Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin (open access)

Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin

A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.
Date: 1887/1963
Creator: Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Coaches' Film: North Texas State University vs. University of Memphis, 1977] captions transcript

[Coaches' Film: North Texas State University vs. University of Memphis, 1977]

Partial footage of the 1977 football game between North Texas State University and University of Memphis in Memphis, shot for coaching purposes. The game was held on October 22, 1977 and the final score was 20-19, North Texas.
Date: October 22, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the day Billy Martin and the Texas rangers who have been preparing for the past few weeks for the opening of the 1974 major league Baseball season.
Date: April 3, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Coaches' Film: North Texas State University vs. Memphis State University, 1973] captions transcript

[Coaches' Film: North Texas State University vs. Memphis State University, 1973]

Partial footage of the 1973 football game between North Texas State University and Memphis State University in Memphis, Tennessee, shot for coaching purposes. The game was held on September 15, 1973 and the final score was 3-24, Memphis.
Date: September 15, 1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports segment, December 21, 1971] (open access)

[News Script: Sports segment, December 21, 1971]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 21, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 18, Number 3, November 1965 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 18, Number 3, November 1965

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes the regional meeting resume for Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: November 1965
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library