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Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about the Battle of Midway. They also contributed to a radio show and worked with the national press corps. He then worked at the Naval Air Station in Seattle before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii to meet with soldiers who had returned from Tarawa. In Texas, he attended officer training school and college at Southwestern University. After the war ended, he studied at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma for law school. He recalls an incident in which his office released a story about a cat that had kittens on board a cruiser; they reported this good news from the Pacific prior to the Battle of Midway. He also met Admirals Nimitz …
Date: January 27, 2005
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1894 (open access)

The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1894

Semi-weekly newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Democrat was started in 1889 by Mort L. Bixler, published out of Norman, Oklahoma. Bixler had previously edited the Norman Advance before starting The Democrat. In the beginning the paper was put out once a week on Fridays and was comprised of six pages measuring 18 X 24 inches and cost a dollar fifty per year for a subscription. Towards the end of its run, the paper became a semi-weekly, published on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In March of 1894, the circular ceased publication as The Democrat and continued on as The State Democrat.
Date: January 10, 1894
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 13, 1894 (open access)

The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 13, 1894

Semi-weekly newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Democrat was started in 1889 by Mort L. Bixler, published out of Norman, Oklahoma. Bixler had previously edited the Norman Advance before starting The Democrat. In the beginning the paper was put out once a week on Fridays and was comprised of six pages measuring 18 X 24 inches and cost a dollar fifty per year for a subscription. Towards the end of its run, the paper became a semi-weekly, published on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In March of 1894, the circular ceased publication as The Democrat and continued on as The State Democrat.
Date: January 13, 1894
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 54, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 24, 1894 (open access)

The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 54, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 24, 1894

Semi-weekly newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Democrat was started in 1889 by Mort L. Bixler, published out of Norman, Oklahoma. Bixler had previously edited the Norman Advance before starting The Democrat. In the beginning the paper was put out once a week on Fridays and was comprised of six pages measuring 18 X 24 inches and cost a dollar fifty per year for a subscription. Towards the end of its run, the paper became a semi-weekly, published on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In March of 1894, the circular ceased publication as The Democrat and continued on as The State Democrat.
Date: January 24, 1894
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 56, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1894 (open access)

The Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 56, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1894

Semi-weekly newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Democrat was started in 1889 by Mort L. Bixler, published out of Norman, Oklahoma. Bixler had previously edited the Norman Advance before starting The Democrat. In the beginning the paper was put out once a week on Fridays and was comprised of six pages measuring 18 X 24 inches and cost a dollar fifty per year for a subscription. Towards the end of its run, the paper became a semi-weekly, published on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In March of 1894, the circular ceased publication as The Democrat and continued on as The State Democrat.
Date: January 31, 1894
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 4, 1896 (open access)

Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 4, 1896

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Cleveland County Courier was founded in 1894 by John H. Dunn and was published weekly in the “interest of local affairs.” On May 11, 1895, B. A. Rudley purchased the newspaper factory from Dunn. A. R. Johnson continued on as the editor. In the last year of its existence the paper measured 18 by 24 inches and featured four pages of seven columns. The cost of a year’s subscription was one dollar. The Courier may have continued publication until 1898.
Date: January 4, 1896
Creator: Prouty, Frank G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 1896 (open access)

Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 1896

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Cleveland County Courier was founded in 1894 by John H. Dunn and was published weekly in the “interest of local affairs.” On May 11, 1895, B. A. Rudley purchased the newspaper factory from Dunn. A. R. Johnson continued on as the editor. In the last year of its existence the paper measured 18 by 24 inches and featured four pages of seven columns. The cost of a year’s subscription was one dollar. The Courier may have continued publication until 1898.
Date: January 11, 1896
Creator: Prouty, Frank G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1896 (open access)

Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1896

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Cleveland County Courier was founded in 1894 by John H. Dunn and was published weekly in the “interest of local affairs.” On May 11, 1895, B. A. Rudley purchased the newspaper factory from Dunn. A. R. Johnson continued on as the editor. In the last year of its existence the paper measured 18 by 24 inches and featured four pages of seven columns. The cost of a year’s subscription was one dollar. The Courier may have continued publication until 1898.
Date: January 18, 1896
Creator: Prouty, Frank G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 25, 1896 (open access)

Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 25, 1896

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Cleveland County Courier was founded in 1894 by John H. Dunn and was published weekly in the “interest of local affairs.” On May 11, 1895, B. A. Rudley purchased the newspaper factory from Dunn. A. R. Johnson continued on as the editor. In the last year of its existence the paper measured 18 by 24 inches and featured four pages of seven columns. The cost of a year’s subscription was one dollar. The Courier may have continued publication until 1898.
Date: January 25, 1896
Creator: Prouty, Frank G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905 (open access)

The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Moore Enterprise, owned and edited by B. W. Williams, ran from July 1904 through September 1905. The paper was issued every Friday and featured eight pages with six columns each. Due to lack of advertising income, The Enterprise moved from Moore to Indianola and continued on as the Indianola Enterprise.
Date: January 6, 1905
Creator: Williams, B. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1905 (open access)

The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Moore Enterprise, owned and edited by B. W. Williams, ran from July 1904 through September 1905. The paper was issued every Friday and featured eight pages with six columns each. Due to lack of advertising income, The Enterprise moved from Moore to Indianola and continued on as the Indianola Enterprise.
Date: January 13, 1905
Creator: Williams, B. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1905 (open access)

The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Moore Enterprise, owned and edited by B. W. Williams, ran from July 1904 through September 1905. The paper was issued every Friday and featured eight pages with six columns each. Due to lack of advertising income, The Enterprise moved from Moore to Indianola and continued on as the Indianola Enterprise.
Date: January 20, 1905
Creator: Williams, B. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1905 (open access)

The Moore Enterprise. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Moore Enterprise, owned and edited by B. W. Williams, ran from July 1904 through September 1905. The paper was issued every Friday and featured eight pages with six columns each. Due to lack of advertising income, The Enterprise moved from Moore to Indianola and continued on as the Indianola Enterprise.
Date: January 27, 1905
Creator: Williams, B. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Moore Journal. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1894 (open access)

The Moore Journal. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Moore Journal was the city of Moore’s edition of the Norman newspaper, The Oklahoma Call. The paper stopped publication after the Call was absorbed by another Norman newspaper, the State Democrat.
Date: January 4, 1894
Creator: Dunn, J. H. & Mosley, F. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Moore Journal. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1894 (open access)

The Moore Journal. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Moore Journal was the city of Moore’s edition of the Norman newspaper, The Oklahoma Call. The paper stopped publication after the Call was absorbed by another Norman newspaper, the State Democrat.
Date: January 11, 1894
Creator: Dunn, J. H. & Mosley, F. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Moore Journal. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1894 (open access)

The Moore Journal. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Moore Journal was the city of Moore’s edition of the Norman newspaper, The Oklahoma Call. The paper stopped publication after the Call was absorbed by another Norman newspaper, the State Democrat.
Date: January 18, 1894
Creator: Dunn, J. H. & Mosley, F. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 5, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 6, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 9, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 10, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, January 11, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, January 11, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 11, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1909 (open access)

Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1909

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1909
Creator: Danner, V. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History