Oral History Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, January 21, 2008 transcript

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.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Misc. news bulletins] (open access)

[News Script: Misc. news bulletins]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 19, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from W. J. Woodger, Jr. to Mr. H. Kempner, January 1, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from W. J. Woodger, Jr. to Mr. H. Kempner, January 1, 1953]

Letter from W. J. Woodger, Jr. to Harris L. Kempner discussing reservations, dates and seating for a flight from London to Rome.
Date: January 1, 1953
Creator: Woodger, W. J., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Ernst Freund, January 29, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Ernst Freund, January 29, 1951]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Ernst Freund discussing Fanny Fruend's return to the U.S. and Rosa Anspach being out of a job. Mr. Kempner also informs him that he was in Europe the previous summer and he wishes he knew Mr. Fruend was in Paris at the time so they could have met up. Mr. Kempner finishes off the letter by expressing he feels unqualified to help Mr. Freund decide whether or not to change jobs, but that he believes stability is very important and to be certain of what he wants before making any decision.
Date: January 29, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to New York Postmaster, January 2, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to New York Postmaster, January 2, 1951]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the New York Postmaster discussing some film that Mr. Kempner had sent from Italy to Willoughby's photographic house in New York that had yet to arrive. Mr. Kempner asks the Postmaster to trace the package and find out where it has ended up.
Date: January 2, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Louise Fúeker-Goldstein to I. H. Kempner, January 28, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Louise Fúeker-Goldstein to I. H. Kempner, January 28, 1948]

Letter from Louise Fúeker-Goldstein to I. H. Kempner discussing and thanking Kempner for assisting with Goldstein's deceased husband's property and asking Kempner to send his check for the property to her daughter, Greta.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Fúeker-Goldstein, Louise
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 4, Number 17, January 1, 1917 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 4, Number 17, January 1, 1917

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: January 1, 1917
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 3, Number 17, January 1, 1916 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 3, Number 17, January 1, 1916

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: January 1, 1916
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History