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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Albert Boggs, October 11, 1993
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Interview with Albert Boggs, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mixon, Oklahoma. Boggs discusses his family life, farming, struggles during the Depression, joining the CCC, his first assignment to a camp at Jacksonville, TX, education, camp life and organization, work, fights in camp, transfer to a camp in Waxahachie, being an assistant leader, building bridges, the kinds of people who worked the camp, and some general reflections. In appendix are Boggs' discharge papers and a newsletter commemorating CCC veterans.
Date:
October 11, 1993
Creator:
Hudson, Linda & Boggs, Albert
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Annie Jimerson, October 2, 1996
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Transcript of an interview with Annie Jimerson from Lufkin, Texas, concerning her experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date:
October 2, 1996
Creator:
Jackson, Sarah C. & Jimerson, Annie M., 1911-
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Oral History Interview with Annie Mae Arnold, October 20, 1994
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Interview with Annie Mae Arnold about her recollections of the African American community in Texarkana, Texas from 1931 to 1994. Arnold discusses marriage customs, farm work, diet, birthing and child delivery, courting practices, education, cooking, and child rearing.
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October 20, 1994
Creator:
Rowe, Beverly & Arnold, Annie Mae Williams
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Oral History Interview with B. B. Gunn, October 5, 1995
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Interview with B. B. Gunn, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mart, Texas. Gunn discusses growing up in a family of tenant farmers, joining the CCC, assignment to a camp at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, its organization, building a telephone line, daily routine, recreation, religious services, desertion, and dam construction. In appendix are two newspaper clippings mentioning CCC history and a letter to Mr. Gunn.
Date:
October 5, 1995
Creator:
Camp, Kathi & Gunn, B. B.
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carl Gorman, October 9, 1994
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Interview with Marine Corps veteran Carl Gorman. The interview includes Gorman's personal experiences as a Navajo code talker with the 2nd Marines on Guadacanal, Tarawa, and Saipan.
Date:
October 9, 1994
Creator:
Christman, Calvin & Gorman, Carl
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles D. Lewis, October 8, 1993
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Interview with Charles Lewis concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Lewis worked at camps in Chillicothe, Ohio (Company 502) and Xenia, Ohio (Company 3542). Includes an appendix.
Date:
October 8, 1993
Creator:
Polatti, Gaylon & Lewis, Charles D.
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Oral History Interview with Chester E. Hudson, October 12, 1993
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Interview with Chester Hudson concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hudson worked at camps in Calico Rock, Arkansas (Company 4747); Walcott, Arkansas (Company 3799); and Ozone, Arkansas (Company 1708). Includes an appendix.
Date:
October 12, 1993
Creator:
Polatti, Gaylon & Hudson, Chester E.
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Oral History Interview with Clarence Shockey, October 7, 1990
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Interview with Clarence Shockey, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Ridgeway, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression. It includes an appendix with newspaper clippings about Shockey's efforts to host a reunion.
Date:
October 7, 1990
Creator:
Dickey, Richard C. & Shockey, Clarence
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Claude O. Hocker, October 7, 1995
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Interview with Claude Hocker, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 8, 1995
Creator:
White, Jack A. & Hocker, Claude O.
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Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995
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Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Alabama; assignment to the CCC as a junior officer in 4th Corps, Company 441 in Greer, South Carolina; description of camp; life in camp.
Date:
October 22, 1995
Creator:
Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
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Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995
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Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).
Date:
October 22, 1995
Creator:
Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
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Text
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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
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David A. Eargle, October 26, 1993
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Interview with David Eargle concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Eargle worked at camps in Waynesville, North Carolina (Company 443); Greer, South Carolina (Company 443); Switzer, South Carolina; Laurens, South Carolina; and Roseburg, Oregon (Company 3450). Appendix includes photocopy of Mr. Eargle's CCC discharge papers [2 p.]
Date:
October 26, 1993
Creator:
Pierce, Jeffrey & Eargle, David
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Braden, October 8, 1994
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Interview with David Braden, an Army Air Force WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Braden served as a navigator/radar-bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific; he recounts being in ROTC at North Texas Agricultural College and signing up for the Air Corps Reserves, flight training, the B-29, his crewmates, assignment to Saipan, organization of a bombing mission, the jetstream, flak and fighters, being shot down, switching crews, targets, briefings, recreation, Japanese holdouts on Saipan, fighter escorts, returning stateside, and leaving the service. In appendix is a letter sent to Dr. Marcello by Braden containing some corrections for the interview.
Date:
October 8, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Braden, David, 1924-
Object Type:
Book
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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., a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a member of the 5th Marine Division. Peake discusses Iwo Jima and his occupation duty in postwar Japan. Appendix includes a photocopy of a "Veteran's Questionnaire" from the Admiral Nimitz Museum and Historical Center, filled-out by David W. Peake, Sr. [3 pages]
Date:
October 9, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Peake, David W., 1924-
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Book
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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.
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Book
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Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996
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Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994
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Interview with E. B. "Ned" Potter, Navy WWII veteran from Norfolk, Virginia, who served in the intelligence section of the 14th Naval District. Potter discusses his education, teaching, commissioning into the Navy and training in communications, assignment to Oahu, codes and ciphers, interception, President Roosevelt's visit, WAVES, and leaving active duty at the end of the war and becoming a history professor. In appendix is a letter from Potter to Marcello with revisions to the interview.
Date:
October 8, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Potter, E. B. (Ned)
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 1994
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Interview with Edith Smith about her recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses her marriage to Wilbur Smith, courting practices, her childhood, family servants, her education, church activities, a survey of downtown businesses, her job in the newspaper business, leisuretime activities, Red Cross activities during World War I, family reading material, and political activities.
Date:
October 1, 1994
Creator:
Rowe, Beverly & Smith, Edith
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edwin C. Hunt, October 19, 1995
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Interview with Edwin Hunt, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 19, 1995
Creator:
Maynard, Stephen R. & Hunt, Edwin C., Jr.
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Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ernest Brown, October 2, 1996
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Transcript of an interview with Ernest A. Brown, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Bellows Field with the 72th Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Includes appendix of various military documents.
Date:
October 2, 1996
Creator:
Rouh, Peggy & Brown, Ernest A., 1916-
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995
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Interview with Eugene Brown concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brown worked at camps in Cleburne, Texas (Company 3804) and San Antonio, Texas (Company 3822).
Date:
October 16, 1995
Creator:
Ball, Paula & Brown, Eugene L.
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Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fiske Hanley, October 13, 1999
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Transcript of an interview with Fiske Hanley, an aeronautical engineer and Army Air Forces veteran (398th Bomb Squadron, 504th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force), concerning his experiences during World War II, including as a flight engineer aboard B-29s in the Pacific Theater and as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.
Date:
October 13, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hanley, Fiske, II, 1920-
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Garfield Thompson, October 11, 1993
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Interview with Garfield Thompson, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas. Thompson discusses his family background and education, the effects of the Great Depression, Republicans, the New Deal, joining the CCC and assignment to Company 812 in Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, projects worked, routine, recreation and leave, discharge, and reflections on the program.
Date:
October 11, 1993
Creator:
Calame, Michelle & Thompson, Garfield
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library