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Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Executive Correspondence - Fax from NJ Rep Frank Pallone to Commissioner Bilbray dtd 19 Aug 05 (open access)

Executive Correspondence - Fax from NJ Rep Frank Pallone to Commissioner Bilbray dtd 19 Aug 05

Executive Correspondence - Fax from NJ Rep Frank Pallone to Commissioner Bilbray dtd 19 Aug 05 regarding response to DOD issue papers.
Date: August 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/16/2005 to Chairman Principi from eleven retired General Officers (open access)

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/16/2005 to Chairman Principi from eleven retired General Officers

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/16/2005 to Chairman Principi from eleven retired General Officers in support of keeping Fort Monmouth open.
Date: August 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Rebuttal to the 2005 BRAC Recommendations To Close Fort Monmouth (open access)

Community Rebuttal to the 2005 BRAC Recommendations To Close Fort Monmouth

The concept of integrated C41SR is difficult to understand especially when considering how military C41SR systems fit together; how the technology becomes available for systems in development; how the systems are developed and provided to the field and how the systems are sustained in the field. Fort Monmouth's mission covers all of these aspects. The following definitions are provided to aid the reader in better understanding this rebuttal report.
Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Anne Russo to William Waybourn, February 19, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Anne Russo to William Waybourn, February 19, 1997]

A letter from Anne Russo to William Waybourn about a letter to the editor from a New Jersey newspaper which Russo enjoyed.
Date: February 19, 1997
Creator: Russo, Anne
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bacteria in Campbells soup] (open access)

[News Script: Bacteria in Campbells soup]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story the president of Campbell's Soup stating that they've ensured they fixed conditions at the Paris, Texas plant to remove bacteria from some of their soup.
Date: November 19, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: September 19, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: No troops to Vietnam] (open access)

[News Script: No troops to Vietnam]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1970-05-19T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Jersey] (open access)

[News Script: New Jersey]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 19, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Newark riots] (open access)

[News Script: Newark riots]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 19, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Matthew S. Crinkley, December 19, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Matthew S. Crinkley, December 19, 1966]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Matthew S. Crinkley discussing family news, including the death of his son in the Vietnam War and the birth of his grandson.
Date: December 19, 1966
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0424B.0570]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: March 19, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958 (open access)

Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958

From Abstract: "This report up-dates certain sections of HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests". In particular, the levels of Strontium-90 in fallout, milk, tap water, air, and soil are included for data available up to November 1, 1958."
Date: November 19, 1958
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Jeane Kempner to Mary Jean, July 19, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Jeane Kempner to Mary Jean, July 19, 1956]

Letter from Jeane Kempner to Mary Jean discussing an enclosed list of the furniture being shipped to her in Gladstone, New Jersey.
Date: July 19, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston, June 19, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston, June 19, 1956]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston thanking Mr. and Mrs. David for their greetings on the occasion of his anniversary which they spent quietly in Gladstone with Mary Jean, who signed a separation agreement with Oakleigh and the divorce will require either Oakleigh or Mary Jean going to Reno. Letters sent to her should be addressed as Mrs. Kempner Thorne.
Date: June 19, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Haband Tie Company, November 19, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Haband Tie Company, November 19, 1952]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Haband Tie Company discussing the ties he previously ordered and requesting to no longer receive circulars from the company.
Date: November 19, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. I. H. Kempner, March 19, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. I. H. Kempner, March 19, 1952]

Letter from Mr. I. H. Kempner informing that mails and publications should be addressed to Mr. David Nathan here forth.
Date: March 19, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Old Copper Mine Farms, Inc., January 19, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Old Copper Mine Farms, Inc., January 19, 1952]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Old Copper Mine Farms asking that they replace a Terrace Greenhouse that he ordered and was damaged in shipping.
Date: January 19, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Rex D. Pearce, January 19, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Rex D. Pearce, January 19, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Rex D. Pearce letting him know that he was recommended by Henry A. Dreer, Inc. and requesting a "catalogue of house plants and of Monstera of different kinds".
Date: January 19, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chauncey D. Leake to I. H. Kempner, January 19, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Chauncey D. Leake to I. H. Kempner, January 19, 1945]

Letter from Chauncey D. Leake to I. H. Kempner discussing the "Princeton Plan" for faculty housing with Mr. Kempner. Leake is familiar with the plan because it was used when he was a student at Princeton. The plan involves private investors building housing on university land. The project is financed through bonds and the property is eventually transferred to the university. Leake believes the plan would be worthwhile for the University of Texas.
Date: January 19, 1945
Creator: Leake, Chauncey D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bobbink & Atkins to Daniel W. Kempner, January 19, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Bobbink & Atkins to Daniel W. Kempner, January 19, 1944]

Letter from Bobbink & Atkins to Daniel W. Kempner informing the business no longer grows Epiphyllum Truncatum, also called Crab Cactus.
Date: January 19, 1944
Creator: White, George C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) 1117

A photograph postcard showing Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) 1117, 4-6-2, with streamlining, Hoboken, NJ. )The "gingerbread" has long since been removed.)
Date: October 19, 1936
Creator: Osborne, W. R.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same (open access)

Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same

Patent for a process for preserving wood by treating it with various anti-septic chemicals mixed with oil that stops the wood from decaying for a long time.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Ellis, Carleton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History