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Oral History Interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, August 4, 1996
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Transcript of an interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, nurse, concerning her experiences as a civilian secretary with the State Department in Washington, D.C., before the and during World War II. McCune discusses her educational background; decision to take a position with the State Department in early 1941; adjustments in moving from a town of 2,500 people to the nation's capitol; personal observations of the activities at the Japanese embassy on December 7, 1941; wartime living conditions, rationing, and transportation adjustments; social life; comments and observations of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Japanese ambassadors Saburo Kurusu and Kichisabura Nomura, Ambassador Joseph Grew, and Eleanor Roosevelt; working with diplomatic codes; incident involving President Roosevelt's stamp collection; and her decision to join the Cadet Nurse Corps, 1944.
Date:
August 4, 1996
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & McCune, Evelyn Myers, 1918-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hugh E. Law, May 15, 1982
Interview with Hugh E. Law, a United States Army veteran from Corvallis, Oregon. Law describes his experiences as a member of the Detach Finance Department stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
May 15, 1982
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Law, Hugh E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996
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Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by the Kempei-tai, imprisonment at Ofuna, Honshu, solitary confinement for six months and continued interrogation, beatings by Japanese prison guards, starvation diet, the end of the war and liberation, and his participation in the war crimes trials held by the International Military Tribunal.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Balch, Jean
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Horace Chumley, April 3, 1974
Interview with Horace Chumley, retired law enforcement officer, U.S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and member of the “Lost Battalion.” Chumley discusses his experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
Date:
April 3, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Chumley, Horace, 1916-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Huddleston W. Wright, November 1989
Interview with Huddleston 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, Thailand (1944-1945), Phet Buri, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
{1989-11-02,1989-11-14}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wright, Huddleston W., 1905-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Bumgarner, March 18, 1995
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Interview with John Bumgarner, a physician and an Army veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines during World War II. Bumgarner discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bumgarner, John R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Philip Brodsky, December 11, 1989
Interview with Philip Brodsky, a pharmacologist, a civil servant, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Brodsky discusses the Japanese bombing of Nichols Field, the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Palawan Island (1942-1944), the hell ship to Formosa (1944), and his liberation.
Date:
1989-12-11/1989-12-13
Creator:
Burlage, George & Brodsky, Philip
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
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 Floyd Taylor, June 26, 1998
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Interview with Dr. Floyd Taylor, a surgeon and World War II Army veteran. In the interview, Dr. Taylor discusses his experiences as a member of the 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, with which he traveled to North Africa, Italy, and France during the war. He recalls several memorable happenings concerning his career, including his induction into the U.S. Army Medical Department, his assignment to the Surgical Hospital, the formation of the Auxiliary Surgical Group, his encounter with Time correspondent Jack Belden, and the Winter Line Campaign. Dr. Taylor also discusses several of his assignments while serving in the war, including the Mayo Clinic, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the invasion of Italy and Salerno, the Anzio-Nettuno invasion, and his travels across the Atlantic to Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. He explains his role in the compilation and publication of the War Department publication entitled, Surgery in World War II (Volume II): General Surgery. Dr. Taylor goes into more detail about the many procedures he practiced as a surgeon on the battlefield, and discusses penicillin use, the value of penicillin on the black market, the use of colostomies, field X-ray facilities, blood replacement treatment, and the treatment of specific injuries such as abdominal and …
Date:
June 26, 1998
Creator:
Trotter, Bob & Taylor, Floyd
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Louis B. Read, November 3, 1972
Interview conducted in 1972 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project with Louis B. Read, a businessman, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
November 3, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Read, Louis B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ilo B. Hard, March 26, 1980
Interview with Colonel Ilo Hard, 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. Hard talks about 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, Thailand (1944), Singapore (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
March 26, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hard, Ilo B., 1923-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985
Interview with M. T. Harrelson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas, who was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Harrelson discusses National Guard training and operations before the war, deployment to the Pacific and diversion to Java, the Japanese invasion, surrender and initial confinement, internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and the end of the war.
Date:
May 9, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Harrelson, M. T., 1919-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William R. Gill, October 13, 1996
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Transcript of an interview with William R. Gill, agronomist and Army veteran (A Company, 389th Infantry Regiment, 98th Division), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his experiences and role in the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in postwar Japan. Appendix includes five leaves from "The hunt for Tokyo Rose,' By Russell Warren Howe and four leaves from "Tokyo Rose: Orphan of the Pacific," by Masayo Duus.
Date:
October 13, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Gill, William R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Melford L. Forsman, July 28, 1980
Transcript of an interview with Melford L. Forsman, 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:
July 28, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Forsman, Melford L., 1921-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, March 6, 1971
Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, chemist and Army Air Corps veteran (95th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Edwards discusses his rescue by the Belgian underground, his capture and interrogation (1944), solitary confinement, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany, Nürnberg (Stalag 13-D) and Moosburg (Stalag 7-A) (1945), and his liberation by American troops. Appendix includes Edwards' dossier at Oflag Luft Three, Excerpts from Edwards' prison diary, and Edwards' escape map.
Date:
March 6, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Edwards, Marvin B., 1923-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles A. Cates, March 14, 1974
Interview with Charles A. Cates, a businessman, U.S. 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. Cates talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1943-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
March 14, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cates, Charles A., 1908-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George W. McDaniel, October 23, 1973
Interview with George W. McDaniel, draftsman and U.S. Marine Corps WWII veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. McDaniel discusses the fall of Wake island and capture; hell ship to China, 1942; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
Date:
October 23, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & McDaniel, George W., 1915-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Douglas F. Knight, March 12, 1978
Interview with Douglas Knight, U.S. 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. Knight talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1942-1944), and his liberation.
Date:
March 12, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Knight, Douglas F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John W. 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 W.
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
Oral History Interview with Thomas Richard Young, September 3, 1999
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Transcript of an interview with Thomas Richard Young, artist and Army Air Forces veteran (463rd Bomb Group, 774th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing titled, "North Compound, Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany, January, 1945."
Date:
September 3, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, Thomas Richard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Preston E. Stone, February 20, 1980
Interview with Preston Stone, 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. Stone talks about 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, Thailand (1944), Nakhom Pathon, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
February 20, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stone, Preston E., 1916-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, March 12, 1998
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Transcript of an interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division), concerning his experiences as an artillery officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bowser also discusses his role in planning the Inchon landing, 1950, during the Korean War.
Date:
March 12, 1998
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Bowser, Alpha Lyons
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library