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Oral History Interview with Thomas Richard Young, September 3, 1999

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Transcript of an interview with Thomas Richard Young, artist and Army Air Forces veteran (463rd Bomb Group, 774th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing titled, "North Compound, Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany, January, 1945."
Date: September 3, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, Thomas Richard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999

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Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, liberation, and returning to the US. In appendix are three photos of Seidel, his B-24 crew, and their aircraft, Seidel's papers from when he was a German prisoner, his POW log book, the official narrative report of the mission he was lost on, and a letter from his family while he was in Italy.
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Seidel, Robert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William E. Cooper, September 7, 1999

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Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran William E. Cooper. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about being a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater, pre-flight and flight training, various assignments, and dropping supplies by parachute to prisoners-of-war. Cooper also talks about living on Guam, mechanical weaknesses of the B-29, his descriptions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima from the air after the dropping of the atomic bombs, his disappointment with not being able to fly combat missions, postwar duty as a test pilot on Guam, and his postwar civilian activities.
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cooper, William E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Guest Artist: 1999-09-19 Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman, mridangam

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A guest artist concert of traditional Indian music performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: September 19, 1999
Creator: Sivaraman, Sri Umayalpuram
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 1999-09-20 Mary Karen Clardy, flute and Mikhail Safarian, piano

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A faculty flute recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: Clardy, Mary Karen & Safarian, Mikhail
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 1999-09-28 – ChoralFest

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A choir concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall
Date: September 28, 1999
Creator: University of North Texas. Men's Chorus.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library