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Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.
Date:
March 2, 2010
Creator:
Brown, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.
Date:
March 2, 2010
Creator:
Brown, Albert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hawaiian Monk Seal Population Structure, Reproduction, and Survival on Laysan Island, 1985
This is a report based on an observational study over the population of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This examination took place between March 2 and November 30, 1985.
Date:
1985-03-02/1985-11-30
Creator:
Johanos, Thea C. & Austin, Susan L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 2, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing moving to new accommodations on Hawaii, gifts from Marines, Keehi Beach, Bill Cox and a book he wrote, getting sick, censorship, and her friend Whit. Typed on Sheraton Hotel (High Point, NC) stationary.
Date:
July 2, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Maclean, June 2, 1953]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Maclean discussing accommodations and travel plans for his upcoming trip to Hawaii. Kempner also mentions that he would be pleased to hold a luncheon in San Francisco with Macleans and his associates.
Date:
June 2, 1953
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Maclean, May 2, 1953]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Donald Maclean discussing Herbert Kempner's recovery from illness and treatment and inquiring about a potential trip to Hawaii.
Date:
May 2, 1953
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. M. Armstrong, June 2, 1960]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. M. Armstrong discussing the state of company sales.
Date:
June 2, 1960
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Royal Hawaiian Hotel, February 2, 1954]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Royal Hawaiian Hotel requesting that the drug store in the hotel send Mrs. Kempner two bottles of White Ginger perfume or toilet water and two bottles of Pikake.
Date:
February 2, 1954
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, October 2, 1949]
Letter to Cecile from her father about celebrating Jim's birthday, strikes in the steel and coal industry, an investor in Imperial Sugar, rumors that she might take legal action against Imperial Sugar, and future travel to Corpus Christi with his wife.
Date:
October 2, 1949
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1310.0532]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The trips over, but memories will last a long time, Kathy Tilsner, fressed in her Hawaiian, muumuu, writes a letter to her traveling companion."
Date:
August 2, 1963
Creator:
Lucas, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Joe Allison, March 2, 1996
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Joe Allison, a Navy veteran and a company transportation executive, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date:
March 2, 1996
Creator:
Maglaughlin, Barry & Allison, Joe
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Daniel, December 2, 1976
Interview with James Daniel, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Hull during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
December 2, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Daniel, James, 1923-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin Matthews, August 2, 1978
Interview with Martin Matthews regarding his experiences while stationed at Ford Island, but on board the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on the morning of December 7th, 1941.
Date:
August 2, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Matthews, Martin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas A. Whitehead, February 2, 1977
Interview with Thomas Whitehead, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas. Whitehead discusses his experiences as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, the "Lost Battalion" captured on Java in March 1942, including: joining the National Guard; participation in the Louisiana Maneuvers; departure for the Philippines and diversion to Brisbane; assignment to Sangosari Airfield near Malang; the surrender of American forces; internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Prison in Singapore, several camps on the Burma Railway, and Non Pladuk and Ubon Airfield, Thailand; and liberation.
Date:
February 2, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitehead, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, May 2, 2006
Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. LeBow joined the navy in 1943 and went from Lubbock, Texas to San Diego for recruit training. He shipped out to Pearl Harbor aboard an LST from San Francisco. At Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to a work detail aboard the USS Oklahoma, which had just been righted. Shortly thereafter, he boarded the USS Indianapolis to serve as a range finder operator on one of the gun turrets. Upon leaving Hawaii, the Indianapolis went to Tarawa and then the Marshall Islands. LeBow witnessed Japanese civilian suicides on Saipan. He also witnessed the flag-raising on Iwo Jima from his range finder position aboard the ship. LeBow describes being hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa. He also discusses delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian and being torpedoed on the way to the Philippines. He describes abandoning the ship and spending five days in the water, including his faith in God, hallucinations, rescue, and his recovery.
Date:
May 2, 2006
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Lebow, Cleatus A.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ernest Brown, October 2, 1996
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Ernest A. Brown, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Bellows Field with the 72th Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Includes appendix of various military documents.
Date:
October 2, 1996
Creator:
Rouh, Peggy & Brown, Ernest A., 1916-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Briefs]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about anti-war protests in Munich.
Date:
September 2, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Volcano]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
January 2, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library