Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 1998

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Interview with William Painter, a UNT professor and Army WWII veteran from New Bloomfield, Missouri. Painter discusses growing up in the Depression, being a conscientious objector and feeling pressure to join the war, getting drafted into the infantry and training at Camp Hood and Fort Ord, deployment to the Pacific with the 32nd Infantry Division, operations on Luzon and the Villa Verde Trail, the end of the war, occupation duty in Japan, and returning home. In appendix is a letter to Marcello with a correction for the interview.
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Painter, William E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell. Campbell grew up in Texas, attended Texas A&M, and married in 1939 before joining the Army in 1943. After training, he went to Australia, Dutch New Guinea, Palu, Leyte, and Mindanao. He describes riding in amphibious vehicles and interacting with the natives. He discusses various illnesses he had during the war and his interactions with his brother, an engineer. He also describes surveying work in some detail. After the war, Campbell eventually became a public school teacher.
Date: April 21, 2000
Creator: Campbell, W. G. (Bill)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004

Interview with Raymond Barajas, an infantry veteran of the U.S. Army who was discharged after a training accident in 1943. It includes a list of questions, which focus on Barajas's time in training, his subsequent injury, and impressions of his time in the service and war in general.
Date: April 18, 2004
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Barajas, Raymond
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bruce Stone Gives a Talk at the 5th Annual Colloquium] transcript

[Bruce Stone Gives a Talk at the 5th Annual Colloquium]

Sound recording of Bruce Stone giving a talk during the 5th Annual Oral History Association Colloquium at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California.
Date: November 15, 1970
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Plenary Session 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium] transcript

[Plenary Session 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium]

Sound recording of T. Harry Williams speaking at Plenary Session 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium at the Asilomar Conference center in Pacific Grove, California.
Date: November 15, 1970
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subject oriented programs transcript

Subject oriented programs

Sound recording of Gould P. Colman speaking during the 1:30 P.M. session at the Fifth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California.
Date: November 15, 1970
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Plenary Session 1 and 5 of Oral History Association Colloquium 1970] transcript

[Plenary Session 1 and 5 of Oral History Association Colloquium 1970]

Sound recording of Willla K. Baum, T. Harry Williams, James V. Mink, and Francis W. Schruben speaking during Plenary Session 1 and 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium in Pacific Grove, CA at the Asilomar Conference Center.
Date: November 13, 1970
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History