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Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.
Date: August 10, 2010
Creator: Pilot, Alan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.
Date: August 10, 2010
Creator: Pilot, Alan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mrs. Kempner Thorne, August 22, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mrs. Kempner Thorne, August 22, 1956]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mrs. Kempner Thorne discussing a change to D. W. Kempner's travel itinerary.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eurozone Crisis: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

The Eurozone Crisis: Overview and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of the causes, challenges, political dynamics, and other aspects of the Eurozone's economic crisis and discusses the related issues that Congress may address, such as: how this situation will impact the U.S. economy, IMF (International Monetary Fund) involvement, and how the US and Europe will cooperate to solve these issues. The report also contains supplemental figures and charts.
Date: August 29, 2012
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.; Belkin, Paul; Mix, Derek E. & Weiss, Martin A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Flight Diary of Donald Fleming, 781st Bomb Sqadron, 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Scan of the flight diary kept by Donald Fleming, a B-24 navigator in WWII from Kansas, documenting the missions he flew in the European Theater from February to August, 1944.
Date: August 18, 2003
Creator: Fleming, Donald
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Edith L. Turner to Mr. George Downer, August 4, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Edith L. Turner to Mr. George Downer, August 4, 1958]

Letter from Edith L. Turner to Mr. George Downer confirming hotel reservations at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany for Mrs. D. W. Kempner, Gladys Kempner, their maid, and their dog for their trip in September.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: Turner, Edith L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History