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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.
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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