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Oral History Interview with Al Quackenbush, October 10, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Quackenbush, October 10, 1999

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Al Quackenbush. Quackenbush joined the Navy in 1931. He served as a First Class Ships Cook on the USS Tangier (AV-8). He is a plank owner of the Tangier and provides details of starting up the crew when it was first commissioned. His battle station was the .50 caliber gun on the forward mount. He discusses the training on the ship and activities prior to and on 7 December 1941. On the day of the attack, Quackenbush helped pull sailors out of the water, including a Japanese aviator.
Date: October 10, 1999
Creator: Quackenbush, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Monte Moore, January 31, 1991 captions transcript

Interview with Monte Moore, January 31, 1991

Interview with Monte Moore, "The Voice of the Oakland A's" from California. In the interview, Moore discusses his radio and television broadcasting history with the Oakland A's baseball team.
Date: January 31, 1991
Creator: Moore, Monte & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Childlike fascination: condemnation by Falwell igniting sales of Tinky Winky dolls, creating gay icon", Page 19A] (open access)

[Clipping: "Childlike fascination: condemnation by Falwell igniting sales of Tinky Winky dolls, creating gay icon", Page 19A]

Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, Page 19A, dated March 3, 1999. The article discusses Jerry Falwell's comments on the possible homosexuality of Tinky Winky, one of the characters from "Teletubbies", the British children's TV show. The article includes a color photograph of Tinky Winky and Dipsy, another "Teletubbies" character.
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Egerton, Brooks
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Black Panther (Berkeley, Calif.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Spring 1991 (open access)

The Black Panther (Berkeley, Calif.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Spring 1991

Newspaper from Berkeley, California that includes news and information about the Black Panther Party.
Date: Spring 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History