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Oral History Interview with Albert Lawrence Wile, January 31, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Lawrence Wile, January 31, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Lawrence Wile. Wile joined the Army in 1943. He completed Cook School, and worked as a cook at Fort Meade and Fort Eustis. In late 1944, he traveled to Cherbourg, France and Belgium, working with the 1591st Labor Supervision Company. He assisted with coordinating German companies in cleaning up after the war, rebuilding roads and picking up artillery shells. Wile continued in the Army after the war, completing 30 years of service in the military.
Date: January 31, 2015
Creator: Wile, Albert Lawrence
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Lawrence Wile, January 31, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Lawrence Wile, January 31, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Lawrence Wile. Wile joined the Army in 1943. He completed Cook School, and worked as a cook at Fort Meade and Fort Eustis. In late 1944, he traveled to Cherbourg, France and Belgium, working with the 1591st Labor Supervision Company. He assisted with coordinating German companies in cleaning up after the war, rebuilding roads and picking up artillery shells. Wile continued in the Army after the war, completing 30 years of service in the military.
Date: January 31, 2015
Creator: Wile, Albert Lawrence
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
European Union Enlargement (open access)

European Union Enlargement

This report discusses the status of European Union (EU) enlargement and its implications for both the EU itself and U.S.-EU relations. It includes a history of the European Union, the process of enlargement, overviews of current EU candidates, prospects for future enlargements, and U.S. perspectives.
Date: January 26, 2012
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Relations: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress (open access)

U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Relations: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress

U.S. and European private stakeholders, concerned about slow growth, job creation, and increased competition from emerging economies, have urged Brussels and Washington to strengthen transatlantic trade and economic ties by reducing or eliminating remaining trade barriers and by cooperating more closely in addressing global economic challenges. A select group of these issues are examined in this report.
Date: January 18, 2012
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Future of the Eurozone and U.S. Interests (open access)

The Future of the Eurozone and U.S. Interests

Seventeen of the European Union's 27 member states share an economic and monetary union (EMU) with the euro as a single currency. These countries are effectively referred to as the Eurozone. What has become known as the Eurozone crisis began in early 2010 when financial markets were shaken by heightened concerns that the fiscal positions of a number of Eurozone countries, beginning with Greece, were unsustainable. This report provides background information and analysis on the future of the Eurozone in six parts, including discussions on the origins and design challenges of the Eurozone, proposals to define the Eurozone crisis, possible scenarios for the future of the Eurozone, and the implications of the Eurozone crisis for U.S. economic and political interests.
Date: January 17, 2012
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.; Jackson, James K.; Mix, Derek E. & Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Looking to 2020 (open access)

Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Looking to 2020

This report looks at new European Union (EU) emissions standards in trade.
Date: January 27, 2011
Creator: Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude (open access)

EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude

This report provides background information and analysis of the U.S.-EU economic relationship for members of the 112th Congress as they contemplate the costs and benefits of closer U.S. economic ties with the EU. It examines the economic and political framework of the relationship and the scope and magnitude of the ties based on data from various sources. In addition, the report analyzes the implications these factors have for U.S. economic policy toward the EU.
Date: January 27, 2011
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

This report provides a brief overview of the European Union (EU), an economic and political partnership between 27 sovereign member states. The report describes the formation of the EU, the three main institutions of the EU, and the EU's relationship with the United States.
Date: January 24, 2011
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Parliament (open access)

The European Parliament

Report that discusses the construction and history of the European Parliament (EP), its role in functions of the EU as well as internationally, various international supports and criticisms of the EP, and the EP's ties with the U.S. Congress.
Date: January 21, 2011
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Union Enlargement: A Status Report on Turkey's Accession Negotiations (open access)

European Union Enlargement: A Status Report on Turkey's Accession Negotiations

This report provides a brief overview of the European Union's (EU) accession process, Turkey's path to EU membership, and the impact of the Cyprus problem.
Date: January 10, 2011
Creator: Morelli, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Future of the Eurozone and U.S. Interests (open access)

The Future of the Eurozone and U.S. Interests

Seventeen of the European Union's 27 member states share an economic and monetary union (EMU) with the euro as a single currency. These countries are effectively referred to as the Eurozone. What has become known as the Eurozone crisis began in early 2010 when financial markets were shaken by heightened concerns that the fiscal positions of a number of Eurozone countries, beginning with Greece, were unsustainable. This report provides background information and analysis on the future of the Eurozone in six parts, including discussions on the origins and design challenges of the Eurozone, proposals to define the Eurozone crisis, possible scenarios for the future of the Eurozone, and the implications of the Eurozone crisis for U.S. economic and political interests.
Date: January 10, 2011
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.; Jackson, James K.; Nelson, Rebecca M. & Weiss, Martin A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union's Energy Security Challenges (open access)

