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Oral History Interview with Richard Donley, February 22, 1997

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Interview with Navy veteran Richard Donley. The interview includes Donley's personal experiences about the Mediterranean Theater during World War II, boot camp, Fleet Torpedo School, encounters with German "F-lighter" armed barges and E-boats, various assignments, and combat against enemy destroyers. Donley also talks about screening operations for the invasions of Sicily and Salerno, operations along the coasts of northern Italy and southern France and the interdiction of German barge traffic, torpedo problems, commando and intelligence operations, returning to the States, his reassignment to the Motor Torpedo Boats Training Center, and transferring to Samar, Philippines.
Date: February 22, 1997
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Donley, Richard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: International News] (open access)

[News Script: International News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. The story aired at 6:30am.
Date: March 31, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945]

Letter to Cecile from her father about his dental health and the war.
Date: May 6, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Misc news bulletins] (open access)

[News Script: Misc news bulletins]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 12, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Associated press report] (open access)

[News Script: Associated press report]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: September 2, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Earthquake] (open access)

[News Script: Earthquake]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the death toll in Southern California following an earthquake.
Date: February 11, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: International update] (open access)

[News Script: International update]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 3, 1971
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Loren-Tamiroff-Thomas] (open access)

[News Script: Loren-Tamiroff-Thomas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a mental patient breaking into actress Sophia Loren's Rome villa with an axe stating that he has the right to take away her 3-year-old son, actor Akim Tamiroff passed away and a burglar breaking into the apartment of Danny Thomas.
Date: September 18, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Harris Leon Kempner, August 3, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Harris Leon Kempner, August 3, 1948]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Harris Leon Kempner providing a summary of meetings with cotton companies in Italy.
Date: August 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner, September 5, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner, September 5, 1950]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner regarding their case and Senator Donnell, sales of their California cotton, the situation with Italy, Mexican cotton, purchases, and personal updates about a swimming meet.
Date: September 5, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner, September 5, 1950] (open access)

[Copy of Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner, September 5, 1950]

Copy of letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner regarding their case and Senator Donnell, sales of their California cotton, the situation with Italy, Mexican cotton, purchases, and personal updates about a swimming meet.
Date: September 5, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Domenico Rossi, August 2, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Domenico Rossi, August 2, 1966]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Domenico Rossi thanking him for the wedding gift send to his son, Shrub.
Date: August 2, 1966
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, April 23, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, April 23, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub informing about the plans Harris made. He included an itinerary of his trip and mentioned to Shrub about him lacking in replying to the letters. He also talks about the "Sales for Export Program". And mentions that he came across Mr. and Mrs. McDonough at a cocktail party.
Date: April 23, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, March 8, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, March 8, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub regarding is several projects that he had going on. He mentions that the trip to Italy would be expensive. And he discusses about Shrub's plan on coming home along with the updates on how the business is going.
Date: March 8, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Philly golf] (open access)

[News Script: Philly golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Tom Weiskopf who kept his shot streak going with an easy four stroke victory in the Philadelphia classic.
Date: June 10, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Liz/Dickie] (open access)

[News Script: Liz/Dickie]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton who are back together.
Date: December 10, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Wright Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, March 4, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Wright Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, March 4, 1963]

Letter from Wright Armstrong to I. H. Kempner conveying his travel plans to Europe and arrangements to meet any friends of Mr. I. H. Kempner along the way. He mentions a forthcoming itinerary and a flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, then a journey to Hong Kong and Naples via ship through the Suez Canal.
Date: March 4, 1963
Creator: Armstrong, Wright
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
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 Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt enlisted in the Army Air Forces in July of 1942. He describes the planes he flew during training, including the PT-19, the BT-13 and the UC-78. Hildebrandt was commissioned and received his pilot rating in November of 1943. Upon graduation he trained on the B-26 at Laughlin Field. Hildebrandt served as a pilot in the 95th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. They first traveled to Morocco, North Africa, then to northern Italy and Southern France. Their job was to bomb Marshaling yards, bridges and troop replacements. Hildebrandt describes some of his missions. He flew a total of 64 missions and was discharged in July of 1945.
Date: November 12, 2009
Creator: Hildebrandt, Alan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date: March 29, 2011
Creator: Wiseman, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
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
Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt enlisted in the Army Air Forces in July of 1942. He describes the planes he flew during training, including the PT-19, the BT-13 and the UC-78. Hildebrandt was commissioned and received his pilot rating in November of 1943. Upon graduation he trained on the B-26 at Laughlin Field. Hildebrandt served as a pilot in the 95th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. They first traveled to Morocco, North Africa, then to northern Italy and Southern France. Their job was to bomb Marshaling yards, bridges and troop replacements. Hildebrandt describes some of his missions. He flew a total of 64 missions and was discharged in July of 1945.
Date: November 12, 2009
Creator: Hildebrandt, Alan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History