Oral History Interview with George J. Savage, October 21, 1996

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Interview with George J. Savage, an Army Air Forces veteran (30th Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, 20th Air Force)., concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan, 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bomb raids. Appendix (p. [54]) includes images, bombing mission history, selected bombing mission specifics, and chronology of post World War II Air Force career.
Date: October 21, 1996
Creator: Snow, Jason & Savage, George J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with J. C. Armstrong, October 17, 1996

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Interview with J. .C. Armstong, an Army Air Forces veteran (20th Bomb Group), concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam and Saipan to Japan, 1945; Japanese flak and fighter opposition.
Date: October 17, 1996
Creator: Snow, Jason & Armstrong, J. C.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996

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Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by the Kempei-tai, imprisonment at Ofuna, Honshu, solitary confinement for six months and continued interrogation, beatings by Japanese prison guards, starvation diet, the end of the war and liberation, and his participation in the war crimes trials held by the International Military Tribunal.
Date: October 12, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Balch, Jean
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Commander Alex Vraciu, October 9, 1994

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Interview with Cmdr. Alex Vraciu, a Navy WWII veteran and Navy Cross recipient from East Chicago, Indiana. Vraciu discusses his family and educational background, naval flight training, Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the F6F Hellcat, various combat operations throughout the Pacific, his actions at the "Marianas Turkey Shoot," being awarded the Navy Cross and time stateside, and returning to combat. In appendix is an autobiographical sketch by Vraciu, including a picture of him and his Hellcat with visible victory markings on the fuselage.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Vraciu, Alexander
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David W. Peake, Sr., October 9, 1994

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Interview with Acting Sergeant David W. Peake, Sr., regarding his memories of the invasion of Iwo Jima and experiences as a member of the 3st Replacement Battalion, 27th Regiment, 5th Marine Division during the invasion and occupation of Japan.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Peake, David W., Sr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Martin L. Allday, October 8, 1994

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Interview with Martin L. Allday, an Army WWII veteran from Austin, Texas. Allday discusses his experiences at the Battle of Okinawa, including being drafted and basic training, transiting the Pacific, assignment to the 96th Infantry Division and arrival on Okinawa, events of the fighting on the Shuri Line at Zebra Hill, being wounded, evacuation and recovery, returning to Okinawa, clean-up operations, souvenirs, and adjustment to civilian life. An appendix includes a letter typed by Allday for a panel discussion of the battle, a map of the battle from "The Second World War: a Complete History" by Martin Gilbert, a veteran's questionnaire from the Admiral Nimitz Museum he filled out, and a one-page biography.
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allday, Martin L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tom Selleck] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tom Selleck]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 6, 1992, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library