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Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Fullerton, Calif.), Vol. 59, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 2006 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Fullerton, Calif.), Vol. 59, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 2006

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 2006
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Fullerton, Calif.), Vol. 58, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 2005 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Fullerton, Calif.), Vol. 58, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 2005

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 2005
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Fullerton, Calif.), Vol. 57, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 2004 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Fullerton, Calif.), Vol. 57, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 2004

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 2004
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Antonio Amador, April 25, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Antonio Amador, April 25, 2001

Interview with Antonio Amador, a veteran who was wounded in action as a sniper with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It includes a list of questions, which include a focus on Amador being shot and his experiences while serving and back at home.
Date: April 25, 2001
Creator: Amador, Y. & Amador, Antonio
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera - 1977-04-30] (open access)

[Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera - 1977-04-30]

Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera hand written on League of United Latin American Citizens letterhead and dated April 30, 1977.
Date: April 30, 1977
Creator: Morga, Eduardo
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera - 1977-04-30] (open access)

[Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera - 1977-04-30]

Letter from Eduardo Morga, LULAC National Vice President, to John J. Herrera, LULAC National Legal Advisor, handwritten on League of United Latin American Citizens letterhead and dated April 30, 1977. The letters discusses LULAC business.
Date: April 30, 1977
Creator: Morga, Eduardo
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Narciso Cano to Eduardo Morga - 1976-04-09] (open access)

[Letter from Narciso Cano to Eduardo Morga - 1976-04-09]

Letter from Narciso Cano, LULAC National Education Service Centers National Director, to Eduardo Morga, dated April 9, 1976. The letter lists the participants in a telephone conference about the San Francisco LESC financial situation.
Date: April 9, 1976
Creator: Cano, Narciso
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Narciso Cano to Eduardo Morga - 1976-04-08] (open access)

[Letter from Narciso Cano to Eduardo Morga - 1976-04-08]

Letter from Narciso Cano, LULAC National Education Service Centers National Director, to Eduardo Morga, dated April 8, 1976. The letter discussed claims against LNESC.
Date: April 8, 1976
Creator: Cano, Narciso
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Nixon- taxes] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon- taxes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the internal revenue service which says that it has closed its audit of president Nixon' s tax returns.
Date: April 5, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon taxes] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon taxes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about white house officials who indicated that president Nixon will probably be forced to borrow some money to pay federal tax bill that amounts to about half his published net worth.
Date: April 4, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Taxes] (open access)

[News Script: Taxes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the government printing office which is getting ready to place the 994 page congressional staff report on president Nixon' s taxes on sale.
Date: April 4, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Time change] (open access)

[News Script: Time change]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about daylight savings. Goofy, the Disney character, was in charge of the change within the park.
Date: April 28, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hats] (open access)

[News Script: Hats]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about hats. Easter hats as well as hats for special events are detailed.
Date: April 23, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Briefs] (open access)

[News Script: Briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering national news stories about North Vietnamese troops in Cambodia and meetings between federal officials and the Oglala Sioux tribe.
Date: April 7, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Thieu] (open access)

[News Script: Thieu]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about President Nixon speaking with South Vietnamese President Thieu at Nixon's "Western White House" in California and an agreement between the U. S. government and the native tribe at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.
Date: April 4, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon-Thieu] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon-Thieu]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Nixon speaking with South Vietnamese President Thieu at Nixon's "Western White House" in California.
Date: April 3, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Summit talks] (open access)

[News Script: Summit talks]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Nixon speaking with South Vietnamese President Thieu at Nixon's "Western White House" in California.
Date: April 3, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon-Thieu] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon-Thieu]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Nixon speaking with South Vietnamese President Thieu in California.
Date: April 2, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Thieu] (open access)

[News Script: Thieu]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Thieu meeting with President Nixon in California.
Date: April 2, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reminiscenses of an Oral Historian transcript

Reminiscenses of an Oral Historian

Sound recording of Dr. Charles Morrissey giving a talk titled "Reminiscences of an Oral Historian" during an address to the Oral History Conference at Fullerton.
Date: April 21, 1972
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Clocks] (open access)

[News Script: Clocks]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the thousands of clocks that will need to be reset at Disneyland due to daylight savings time.
Date: April 23, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon Elrichman] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon Elrichman]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 3, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library