Range Rider, Volume 33, Number 1, April, 1982 (open access)

Range Rider, Volume 33, Number 1, April, 1982

The Hardin-Simmons alumni newsletter includes information regarding events at the school and news about university students, staff, and alumni.
Date: April 1982
Creator: Hardin-Simmons University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Jack Riehl, 1986 captions transcript

Interview with Jack Riehl, 1986

Interview with Jack Riehl, Area Manager for the J.C. Penney Company. In the interview, Riehl discusses the current status and health of the J.C. Penney Company, as well as his recent family vacation to England for historical learning purposes.
Date: 1986
Creator: Riehl, Jack & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Pete Evans, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Pete Evans, 1984

Interview with Pete Evans, a Texas National Guard veteran and POW from Hamby, Texas. Evans discusses his time as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") which was captured by the Japanese in March, 1942, including: his upbringing; entering the Guard and training; mobilization, the Louisiana Maneuvers, and deployment to East Asia; diversion from the Philippines to Brisbane and then Java, after December 7th, 1941; assignment to Sangosari near Malang; the Japanese invasion and the American surrender; and experiences in internment at Surabaya, Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and the Orio district of Kitakyūshū.
Date: {1984-02-15,1984-02-29,1984-03-07}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Evans, Pete
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cecil Minshew, February 18, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Cecil Minshew, February 18, 1983

Interview with Cecil T. Minshew regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was part of the Texas National Guard, 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, also known as the "Lost Battalion." He was captured on the island of Java in March of 1942 and spent the duration of the war thereafter as a prison of war in camps in South East Asia and in Japan.
Date: February 18, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Minshew, Cecil T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Range Rider, Volume 34, Number 1, January, 1983 (open access)

Range Rider, Volume 34, Number 1, January, 1983

The Hardin-Simmons alumni newsletter includes information regarding events at the school and news about university students, staff, and alumni.
Date: January 1983
Creator: Hardin-Simmons University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, October 19, 1984 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, October 19, 1984

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 19, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History