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Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Jowdy, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow (open access)

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alden Stevens to Harris Leon Kempner, July 7, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Alden Stevens to Harris Leon Kempner, July 7, 1965]

Letter from Alden Stevens to Harris Leon Kempner discussing about American Indian Affairs and requesting for support to continue legal aid clinic.
Date: July 7, 1965
Creator: Stevens, Alden
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 1972
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Meir] (open access)

[News Script: Meir]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about RCA chairman Robert W. Sarnoff who said in Anchorage Alaska that Alaska communications system, which RCA acquired two years ago is prepared to provide a communications system which could flash an instant warning in case of any malfunction in the proposed Alaska pipeline.
Date: September 13, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Convair Report to Supervision, Number 1032, November 8, 1978 (open access)

Convair Report to Supervision, Number 1032, November 8, 1978

Newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: November 8, 1978
Creator: Adams, Richard E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Report to Supervision, Number 1035, January 10, 1979 (open access)

Convair Report to Supervision, Number 1035, January 10, 1979

Newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: January 10, 1979
Creator: Adams, Richard E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Report to Supervision, Number 1036, January 23, 1979 (open access)

Convair Report to Supervision, Number 1036, January 23, 1979

Newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: January 23, 1978
Creator: Adams, Richard E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
GDFW This Week, Volume 5, Number 40, October 18, 1991 (open access)

GDFW This Week, Volume 5, Number 40, October 18, 1991

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Fort Worth Division of General Dynamics containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: October 18, 1991
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Fort Worth Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
GDFW This Week, Volume 6, Number 27, July 13, 1992 (open access)

GDFW This Week, Volume 6, Number 27, July 13, 1992

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Fort Worth Division of General Dynamics containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: July 13, 1992
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Fort Worth Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mercury: A Materials Survey (open access)

Mercury: A Materials Survey

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing materials surveys conducted on mercury. As stated in the foreword, "the surveys dealing with metals and minerals summarize the demand-supply position in the United States and include information on production, imports, consumption, exports, substitutes, and pertinent history" (p. v). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Pennington, James W. & Bailey, Edgar H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in 1964] (open access)

[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in 1964]

Poor quality photocopies of letters which were sent to Jack Ruby during his time at Dallas County Jail. The letters were written by citizens, many of whom express an interest in his well-being and spirituality.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Planes collide] (open access)

[News Script: Planes collide]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Air force investigators who continue to probe the wreckage of two RF- 4 jet planes near Gainesville which was crashed and burned killing one of three fliers.
Date: March 6, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Boggs] (open access)

[News Script: Boggs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the missing plane carrying House Majority leader Hale Boggs.
Date: October 17, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Air Fares] (open access)

[News Script: Air Fares]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the battles to get all carriers operating out of DFW airport, which is the official change in air fares.
Date: April 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: texas crude oil reserves] (open access)

[News Script: texas crude oil reserves]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a report from the American Petroleum Institute for 1973 which says Texas is still number one among the states in crude oil reserves.
Date: April 4, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Alaska] (open access)

[News Script: Alaska]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Alaska day at the State Fair of Texas.
Date: October 16, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. B. Bell and R. A. Bell, October 18, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with A. B. Bell and R. A. Bell, October 18, 2016

Interview with Arthur Baker Bell and Robert Alan Bell, alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. The Bell brothers recount their memories of the public Cascade Swimming Pool, Robert's time as a university swimmer, Arthur's hitchhiking trip to Alaska, and their community activities that have occurred since their retirement.
Date: October 18, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Bell, Arthur Baker & Bell, Robert Alan
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. B. Bell and R. A. Bell, October 18, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with A. B. Bell and R. A. Bell, October 18, 2016

Interview with Arthur Baker Bell and Robert Alan Bell, alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. The Bell brothers recount their memories of the public Cascade Swimming Pool, Robert's time as a university swimmer, Arthur's hitchhiking trip to Alaska, and their community activities that have occurred since their retirement.
Date: October 18, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Bell, Arthur Baker & Bell, Robert Alan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 15 Billionth Pound Of Sugar Milled] (open access)

[Clipping: 15 Billionth Pound Of Sugar Milled]

Clipping from Galveston Tribune describing the 15 billionth pound of sugar that was milled.
Date: January 19, 1955
Creator: Galveston Tribune
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002 (open access)

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 Strauss' 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: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Zenji Abe, May 1-4, 1993

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Zenji Abe, an Imperial Japanese Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, his participation in the Aleutians Campaign in June 1942 and the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" in May 1944, and the surrender of Rota Island on September 2, 1945.
Date: 1993-05-01/1993-05-04
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Abe, Zenji
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James Roberson, March 8, 1997

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with James Roberson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS Sailfish in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1942; his responsibilities as a motor machinist's mate; qualification examinations; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands and in the South China Sea; lifeguard duty off the Mariana Islands for downed airmen.
Date: March 8, 1997
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Roberson, James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library