The European Union's Energy Security Challenges

This report examines some of Europe's critical energy security challenges and EU efforts to coordinate a common European energy strategy. It also includes an overview of broader transatlantic energy security cooperation and will be updated as needed.
Date: January 30, 2008
Creator: Belkin, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NATO and the European Union (open access)

NATO and the European Union

Report which discusses issues related to the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) including the level of involvement of the entities in using political and military actions to defend against terrorism and proliferation, the types of military forces necessary, the role of the EU in crisis management, the appropriateness of decision-making procedures to respond to emerging threats, and the role of other international institutions.
Date: January 3, 2006
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Gallis, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NATO and the European Union (open access)

NATO and the European Union

Report which discusses issues related to the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) including the level of involvement of the entities in using political and military actions to defend against terrorism and proliferation, the types of military forces necessary, the role of the EU in crisis management, the appropriateness of decision-making procedures to respond to emerging threats, and the role of other international institutions.
Date: January 4, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Gallis, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jack Browder, January 15, 1998

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Interview with Jack Browder, a Army WWII veteran from Duncan, Oklahoma. Browder was a staff officer with the 741st Tank Battalion in Europe; he recounts his education and entry to active duty in 1941, transfer to the new 741st, armor training and exercises, duties as a supply officer, preparations for the Normandy invasion, DD tanks, D-Day, attachment to the 2nd Infantry Division and advances through northern France, the M4 Sherman, his thoughts on General George S. Patton, the Battle of Saint Lô, souvenirs and trading, the Battle of the Bulge, crossing Germany into Czechoslovakia, returning to the States, and postwar service.
Date: January 15, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Browder, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Code One, Volume 8, Number 4, January 1994 (open access)

Code One, Volume 8, Number 4, January 1994

Quarterly publication of the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas describing their products, research, and employees, as well as articles about pilots and others using the aircraft they produce.
Date: January 1994
Creator: Lockheed Fort Worth Company
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: British, Fire & Cambodia] (open access)

[News Script: British, Fire & Cambodia]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of top officials of Britain's coal miners union who are recommending a full strike for higher pay. Authorities says that 25 boys died after fire broke out in a Catholic school in Heusden. Rebel infiltrators who are reported within 2 miles of Phnom Penh.
Date: January 24, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: MidEast_common mart] (open access)

[News Script: MidEast_common mart]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 17, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mark F. Heller to Daniel W. Kempner, January 7, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Mark F. Heller to Daniel W. Kempner, January 7, 1953]

Letter from Mark F. Heller to Daniel W. Kempner providing some information on the ship Miss. Miriam Enz will be taking from Europe to the United States and asking he reimburse him for some of her expenses.
Date: January 7, 1953
Creator: Heller, Mark F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. G. Tompkins to Daniel W. Kempner, January 5, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from J. G. Tompkins to Daniel W. Kempner, January 5, 1953]

Letter from J. G. Tompkins to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that he has secured a ticket for Miss M. Enz to sail from Europe to the United States.
Date: January 5, 1953
Creator: Tompkins, J. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions

Front: Text describes 5 Moscow conference decisions. Maps: Moscow conference decisions as reflected on the global map. Includes photograph of Ernest Bevin (Britain), V. M. Molotov (Russia) and James F. Byrnes (U.S.) Back: Reenlistment. List of reasons to reenlist. Charts of income and retirement income for enlisted classes.
Date: January 7, 1946
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Mrs. S. M. Compton] (open access)

[Letter to Mrs. S. M. Compton]

Letter and envelope written by Carl Compton to his mother, Mary, about his travels in Switzerland.
Date: January 27, 1930
Creator: Compton, Carl Benton
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Guillaume D'Hanis to Ferdinand Louis Huth, January 21, 1846] (open access)

[Letter from Guillaume D'Hanis to Ferdinand Louis Huth, January 21, 1846]

Letter from G[uillau]me D'Hanis to [Ferdinand] L[ouis] Huth regarding four colonists arriving on the Diamant in Galveston. Signed Gme. D'Hanis on January 21, 1846 in Antwerp.
Date: January 21, 1846
Creator: D'Hanis, Guillaume
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston, January 21 and April 1, 1846] (open access)

[List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston, January 21 and April 1, 1846]

List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston. Signed Guillaume D'Hanis and dated January 21 and April 1, 1846 in Antwerp. "Ledger of the emigrants embarked this day on the ship "Diamond".
Date: 1846-01-21/1846-04-01
Creator: D'Hanis, Guillaume
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History