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Oral History Interview with Adrian Miller, August 3, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Adrian Miller, August 3, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Adrian Miller. Miller was born in Winamac, Indiana 16 November 1924 and graduated from high school in 1942. He entered the Army in March, 1944 and took his basic training at Ft. Blanding, Florida. He volunteered for the paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia and describes the six weeks of rigorous training, which included jumps. In November, he joined the 101st Army Airborne and was assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry, Company H. Miller was sent to Bastogne and describes the conditions and the high casualty rate. After being relieved in January he went to Lorraine, France, then to Berchtesgaden, Germany where he met his brother. Miller was in Paris when Germany surrendered. On 15 December 1945, he returned to the United States on the Queen Mary. He was discharged January 1946.
Date: August 3, 2001
Creator: Miller, Adrian
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adrian Miller, August 3, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adrian Miller, August 3, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Adrian Miller. Miller was born in Winamac, Indiana 16 November 1924 and graduated from high school in 1942. He entered the Army in March, 1944 and took his basic training at Ft. Blanding, Florida. He volunteered for the paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia and describes the six weeks of rigorous training, which included jumps. In November, he joined the 101st Army Airborne and was assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry, Company H. Miller was sent to Bastogne and describes the conditions and the high casualty rate. After being relieved in January he went to Lorraine, France, then to Berchtesgaden, Germany where he met his brother. Miller was in Paris when Germany surrendered. On 15 December 1945, he returned to the United States on the Queen Mary. He was discharged January 1946.
Date: August 3, 2001
Creator: Miller, Adrian
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: C423] (open access)

[News Script: C423]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Gerd Mueller who scored with 15 minutes left, giving west Germany a 1- 0 victory over Poland and sending the Germans into the World cup soccer championship game.
Date: July 3, 1974
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne, June 3, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne, June 3, 1949]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing about colonizing some Texas farm lands and requesting for information about New York organizations handling displaced persons of other countries.
Date: June 3, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frederick E. Gaupp, November 3, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frederick E. Gaupp, November 3, 1973

Interview with Frederick E. Gaupp, a college professor, concerning the experiences of a German intellectual during the period of the Weimar Republic and the early Hitler years. Gaupp discusses his middle-class family background, his service in World War I with a Rhenish artillery regiment, his education at the University of Breslau, the Sparticist uprising, Kapp Putsch, Freicorps activities, rampant inflation (1923-1924), and the effects of Allied reparations. He also talks about his employment with Ullstein (Berlin) publishing house, fighting between the Brown Shirts and the Communists, the role of the lower middle-class in supporting the Nazis, the Nazi suppression of Ullstein, and his decision to leave Germany in 1935.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Burke, Kenneth Alton & Gaupp, Friedrich, 1897-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from A. W. Schimmelpfennig to I. H. Kempner, August 3, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. W. Schimmelpfennig to I. H. Kempner, August 3, 1948]

Letter from A. W. Schimmelpfennig to I. H. Kempner asking Kempner if Schimmelpfennig's mother, Emilie Schimmelpfennig, is still alive and where her current residence is.
Date: August 3, 1948
Creator: Schimmelpfennig, A. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to A. W. Schimmelpfennig, June 3, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to A. W. Schimmelpfennig, June 3, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to A. W. Schimmelpfennig discussing Kempner's mother taking residency with Schimmelpfennig for many years but left and has had no contact with them since.
Date: June 3, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Helsinki] (open access)

[News Script: Helsinki]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the largest post war effort to ease tensions in Europe began.
Date: July 3, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to John M. Winterbotham, April 3, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to John M. Winterbotham, April 3, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to John M. Winterbotham informing Mr. John M. Winterbotham in Dublin of the his travel plans. He will arrive in Amsterdam on April 29th, spend the day there, and then go to Bremen/Hamburg until May 2nd or 3rd. Ruth will join later, arriving a few days before the wedding on May 15th. He suggests reaching them through Brauer in Bremen and mentions staying at the Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg.
Date: April 3, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Roy D. Much, February 3, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roy D. Much, February 3, 1999

Transcript of an interview with Roy D. Much, Army veteran (987th Field Artillery Battalion), concerning his experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Much discusses his pre-war education and employment; basic training in the artillery, Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas, 1942; and general comments about his experiences at Normandy, Saint-Lô, liberation of Paris, Huertgen Forest, Remagen Bridge, Battle of the Bulge, and the liberation of Czechoslovakia.
Date: February 3, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Much, Roy D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Richard Young, September 3, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Richard Young, September 3, 1999

