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Oral History Interview with Harold Salfen, February 14, 2000

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Interview with Harold Salfen, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from O'Fallon, Missouri. Salfen discusses his hometown and family background, his childhood and education, working in St. Louis, attending the University of Missouri, joining the Army Air Force and training, operating a ground radar in the European Theater, liberating Buchenwald Concentration Camp, the end of the war, and returning home. In appendix is a biography/resumé of Salfen's.
Date: February 14, 2000
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Salfen, Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Physics Work Book] (open access)

[Physics Work Book]

Physics work book with problems and exercises relating to physics in aviation and answers to those problems handwritten written in blue pen ink. The names, "Solange D'Hooghe" and "Mr. Morrissette" are handwritten in the top right corner of the cover.
Date: February 1943
Creator: Army Air Forces Preflight School (Pilot)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977

Interview with Phillip Daffron, a Army WWII veteran from Plano, Texas. Daffron discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 including his education and entry into service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 1940, training in field artillery, events during the day of the attack at Schofield Barracks and Punchbowl Crater, subsequent events on Oahu, and some details about his service afterwards.
Date: February 9, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Daffron, Phillip L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1980 (open access)

Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1980

Annual plan of the Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council for fiscal year 1980 outlining crime statistics, previous activities, and plans for the upcoming year.
Date: February 19, 1979
Creator: Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974

Interview with Phillip Willis, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Peeltown, Texas. Willis discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including: his upbringing; joining the Army Air Corps; pilot training; assignment to Bellows Field on Oahu with an O-47 squadron and their activities there; perceptions of the Japanese and expectations about a potential conflict; the Japanese air attack on Bellows; and following preparations for an invasion.
Date: February 18, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Willis, Phillip
System: The UNT Digital Library