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Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: New Orleans] (open access)

[News Script: New Orleans]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about senate which has approved a four and half billion dollar measure to fund public works projects across the nation.
Date: August 1, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Voter registration law] (open access)

[News Script: Voter registration law]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal appeals court in New Orleans which has upheld a lower court decision throwing a portion of Texas voter registration law.
Date: August 1, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: K881] (open access)

[News Script: K881]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal appeals court which upheld the decision of a three judge district court panel striking down parts of Texas.
Date: August 1, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: APB229] (open access)

[News Script: APB229]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about members of a communications workers of America local in New Orleans who walked off their job at south central bell for ten hours before returning to work.
Date: August 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gergald ford] (open access)

[News Script: Gergald ford]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about vice president Ford who says that he is reconsidering his approach to the impeachment controversy although he still believes that the president is innocent of any wrongdoing.
Date: August 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a subpoenas which has been issued for the testimony of Richard Nixon in the Watergate cover up trail of John Ehrlichman.
Date: August 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oswald Interviews transcript

Oswald Interviews

Audio recording of a WDSU debate between Lee Harvey Oswald, Ed Butler, and Carlos Bringuier regarding Oswald's involvement with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
Date: August 21, 1963
Creator: WDSU (Television station : New Orleans, La.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from E. R. Thompson, Jr. to Mr. George Leshkevich, August 23, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from E. R. Thompson, Jr. to Mr. George Leshkevich, August 23, 1965]

Letter from E. R. Thompson, Jr. to Mr. George Leshkevich sharing information regarding exportation of cotton from Galveston and requesting to contact others for specific information.
Date: August 23, 1965
Creator: Thompson, Edward Randall, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles L'Hoste, August 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles L'Hoste, August 18, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles L'Hoste discussing shirts that were accidentally sent to L'Hoste and asking to be advised on the enclosed post card whether or when L'Hoste forwards the shirts to Mrs. A. Smith at the Beacon Laundry & Shirt Hospital.
Date: August 18, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles L'Hoste, August 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles L'Hoste, August 11, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles L'Hoste discussing Kempner sending shirts to L'Hoste in New Orleans when they were actually meant to be sent to New York and asking L'Hoste if he would forward the shirts to Mrs. A. Smith in New York.
Date: August 11, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. A. Smith, August 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. A. Smith, August 11, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. A. Smith discussing a selection of shirts being sent to New Orleans on accident and asking Mrs. Smith to write Kempner once the shirts arrive at the correct location.
Date: August 11, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane Katrina]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a memorial for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 2, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 2, 1948]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing enclosed copies of letters that are being mailed to the New York Cotton Exchange and New Orleans Cotton Exchange discussing the bonds made in the state of Texas and exchanges for the handling of certified cotton. Blackshear also discusses wanting to get away from the monthly statements for the banks while discussing upcoming arrangements with the banks.
Date: August 2, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Dal Retreat] (open access)

[News Script: Dal Retreat]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a group of Dallas city officials who are attending the community conference at Lake Bridgeport, urged that the city not appeal federal desegregation orders.
Date: August 31, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ruling] (open access)

[News Script: Ruling]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 5th circuit court appeals in New Orleans which affirmed a Texas court order by ruling that students in Texas should be permitted to vote in their respective college communities.
Date: August 3, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Subersive candidates] (open access)

[News Script: Subersive candidates]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Circuit court of appeals in new Orleans which has overturned a section of the Texas election code.
Date: August 7, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Watergate] (open access)

[News Script: Watergate]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of president Nixon who is spending the weekend at Key Biscayne working on a major speech aimed at countering the effects of the Watergate Sandal.
Date: August 18, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon and Watergate] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon and Watergate]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of president who is spending the weekend at Key Biscayne working on a speech which he will deliver in New Orleans on the Watergate affair.
Date: August 18, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Grand Prairie Deseg] (open access)

[News Script: Grand Prairie Deseg]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Grand Prairie School board who will hold a special meeting to devise a plan to desegregate a black elementary school.
Date: August 17, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Garrison] (open access)

[News Script: Garrison]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of an investigation in New Orleans of President John F. Kennedy's assassination which was held in the court to defend himself.
Date: August 20, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of President Nixon who relaxes at San Clemente, California. New Orleans authorities who are investigating what they think may be two separate plots to assassinate the President.
Date: August 20, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of President Nixon who acknowledged that he ordered secret bombing raids in Cambodia after he took office in 1969.
Date: August 20, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library