Domestic disturbances (open access)

Domestic disturbances

"This manual presents the principles for the employment of troops during domestic disturbances and the essential substances of the more important laws relating to the employment of military forces in the aid of civil authorities with the applicable War Department policies"
Date: July 30, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972

Interview with James W. Gee, a sales executive, a Marine Corps veteran, and a survivor of the sinking of the U.S.S. Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Gee 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), the hell ship to Japan (1944), coal mining near Nagasaki (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: [1972-03-13,1972-03-19]
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, James Wallace
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Twelfth Armored Division, Scrapbook 1] (open access)

[Twelfth Armored Division, Scrapbook 1]

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other materials documenting time spent overseas by the U.S. Army's Twelfth Armored Division.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army. Armored Division, 12th.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Twelfth Armored Division, Scrapbook 1] (open access)

[Twelfth Armored Division, Scrapbook 1]

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other materials documenting the overseas training of the U.S. Army's Twelfth Armored Division.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army. Armored Division, 12th.
System: The Portal to Texas History
War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945 (open access)

War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945

Text outlining major events in the Pacific Theater throughout World War II, organized by date. It also includes text for the Instrument of Surrender, appendices containing military and war data, a bibliography, and list of related Web sites.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Hyland, George O., III
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. R. Sparkman, May 6, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. R. Sparkman, May 6, 1971

Interview with O.R. Sparkman, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Stationed in China before the war, Sparkman was captured in December 1941 by the Japanese in Beijing and interned at various camps in occupied China and Korea before finishing the war at Hakodate, Japan.
Date: May 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sparkman, O. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe Gear, July 18, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe Gear, July 18, 1970

Interview with Joe B. Gear regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was captured near Corregidor in the Phillipines.
Date: July 18, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gear, Joe B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Area I, Phase II. Command Fundamentals (open access)

Area I, Phase II. Command Fundamentals

Reading material from Area I, Phase II of the Air Command and Staff College Course Correspondence Course. The booklet covers the fundamentals of command with special emphasis on its application in the Air Force'.
Date: unknown
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willie L. Benton, March 10, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Willie L. Benton, March 10, 1975

Interview with Willie Benton, an electrician and a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Benton discusses his pre-war embassy duty in Peking, North China with the 6th Marines, his capture in Peking, Wusong (Woosung) Prison Camp, Shanghai (1942-1945), Fengtai and Kiangwang (Kiangwan) Prison Camps (1945), Pusan, Korea (1945), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1945), and his liberation.
Date: March 10, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Benton, Willie L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Harve D. King, May 22, 2001

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Interview with Harve D. King, a Army WWII veteran from Copeville, Texas, who served in the 350th Engineer Regiment. King discusses his upbringing on a cotton farm, school in Farmersville, discrimination as an African-American, attending Texas College, joining the Army, training, assignment at Camp Shelby, deployment to New Guinea, operations at Hollandia, building a hospital, recreation, visiting Australia, returning to the United States and discharge, and life after the war.
Date: May 22, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Harve D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975

Interview with Clyde Funk, physician and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Funk discusses the Normandy invasion (1944), the shooting down of his bomber and his capture in France on October 12, 1944, his interrogation at Dalag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany, Oberursel, Stalag Luft 3-A, Sagan, Stalag Luft 7-A, Moosburg, forced marches, and his liberation by American troops.
Date: February 22, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Funk, Clyde
System: The UNT Digital Library
Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

This booklet is the first volume of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the military history of the United States of America from the country's inception through the post-World War 1950's.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Sykes, September 27, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Sykes, September 27, 1971

Interview with Mr. C. S. Sykes, a US Army WWII veteran from Ardmore, Oklahoma, and his wife, from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Both were on Oahu on December 7th, 1941, and witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They discuss the peacetime army, being stationed at Schofield Barracks, living on Kawailoa Beach, events prior to the attack, and events during the attack on Oahu.
Date: September 27, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Sykes, C. S. & Sykes, Mrs. C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John Pataki, July 21, 1990

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Interview with John Pataki, a Holocaust survivor from Budapest, Hungary. Pataki discusses his family background, his Jewishness, attending school, the arrival of the Nazis in 1944, being marched out of the city, living in "protected homes," being forced into the ghetto, Soviet liberation, losing his father, his life after the war, and reflections on the impact of his experiences.
Date: July 21, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Pataki, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Course 45-7550, Increment 2, Volume 2 (open access)

Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Course 45-7550, Increment 2, Volume 2

Worksheet booklet supplementary to Increment 2, Volume 2 of the United States Air Force Reserve Instructors Course. This booklet discusses the development of courses and lesson plans, as well the use of demonstrative methods of teaching.
Date: January 1, 1957
Creator: United States. Air Force. Air Training Command. Technical Training.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1C. Two Worlds in Conflict (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1C. Two Worlds in Conflict

This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 1, Part C issue of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the history and spread of the concept of democracy, especially as it pertains to 'American democracy" in comparison to communist ideologies. The book contains a blank exam on the material in the back..
Date: January 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History

We Were Going to Win, or Die There: with the Marines at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan

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Personal accounts of U.S. marine Roy Elrod based on transcripts of oral histories about his experiences in the service, with particular emphasis on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan. It includes editorial and historical notes and to provide context and clarification. Index starts on page 273.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Elrod, Roy H. & Allison, Fred H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Course 2, Volume 1B. Background Information on the Soviet Union (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1B. Background Information on the Soviet Union

This booklet is the Course 2 Volume 1B unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses background information on the people, culture, geography, and industry of the Soviet Union.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History