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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with O. R. Sparkman, May 6, 1971
Interview with O.R. Sparkman, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Stationed in China before the war, Sparkman was captured in December 1941 by the Japanese in Beijing and interned at various camps in occupied China and Korea before finishing the war at Hakodate, Japan.
Date:
May 6, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Sparkman, O. R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971
Interview with Loren Brantley, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Daingerfield, Texas. Brantley discusses being stationed in Shanghai before the war, his experience in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked on December 8th, the Battle of Corregidor, and his internments at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, and a coal mine near Nagasaki.
Date:
November 19, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Brantley, Loren H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James L. Kent, May 11, 1972
Interview with James L. Kent, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Duncanville, Texas. Kent discusses joining the Marine Corps, being AWOL, his judicial punishment, his deployment to the Philippines at Cavite Navy Yard, the Japanese attack, his experiences in the Battles of Bataan and Corregidor, his capture, and his internment at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan #1 & 2, and Mitsushima.
Date:
May 11, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kent, James L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974
Interview with Phillip Willis, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Peeltown, Texas. Willis discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including: his upbringing; joining the Army Air Corps; pilot training; assignment to Bellows Field on Oahu with an O-47 squadron and their activities there; perceptions of the Japanese and expectations about a potential conflict; the Japanese air attack on Bellows; and following preparations for an invasion.
Date:
February 18, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Willis, Phillip
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971
Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Date:
March 22, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973
Interview with George P. Lawley, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Odessa, Texas. Lawley discusses his time with the so-called "Lost Battalion" on Java and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, including: joining the National Guard in 1940 and training, deployment for East Asia with 2nd Battallion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and his unit's capture; and his experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat and several camps on the Burma Railway, and near Nagasaki.
Date:
November 3, 1973
Creator:
Teague, William J. & Lawley, George P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roy Eschmann, February 23, 1989
Interview with Roy Eschmann, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eschmann discusses joining the Army, basic training, assignment to Schofield Barracks and the 25th Infantry Division, his duties and daily life, Japanese friends on Hawaii, preparation for war, guard duty on the night of December 6/7th, the morning of the attack and shooting at Japanese aircraft, patrols afterwards and fear of invasion, rumors, and later service.
Date:
February 23, 1989
Creator:
Rosen, Keith & Eschmann, Roy L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986
Interview with C. N. Swain, a Navy WWII veteran from Kernes, Texas. Swain discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the service and training, life and work aboard the Vestal, operations before December 7th, being knocked overboard by a Japanese torpedo and the destruction of the USS Arizona, and service afterwards.
Date:
April 26, 1986
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Swain, C. N.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Granville T. Summerlin, June 9, 1981
Interview with Granville T. Summerlin, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Hughes Springs, Texas. Summerlin discusses his experiences as a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, or the "Lost Battalion" of the 36th Infantry Division, including: being drafted in 1940 and training; deployment to East Asia and diversion to Brisbane after December 7th; assignment to Sangosari Airfield, Malang, Java; the Japanese assault and American surrender; internment and labor at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat and several camps on the Burma "Death" Railway, and Bangkok; liberation, and recovery in Calcutta.
Date:
June 9, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Summerlin, Granville T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978
Interview with John Lowe Jr., a Navy WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Lowe discusses his experiences aboard the USS Neosho during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including training through the V-6 Naval Reserve Program, assignment to the Neosho, life and work aboard the ship, encountering possible Japanese submarines before the attack, being wounded during the attack and evacuated, recovery, and service afterwards.
Date:
August 7, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Lowe, John, Jr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Coffey, May 20, 1996
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Interview with William Coffey, a Navy WWII veteran from Hopkins County, Texas. Coffey discusses joining the Navy in 1937, boot camp in San Diego, service aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), transfer to submarines in the Philippines, the bombing of Cavite Navy Yard at the start of the war, assignment to the S-41 as a cook, combat around the Solomon Islands, attaining submarine qualifications, patrolling the northern Pacific, the character of the crew, transfer to the USS Sterlet (SS-392), patrols, medical leave, and service postwar.
Date:
May 20, 1998
Creator:
Maglaughlin, Barry & Coffey, William
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William E. Moore, Jr., March 4, 1998
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Interview with William E. Moore Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Temple, Texas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Moore discusses his time in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, assignment to 24th Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, training and alerts, the attack at Wheeler Field and taking defensive positions around Oahu, and service afterwards.
