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Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date: March 29, 2011
Creator: Wiseman, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt enlisted in the Army Air Forces in July of 1942. He describes the planes he flew during training, including the PT-19, the BT-13 and the UC-78. Hildebrandt was commissioned and received his pilot rating in November of 1943. Upon graduation he trained on the B-26 at Laughlin Field. Hildebrandt served as a pilot in the 95th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. They first traveled to Morocco, North Africa, then to northern Italy and Southern France. Their job was to bomb Marshaling yards, bridges and troop replacements. Hildebrandt describes some of his missions. He flew a total of 64 missions and was discharged in July of 1945.
Date: November 12, 2009
Creator: Hildebrandt, Alan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date: March 29, 2011
Creator: Wiseman, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt enlisted in the Army Air Forces in July of 1942. He describes the planes he flew during training, including the PT-19, the BT-13 and the UC-78. Hildebrandt was commissioned and received his pilot rating in November of 1943. Upon graduation he trained on the B-26 at Laughlin Field. Hildebrandt served as a pilot in the 95th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. They first traveled to Morocco, North Africa, then to northern Italy and Southern France. Their job was to bomb Marshaling yards, bridges and troop replacements. Hildebrandt describes some of his missions. He flew a total of 64 missions and was discharged in July of 1945.
Date: November 12, 2009
Creator: Hildebrandt, Alan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to James C. Kempner, July 17, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to James C. Kempner, July 17, 1962]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to James C. Kempner discussing James's birthday, I. H. Kempner's visit with Denny and Neale Kempner, and the state of John F. Kennedy's presidency.
Date: July 17, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ens. and Mrs. James C. Kempner, September 25, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ens. and Mrs. James C. Kempner, September 25, 1962]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ens. and Mrs. James C. Kempner discussing I. H. Kempner being unsure of what to send the newlywed couple and deciding on a check, and Kempner expressing his interest in the couple's life in Morocco and in Navy circles.
Date: September 25, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Snail] (open access)

[News Script: Snail]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about little delicacy for the gastronomical goodness participation in the 4th Annual Escargot Eating Contest.
Date: February 25, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gatch Search] (open access)

[News Script: Gatch Search]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about military officials who say that the air search for missing American balloonist Thomas Gatch will continue.
Date: February 25, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of African A. P. O. Numbers (open access)

List of African A. P. O. Numbers

A list of A.P.O. numbers overseas from Gura, Asmara, Cairo, Heliopolis, Tripoli, Algiers, and Casablanca. Five (5) of these A.P.O. numbers have red check marks towards the right of the page. On the back of this page a purple stamp in the top left corner reads, “Ambassador Hotel, 14th & K Streets, N.W. Washington D.C.”. At the bottom of the page reads, “Radio in Every Room / 500 Room Completely Air Conditioned / Swimming Pool Free to Guests”.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Embroidered shoes

Shoes of silver and gold metallic embroidered fabric; floral pattern;6 petals of flower embroidered in silver, rest of shoe is in gold; gold cording around shoe between upper and sole; leather soles; heels are crushed down, folded into shoes; stiff construction; pointy toes.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Embroidered shoes

Shoes of purple velvet; floral gold metallic embroidery on top of shoe; gold cording around shoe opening; leather lining and soles; heels are crushed down, folded into shoes; pointy toes.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Embroidered shoes

Shoes of gold velvet; floral gold metallic embroidery on top of shoe; gold cording around shoe opening; leather lining and soles; heels are crushed down, folded into shoes; pointy toes.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metallic shoes

Shoes of silver metallic embroidered fabric; floral pattern; gold cording around shoe between upper and sole; leather soles; heels are crushed down, folded into shoes; stiff construction; pointy toes.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metallic shoes

Shoes of gold metallic floral embroidery with leather soles; back of shoe is crushed down into shoe.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Embroidered shoes

Shoes of black leather exterior and red interior; gold embroidery covering toe; toes curl upward.
Date: 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Arabs Arrested] (open access)

[News Script: Arabs Arrested]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of government of the Arab state of Kuwait who has arrested five Palestinian hijackers who killed 32 people at airports in Rome and Athens.
Date: December 19, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Skylab & Feature] (open access)

[News Script: Skylab & Feature]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of killings in Rome and Athens has created confusion in five Arab terrorists. Skylab has organized surprise Christmas Eve Festivities. Vice President is vacating with his family at a Ski Resort in Colorado.
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: Cambodia] (open access)

[News Script: Cambodia]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
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: Plane Crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane Crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a chartered Belgian jetliner which crashed during a storm near Tangiers, Morocco killed 105 persons on board.
Date: December 23, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from A. Sutton to H. Kempner Company, February 23, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from A. Sutton to H. Kempner Company, February 23, 1965]

Letter from A. Sutton to H. Kempner Cotton Company discussing the licenses and complications surrounding the shipping of Mexican cotton to Mr. Agha in Morocco.
Date: February 23, 1965
Creator: Sutton, A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of Letter from A. Sutton to H. Kempner Company, February 23, 1965] (open access)

[Translation of Letter from A. Sutton to H. Kempner Company, February 23, 1965]

Letter from A. Sutton to H. Kempner Cotton Company discussing the licenses and complications surrounding the shipping of Mexican cotton to Mr. Agha in Morocco.
Date: February 23, 1965
Creator: Sutton, A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Satfilage S. A. to Harris L. Kempner, March 1, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Satfilage S. A. to Harris L. Kempner, March 1, 1965]

Letter from the president of the Satfilage company to Harris L. Kempner clearing up some miscommunications regarding the buying and selling of cotton overseas.
Date: March 1, 1965
Creator: Satfilage
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Christian Clerc, May 30, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Christian Clerc, May 30, 1962]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Christian Clerc introducing him his nephew, James C. Kempner who's now in naval service. And he's leaving for his post in Morocco and he might pass through Paris and Kempner has told him to get in touch with Christian if Jim ever needs help. And he might do that same thing at the end of the year after getting married and taking his wife back to Morocco with him.
Date: May 30, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History