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Oral History Interview with Garfield Thompson, October 11, 1993
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Interview with Garfield Thompson, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas. Thompson discusses his family background and education, the effects of the Great Depression, Republicans, the New Deal, joining the CCC and assignment to Company 812 in Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, projects worked, routine, recreation and leave, discharge, and reflections on the program.
Date:
October 11, 1993
Creator:
Calame, Michelle & Thompson, Garfield
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd Wood, February 24, 1993
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Interview with Lloyd Wood, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Valera, Texas. Wood discusses his family background, joining the CCC and assignment to Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, daily routine, projects, fights, recreation and entertainment, his fellow men and superiors, transfer to a camp at Roswell, New Mexico, sports and athletics, pay, ethnic relations in camp, and the National Association of CCC Alumni.
Date:
February 24, 1993
Creator:
O'Day, Buckley & Wood, Lloyd
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Fujita, November 9, 1970
Interview with Frank Fujita, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas. Fujita recounts his experiences as a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "the Lost Battalion"), including: joining the Guard and deploying to East Asia; diversion to Brisbane and assignment to Malang, Java; repelling a Japanese infantry assault; attempted evasion of Japanese forces before being captured; and internment and labor at Surabaja, Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and Omori Camp in Tokyo. Fujita recorded his POW experiences in an encrypted diary.
Date:
November 9, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Fujita Jr., Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Forrest B. Earnest, November 4, 1993
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Interview with Forrest B. Earnest, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Cotton County, Oklahoma. Earnest discusses his family origins, education and jobs as a young man, joining the CCC, working on the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, organization and geography of the camp, working as a clerk, routine, leisure, pay, educational programs, religion and literature in camp, fights, and benefits of being in CCC.
Date:
November 4, 1993
Creator:
McCoy, George & Earnest, Forrest B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold L. Trammell, February 14, 1991
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Interview with Harold L. Trammell, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mason, Oklahoma. Trammell discusses his early life, train hopping to Utah and back, enrollment in the CCC at Fort Sill, his assignment to Cache, Oklahoma, building trails in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, work at Arapaho National Forest in Colorado, pranks in camp, daily routine, entertainment and recreation, drinking, discipline, and life after the CCC. In appendix is a copy of Trammell's account of his time in the CCC, and the May 30th, 1935 edition of the CCC magazine "Panther Tracks."
Date:
February 14, 1991
Creator:
Grutzmacher, Kari & Trammell, Harold L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harry A. Thompson, April 18, 1973
Interview with Harry Thompson, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Thompson discusses being drafted before the war and training for field artillery at Fort Sill, his assignment to the 99th Infantry Division, training in England, the Siegfried Line, the Battle of the Bulge and his capture at BĂĽllingen, Belgium, being interrogated and transported into Germany, and his experiences in internment at Limburg.
Date:
April 18, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Thompson, Harry A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William E. Moore, Jr., March 4, 1998
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Interview with William E. Moore Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Temple, Texas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Moore discusses his time in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, assignment to 24th Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, training and alerts, the attack at Wheeler Field and taking defensive positions around Oahu, and service afterwards.
Date:
March 4, 1998
Creator:
Meisch, Lisa & Moore Jr., William E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fort Sill and the Birth of US Combat Aviation
Article covers the history of Fort Sill as an aircraft, artillery unit, and observation balloon training center throughout both World War I and World War II, providing historical context for its importance in the field of military aviation.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Wikle, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Modern Response to the Cold War: Paul Harris and the Lawton National Guard Armory
Article delineates the conceptualization and design of the modern architectural masterpiece created by architect Paul Harris for the Forty-fifth Infantry Division of the Oklahoma National Guard in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 2008
Creator:
Savage, Cynthia
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Personal Diary of Frank Fujita, Jr.
A copy of Frank Fujita Jr.'s war diary, obtained by Dr. Ron Marcello to accompany Fujita's oral history interview. Fujita was an Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment captured on Java in March 1942. Included is Fujita's original bound diary, and a rewritten version he made in a Japanese logbook in internment and continued. They contain daily activities, doodles, lists of dozens of servicemen and captives encountered, and the key to an encoded script Fujita developed for sensitive information. Also included is a postwar newspaper clipping about Fujita's unit.
Date:
December 19, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fujita Jr., Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1906
Weekly newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 1, 1906
Creator:
Williams, J. Roy
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, September 13, 1915
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 13, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Ledger. (Sterling, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Sterling, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 2, 1916
Creator:
Seay, R. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 210, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 26, 1981
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 26, 1981
Creator:
Bentley, Bill F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 133, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1977
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 16, 1977
Creator:
Bentley, Bill F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 65, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, December 30, 1966
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 30, 1966
Creator:
Shepler, Ned
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 77, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1916
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 3, 1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 192, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 1970
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 28, 1970
Creator:
Bentley, Bill F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 21, 1978
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 21, 1978
Creator:
Bentley, Bill F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Sunday Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 22, 1982
Weekly newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 22, 1982
Creator:
Bentley, Bill F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 87, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1964
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 7, 1964
Creator:
Shepler, Ned
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Sunday Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 10, 1977
Weekly newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 10, 1977
Creator:
Bentley, Bill F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 31, 1916
Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farmers' Champion (Elgin, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 12, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Oklahoma that includes state and national news and information along with advertising.
Date:
April 12, 1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History