Date:
March 4, 1998
Creator:
Meisch, Lisa & Moore Jr., William E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles M. Lagow, October 11, 2000
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Interview with Charles M. Lagow, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Lagow discusses his family history, attending Texas A&M, joining the CCC, the lead up to war, activation and training with the 352nd Engineer Battalion, deployment to Khorramshahr, Iran, building roads, delivering supplies to the Soviets, crash landing in a B-17 in Palestine, returning to the States and transfer to the 1346th Eng. Bat., deployment to Okinawa, occupation duty and Japanese holdouts, thoughts on Hideki Tojo, attitudes towards the Japanese, shell shock and mental breakdowns, the atomic bomb, and life after the war.
Date:
October 11, 2000
Creator:
Ripley, Christopher & Lagow, Charles Marshall
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999
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Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration of the Air Force, and the Roswell UFO incident. Some additional biographical information about Ramey is provided by Colonel Terry Garland.
Date:
April 27, 1999
Creator:
Lane, Peter B.; Garland, Terry & Roberts, John A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cleon Stewart, March 18, 1993
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Interview with Cleon Stewart, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Tulia, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (known as the "Lost Battalion"). Stewart discusses joining the National Guard, training and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific in November, 1941, diversion to Java after December 7th, Japanese air strikes and the invasion, the American surrender and initial internement by the Japanese, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp, Singapore, and life in captivity there, and liberation.
Date:
March 18, 1993
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, Cleon
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999
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Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
Date:
March 12, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. W. Hughes, November 17, 2003
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Interview with W. W. Hughes, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Grand Prarie, Texas. Hughes discusses growing up in the Great Depression, joining the National Guard and equestrian service in the 112th Cavalry at Fort Clark, the start of war and deployment to New Caledonia and Australia, preparations for combat, amphibious landings at Arawe Island off New Britain, scout patrols and combat, operations in New Guinea at the Driniumor River, Japanese POWs, actions in the Philippines at Leyte and Luzon, returning to the US as an instructor, and reflections on his service.
Date:
November 17, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Hughes, W. W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William P. Schiff, January 12, 1990
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Interview with William Schiff, a Holocaust survivor from Kraków, Poland. Schiff discusses his family, antisemitism before the war, the invasion of Poland, being put into forced labor by the Germans and Poles, the ghetto and survival there, getting married, experiences in internment at Kraków-Płaszów, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps, liberation, returning to Kraków and finding his wife, and life afterwards.
Date:
January 12, 1990
Creator:
Rosen, Keith & Schiff, William P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clarence Kingsley, November 21, 2003
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Interview with Charles Kingsley, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served in the 112th Cavalry. Kingsley discusses his upbringing, joining the Guard, the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to New Caledonia, his troop's machine gun section/platoon, Woodlark Island, the Battle of Arawe, New Guinea and the Battle of Drinumor River, the Battles of Leyte and Luzon, his thoughts on the generals he served, and thoughts on the 112th.
Date:
November 23, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Kingsley, Clarence
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd F. Hudson, August 12, 2003
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Interview with Lloyd F. Hudson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Fort Worth, Texas. Hudson discusses his family background, joining the 124th Cavalry and transfer to the 112th, work as a cavalryman before activation, activation and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to Townsville, Australia, amphibious assault on Arawe, New Britain, falling ill and returning to the States, the character of troops, equipment, rivalry with the Marine Corps, and acts of bravery. In appendix is a list of Hudson's fellow soldiers, the places he served, descriptions of the equipment mentioned in the interview, and the 112th's service chronicle.
Date:
August 12, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Hudson, Lloyd F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lyndle Lynch, January 10, 1995
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Interview with Lyndle Lynch, a Navy WWII veteran from El Paso, Texas, who was aboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lynch discusses going into the Navy, work aboard the Utah, liberty in Honolulu, the morning of the attack, the sinking of the Utah and abandoning ship, assisting the wounded, duties after the attack, morale and reactions, and service aboard the USS Detroit.
Date:
January 10, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Lynch, Lyndle
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Inga Pennock, January 27, 1990
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Interview with Inga Pennock, a Holocaust survivor from Berlin. Pennock discusses her family background, experiencing antisemitism and the start of Nazi rule, trying to leave Germany and hiding, increasing violence, Kristallnacht, losing family, fleeing to Shanghai, Japanese occupation and the ghetto, working as a nurse for the Japanese, living conditions, liberation, and life afterwards.
Date:
January 27, 1990
Creator:
Rosen, Keith G. & Pennock, Inga
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Salfen, February 14, 2000
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Interview with Harold Salfen, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from O'Fallon, Missouri. Salfen discusses his hometown and family background, his childhood and education, working in St. Louis, attending the University of Missouri, joining the Army Air Force and training, operating a ground radar in the European Theater, liberating Buchenwald Concentration Camp, the end of the war, and returning home. In appendix is a biography/resumé of Salfen's.
Date:
February 14, 2000
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Salfen, Harold
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002
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Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library