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Oral History Interview with Bill Brown, June 26, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Brown. Brown was studying at the University of Texas at El Paso whe nhe joined the Army Air Force in 1942. Brown discusses his flight training, which occurred throughout Texas. With training cmplete, Brown was sent to Hawaii where he continued training with the 45th Fighter Squadron, 7th Air Force. Soon his unit was shipped to Iwo Jima where they flew bomber escort for bombing missions over the home islands of Japan. Brown was shot down over Yokahama and bailed out over the Tokyo Bay, where he was resuced by the USS Pipefish (SS-388). Brown was taken to Hawaii to recover and was eventually shipped back to the US, where he was discharged in September, 1945.
Date:
June 26, 2000
Creator:
Brown, Bill
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, August 3, 2000
Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, a pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Sieker discusses his grandfather's immigration from Germany. In addition to his stories from his extensive flying career, he also talks about his service in the military during World War II, his various occupations throughout the years, and his work against the screwworm infestation.
Date:
August 3, 2000
Creator:
Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Sieker, Robert Edward
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anne Sloan. Sloan grew up in Oregon and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1944. She spent time at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Plattsburgh, New York; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Lexington, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas before she left the service in 1946. She was at Times Square, New York City on V-E Day. After the service, she used the GI Bill to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she met her husband. She later became a teacher.
Date:
September 11, 2000
Creator:
Sloan, Anne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with R. Bruce Porter, September 30, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R. Bruce Porter. After a few years of college at the University of Southern California, Porter joined the Marines as an aviation cadet. After training on the F4F, Porter was assigned to Squadron 111 and shipped out on the USS Garfield to American Samoa. Porter mentions training with and talking with Joe Foss when his squadron passed through Apia. Porter then went to Turtle Bay, New Caledonia. He next flew F4F's in Guadalcanal in 1943. Their squadron then switched to the Corsair plane. Porter then started moving ""up the slot"" toward Japan gradually moving north with his squadron. Later, Porter returned to the states to train on F6F's and joined a night fighter squadron. He was assigned as a squadron commander in Okinawa. He discusses blowing up a plane with a ""baka"" bomb on it. Porter's record is an ace, with five official kills and one probable. Porter witnessed the surrender party preparing for the official surrender. He stayed in Japan for four months after the occupation.
Date:
September 30, 2000
Creator:
Porter, R. Bruce
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
[News Clip: Cole Memorial]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 18, 2000, 4:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Navy memorial]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 18, 2000, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cole latest]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 19, 2000, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001
Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, a retiree who has lived in Kerrville, Texas intermittently over the years. Mrs. Salter discusses visiting her grandparents in Kerrville, meeting her first husband, Julian "Joe" Garrett, a Canadian immigrant, her involvement with planes, her substitute teaching career, and her work with the Audubon Society.
Date:
February 14, 2001
Creator:
Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abe Santos, February 24, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Abe Santos. Santos joined the Navy in November of 1939. He served as a Fireman aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34). They participated in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway and Savo Island, where the ship was sunk. He traveled back to Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Wharton (AP-7). Santos was placed on tugboat duty for six months, then transferred to Johnston Island as a Second-Class Machinist’s Mate. He assisted with airstrip construction. He later transferred back to headquarters at Pearl Harbor, and worked on staff for Admiral Robert L. Ghormley. He continued his service after the war ended.
Date:
February 24, 2001
Creator:
Santos, Abe
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abe Santos, February 24, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Abe Santos. Santos joined the Navy in November of 1939. He served as a Fireman aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34). They participated in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway and Savo Island, where the ship was sunk. He traveled back to Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Wharton (AP-7). Santos was placed on tugboat duty for six months, then transferred to Johnston Island as a Second-Class Machinist’s Mate. He assisted with airstrip construction. He later transferred back to headquarters at Pearl Harbor, and worked on staff for Admiral Robert L. Ghormley. He continued his service after the war ended.
Date:
February 24, 2001
Creator:
Santos, Abe
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Welcome to Molly's World - 1944]
Copy of a magazine about women's participation in World War II aviation.
