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Oral History Interview with Charles Tucker, April 18, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Tucker, April 18, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Tucker. Tucker was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. He went to aircraft armament school at Buckley Field, Colorado and aerial gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. He was then assigned to a B-25 crew training in Columbia, South Carolina. He served as a tail gunner. He provides detail of his activities and lessons in training. In December of 1944 his crew received orders to go overseas to India. His crew joined the 12th Bombardment Group, 729th Bomb Squadron, part of the 10th Air Force. They were assigned missions of supporting the British 14th Army in its campaign to recapture Burma from the Japanese. Tucker was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Tucker, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Leon Stath, April 18, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Leon Stath, April 18, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leon Stath. Stath joined the Navy and volunteered for submarine duty in 1944. After finishing sound school and torpedo school, he was sent to the Pacific and assigned aboard the submarine tender USS Howard W Gilmore (AS-16) at Subic Bay. He also served on submarine skeleton crews ferrying subs as well as aboard USS Requin (SS-481) when Slade Cutter commanded. When the war ended, Stath took his discharge in late 1945.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Stath, Leon
System: The Portal to Texas History

Senior Recital: 2017-04-18 – Carter Calkins, oboe

Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance degree.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Calkins, Carter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2017-04-18 – Hao Miao, violin

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Miao, Hao
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2017-04-18 – Thomas Schwan, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Schwan, Thomas (Pianist)
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2017-04-18 – Yuan Zhuang, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Zhuang, Yuan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2017-04-18 – Women's Chorus and Men's Chorus

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Men's Chorus and Women's Chorus performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall, and Recital presented in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: University of North Texas. Women's Chorus.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2017-04-18 – Zebras

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Zebras concert performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: University of North Texas. Zebras.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History