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Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a memorial for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 1] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 1]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 2] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 2]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 3] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 3]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 9] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 9]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 12] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 12]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 13] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 13]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 14] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 14]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 17] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 17]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Katrina Hits] captions transcript

[News Clip: Katrina Hits]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 29, 2005
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary

This report is about the deepwater observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer, James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report

This report is about the observations of deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.
Date: August 24, 2002
Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan - Margaret Brent Award Acceptance - American Bar Association - Commission on Women in the Profession (open access)

Barbara Jordan - Margaret Brent Award Acceptance - American Bar Association - Commission on Women in the Profession

Text of acceptance speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Margaret Brent Award, given by the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, about the advancement of women in the field of law.
Date: August 7, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Edward W. Wadsworth - 1977-08-18] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Edward W. Wadsworth - 1977-08-18]

Onionskin carbon copy of a letter from John J. Herrera requesting a copy of the manual of operating procedures from Edward W. Wadsworth, Clerk at the United States Court of Appeals.
Date: August 18, 1977
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a subpoenas which has been issued for the testimony of Richard Nixon in the Watergate cover up trail of John Ehrlichman.
Date: August 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: APB229] (open access)

[News Script: APB229]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about members of a communications workers of America local in New Orleans who walked off their job at south central bell for ten hours before returning to work.
Date: August 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gergald ford] (open access)

[News Script: Gergald ford]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about vice president Ford who says that he is reconsidering his approach to the impeachment controversy although he still believes that the president is innocent of any wrongdoing.
Date: August 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: K881] (open access)

[News Script: K881]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal appeals court which upheld the decision of a three judge district court panel striking down parts of Texas.
Date: August 1, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Orleans] (open access)

[News Script: New Orleans]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about senate which has approved a four and half billion dollar measure to fund public works projects across the nation.
Date: August 1, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Voter registration law] (open access)

[News Script: Voter registration law]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal appeals court in New Orleans which has upheld a lower court decision throwing a portion of Texas voter registration law.
Date: August 1, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dal Retreat] (open access)

[News Script: Dal Retreat]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a group of Dallas city officials who are attending the community conference at Lake Bridgeport, urged that the city not appeal federal desegregation orders.
Date: August 31, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library