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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
Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989

Interview with Maria Landowska, a Holocaust survivor from Metz, France. Landowska discusses family, her upbringing, her Jewish father being taken away by strangers, Kristallnacht (Chrystal Night/Night of Broken Glass), deportation by train to Dachau concentration camp, her shock and trauma, work at the camps, Auschwitz, being experimented on along with her twin, eventual recuperation, and her career as an advisor and author.
Date: December 21, 1989
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Landowska, Maria
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Influences of French Classical Organ Music Upon the Chorale Partita Auf Meinen Lieben Gott by Georg Böhm (open access)

Some Influences of French Classical Organ Music Upon the Chorale Partita Auf Meinen Lieben Gott by Georg Böhm

This paper discusses how German composer Georg Böhm was influenced by French classical organ music, and how this style is reflected in Böhm's chorale partita Auf Meinen Lieben Gott.
Date: December 1973
Creator: Schaper, Victor D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Influences of the Organ Reform Movement on the Instruments of Texas (open access)

Some Influences of the Organ Reform Movement on the Instruments of Texas

This paper explores the impact of the organ reform movement on the construction of organs in Texas. E. Dean Beasley also explores the possibilities of further reform for the instrument.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Beasley, E. Dean
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mady Unkraut, December 2, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mady Unkraut, December 2, 1963]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mady Unkraut thanking her for her kind words and letter of consultation written following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: December 2, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Misc] (open access)

[News Script: Misc]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of two west German airports which were operating under heavy security following an anonymous call which said Arab terrorists are planning an attack with Soviet-built rockets.
Date: December 29, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Misc] (open access)

[News Script: Misc]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of President Nixon who has signed into law a bill providing for a 375 million dollar group health plan aimed at encouraging health maintenance organizations.
Date: December 29, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Willy Brandt] (open access)

[News Script: Willy Brandt]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of West German Chancellor who has arrived in Progue for an historic visit.
Date: December 11, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hijack] (open access)

[News Script: Hijack]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Lufthansa Airline who reports that its hijacked jumbo jet landed in the Arab Sheikdom of Kuwait.
Date: December 18, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hijack] (open access)

[News Script: Hijack]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of German airliners which was hijacked by Palestinian gunmen has landed in Damascus, Syria.
Date: December 18, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Athens] (open access)

[News Script: Athens]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Greek officials at Athens airport are negotiating the demands of half-dozen Arab terrorist who hijacked a West German Lufthansa jetliner.
Date: December 17, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hijacking] (open access)

[News Script: Hijacking]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of hijackers who have threatened to blow up the plane and eleven hostages unless Greek government released two Palestinians.
Date: December 17, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Vandiver] (open access)

[News Script: Vandiver]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of shooting death of an Azle, Texas, GI which has resulted in military conviction of another Army man.
Date: December 24, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Court Martial] (open access)

[News Script: Court Martial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of an American GI who is found guilty of negligent homicide in the shooting death of an Azle soldier in Germany.
Date: December 24, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oil] (open access)

[News Script: Oil]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Arab countries who may double the prices of the oil.
Date: December 24, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Communist Wall] (open access)

[News Script: Communist Wall]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of thousands of West Berliners who have moved through the communist wall for visits to east Berlin and east German countryside.
Date: December 26, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Press News] (open access)

[News Script: Press News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police sources saying that east German border guards worked Christmas Day to patch five holes in the Berlin wall.
Date: December 26, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Business] (open access)

[News Script: Business]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of price of gold rose is on Europe's main bullion markets and the dollar farmed against major currencies.
Date: December 28, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: US/European Relations] (open access)

[News Script: US/European Relations]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Bonn government who has disagreed with Kissinger's view that 1973 has been a disappointing year for US relations with Europe.
Date: December 28, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Raymond Schneider, December 8, 2000

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Raymond Schneider, attorney and Army Air Forces veteran (710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schneider, Raymond
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Rotan, Mosle & Co. to Mr. Harris Kempner, December 16, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Rotan, Mosle & Co. to Mr. Harris Kempner, December 16, 1955]

Letter from J. Ludwig Mosle to Harris L. Kempner requesting an air mail letter be written to Rosalie Mosle stating that the radio be bought in German and that Ludwig will cover the price.
Date: December 16, 1955
Creator: Rotan, Mosle & Co.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Messrs. Schmidt & Co., December 17, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Messrs. Schmidt & Co., December 17, 1955]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Schmidt & Co. requesting the purchase of a radio and prompt delivery to an address for Rosalie Mosle.
Date: December 17, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. J. L. Mole, December 31, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. J. L. Mole, December 31, 1955]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to J. L. Mosle copying down a response from Messrs. Schmidt & Co., Hamburg.
Date: December 31, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History