Oral History Interview with Colonel John. E. Olson, March 15, 1998

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Interview with Colonel John E. Olson, a Army WWII veteran and POW from Leavenworth, Kansas. Olson discusses his family background, commissioning in the Army from West Point, assignment to the Philippines in 1939 as an infantry officer, the start of the war, withdrawal to Bataan and the ensuing battle and surrender, the Bataan Death March, internment at Cabanatuan, transfer to Osaka, experiences there in internment at a factory labor camp, liberation, organizing the evacuation of POWs, returning to the US, and his postwar career.
Date: March 15, 1998
Creator: Alexander, Bill & Olson, John E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Vice President Agnew and rejected proposal] (open access)

[News Script: Vice President Agnew and rejected proposal]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 3, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part II: U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy (open access)

The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part II: U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy

Report summarizing the recommendations of The Naming Commission's findings regarding military academies in the United States as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which mandates the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America. "Part II of the Naming Commission 's Final Report .... addresses assets on the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis." [Executive Summary, Page 2]
Date: August 2022
Creator: United States. Naming Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Highland Falls] captions transcript

[News Clip: Highland Falls]

Video footage from the NBC 5/KXAS station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the reunion of the Iran hostages with their families at the U.S. Military Academy in Highland Falls, New York. Local residents are interviewed. This story was was produced for the 5:00 P.M. news broadcast.
Date: January 26, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Aerial View of Military Academy

Copy negative of an aerial view of West Point Military Academy with buildings by a bay. There are hills with trees in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Thayer Award Acceptance Speech, October 5, 1995] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Thayer Award Acceptance Speech, October 5, 1995]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan before an audience at West Point Military Academy. She discusses the concepts of honor and duty while accepting the Sylvanus Thayer Award.
Date: October 5, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interviews and the documentation of Vietnam combat operations, part 2 transcript

Interviews and the documentation of Vietnam combat operations, part 2

Sound recording of a round table discussion featuring Peter Arnett, James Collins, Oscar Fitzgerald, Ward Just, Forrest Pogue, Benis Frank, and Robert Zimmerman, at the Eighth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at West Point.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interviews and the documentation of Vietnam combat operations, part 1 transcript

Interviews and the documentation of Vietnam combat operations, part 1

Sound recording of a round table discussion featuring Peter Arnett, James Collins, Oscar Fitzgerald, Ward Just, Forrest Pogue, Benis Frank, and Robert Zimmerman, at the Eighth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at West Point.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: West Point] captions transcript

[News Clip: West Point]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 26, 1981, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Evening Session during the 2nd National Oral History Colloquium] transcript

[Evening Session during the 2nd National Oral History Colloquium]

Sound recording of panelists speaking during the 2nd Annual Oral History Colloquium. Philip Crowl and Forrest C. Pogue give talks during the session.
Date: November 20, 1967
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Afternoon and Evening Session, 2nd National Oral History Colloquium] transcript

[Afternoon and Evening Session, 2nd National Oral History Colloquium]

Sound recording of Richard T. Logsdon, James V. Mink, and other unidentified speakers giving speeches during the 2nd national Oral History Colloquium.
Date: November 18, 1967
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Specialty Oral History transcript

Specialty Oral History

Sound recording of E. Douglas Hamilton giving a talk titled "Specialty Oral History" during the 2nd National Oral History Colloquium at Arden House in Harriman, New York.
Date: November 1967
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Morning Session During the 2nd Annual Colloquium] transcript

[Morning Session During the 2nd Annual Colloquium]

Sound recording of Oral History Association members conducting a morning session during the 2nd Annual Oral History Colloquium at Arden House in Harriman, New York.
Date: November 21, 1967
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conducting interviews during or immediately after important historical events transcript

Conducting interviews during or immediately after important historical events

Sound recording of Stephen Ward, Irene Cortinovis, and Joseph Cash speaking at the Eighth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at West Point.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Morning and Afternoon Sessions during the 2nd National Oral History Association Colloquium] transcript

[Morning and Afternoon Sessions during the 2nd National Oral History Association Colloquium]

Sound recording of Donald J. Schippers, E. Douglas Hamilton, Philip Brooks, Elwood Maunder, Doug Adair, Willa Baum, and James Harvey Young giving speeches and holding a group discussion during the 2nd National Oral History Colloquium at Arden House.
Date: November 20, 1967
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Session on Interviewers and their Training] transcript

[Session on Interviewers and their Training]

Sound recording of members of the Oral History Association giving a speech about interviewers and their training. Session recorded at Arden House during the 2nd Annual Oral History Colloquium.
Date: November 18, 1967
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library