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Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000 transcript

Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date: December 27, 2000
Creator: Medcalf, George
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date: December 27, 2000
Creator: Medcalf, George
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rosa Parks in the Columbia Airport]

Photograph of Rosa Parks sitting in the Columbia, South Carolina airport with a younger woman standing next to her holding her hand. "Rosa Parks 1996, July 27 Columbia, S. C. airport passed on to me, Mario Salas, 3/30/2000" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: July 27, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: National news summary] (open access)

[News Script: National news summary]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Vietnam war, an investigation, an election, and weather.
Date: April 27, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bloxom report] (open access)

[News Script: Bloxom report]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the opening of ballots for the liquor by the drink election. Additionally, the story mentions that the vacancy left in South Carolina after the death of Representative Mendel Rivers is being filled by his god-son Mendel Davis.
Date: April 27, 1971, 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.
Date: November 27, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6PM Sports] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 27, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 22, 1984 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 22, 1984

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending November 17 to the week ending December 22, during 1983 and 1984 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: December 27, 1984
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Trial] (open access)

[News Script: Trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 27, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jury verdict] (open access)

[News Script: Jury verdict]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 27, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hospital Strike] (open access)

[News Script: Hospital Strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1969-06-27T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10 p.m. sports news] (open access)

[News Script: 10 p.m. sports news]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 27, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Strike] (open access)

[News Script: Strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 27, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Women of War] (open access)

[Clipping: Women of War]

Newspaper clipping of a section of the May 1990 issue of The Miami Herald. Articles about the WASPs service in World War 2, why Maria Muniz joined the Marine Corps, two nurses who served in the Vietnam War, and more are included.
Date: May 27, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The People's Recorder (Columbia, S.C.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 (open access)

The People's Recorder (Columbia, S.C.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Columbia, South Carolina that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 1900
Creator: Nix, S. H. & Holmes, C. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of memorandum from [James F. Perry] to James Reed and Co., August 27, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of memorandum from [James F. Perry] to James Reed and Co., August 27, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a memorandum from James F. Perry to James Reed and Co. outlining enclosed documents and drafts pertaining the land purchase between Barnard E. Bee and Stephen F. Austin.
Date: August 27, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History