Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011

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Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.
Date: March 30, 2011
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.
Date: August 10, 2010
Creator: Pilot, Alan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.
Date: August 10, 2010
Creator: Pilot, Alan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development (open access)

Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development

This report discusses some vital services that natural ecosystems contribute to human health and development.
Date: 2010
Creator: Nelleman, Christian & Corcoran, Emily
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book (1st Visit) Ft. Monmouth, NJ (open access)

Base Visit Book (1st Visit) Ft. Monmouth, NJ

Base Visit Book (1st Visit) Ft. Monmouth, NJ.
Date: January 6, 2006
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Contains miscellaneous papers from Army Team Analyst Wes Hood regarding Fort Monmouth, NJ
Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Contains Ft. Monmouth, NJ COBRA Runs for Army Team Analyst Wes Hood
Date: December 8, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
A8 Base Visit Book Ft Monmouth, NJ - June 29, 2005 (open access)

A8 Base Visit Book Ft Monmouth, NJ - June 29, 2005

A8 Base Visit Book Ft Monmouth, NJ - June 29, 2005
Date: November 2, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Correspondence  -  60 Individual letters from Concerned Citizens- Fort Monmouth NJ (open access)

Community Correspondence - 60 Individual letters from Concerned Citizens- Fort Monmouth NJ

Community Correspondence - 60 Letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Fort Monmouth New Jersey to the Commission regarding the closure of the installation
Date: July 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional hearing state input from New Jersey, Community Rebuttal (open access)

Regional hearing state input from New Jersey, Community Rebuttal

State Input - 103-06A - RH12 - State Input (New Jersey)Regional Hearing - July 8, 2005 - Baltimore, MD BRAC COMMISSION - FY 2005 Community Rebuttal to the 2005 BRAC Recommendation Annex 7 - Cost
Date: July 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Jersey Testimony and Presentations (open access)

New Jersey Testimony and Presentations

State Input - Testimony from the Baltimore, MD BRAC Commission Regional Hearing regarding Fort Monmouth, Earle NWS, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ DMAVA, Mega Base: Fort Dix/McGuire/Lakehurst, and 177th Fighter Wing. Separated into tabs for each of the aforementioned bases/installations. Also contains a CD with electronic versions of all paper items in the book.
Date: July 27, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005 (open access)

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. Document includes commissioner briefing, information papers, and installation maps.
Date: June 30, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ dtd 3 Jun 2005 (open access)

Base Visit Book from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ dtd 3 Jun 2005

Base Visit Book from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ dtd 3 Jun 2005. Document includes commissioner agenda, base summary sheet, economic impact, recommendations, media input, demographics, and environmental scenarios.
Date: June 30, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book (open access)

BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Fort Monmouth, NJ - Impacted Sites: FORT MONMOUTH; ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS; WEST POINT MILITARY RESERVATION; FORT BELVOIR; FORT MEADE
Date: June 10, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert W. Wilson, June 6, 2001

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Interview with airline pilot and Army Air Forces veteran Robert W. Wilson. The interview includes Wilson's personal experiences about being B-25 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II, basic training, college preparatory courses, flight training, and various missions. Wilson talks about his pre-war job experiences, flying conditions over the Owen Stanley Mountains, Operation OBOE, leave time in Sydney, Australia, the move to Palawan, Philippines, missions to French Indo-China, attitudes and feelings towards the deaths of comrades, and postwar adjustments. The interview includes an appendix with supplementary documents.
Date: June 6, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilson, Robert W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998

Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.
Date: March 9, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distribution of Chloride Concentrations in the Principal Aquifers of the New Jersey Coastal Plain, 1977-81 (open access)

Distribution of Chloride Concentrations in the Principal Aquifers of the New Jersey Coastal Plain, 1977-81

From abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a saltwater monitoring network in New Jersey to document and evaluate the movement of saline water into freshwater aquifers that serve as sources of water supply. This report delineates areas in the Coastal Plain where existing or potential saltwater intrusion exists.
Date: 1983
Creator: Schaefer, F. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Water Levels in Major Aquifers of the New Jersey Coastal Plain, 1978 (open access)

Evaluation of Water Levels in Major Aquifers of the New Jersey Coastal Plain, 1978

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this report is to document and evaluate water levels and changes in water levels in the major artesian aquifers of the New Jersey Coastal Plain. Fundamental data for ground-water investigations and management are provided.
Date: 1983
Creator: Walker, Richard L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Favorability of Nonmarine and Marginal-Marine Strata of Late Precambrian and Paleozoic Age in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York (open access)

Uranium Favorability of Nonmarine and Marginal-Marine Strata of Late Precambrian and Paleozoic Age in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York

"This report was prepared in fulfillment of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract No. AT(05-1)-1623 to the University of North Carolina during the Period May 1973 through September 1981."
Date: June 1982
Creator: Dennison, John M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood of August 31--September 1, 1978, in Crosswicks Creek Basin and Vicinity, Central New Jersey (open access)

Flood of August 31--September 1, 1978, in Crosswicks Creek Basin and Vicinity, Central New Jersey

From abstract: "A thunderstorm during the evening of August 31 and the morning of September 1, 1978, caused flooding in a small area of South-central New Jersey. Maximum peaks of record occurred on the Upper Crosswicks Creek basin in the vicinity of Fort Dix, Wrightstown, and New Egypt. At New Egypt, high water crest elevations for Crosswicks Creek were approximately four feet higher than the previous maximum recorded on August 28, 1971.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Vickers, Arthur A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey (open access)

Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey

Discussing the evaluation made of the Scranton Quadrangle for environments favorable for uranium
Date: November 1980
Creator: Baillieul, Thomas A.; Indelicato, Gregory J. & Penley, H. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey: Appendix D: Deep Wells

Discussing Deep Wells in the Scranton Quadrangle
Date: November 1980
Creator: Penley, H. Michael
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 1 - Narrative Report (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 1 - Narrative Report

From introduction: "This report summarizes the detailed airborne spectrometer survey performed in 1978 covering northern New Jersey and the adjacent south-eastern portion of New York State. The survey consisted of 191 traverses and 4 tie lines totaling 5,936 line miles."
Date: January 1980
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appraisal of Water Resources in the Hackensack River Basin, New Jersey (open access)

Appraisal of Water Resources in the Hackensack River Basin, New Jersey

From introduction: The purpose of the study was to assemble data on the occurrence, movement, availability and chemical quality of ground water in the Hackensack River basin in Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey; to evaluate and interpret the data; and to make the results available to the public.
Date: June 1976
Creator: Carswell, L. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library