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Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date:
April 5, 2003
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress
This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuation of individuals from Hurricane Katrina. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted. This report will be updated as significant legislative or administrative changes occur.
Date:
March 30, 2009
Creator:
Lindsay, Bruce R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur B. Clark, September 29, 2000
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Interview with Arhtur B. Clark, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery. Clark discusses joining the National Guard, training and maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and surrender to the Japanese, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, labor on the Burma "Death" Railway, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a reference page and a written flight log by Col. Tom Sledge.
Date:
September 29, 2000
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Clark, Arthur B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. B. Blackmon, April 10, 2007
Transcription of a phone interview with L. B. Blackmon of Corpus Christi, Texas, a World War Two veteran of the United States Marine Corps. In the interview, Mr. Brown talks about his time in the Marines as well as life growing up during the Great Depression and other biographical information. He recalls memories of surviving Pearl Harbor, guard duty around naval storage in Hawaii, and the Horse Marines.
Date:
April 10, 2007
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Blackmon, L. B.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, March 29, 2003
Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Olivares dropped out of high school and decided to join the U. S. Navy after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He took his 16-week basic training course at Great Lakes in Illinois where he learned how to fire various guns and recognize aircraft. After basic training, he was assigned to Algiers, Louisiana where he learned how to weld. Aboard the USS Bordelon (DD-881), he served as a Ship Fitter in the damage control department. After WWII, he remained in the reserves and was called up for duty in Korea. He served aboard the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86). After Korea, he worked as a civilian for the Army Corps of Engineers as an oiler on a dredge. He then served in the Merchant Marines, hauling refined petroleum products from South America to North America. He also discusses going to French Indochina (Vietnam) and traveling up the Saigon River in a merchant vessel.
Date:
March 29, 2003
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Olivares, Hazael R.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocity and Transport Characteristics of the Louisiana-Texas Coastal Current during 1994
Report on the observations from the five cruises conducted by the Mississippi River Plume Hydrography study portion of the Louisiana-Texas Physical Oceanography Program.
Date:
November 2001
Creator:
Murray, Stephen P.; Jarosz, Ewa & Weeks, Edward T., III
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 1]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
August 31, 2005
Creator:
NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina, 14]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at
Date:
August 31, 2005
Creator:
NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Katrina Hits, 1]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Katrina Hits, 4]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Katrina Hits, 7]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 1, 2005
Creator:
NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Willie and Weed]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 18, 2006
Creator:
NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Executive Summary of State Data Related to Abandoned Centralized and Commercial Drilling-Fluid Disposal Sites in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
This 2003 Spring Semi-Annual Report contains a summary of the Final Technical Report being prepared for the Soil Remediation Requirements at Commercial and Centralized Drilling-Fluid Disposal (CCDD) Sites project funded by the United States Department of Energy under DOE Award No. DE-AC26-99BC15225. The summary describes (1) the objectives of the investigation, (2) a rationale and methodology of the investigation, (3) sources of data, assessment of data quality, and data availability, (4) examples of well documented centralized and commercial drilling-fluid disposal (CCDD) sites and other sites where drilling fluid was disposed of, and (5) examples of abandoned sites and measures undertaken for their assessment and remediation. The report also includes most of the figures, tables, and appendices that will be included in the final report.
Date:
March 1, 2003
Creator:
Nance, H. Seay
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Larry Clemmons, April 23, 2004
Interview with Kenneth Larry Clemmons, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War from Houston, Texas. Clemmons describes his time in basic training and experiences in Vietnam, including seeing Bob Hope and how he was treated upon returning to the United States.
Date:
May 18, 2005
Creator:
Nawaz, Muhammad & Clemmons, Kenneth Larry
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Larry Clemmons, April 23, 2004
Interview with Kenneth Larry Clemmons, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War from Houston, Texas. Clemmons describes his time in basic training and experiences in Vietnam, including seeing Bob Hope and how he was treated upon returning to the United States.
Date:
April 23, 2004
Creator:
Nawaz, Muhammad & Clemmons, Kenneth Larry
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 10, Number 2, July 2000
The Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal contains historical information about Colorado County, Texas including personal accounts and research into area stories.
Date:
July 2000
Creator:
Nesbitt Memorial Library
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 10, Number 3, June 2001
The Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal contains historical information about Colorado County, Texas including personal accounts and research into area stories. The index to Volume 10 begins on page 185.
Date:
June 2001
Creator:
Nesbitt Memorial Library
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2000
Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2000.
Date:
September 2001
Creator:
Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2001
Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 2001
Date:
April 2002
Creator:
Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2002
Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 2002.
Date:
June 2003
Creator:
Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gene Buehring, April 29, 2001
Interview with Gene Buehring, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam and was wounded in action. Buehring describes what every day life was like in the service and his experiences upon returning home. He also talks about meeting Bob Hope and the two times he was injured on duty.
Date:
April 15, 2003
Creator:
Reitmeier, Sara & Buehring, Gene
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gene Buehring, April 29, 2001
Interview with Gene Buehring, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam and was wounded in action. Buehring describes what every day life was like in the service and his experiences upon returning home. He also talks about meeting Bob Hope and the two times he was injured on duty.
Date:
April 29, 2001
Creator:
Reitmeier, Sara & Buehring, Gene
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History