Date:
April 18, 2001
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gene Buehring, April 29, 2001
Interview with Gene Buehring, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam and was wounded in action. Buehring describes what every day life was like in the service and his experiences upon returning home. He also talks about meeting Bob Hope and the two times he was injured on duty.
Date:
April 29, 2001
Creator:
Reitmeier, Sara & Buehring, Gene
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001
Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.
Date:
June 14, 2001
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Janet Blair, June 25, 2001
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Interview with homemaker Janet Blair. The interview includes Blair's personal experiences about being a Red Cross volunteer in the European Theater during World War II, education in Europe, working with "Bundles for Britain," various assignments, rationing and air raids in England, D-Day, and serving troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Blair talks about her patriotic motivation, her decision to join the Red Cross, her selection as a clubmobiler, the formation of a lifelong friendship with Diana Marvin and Peggy Bell, the use of Greenliners, relationships between Red Cross women and U.S. military personnel, leave time in Paris, living conditions of France, looting, and the end of the war and her return to the States.
Date:
June 25, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Blair, Janet
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Haynes, September 19, 2001
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Interview with Major General Frederick Haynes, a Marine WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Haynes discusses growing up, becoming an officer in the Marine Corps, being a small arms instructor, assignment to the 28th Marines and training for combat, various experiences fighting the Battle of Iwo Jima, and reflections on battle.
Date:
September 19, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Haynes, Frederick E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: The Latest]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 26, 2001, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Reagan Airport]
B-roll footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 3, 2001, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: AOL executive missing]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date:
November 26, 2001, 4:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gene Buehring, April 29, 2001
Interview with Gene Buehring, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam and was wounded in action. Buehring describes what every day life was like in the service and his experiences upon returning home. He also talks about meeting Bob Hope and the two times he was injured on duty.
Date:
April 15, 2003
Creator:
Reitmeier, Sara & Buehring, Gene
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Response to "A New Perspective on the Afterlife Issue"
Article responding to V. Krishnan's argument that the phenomenon of children who claim to remember previous lives indicates that an inanimate recording of a person's mental activity at the time of death persists in the local area after he or she dies. According to the author, several areas of empirical evidence conflict with this hypothesis.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Tucker, Jim B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Email chain from Hollins University regarding expanding inclusiveness on campus
Emails regarding creating programs for expanding inclusiveness on the campuses of Hollins University and Oklahoma City University.
Date:
October 21, 2003
Creator:
Edmonds, Kerry J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with William Garbo, Sr., 2003-2004
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Interview with landscape architect and Army veteran William Garbo Sr. The interview includes Garbo's personal experiences about the G Troop, 112th Cavalry, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World-War II, growing up in an Italian-American family in Mississippi during the Great Depression, volunteering for the draft and processing at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, basic training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, being assigned to the 26th War Dog Platoon and to New Guinea in 1944, the Battle of the Driniumor River and his attachment to elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, jungle patrols on New Guinea with his dog, his transfer to Troop, 112th Cavalry and the invasion of Layte, Philippines, and the living condition in the Philippine jungles. Additionally, Garbo speaks about the fighting prowess of his comrades in the 112th Cavalry, jungle patrols on Leyte and Luzon, the 112th's activities around Marungko and Antipolo, Luzon, descriptions of cannibalism by Japanese soldiers, his wounds from artillery shrapnel and evacuation by helicopter, his return to the 112th Cavalry and preparations for the invasion of Japan, witnessing the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, occupation duty at Tateyama, Honshu, relations between Japanese civilians and American occupation troops, the destruction of Japanese defensive fortifications …
Date:
November 24, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Garbo, William, Sr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: WASP Reunion, October 2004]
Flyer for the 2004 WASP Reunion in Williamsburg, Virginia including information on travel, lodging, and registration. The flyer also includes a schedule of events and details about the tour of Jamestown and the Yorktown Battlefield.
Date:
2004~
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History