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Oral History Interview with O. H. King, September 28, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. King, September 28, 2002

Interview with O. H. "Karl" King of Fort Worth, Texas, who is a World War Two veteran of the United States Marine Corps. In the interview, Mr. King recalls memories of his travels, the Japanese attack on Clark Field, the Battle for Bataan, and when he was a Japanese prisoner-of-war. He also talks about other experiences he had while serving in the Marines and his life before and after the war.
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Graham, Eddie & King, O. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with O. H. King, September 28, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with O. H. King, September 28, 2002

Interview with O. H. "Karl" King of Fort Worth, Texas, who is a World War Two veteran of the United States Marine Corps. In the interview, Mr. King recalls memories of his travels, the Japanese attack on Clark Field, the Battle for Bataan, and when he was a Japanese prisoner-of-war. He also talks about other experiences he had while serving in the Marines and his life before and after the war.
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Graham, Eddie & King, O. H.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. L. Sherman, March 4, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. L. Sherman, March 4, 1976

Interview with J. L. "Smokey" Sherman, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Ponder, Texas. Sherman discusses joining the Army in 1940, going to the Philippines and being stationed on Corregidor, the siege and fall of the island, his escape from capture and time as a guerrilla, surrender, and experiences in internment at Cabanatuan and Kobe.
Date: March 4, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sherman, J. L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: POWs update] (open access)

[News Script: POWs update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 11, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Carswell FTW POWs] (open access)

[News Script: Carswell FTW POWs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the release of five Carswell airmen as prisoners of war to the Clark Air Base in the Philippines.
Date: March 29, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Teases Tex news at six] (open access)

[News Script: Teases Tex news at six]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering teasers of news stories about a meat boycott and prisoners of war.
Date: March 29, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: POWs] (open access)

[News Script: POWs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return of prisoners of war to Air Force bases in the United States as a part of “Operation Homecoming.”
Date: April 2, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Operation Homecoming] (open access)

[News Script: Operation Homecoming]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return of prisoners of war to Air Force bases in the United States as a part of “Operation Homecoming.”
Date: April 2, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Charles W. Burris, 1984-1985 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Charles W. Burris, 1984-1985

Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Burris discusses his training, the fall of Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Fukuoka, Kyushu, and being set free.
Date: {1984-04-05,1985-02..1985-05}
Creator: Cruz, Richard & Burris, Charles W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Warren Amy, April 17, 1996

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Warren Amy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Amy discusses Submarine School in New London, Connecticut (1943-1944), his assignment to the Chub (1944), his responsibilities as an electrician's mate, and various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.
Date: April 17, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Amy, Warren
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, February 26, 1997

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Interview with Odis Taylor, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sculpin in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sculpin, 1941; his responsibilities as a radioman; various patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and in the South China Sea, 1942-44; lifeguard duty off Japan for downed airmen, 1944-45.
Date: February 26, 1997
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Taylor, Odis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library