Oral History Interview with Aletha Barsanti, January 17, 2003

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Interview with Aletha Barsanti regarding her experiences as the wife of U. S. Army General Olinto Barsanti. They married in 1942. She remembers their courtship in San Antonio; their assignments in Europe, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; raising their children; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; and his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died in May 1973.
Date: January 17, 2003
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Barsanti, Aletha
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Trenton Fowler, January 17, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Trenton Fowler, January 17, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Trenton Fowler. Fowler grew up in Corpus Christi and enlisted into the Marine Corps in 1943. Once he finished training, he was assigned to the 4th Marine Raider Battalion and shipped out on the French transport ship Rochambeau to New Caledonia. From there he went to Guadalcanal for training and then to the Emirau, Guam, and Okinawa campaigns, with stops at Guadalcanal in between each campaign. Fowler discusses the pros and cons of the Browning Automatic Rifle versus the M-1 Garand. He tells of the change of his unit's name from the 4th Battalion Raiders to the 6th Marine Division, before he went to Okinawa. He relates the experience of finding out his brother, a fellow Marine, had died at Iwo Jima.
Date: January 17, 2001
Creator: Fowler, Trenton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, January 30, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, January 30, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about a guest house at Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Date: January 30, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner, January 24, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner, January 24, 1963]

Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner thanking for letters to friends and fine hospitality.
Date: January 24, 1963
Creator: Oppenheimer, Dan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. James T. Baird, January 23, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. James T. Baird, January 23, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. James T. Baird informing about Dan Oppenheimer's travel plan to Japan and requesting for assistance.
Date: January 23, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History