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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002
Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Mr. Gibson's background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dale R. Walker, October 4, 2007
Interview with Dale R. Walker, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He joined the Marine Corps in 1944 and was trained in mortars at Camp Pendleton, California. He then went to Camp Tarawa at Hawaii for further training with the Fifth Marine Division. Walker landed with the sixth wave on D-day at Iwo Jima. While working with mortars supporting the infantry, he was called on to be a stretcher-bearer on occasion. Walker spent 36 days on Iwo Jima. After the Japanese surrendered, Walker served in the occupation of Japan.
Date:
October 4, 2007
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Walker, Dale R.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972
Interview with C. L. Permenter, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Permenter discusses his pre-war service with the North China Marines at Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), the situation in Japanese-occupied China, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, Kiangwang, and Fengtai.
Date:
October 25, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Permenter, C. L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Louis Grabinski, October 18, 1977
Interview with Navy veteran Louis Grabinski. The interview includes Grabinski's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 18, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Grabinksi, Louis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Magee, October 5, 1976
Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Kenneth Magee. The interview includes Magee's personal experiences while at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 5, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Magee, Kenneth
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joseph Bolen, October 11, 1976
Interview with Navy veteran Joseph Bolen. The interview includes Bolen's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 11, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bolen, Joseph
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tanya Kiboko, October 11, 2011
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Interview with Tanya Kiboko, an immigrant to Texas from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kiboko discusses her education, her family, Congolese society, languages, learning English, culture shock, food, markets, attending Wiley College, her husband, differences in structure between Western and Congolese families, and reflections on life.
Date:
October 21, 2011
Creator:
Clower, John & Kiboko, Tanya
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. R. Parten, October 17, 1967
Interview with J. R. Parten, an oilman, concerning his career in the oil industry, his time served on the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, the Rainey controversy, his government service during World War II, and his political philosophy and activities.
Date:
October 17, 1967
Creator:
Odom, E. Dale & Parten, J. R. (Jubal Richard), 1896-1992
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Catherine Terrill, October 10, 1982
Interview with Catherine Terrill about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
October 25, 1982
Creator:
Terrill, Catherine
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Catherine Terrill, October 10, 1982
Interview with Catherine Terrill about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
October 25, 1982
Creator:
Terrill, Catherine
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, October 18, 2007
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Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, an Airman in the US Air Force Reserves from Dallas, Texas. Billingsley discusses his childhood and education, enlisting in the Air Force, basic training and technical school, his duties as a Aircraft Armament Systems specialist, memorable experiences, and plans for the future.
Date:
October 17, 2007
Creator:
Bonine, Rebecca & Billingsley, Tyrel James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin L. Allday, October 8, 1994
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Interview with Martin L. Allday, an Army WWII veteran from Austin, Texas. Allday discusses his experiences at the Battle of Okinawa, including being drafted and basic training, transiting the Pacific, assignment to the 96th Infantry Division and arrival on Okinawa, events of the fighting on the Shuri Line at Zebra Hill, being wounded, evacuation and recovery, returning to Okinawa, clean-up operations, souvenirs, and adjustment to civilian life. An appendix includes a letter typed by Allday for a panel discussion of the battle, a map of the battle from "The Second World War: a Complete History" by Martin Gilbert, a veteran's questionnaire from the Admiral Nimitz Museum he filled out, and a one-page biography.
Date:
October 8, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Allday, Martin L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Antonio T. Chavez, October 11, 2013
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Interview with Antonio Chavez, a former UNT student from Sonora, Texas. Chavez discusses the desegregation of schools in Sonora, experiences in grade school and the disparity in quality between segregated schools, his father's grocery business, discrimination, majoring in elementary education, working in geophysics, attending North Texas State College, life in Denton and on campus, and raising his family.
Date:
October 11, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & Chavez, Antonio T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Hemley, October 22, 1982
Interview with John Hemley about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
October 22, 1982
Creator:
Hemley, John
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Nelson Box, October 19, 1982
Interview with Joe Nelson Box about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
October 19, 1982
Creator:
Box, Joe Nelson
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fannie Lou Throop, October 31, 1981
Interview with Fannie Lou Throop about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
October 31, 1981
Creator:
Throop, Fannie Lou
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Moore, October 26, 2013
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Interview with Robert Moore, a LGBT-focus journalist from Hurst, Texas. Moore discusses attending Texas Tech University, his career, working for Dallas Gay News and starting Dallas Voice, changes in attitudes toward LGBT people in Texas, HIV-AIDS, LGBT guilds and associations, and keeping up with changing media.
Date:
October 26, 2013
Creator:
Bravo, Francis & Moore, Robert Wade
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Moody, October 8, 2003
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Interview with Ben Moody, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kilgore, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Moody discusses his family, surviving the Great Depression, his jobs and education, joining the 112th and mobilization, deployment to New Caledonia, Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island, the Battle of Arawe, the Battle of Driniumor River, spending the remainder of the war in the hospital, and reflections on the 112th.
Date:
October 8, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Moody, Ben
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007
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Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.
Date:
October 24, 2007
Creator:
Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lissette Moreno, October 17, 2015
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Interview with Lissette Moreno, a Mexican-American immigrant and activist from Monterrey, Mexico. Moreno discusses her childhood, moving to Dallas, family struggles with poverty, education, testifying in favor of the Texas Dream Act, college, reflections on immigration, the DREAM Act, being present for Pope Francis' 2015 address to the US Congress, and her faith.
Date:
October 17, 2015
Creator:
Herman, Thomas & Moreno, Lissette
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Michael Miles, October 31, 2018
Interview with Mike Miles, the former Vice President of Government Relations at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) from Dallas, Texas. While the interview briefly covers aspects of his life in Ohio and Dallas, it focuses on his career with DART. Miles discusses the many successes and failures of public transportation in regards to improving mobility management. He indicates that there has been a shift in perception of public transit since the 1970s and more people are looking for alternative methods to travel.
Date:
October 31, 2018
Creator:
Moye, Todd & Miles, Michael
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles C. Christensen, October 1, 1979
Interview with Navy veteran Charles C. Christensen. The interview includes Christensen's personal experiences while aboard the auxiliary repair ship USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with postcards and letters.
Date:
October 1, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Christensen, Charles C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. E. Casterline, October 1, 1971
Interview with L. E. Casterline, a fisherman from Fulton, Texas. Casterline discusses his origins in the seafood business, the evolution of large fishing boats and how his company uses them, shrimping practice, differences between towns in the Aransas area, the seafood market, the Parks and Wildlife Department marine lab in Rockport, moving his business, and controversy around mud dredging among clam beds.
Date:
October 1, 1971
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Casterline, L. E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jan Wendell, October 2, 1971
Interview with Jan Wendell, a teacher and president of the Rockport Art Association from Yoakum, Texas. Wendell discusses the origins and missions of the RAA in Rockport, Texas, their building fund, classes and seminars offered, art galleries, the kinds of buyers and students she encounters, and the Association's financing.
Date:
October 2, 1971
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Wendell, Janice
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library