The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Luther Azel Bookout. Bookout joined the Marine Corps in July of 1941 to attend Officer Training School, and was called to active duty in 1942. He was assigned to Field Artillery School and joined C Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, and was promoted to first lieutenant. He landed in Auckland, New Zealand on early 1943, then redeployed in July to Guadalcanal. Luther participated in the battles of Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. Bookout resigned his commission on 7 June 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edith Scott. Scott graduated from high school in 1942. She began nursing school in October of 1943 at John Sealey College of Nursing (now the University of Texas Nursing School) in Austin. She joined the US Cadet Nurse Corps and graduated in 1946, after the war ended. She describes in detail her experiences through nursing school and corps training. Scott also notes that there were several Japanese ladies going through training with her. She goes on to share her life pursuits after graduation.

Spectrum concert presented at UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Interview with Prentice Gerald Witt, an Air Force Veteran and retired Delta Airlines pilot, from Center Point, Texas. Witt recalls his time as a member of the Air Force and his time as a pilot.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Faculty and student recital presented at UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Archie W. Scott. Scott joined the Marine Corps in 1942. He entered the V-12 Program, and was sent to Georgia Tech to train further as an engineer. He transferred to California, and attended Field Telephone School. He was then assigned to USS Rochambeau (AP-63), and served in communications, and on the 8-inch gun. They traveled to Pearl Harbor, where he joined the Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment. They participated in the Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns. He shares details of his combat experiences, injuries and receiving two Purple Hearts during the battles on Peleliu and Okinawa. Beginning in April 1946, they participated in the occupation of North China. Scott returned to the US and received his discharge in 1946.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Louis Justin. Justin volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in March, 1943 and took the photography course in Denver. He went overseas to Tinian in November, 1944 where he worked in the photo lab developing images. On Tinian, he developed the film from the Enola Gay. After the war, Young returned to the US in January and received his discharge in February. Justin has some help during the interview from his daughter.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

An ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with William Gregory. Gregory finished high school in 1938 and qualified for the Army Air Corps aviation cadet program. Gregory earned his wings in mid-1942 and was assigned to England, arriving in late 1942 where he joined the 49th Pursuit Squadron. He then traveled to North Africa. He also escorted bombers during the invasion of Sicily. He flew a P-38. He completed 50 missions by October 1943 and returned to the US, where he remained until the war ended. He stayed in the Air Force, working as an operations officer within a U-2 reconnaissance squadron in Japan.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master’s of Music degree.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clayton Nattier. Nattier went into the Army Air Forces in October 1942 as an aviation cadet. In August, 1943 he earned his commission and his wings as a B-17 pilot. During training his eardrums ruptured and he was hospitalized. During recovery, he spent a lot of time in the Link trainer, which paid off later in his career. With his new crew, Nattier went overseas to England in June, 1944 and began flying combat missions at the end of July. In September, over Germany, Nattier's plane was hit and he and the crew had to bail out. Nattier was captured on the ground and became a prisoner of war. He provides very clear detail about bailing out and his captivity. The Russians liberated his camp toward the end of April after the Germans had vacated. He returned to the US on 20 June 1945 and was discharged in December.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall in fulfillment of the Doctor of Music Arts (DMA) degree for Dwight Jilek (conducting the UNT Concert Choir) with an additional choir performance by the University Singers.

Interview with Thomas Waddell Pollard, a County Judge in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. Pollard recounts his time going to school at Tivy Elementary, Tivy Junior High, and Tivy High School, his education at the University of Texas and South Texas College of Law, and his law practice.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Osteen. Osteen was drafted into the Army April 29, 1942. He was in Company D, 182nd Infantry Regiment of the 23rd Infantry (Americal) Division. He completed basic training in California. He worked some with machine guns, though primarily as a mechanic in D Company. His company shipped out of Fort Ord on a Norwegian freighter to Guadalcanal, and helped with clean up after the main battle was over. From there they spent a year in Bougainville, arriving in November 1943. They held the perimeter and participated in the Battle for Hill 260. From there they took an LST to Leyte, Philippines, carrying tanks and trucks to secure the island. And, then on to Yokohama, Japan continuing with clean up. He was discharged in Seattle Washington in 1945. He used his G.I. Bill to go to school, learning auto mechanics and welding, and took a job as a blacksmith.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Rackerby. Rackerby joined the Marine Corps in February 1943 and trained in San Diego, then went to radio school at Texas A&M. He went overseas to Green Island and was attached to Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14). Rackerby served in the photography section and processed film. He remained there for a year before moving to the Philippines. Rackerby returned to the US in May, 1945 to prepare for the invasion of Japan with Marine Aircraft Group 51, but the war ended. Rackerby was discharged in November 1945. He used the GI Bill to attend university.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank J. Nemec. Nemec joined the Marine Corps in early 1942. He received light and medium tanks training, and served with Company B of the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He participated in the invasions at New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. Frank also served at Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Pavuvu, and the Goodenough Islands. He spent 28 months in the war zone, plus a 3-month occupational duty in China after the war. Nemec’s unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for the Guadalcanal and the Okinawa operations. He was honorably discharged on 3 July 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Ferretti. Mike Ferretti, son of Edward, speaks on his father’s behalf. Ferretti was drafted into the Navy in 1944 and received training in Camp Farragut, Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho and Point Loma, San Diego to become a radar operator. He worked aboard the USS Cortland (APA-75) in 1945. His shifts were four hours on the radar screen, eight hours off, seven days a week, working in both surface and sea modes. Over a ten-month period, they shuttled Marines to different islands. Locations include Seattle, Eniwetok, Ulithi, Okinawa, Korea and China. In September 1945 they helped the Nationalist Chinese fight the communists by transporting 800 Chinese troops to Tientsin. Ferretti also went to Manila, Hong Kong and Japan. They arrived back in the States in December 1945. He completed his service in the Navy as Radarman 1st Class and was discharged around January 1946. Ferretti took advantage of the G.I. Bill and studied at Washington University.

Choir concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, a retired professor from Kerrville, Texas. He recalls his time as an Air Rescue Medic in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, as well as his time as a professor at a few different universities, some of which were in foreign countries.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Maxine Flournoy. Flournoy received her pilot’s license through the Civil Pilot Trailing at Joplin Junior College, Missouri in 1941. Beginning in 1943, she served as a pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), furthering her training in Sweetwater, Texas. She then transferred to an Army base in Hondo, Texas for Navigation School, where she lived in the barracks with other female pilots. Flournoy notes that she trained aboard an AT-7 and a C-60, receiving the same training as her male counterparts, except for combat training. They were later sent to Officer Training School in Orlando, Florida. When the WASPs disbanded in December of 1944, Flournoy went on to serve as a commercial pilot in Alice, Texas. She shares numerous details of her life experiences in WASP.