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Oral History Interview with Howard Charles, March 25, 1998

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Interview with Howard Charles, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Partridge, Kansas. Charles discusses growing up in the Great Depression; joining the Marine Corps and training; assignment to the USS Houston (CA-30) at Manila as a heavy machine gunner and events before the war; the Battle of Sunda Strait and sinking of the Houston; capture by the Japanese and being held at Serang, Java; experiences in internment and forced labor at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, various camps along the Burma Railway, and Saigon; liberation; psychological treatment, trauma, and adjusting to civilian life. In appendix is a letter written by Charles to Marcello including additional information for the interview.
Date: March 25, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Charles, Howard R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 19, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 19, 1967

Interview with former Democratic Texas House of Representatives member L. DeWitt Hale from Corpus Christi, Texas. The interview includes Hale's personal views on issues such as lobby influences, revenue legislation, changes in House rules, the evolution of House membership, one-year versus two-year budgets, annual legislative sessions, constitutional revisions, and higher education. The interview also includes biographical information about Hale as well as his comments on fellow politicians.
Date: March 25, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Hale, L. DeWitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, March 25, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, March 25, 1989

Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, a United States Navy veteran from Lincoln, Nebraska, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Maryland.
Date: March 25, 1989
Creator: Summers, H. R., Jr. & Lawrence, Lloyd A.
System: The UNT Digital Library