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Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004
Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cross-country to San Francisco after the Pearl Harbor attack. He eventually joined the USS Enterprise in April 1942 and saw the B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid take off. He was part of Bombing Squadron Six and trained under Commander Best to learn how to do scouting flights, navigation, and dive bombing. He then describes his participation in the Battle of Midway, the hours before take-off, his first view of the Japanese fleet, and his bombing mission. He was later assigned to the USS Hornet and had to fly off to a little island so that planes from the USS Wasp could land on the Hornet after their ship …
Date:
January 15, 2004
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Hopkins, Lewis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001
Interview with Albert Bouley, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Marines just after Pearl Harbor; his assignment to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division; the battle of Guadalcanal; malaria and dysentery; the battle of Cape Gloucester; the use of Pavuvu as a base; the battle of Peleliu; his return to the United States; guard duty at the Brooklyn Naval Yard and his service as an instructor in a heavy weapons school before the end of the war. He joined the Air Force 2 1/2 years later to be able to fly and work on planes, then retire to become a teacher in California, and finally settled in Texas.
Date:
June 27, 2001
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Bouley, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002
Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.
Date:
August 24, 2002
Creator:
Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003
Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date:
January 21, 2003
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Bennett, November 15, 2001
Interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Army Air Corps, basic training and flight school. He then went to a base in South Carolina to learn to fly B-25s. At Fort Myers, Florida he flew B-26 bombers and trained to fly them off of aircraft carriers so they could drop torpedos on the Japanese fleet during naval battles. He traveled across the Pacific to Brisbane only to be told that they didn't have B-26s for the crews; the colonel there knew nothing about the plan to launch B-26s from aircraft carriers, so they were sent to New Guinea to fly B-17s and supplement the crews for those bombers. From there they made bombing runs or "Washing Machine Charlie"-type runs to keep people awake at night on various Japanese targets in the islands, particularly the base at Rabaul. In fall of 1943, the Army grounded the B-17s due to the damage they had incurred and replaced them with B-24s. The men received manuals and were given only a few days to familiarize themselves with the new planes. They were then sent on bombing runs. He finished his tour of duty at …
Date:
November 15, 2001
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Bennett, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, January 21, 2008
Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, an Armed Guard in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He discusses lying about his age in order to join the navy at 15 and his experience in boot camp. He served as an Armed Guard on merchant ships that transported supplies across the Atlantic and remembers being in London while German bombers flew overhead. He transported German prisoners out of Marseilles and Naples shortly after the liberation of those cities. He remembers going to Times Square upon hearing that the Japanese had surrendered. He claims to have been the sailor in the iconic photo of the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square on V-J Day. He describes how he proved he was the sailor in the photo, what he did after the war, and how he learned that his brother survived the Bataan Death March.
Date:
January 21, 2008
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & McDuffie, Glenn E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Specialty Oral History
Sound recording of E. Douglas Hamilton giving a talk titled "Specialty Oral History" during the 2nd National Oral History Colloquium at Arden House in Harriman, New York.
Date:
November 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Morning and Afternoon Sessions during the 2nd National Oral History Association Colloquium]
Sound recording of Donald J. Schippers, E. Douglas Hamilton, Philip Brooks, Elwood Maunder, Doug Adair, Willa Baum, and James Harvey Young giving speeches and holding a group discussion during the 2nd National Oral History Colloquium at Arden House.
Date:
November 20, 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Evening Session during the 2nd National Oral History Colloquium]
Sound recording of panelists speaking during the 2nd Annual Oral History Colloquium. Philip Crowl and Forrest C. Pogue give talks during the session.
Date:
November 20, 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Morning Session During the 2nd Annual Colloquium]
Sound recording of Oral History Association members conducting a morning session during the 2nd Annual Oral History Colloquium at Arden House in Harriman, New York.
Date:
November 21, 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
New Business Session
Sound recording of a talk during the 2nd National Oral History Association Colloquium titled "New Business Session".
Date:
November 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Afternoon and Evening Sessions, 2nd National Oral History Colloquium]
Sound recording of panelists speaking during the 2nd Annual Oral History Association Colloquium.
Date:
November 19, 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Etiquette of Race Relations
Sound recording of Harlon E. Joye, E. Barnerd West, and Dana F. White from the Living Atlanta Project giving a talk titled "The Etiquette of Race Relations" during the Buffalo 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History.
Date:
October 26, 1979
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interviews and the documentation of Vietnam combat operations, part 2
Sound recording of a round table discussion featuring Peter Arnett, James Collins, Oscar Fitzgerald, Ward Just, Forrest Pogue, Benis Frank, and Robert Zimmerman, at the Eighth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at West Point.
Date:
November 3, 1973
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Afternoon and Evening Session, 2nd National Oral History Colloquium]
Sound recording of Richard T. Logsdon, James V. Mink, and other unidentified speakers giving speeches during the 2nd national Oral History Colloquium.
Date:
November 18, 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conducting interviews during or immediately after important historical events
Sound recording of Stephen Ward, Irene Cortinovis, and Joseph Cash speaking at the Eighth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at West Point.
Date:
November 3, 1973
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Session on Interviewers and their Training]
Sound recording of members of the Oral History Association giving a speech about interviewers and their training. Session recorded at Arden House during the 2nd Annual Oral History Colloquium.
Date:
November 18, 1967
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interviews and the documentation of Vietnam combat operations, part 1
Sound recording of a round table discussion featuring Peter Arnett, James Collins, Oscar Fitzgerald, Ward Just, Forrest Pogue, Benis Frank, and Robert Zimmerman, at the Eighth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at West Point.
Date:
November 3, 1973
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The American Dream; The Success Ethic
Sound recording of Jo Blatti giving a talk titled "The American Dream; The Success Ethic" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. Michael Frisch is the moderator and commentator during the talk.
Date:
October 26, 1979
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Interview With Emi and Diane Pennington]
Interview with Emi and Diane Pennington regarding the adoption of Emi Pennington from Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China. Diane shares how she arrived at her decision to adopt from China and speaks about their family dynamic. Both Emi and Diane share their feelings about the public reactions to them together. Emi also speaks about her feelings on visiting China or searching for her birth parents.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Pennington, Emi & Pennington, Diane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Jill Warnke]
Interview with Jill Warnke regarding her adoption Jiangxi Province, China. Jill speaks about her interests and extracurricular activities, including her participation in the musical, "Annie" acting as Tessie and a recent school project on China. She also shares her excitement and plans for an upcoming trip to China and her thoughts on other kids asking questions about her family.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Warnke, Jill
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski]
Oral History with Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski regarding their adoption from the Changzhou CWI in Jiangsu Province, China. They discuss how they connected over Facebook which lead to them discovering they were twins who had been adopted separately. Both Sarah and Celena offer their thoughts on the process of discovering they were twins and the shock of finding each other after accepting that it was likely they would never know their biological family. They discuss their respective childhoods, adoption stories, and their respective trips to China to learn more about their origins.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Heath, Sarah & Kopinski, Celena
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Kulow, Aaron C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Commander Hal Lamar, USNR (Ret.) Remembers Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Transcript of an oral monologue with Hal Lamar. He reflects on Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during his time serving as the Admiral's personal aide and secretary. He describes Nimitz's character and abilities as a leader. Lamar shares anecdotes about visiting wounded men and awarding Purple Heart medals, other officers coming to call, recreating, visiting Tarawa ,and activities at the new headquarters on Guam.
Date:
February 1, 1980
Creator:
Lamar, Hal
System:
The Portal to Texas History