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Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date:
April 18, 2017
Creator:
Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date:
April 18, 2017
Creator:
Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.
Date:
April 29, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date:
April 14, 2009
Creator:
Donaldson, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date:
April 14, 2009
Creator:
Donaldson, Albert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Dorothea 'Didi' Moorman"]
Newspaper clipping about women dispelling male fears about the B-29 Superfortress. A photo of Dorothea "Didi" Moorman standing with Brig. General Paul Tibbets in Fort Walton Beach Florida is shown.
Date:
October 21, 1997
Creator:
Associated Press
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0783]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lee Trevino shows his appreciation to his putter after winning the PGA Championship Sunday at Birmingham, Ala."
Date:
August 21, 1984
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Clip: Ready & Willing (mercenaries)]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 20, 1983
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ready & Willing #2
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 19, 1983
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ready & Willing #1]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 18, 1983
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Surface Coal Mining on the Hydrology of Crooked and Turkey Creek Basins, Jefferson County, Alabama
From introduction: The objective of this project is to measure the impact coal mining has on the hydrologic system and to develop the capability for predicting the effect of future mining on water resources. To achieve this necessities isolating the problems and measuring the parameters involved before, during, and after mining.
Date:
August 1979
Creator:
Puente, Celso
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[NMRA Bulletin Letter Response]
Clipping of a letter written to the NMRA Bulletin by a man named Rick Perry regarding the use of fiberglass as insulation. He was part of the crew who swapped out the fiberglass insulation with asbestos, and wrote to dispute a previous letter to the bulletin about using fiberglass insulation. Written below the clipping is "- NMRA Bulletin Jan 1979."
Date:
January 1979
Creator:
Perry, Rick
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement: Helen Corbitt's No-Nonsense Holiday Cooking School]
Mailer advertising "Helen Corbitt's No-Nonsense Holiday Cooking School" which includes three sessions over two days in November 1976. It includes information about Corbitt and her credentials, a description of the classes and entertainment, and a form to enroll in the class.
Date:
Autumn 1976
Creator:
The Birmingham Ballet
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Rangers who blew a 5- 0 lead then bounced back to defeat Oakland 7- 6.
Date:
July 31, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Steel Firm]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about nine major steel firms which have signed a consent degree in US district court in Birmingham, Alabama.
Date:
April 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the day Billy Martin and the Texas rangers who have been preparing for the past few weeks for the opening of the 1974 major league Baseball season.
Date:
April 3, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 200 Mile Wheat Field]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that along the central gulf region of the United States there is a wheat field 191-miles long and one row wide.
Date:
February 7, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wallace/ Arms Limit]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
August 16, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10 PM sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
August 5, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6 PM sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the PGA championship in Oakland Hills, the Dallas Cowboys at training camp, updates of the Davis Cup Zone semi-finals, Boxer Nick Wells makes another bid for the US Olympic boxing team, the Rangers poor season, and two worlds swimming records set at Olympic trials in Chicago.
Date:
August 4, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: PGA tournament]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
1972-08-03T24:00:00
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: PGA tournament update]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
1972-08-03T24:00:00
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Failed assassination attempt]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 19, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library