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Oral History Interview with Dorothy Martens, October 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Martens, October 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dorothy Martens. Martens graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1944. She entered the Army Nurse Corps in December. She completed basic training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. From there she moved to Fort Jackson, South Carolina for orientation, where she taught the other nurses about the workings of a B-29. She was in the 309th General Hospital Unit. In May of 1945 their unit traveled to Washington State and boarded the USAT Matsonia heading to Tinian and the Marianas. They were assigned to set up a general hospital to receive patients from battlefields in the Pacific. She provides some detail of the types of wounds she helped with and her living conditions on Tinian. She left Tinian in October of 1945 and went to Fukuoka, Japan. Her unit set up a hospital there to help U.S. enlisted men, and she provides details of the city and her surroundings. She left Japan and was separated from the service in April of 1946.
Date: October 21, 2016
Creator: Martens, Dorothy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fred Heyer, September 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred Heyer, September 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Heyer. Heyer joined the Navy in March 1945. He went to Great Lakes in Chicago for boot camp. He provides detail of his boot camp experience. From there he went to the U.S. Navy Receiving Station in Seattle where he received and dispatched Army personnel. He then served aboard the USS Clamour (AM-160) beginning October 1945. They were working to put the ship out of commission. His work aboard the ship was clerical, office work, and bringing the crews’ personnel records up-to-date and other duties to de-commission the ship. He was discharged in July 1946. He later re-enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve program December 1946, and was recalled to active duty in January 1947. He was assigned as a station keeper at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee. He worked in a school for veterans assisting with automotive repair, clerical work and helping veterans organize their service activities. He was released from active duty in August 1948, and released from the Naval Reserve in July 1950.
Date: September 21, 2016
Creator: Heyer, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Stuart MacDonald, June 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Stuart MacDonald, June 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stuart MacDonald. MacDonald joined the Marine Corps and was called to active duty right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After basic training, he was assigned to the headquarters battery in the 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He went to Guadalcanal with the First MARDIV and served in the fire direction center before catching malaria. After recovering, MacDonald was assigned to the Third MARDIV as a forward observer at Bougainville and later at Guam. MacDonald was rotated back to the US in January, 1945. He was discharged in February, 1946.
Date: June 21, 2016
Creator: MacDonald, Stuart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John E. Montgomery, April 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John E. Montgomery, April 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John E Montgomery. Montgomery joined the Army in February 1943. He studied navigation and mathematics at Clarion State Teachers College, Pennsylvania, then graduated from flying school in Douglas, Georgia in May of 1944. He transferred to Sarasota, Florida in September and completed P-51 gunnery school. In early 1945, Montgomery was deployed to Hawaii to join the 20th Air Force. Beginning in April, he traveled to Iwo Jima, Guam, Tokyo and Saipan, completing 10 bombing missions over Japan and Chichi-Jima. He describes living on Iwo Jima and Saipan. He remained in Saipan from December through April of 1946, then returned home and received his discharge.
Date: April 21, 2016
Creator: Montgomery, John E
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Wolfort, April 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis Wolfort, April 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Louis Wolfort. Wolfort was drafted into the Army in January of 1941. He completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, Kentucky in July of 1942. He was then sent to Camp Funston, Kansas to start the 9th Armored Division. He was a light tank instructor at Camp Funston, then went back to Fort Knox, and provides detail of the equipment he used in training. From there he was sent to the West Coast and shipped out as a replacement officer. He served overseas as a company commander at Headquarters, Southern Islands Area Command under General Robert L. Eichelberger, and provides some detail of that experience. He was discharged in March of 1946.
Date: April 21, 2016
Creator: Wolfort, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Janosek, March 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis Janosek, March 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Louis Janosek. Janosek joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1943. He completed training in radio navigation and served as an Air Transport Command C-46 Flight Officer. They traveled to Liberia, West Africa, Ascension Island and China, Tunisia, Egypt, Bagdad, transporting supplies, food and equipment. He shares his experience flying over the Hump, the Himalaya Mountains. He received his discharge in 1946. In 1947, he renewed his service with the Air Force, retiring in 1964.
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: Janosek, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Judson Martin, February 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Judson Martin, February 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Judson Martin. Martin joined the Army in February of 1943. He completed language school as part of the Army Specialized Training Program. He trained as a German interpreter, and served with the 104th Infantry Division, 413th Infantry Regiment. Around September of 1944, they deployed to France and participated in combat through Belgium, Germany and the Siegfried Line. Martin returned to the US and received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: February 21, 2016
Creator: Martin, Judson
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: April 21, 2016] (open access)

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: April 21, 2016]

Minutes for the April 21, 2016 TXSSAR meeting, held by the McKinney chapter.
Date: April 21, 2016
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART police receive free home security systems (open access)

DART police receive free home security systems

News release about DART police officers receiving free home security systems as part of a national "Protect the Protectors" campaign.
Date: October 21, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Ball, Mark; Pilcic, Chris & Kruse, Nicole
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Community College District Partners with DART to Provide Transit Passes to Students (open access)

Dallas County Community College District Partners with DART to Provide Transit Passes to Students

News release about a partnership between DART and the Dallas County Community College District to provide DART transit passes to community college students.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, December 21, 2016 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, December 21, 2016

Transcript of interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, a retired FBI agent and firearms identification specialist, from Kerrville, Texas. He speaks about his memories of growing up in Kerrville and his time working with the FBI.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Webb, Jeanie Archer
System: The Portal to Texas History