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Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about the Battle of Midway. They also contributed to a radio show and worked with the national press corps. He then worked at the Naval Air Station in Seattle before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii to meet with soldiers who had returned from Tarawa. In Texas, he attended officer training school and college at Southwestern University. After the war ended, he studied at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma for law school. He recalls an incident in which his office released a story about a cat that had kittens on board a cruiser; they reported this good news from the Pacific prior to the Battle of Midway. He also met Admirals Nimitz …
Date: January 27, 2005
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 5, June 15, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 5, June 15, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: June 1, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Martin Matthews, August 2, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Martin Matthews, August 2, 1978

Interview with Martin Matthews regarding his experiences while stationed at Ford Island, but on board the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on the morning of December 7th, 1941.
Date: August 2, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Matthews, Martin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977

Interview with Thomas Roth regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: October 15, 1977
Creator: Bowman, Larry & Roth, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Heather Hays, November 29, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Heather Hays, November 29, 2018

Interview with Heather Hays discussing her childhood and inspiration to go into journalism, as well as her education and highlights from her career as a news anchor. She also discusses winning Miss Hawaii in 1992 and how it affected her career path, as well as her perspectives on technology and social media.
Date: November 29, 2018
Creator: Hooi-Rodriguez, Nicole & Hays, Heather
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History -- Heather Hays (open access)

Oral History -- Heather Hays

This article is a short biography of news anchor Heather Hays describing her education and career, as well as her perspectives on technology and social media in relation to journalism.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Hooi-Rodriguez, Nicole
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pan America] (open access)

[News Script: Pan America]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Pan America World airways and the Small Business Administration who list a Dallas couple among 106 victims of its jetliner crash in Bali.
Date: April 23, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library