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Oral History Interview with William J. Alexander, November 11, 2002
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Interview with advertising executive and Navy veteran William J. Alexander. The interview includes Alexander's personal experiences about being a teenager during World War II, being a sailor during the last months of World War II, early youth in Casper, Wyoming, moving back to Denver to be reunited with his parent and employment at the Brown Palace Hotel, wartime rationing, joining the Navy, and boot camp. Additionally, Alexander talks about his close relationship with his older brother, life in Casper during the Great Depression while living with his aunt and uncle, local reactions to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, vignettes about John Barrymore, Sammy Kaye, Harry James, and Betty Grable, his brother's enlistment in the Navy, his employment at Station KOA in Denver, making broadcast announcements about D-Day, the sinking of his brother's destroyer, the USS Spence, during a typhoon, the effects of his brother's death on him and his parents, V-J Day celebrations in Chicago, his role as director of the base chapel choir at Opa Locka Naval Air Station, and his postwar career.
Date:
November 11, 2002
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Alexander, William J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 9, Ed. 1, May 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
May 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 7, Ed. 1, March 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
March 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 10, Ed. 1, June 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
June 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 6, Ed. 1, February 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
February 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 56, No. 1, Ed. 1, September 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
September 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
April 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 5, Ed. 1, January 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
January 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 11, Ed. 1, July 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
July 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Sheridan, Wyo.), Vol. 55, No. 12, Ed. 1, August 2002
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
August 2002
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History