Transcript of an interview with Thomas Richard Young, artist and Army Air Forces veteran (463rd Bomb Group, 774th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing titled, "North Compound, Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany, January, 1945."
Date: September 3, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, Thomas Richard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Clark W. Thompson to Jeane B. Kempner, May 3, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Clark W. Thompson to Jeane B. Kempner, May 3, 1957]

Letter from Clark W. Thompson, Congressman from 9th District of Texas, to Jeane B. Kempner enclosing letters of introduction from Switzerland and Germany and promising to write the Director of Customs in New York on her behalf.
Date: May 3, 1957
Creator: Thompson, Clark Wallace, 1896-1981
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Brenners Park Hotel, September 3, 1955] (open access)

[Bill from Brenners Park Hotel, September 3, 1955]

Hotel and bar bill from Brenners Park Hotel listing itemized charges and the total bill.
Date: September 3, 1955
Creator: Brenners Park Hotel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Brenners Park Hotel Charges, September 3, 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Brenners Park Hotel Charges, September 3, 1955]

Invoice for items sold by Brenners Park Hotel, including lunch.
Date: September 3, 1955
Creator: Brenners Park Hotel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Brenners Park Hotel, September 3, 1955] (open access)

[Bill from Brenners Park Hotel, September 3, 1955]

Hotel and bar bill from Brenners Park Hotel listing itemized charges and the total bill.
Date: September 3, 1955
Creator: Brenners Park Hotel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Incidentals from Brenner's Park Hotel, September 3, 1955] (open access)

[Bill for Incidentals from Brenner's Park Hotel, September 3, 1955]

Bill for incidentals incurred by Kempner at Brenner's Park Hotel, Hotel Stephanie, Baden-Baden, listing itemized charges including baggage, along with the total charges.
Date: September 3, 1955
Creator: Brenners Park Hotel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Helene Kanzelefska, January 3, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Helene Kanzelefska, January 3, 1955]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Helene Kanzelefska apologizing for not writing sooner and explaining that he was distracted by the death of his younger brother, Stanley E. Kempner.
Date: January 3, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Precede markets] (open access)

[News Script: Precede markets]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a United States trade group visiting East Berlin.
Date: April 3, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Unverzagt, Das Hotel Balzer!] (open access)

[Unverzagt, Das Hotel Balzer!]

Catalog from the exhibition, "Unverzagt, Das Hotel Balzer!," June 3–July 15, 2007, held at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral and Kur- und Stadtmuseum. Includes: foreword, essays, list of artworks in the exhibition, selected images, biographical notes. Byrd Williams IV was one of the artists featured in the exhibition.
Date: 2007-06-03/2007-07-15
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Smeltzer, August 3, 1996 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Smeltzer, August 3, 1996

Interview with William Smeltzer, a Army WWII veteran and Navy contractor from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Smeltzer discusses quitting high school and moving to California in 1940, experiences working at Mare and Pearl Harbor Navy Yards as a civilian contractor before and after the start of the war, the raising of the sunken USS Oklahoma (BB-37), being drafted into the Army and infantry training, assignment to the 45th Infantry Division and participating in the drive into Germany, the end of the war and demobilization, and his career afterwards. In appendix are a photo of the insignia for the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard and two photos of the capsized Oklahoma.
Date: August 3, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smeltzer, William
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lore Price, December 3, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lore Price, December 3, 1989

Interview with Lore Price, a Holocaust survivor from Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Wesphalia, Germany. Price discusses her family, growing up, antisemitism, the Kristallnacht and subsequent growth of arrests and deportations, the Berlin ghetto, the Riga ghetto, the Riga concentration camp and events there, transfer to camps at Stutthof and Thorn, a forced march to Bromberg, escaping and hiding, becoming a nurse with Polish soldiers, the end of the war and immigration to Israel, and reflections on the experience of the Holocaust.
Date: December 3, 1989
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Price, Lore
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Berlin] (open access)

[News Script: Berlin]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 3, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10PM sports] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over the daily sports highlights.
Date: September 3, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Berlin] (open access)

[News Script: Berlin]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 3, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library