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U.S.-Japan Announce New Limited Trade Negotiations (open access)

U.S.-Japan Announce New Limited Trade Negotiations

This report discusses announced plans for bilateral negotiations for a trade agreement between the United States and Japan.
Date: October 17, 2018
Creator: Cimino-Isaacs, Cathleen D. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jesse F. Stovall, Jr., April 29, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jesse F. Stovall, Jr., April 29, 2002

Interview with Jesse F. Stovall, Jr., a soldier in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about his time in the Marines and his experiences overseas.
Date: May 17, 2004
Creator: Contreras, Francisco & Stovall, Jesse F., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Straus, September 17, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with David Straus, September 17, 2001

Interview with David Straus of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Marine Corps during World War Two in the Pacific Theater as well as the Korean War. The interview includes some of Straus' background before the war and his personal experiences while in the Marines, including memories of Okinawa, various weapons, what happened at the end of World War Two, and his assignment in Korea.
Date: September 17, 2001
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Straus, David
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Straus, September 17, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Straus, September 17, 2001

Interview with David Straus of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Marine Corps during World War Two in the Pacific Theater as well as the Korean War. The interview includes some of Straus' background before the war and his personal experiences while in the Marines, including memories of Okinawa, various weapons, what happened at the end of World War Two, and his assignment in Korea.
Date: September 17, 2001
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Straus, David
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 210, August 17, 1955 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 210, August 17, 1955

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: August 17, 1955
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Trenton Fowler, January 17, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Trenton Fowler, January 17, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Trenton Fowler. Fowler grew up in Corpus Christi and enlisted into the Marine Corps in 1943. Once he finished training, he was assigned to the 4th Marine Raider Battalion and shipped out on the French transport ship Rochambeau to New Caledonia. From there he went to Guadalcanal for training and then to the Emirau, Guam, and Okinawa campaigns, with stops at Guadalcanal in between each campaign. Fowler discusses the pros and cons of the Browning Automatic Rifle versus the M-1 Garand. He tells of the change of his unit's name from the 4th Battalion Raiders to the 6th Marine Division, before he went to Okinawa. He relates the experience of finding out his brother, a fellow Marine, had died at Iwo Jima.
Date: January 17, 2001
Creator: Fowler, Trenton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Japan Quake] captions transcript

[News Clip: Japan Quake]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 17, 1995, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry Kalinofsky, February 17, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Henry Kalinofsky, February 17, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Kalinofsky of Annapolis, Maryland. He discusses when he was first inducted into the Navy and being a plank owner aboard DE 581. USS MCNULTY. He also discusses his time aboard the USS LSM(R) 198 manning the 40mm Twin Mount and loading rockets in Okinawa, Japan, after the invasion of Normandy. Mr. Kalinofsky describes an attack he was involved in off the coast of Okinawa.
Date: February 17, 2001
Creator: Kalinofsky, Henry
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Henry Kalinofsky, February 17, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Henry Kalinofsky, February 17, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Kalinofsky of Annapolis, Maryland. He discusses when he was first inducted into the Navy and being a plank owner aboard DE 581. USS MCNULTY. He also discusses his time aboard the USS LSM(R) 198 manning the 40mm Twin Mount and loading rockets in Okinawa, Japan, after the invasion of Normandy. Mr. Kalinofsky describes an attack he was involved in off the coast of Okinawa.
Date: February 17, 2001
Creator: Kalinofsky, Henry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Jose Q. Lacerda, December 17, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Jose Q. Lacerda, December 17, 1953]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Jose Q. Lacerda discussing about bonuses and a special bonus on the occasion of Christmas, New Year.
Date: December 17, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Bruce Webster, June 17, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Bruce Webster, June 17, 1949]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Dr. Bruce Webster discussing the effectiveness of his sleeping medicine and his continued headaches, although Mr. Kempner reports they are not serious. He then talks about his vitamins and some hot flashes he's been experiencing. He ends off the letter wishing Dr. Webster a wonderful trip to Japan.
Date: June 17, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner and Robert Markle Armstrong, November 17, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner and Robert Markle Armstrong, November 17, 1955]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner and Robert Markle Armstrong discussing the creation of advertisement for the Imperial Sugar Company and the Kempner family on to miniature sugar packets with additional thoughts on logistics and prices.
Date: November 17, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Aletha Barsanti, January 17, 2003

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Interview with Aletha Barsanti regarding her experiences as the wife of U. S. Army General Olinto Barsanti. They married in 1942. She remembers their courtship in San Antonio; their assignments in Europe, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; raising their children; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; and his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died in May 1973.
Date: January 17, 2003
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Barsanti, Aletha
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Donald Boots, May 17, 2001

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Interview with building contractor and Marine Corps veteran Donald Boots. The interview includes Boots' personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood, boot camp, camouflage school, training in beachhead organization with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, mopping-up operations on Kwajalein, rest and retraining on Maui, being assigned as a BAR man, invading Saipan, and assaulting enemy caves on Saipan. Boots also talks about the stress of battle, returning to Maui for rest and retraining, the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japanese resistance on the Iwo Jima beaches, the rescue of his friend, his role in organizing the beach operation at Iwo Jima, establishing beach defenses on Iwo Jima, evacuating and returning to Maui, retraining and refitting for the invasion of the Japanese home islands, and the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Boots, Donald
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Detre, August 17, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Detre, August 17, 1978

Transcript of an interview with George Detre, a Navy veteran from Warren, Ohio, and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. Detre discusses concerning his experiences during World War II, including as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.
Date: August 17, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Detre, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005

Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, a bugler in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a bugler aboard the USS Indianapolis and experienced a kamikaze attack during the Okinawa campaign. He also describes transporting the crate that contained the first atomic bomb to Tinian, the ship's sinking, and the four days and five nights he spent in a life raft waiting to be rescued.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Morris, Cork & Morgan, Glenn G.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cargo Boxes Piled on Yellow Beach, Okinawa]

Photograph of a section of Yellow Beach, Okinawa, Japan covered in wooden cargo crates and longshoremen sorting through cargo. A water tower is visible in the background.
Date: October 17, 1945
Creator: Ryan, Gerald
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Air Strike at Ryukyu Islands]

Photograph of a two U.S. Carrier Planes over the Ryukyu Islands after dropping torpedoes. Black smoke follows behind the planes.
Date: October 17, 1944
Creator: Smith, Loran F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with J. C. Armstrong, October 17, 1996

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Interview with J. .C. Armstong, an Army Air Forces veteran (20th Bomb Group), concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam and Saipan to Japan, 1945; Japanese flak and fighter opposition.
Date: October 17, 1996
Creator: Snow, Jason & Armstrong, J. C.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10 PM sports] (open access)

[News Script: 10 PM sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dallas Blackhawks vs Fort Worth Wings, Texas college baseball, world boxing news, and two NCAA division basketball playoff games, coverage of the National Junior College basketball tournament, and the Greater Jacksonville Golf Open.
Date: March 17, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Earthquakes] (open access)

[News Script: Earthquakes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about two earthquakes which hit Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido.
Date: June 17, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Japan] (open access)

[News Script: Japan]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about rail strikes in Japan.
Date: May 17, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Japan Expo 70] (open access)

[News Script: Japan Expo 70]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1969-12-17T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Police arrest ex] (open access)

[News Script: Police arrest ex]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1969-11-17T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library