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Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Warren, March 28, 2022 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Warren, March 28, 2022

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Warren. Warren was born in Frisco, Texas in February 1921. After graduating from high school, he attended Texas A&M participating in the ROTC program for two years. Upon graduation in 1942 he applied for a commission in the United States Army Air Forces and was accepted. After participating in various stages of flight training, he was assigned as a C-47 pilot. Flying the Northern Route over Greenland, he joined the 439th Troop Carrier Wing, 94th Squadron, 9th Air Force in England. He tells of being involved in Operation Market Garden and of crossing the Rhine, where he pulled Waco CG-4 gliders, and of the Battle of the Bulge where he hauled fuel for General Patton’s tanks.
Date: March 28, 2022
Creator: Warren, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1985 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1985

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1985.
Date: July 1986
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1984 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1984

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during the fiscal year 1984.
Date: July 1985
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1981-1983 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1981-1983

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing approved budgets, activities, and collected data during fiscal years 1981 and 1983.
Date: June 1994
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1993 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1993

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1993.
Date: May 1994
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1991 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1991

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1991.
Date: May 1992
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1986 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1986

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1986.
Date: July 1987
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1987 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1987

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1987.
Date: July 1988
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1988 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1988

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1988.
Date: May 1989
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2001 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2001

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 2001
Date: April 2002
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2000 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2000

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2000.
Date: September 2001
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1992 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1992

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1992.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2002 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2002

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 2002.
Date: June 2003
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1990 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1990

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing approved budgets, activities, and collected data during fiscal years 1991 and 1992.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tea Kettle on a Raft: A History of Navigation on the Upper Red River (open access)

Tea Kettle on a Raft: A History of Navigation on the Upper Red River

Article provides a comprehensive account of steamboating on the Upper Red River and the role of riverine navigation in the development of the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 2003
Creator: Tolman, Keith
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: APB084] (open access)

[News Script: APB084]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the U. S department of agriculture which has taken action to increase supplies of Anthrax vaccine to livestock producers in central Texas.
Date: July 18, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: GOP seminar] (open access)

[News Script: GOP seminar]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about republicans from Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas who meet in Arlington for a seminar on voting procedures and campaign techniques.
Date: June 10, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: GOP seminar] (open access)

[News Script: GOP seminar]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about grassroots which will be firmly planted in Arlington by the republican national committee.
Date: June 10, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about baseball game and several teams participating in it where Texas rangers defeated Atlanta braves by 7- 3.
Date: March 12, 1974, 10:00 p.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
[News Script: Energy] (open access)

[News Script: Energy]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story regarding an announcement of a proposed guidelines for fuel allocations.
Date: December 12, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fatal] (open access)

[News Script: Fatal]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of two people who were killed and ten others who were injured in a two-car collision.
Date: December 24, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Big Melons] (open access)

[News Script: Big Melons]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Texas Watermelon growers as well as those in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma have been issued a challenged by the growers of the famous Home Watermelons of Arkansas.
Date: August 25, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library