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Oral History Interview with Albert B. Block, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert B. Block, a United States Navy veteran from Yorktown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Block, Albert B.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert Kamenicky, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert Kamenicky, a United States Navy veteran from Rogers, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kamenicky, Albert
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, a Navy WWII veteran from Milan, Missouri who served aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Eslick discusses joining the Navy and basic training, assignment to the Oklahoma, accommodations aboard, the food, the crew, liberty, being bombed and torpedoed, the Oklahoma capsizing, being trapped inside the ship, rescue, work after the attack, and service aboard the Saratoga (CV-3).
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Eslick, Garlen W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Koury, Jr., April 27, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Koury, Jr., April 27, 1972

Interview with George Koury, Jr., Marine Corps veteran and survivor of the Bataan Death March. The interview includes Koury's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Koury talks about the Fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell, Nichols Field, hell ship to Formosa and to Japan, Prison Camp No. 7, and liberation.
Date: April 27, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Koury, George, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. V. Hammond, April 27, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. V. Hammond, April 27, 1974

Interview with J. V. Hammond, a U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the repair ship USS Medusa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 27, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hammond, J. V., 1914-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999

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Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration of the Air Force, and the Roswell UFO incident. Some additional biographical information about Ramey is provided by Colonel Terry Garland.
Date: April 27, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Garland, Terry & Roberts, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John Munn, April 27, 1990

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Interview with John Munn, a United States Army Air Force veteran from North Carolina, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Wheeler Field.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Munn, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Keith Shelton, April 27, 2017

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Transcript of an interview with Keith Shelton, journalist, concerning his childhood in Oklahoma; family history; journalism training and career; Cold War military service in Germany; work for Dallas Times Herald; coverage of John F. Kennedy's 1963 Texas visit and assassination; coverage of Jack Ruby's trial; UNT journalism department; teaching journalism. Appendix includes various photos of Shelton, a letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson, a copy of a press release from The White House, and copies of Shelton's press passes.
Date: April 27, 2017
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Shelton, Keith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, April 27, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, April 27, 1988

Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, a community activist from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, McAdams describes her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the l960s and l970s. She also comments on her decision to join the Fellowship, her personal childhood memories of the African-American community in Denton, segregated education, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the early social meetings of the Fellowship, the desegregation of public schools, restaurants, and churches, urban renewal, voting drives, and her views concerning the future of the African-American community in Denton.
Date: April 27, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & McAdams, Willie Frances
System: The UNT Digital Library