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Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Riley, Voris C.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Riley, Voris C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Grocery Bills] (open access)

[News Script: Grocery Bills]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that the average grocery bill in Dallas which has dropped by about 2% last month.
Date: May 1, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, June 1, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, June 1, 1966]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. Brown apologizing for being unable to find a place in Galveston that will accept a pair of paintings she is in possession of.
Date: June 1, 1966
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0300.0179]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 1, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History