Oral History Interview with Richard Bennett, November 15, 2001 transcript

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
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Cincinnati, Ohio), Vol. 56, No. 3, Ed. 1, November 2002 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Cincinnati, Ohio), Vol. 56, No. 3, Ed. 1, November 2002

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: November 2002
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
BRAC Analysis - DFAS Cleveland (open access)

BRAC Analysis - DFAS Cleveland

BRAC Analysis - Includes notes and research from the analyst Marilyn Wasleski of the Interagency Team concerning the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Cleveland, OH.
Date: November 15, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis - DFAS Dayton, OH (open access)

BRAC Analysis - DFAS Dayton, OH

BRAC Analysis - Includes notes and research from the analyst Marilyn Wasleski of the Interagency Team concerning DFAS Dayton, OH.
Date: November 15, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research

Contains Notes and Research of (DFAS Cleveland, OH) by Marilyn Wasleski of the Interagency Team.
Date: November 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research (open access)

BRAC Analysis-Notes and Research

Contains notes and research of (DFAS Columbus) by Marilyn Wasleski of the Interagency team. CD's of Information from DFAS Columbus, OH.
Date: November 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Cece Cox, November 6, 2009

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Interview with executive director of resource Center Dallas Cece Cox. The interview includes Cox's personal experiences about childhood in Ohio and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, education at Northwestern University, moving to Dallas, and having a career as a photojournalist and studio photographer. Additionally, Cox discusses her coming out narrative, involvement with groups such as Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Dallas Gay Alliance/Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, as well as her decision to enter SMU Law School, and her relationship with her partner, adopted son, and family members. The interview includes an appendix with newspaper articles from the Dallas Morning News and flyers.
Date: November 6, 2009
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Cox, Cece
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
TAG1 - Adjutant's General Hearing Input (OH) (open access)

TAG1 - Adjutant's General Hearing Input (OH)

The Adjutant General Hearing Input from the state of Ohio, 30 June 2005.
Date: November 8, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library