elizabeth Wittenmyer
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tales From the Big Thicket

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Edited collection of writing about the Big Thicket area in Texas, including geographic descriptions, anecdotes, historical accounts, and other aspects of the people and features of the region. Index starts on page 235.
Date: February 15, 2002
Creator: Abernethy, Francis E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 97, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 2002 (open access)

Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 97, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 2002
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 2002 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 2002
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 54, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 15, 2002 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 54, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 15, 2002

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 2002
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 224, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 2002 (open access)

Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 224, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 2002

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 15, 2002
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 18, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 15, 2002 (open access)

Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 18, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 15, 2002

Semi-weekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 15, 2002
Creator: Fisher, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Sunday, September 15, 2002 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Sunday, September 15, 2002

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 2002
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 15, 2002 (open access)

Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 15, 2002

Semiweekly newspaper from Levelland, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 2002
Creator: Rigg, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Brown, May 15, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Brown, May 15, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Brown. Brown quit high school and joined the Army Air Corps in October, 1940. He was assigned as a medic to the 34th Pursuit Squadron and shipped to the Philippines in November, 1941. Brown describes the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and the destruction of Clark Field outside Manila. He goes on to describe the fighting on Bataan during the early months of 1942. The 34th Pursuit Squadron lost most of its equipment, so Brown and many others were attached to the infantry and fought as infantrymen on Bataan. Brown then describes experiences along the way to Camp O'Donnell during the Bataan Death March. In June, 1942, Brown and other POWs were sent to Cabanatuan. He stayed there working in the ""Zero Ward"" until he was shipped to a slave labor camp in Mukden, Manchuria in October, 1942. There, he continued working in a medical ward. The Russians finally liberated the camp and Brown left China aboard the hospital ship USS Relief (AH-1) headed for Okinawa, then Manila. Finally, Brown made it back to the US, recovered in a hospital in California, was discharged and re-enlisted, making …
Date: May 15, 2002
Creator: Brown, Robert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 2002 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 2002

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 2002
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

No More Silence: an Oral History of the Assassination of President Kennedy

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No More Silence is the first oral history of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, from eyewitness accounts through the police reactions, investigations, and aftermath. Based on in-depth interviews conducted in Dallas, it features narratives of forty-nine key eyewitnesses, police officers, deputy sheriffs, and government officials. Here—in many cases for the first time—participants are allowed to speak for themselves without interpretation, editing, or rewording to fit some preconceived speculation. Unlike the testimony given in the Warren Commission volumes, the contributors openly state their opinions regarding conspiracy and cover-ups. Of particular interest are the fascinating stories from the Dallas Police Department—few of the policemen have come forward with their stories until now. No More Silence humanizes those involved in the events in Dallas in 1963 and includes photographs of the participants around the time of the assassination and as they appear today. Was there a conspiracy in the assassination of President Kennedy? No More Silence gives readers the best perspective yet on the subject, allowing them to sift through the evidence and draw their own conclusions. "Sneed accomplishes what has never been done before, which is to tell the story of the four days from the Dallas point of view …
Date: February 15, 2002
Creator: Sneed, Larry A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library