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Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regiment, 2nd Battalion. He was then transported from fort Knox to Ireland then to England for a short time before being shipped out to Oran in North Africa. On the way to Oran, the ship he was on was almost hit by a missile shot by a German U-boat, but it instead hit another ship that was nearby. By the time Mr. Nielsen reached Oran he was a segreant Tank Commander. He also relays a time he warned his Company Commander about German Tiger Tanks being in their area and being ignored only for them to show up a few days later resulting in one captain deserting and being captured by German soldiers. Mr. Nielsen …
Date: August 23, 2001
Creator: Nielsen, Edward
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regiment, 2nd Battalion. He was then transported from fort Knox to Ireland then to England for a short time before being shipped out to Oran in North Africa. On the way to Oran, the ship he was on was almost hit by a missile shot by a German U-boat, but it instead hit another ship that was nearby. By the time Mr. Nielsen reached Oran he was a segreant Tank Commander. He also relays a time he warned his Company Commander about German Tiger Tanks being in their area and being ignored only for them to show up a few days later resulting in one captain deserting and being captured by German soldiers. Mr. Nielsen …
Date: August 23, 2001
Creator: Nielsen, Edward
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shortchanged: Uncovering the Value of Pre-Removal Cherokee Property (open access)

Shortchanged: Uncovering the Value of Pre-Removal Cherokee Property

This article estimates the value of the Cherokee's land and other property that was lost due to the tribe's removal to Indian Territory. Economist Matthew Gregg has performed a detailed mathematical analysis of land sale records in Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia around the time of removal. He arrives at an assessment that is consonant with Cherokee Chief John Ross's 1838 figure.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Gregg, Matthew T.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Weather intro] (open access)

[News Script: Weather intro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 3 deaths and scores of injuries resulted from 28 tornadoes that caused extensive property in the southeastern United States .
Date: April 2, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tornadoes] (open access)

[News Script: Tornadoes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about tornadoes which have killed at least 260 persons, injured hundreds and caused millions of dollars damage in an awesome trail of destruction from the deep south through the Ohio valley and into Canada.
Date: April 4, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gasoline] (open access)

[News Script: Gasoline]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of thousands of drivers who joined the growing number of Americans who are buying their gasoline on alternate days of the week.
Date: February 11, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, December 2, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, December 2, 1954]

Handwritten letter to Harris L. Kempner discussing an upcoming plan to travel to Galveston while in Dallas and other travel plans.
Date: December 2, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner, December 13, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner, December 13, 1948]

Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner discussing thanks for the earlier gift and letter of congratulations. Bertig clarifies what he meant in his last letter about his business.
Date: December 13, 1948
Creator: Bertig, Joseph R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5 (open access)

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5

List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person. This final volume includes men living abroad who have U.S. pensions.
Date: 1883
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6] (open access)

[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6]

Memorandum outlining S. A. T. C. Military Administration Districts, jurisdictions of the committees and department commanders, and the headquarters of department commanders.
Date: September 21, 1918
Creator: Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral history interview with David Hearn] transcript

[Oral history interview with David Hearn]

Oral history interview with David Hearn. Topics covered include Hearn's upbringing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, his coming out story, his career at J. C. Penney's, and his founding of the Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund.
Date: August 20, 2019
Creator: Testa, Nino
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chattanooga Quadrangle: Statistical Summaries]

Statistical summary tables of data taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys, listing distribution types, statistical parameters, and number of samples of eU, eTh, K, eU/eTh, eU/K, and eTh/K for the Chattanooga quadrangle in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chattanooga Quadrangle: Single Record Data Listings]

Single record (reduced data) listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Chattanooga quadrangle in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chattanooga Quadrangle: Flight-Line Averages]

Flight-line averaged data taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys, documenting mean values of eU, eTh, K, eU/eTh, eU/K, and eTh/K in geologic units for each flight line of the Chattanooga quadrangle in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chattanooga Quadrangle: Average Record Data Listings]

Averaged record (statistical analysis) data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Chattanooga quadrangle in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Johnson City Quadrangle: Average Record Data Listings]

Average record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Johnson City Quadrangle in Blue Ridge area.
Date: December 1978
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Knoxville Quadrangle: Average Record Data Listings]

Average record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Knoxville Quadrangle in Blue Ridge area.
Date: March 1979
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Johnson City Quadrangle: Single Record Data Listings]

Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Johnson City Quadrangle in Blue Ridge area.
Date: December 1978
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Winston-Salem Quadrangle: Single Record Data Listings]

Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Winston-Salem Quadrangle in Blue Ridge area.
Date: December 1978
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Winston-Salem Quadrangle: Average Record Data Listings]

Average record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Winston-Salem Quadrangle in Blue Ridge area.
Date: December 1978
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Knoxville Quadrangle: Single Record Data Listings]

Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Knoxville Quadrangle in Blue Ridge area.
Date: March 1979
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, Blue Ridge Area: Volume 2. Knoxville (NI 17-1) Quadrangle (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, Blue Ridge Area: Volume 2. Knoxville (NI 17-1) Quadrangle

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Knoxville quadrangle including maps documenting geophysical and geochemical data, as well as magnetic, ancillary and radiometric data.
Date: March 1979
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, Blue Ridge Area: Volume 1 - Narrative Report (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, Blue Ridge Area: Volume 1 - Narrative Report

First volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Knoxville and Charlotte quadrangles in the Blue Ridge Area including documentation about data collection and analysis.
Date: March 1979
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library