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Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Foreign Aid] (open access)

[News Script: Foreign Aid]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon who asked congress for 5-million 180-million dollars in foreign aid money for the fiscal year.
Date: April 24, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jordan & Cambodia] (open access)

[News Script: Jordan & Cambodia]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of travelers who are reporting a mutiny in the Jordanian Army. Also, the Cambodia command who says that 13 person were killed overnight and 21 wounded in the rebel rocket and shelling attacks on two Phnom Penh suburbs.
Date: February 6, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Busing] (open access)

[News Script: Busing]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of reversing an amendment that would prohibit fuel allocations for busing school children beyond neighborhood schools.
Date: December 14, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laos peace agreement] (open access)

[News Script: Laos peace agreement]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the United states which has welcomed the political peace agreement signed in Laos between the Vientiane government and the communists Pathet Tao.
Date: September 14, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laos] (open access)

[News Script: Laos]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a right wing Laotian General who exiled in 1966 when he attempted a coup was unsuccessful again.
Date: August 20, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rebels] (open access)

[News Script: Rebels]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of an aborted coup who is against Laotian Government and was followed swiftly by a wave of summary executions in Vientiane.
Date: August 21, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: IndoChina] (open access)

[News Script: IndoChina]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about political future of Japanese prime minster Tanaka who is a little bit brighter than expected.
Date: July 9, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cutoffs] (open access)

[News Script: Cutoffs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about at least one republican senator who thinks president Nixon will sign a bill that indicates a provision prohibiting the use of currently available funds for combat activity in Cambodia or Laos.
Date: June 27, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Washington] (open access)

[News Script: Washington]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the house which votes on a measure that could cut off funds for American bombing in Cambodia.
Date: June 25, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Peace meeting] (open access)

[News Script: Peace meeting]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Henry Kissinger who has arrived in Paris to resume his talks with Le Duc Tho on implementing the Vietnam cease fire.
Date: June 12, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Washington] (open access)

[News Script: Washington]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about house appropriations committee chairman George Mahon who said a vote to cut off funds for U. S bombing in Cambodia and Laos wont come before next week.
Date: June 12, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner, January 8, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner, January 8, 1959]

Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner thanking him for his letter of January 6, enclosed with a copy of he Foreign Policy Bulletin on Laos which is of his interest. So, Anderson requests Kempner to suggest any names of the people who are living in The Philippines, South Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand so he could ouch bases with them.
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: Anderson, Dillon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Mansfield] (open access)

[News Script: Mansfield]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Senator Mike Mansfield’s statement on U. S. bombing in Laos.
Date: April 17, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kissinger Paris discussion] (open access)

[News Script: Kissinger Paris discussion]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Henry Kissinger stating that he has no plans to go to Paris to discuss the bombing in Laos.
Date: April 17, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Southeast Asia] (open access)

[News Script: Southeast Asia]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the government of Laos refusing to say if American bombers are continuing to attack.
Date: April 17, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laos] (open access)

[News Script: Laos]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Laos claiming that the renewed U. S. bombing caused civilian casualties and property damage.
Date: April 17, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laos] (open access)

[News Script: Laos]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Pentagon warning North Vietnam that the U. S. may start bombing in Laos because of the fighting there.
Date: April 16, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon ability] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon ability]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Senate Foreign Relations Committee stating that President Nixon is allowed to resume hostilities in Vietnam or Laos.
Date: April 9, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laos] (open access)

[News Script: Laos]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 23, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laos/ Sea Power] (open access)

[News Script: Laos/ Sea Power]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 22, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: IndoChina] (open access)

[News Script: IndoChina]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 21, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laos Cease-fire] (open access)

[News Script: Laos Cease-fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 21, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library