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Oral History Interview with Thomas Nixon, December 23, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Nixon, December 23, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Nixon. Nixon joined the Marine Corps shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He trained at San Diego and was assigned as a ground crewman in Marine Bombing Squadron 611 (VMB-611). He went with the squadron to the Philippines and shares several anecdotes of his time among the pilots and crew, and of repairing aircraft.
Date: December 23, 2013
Creator: Nixon, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Overton, December 3, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Richard Overton, December 3, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Overton. Overton joined the Army in 1942. He served with the 1887th Engineer Aviation Battalion, an all-black unit that served on various islands in the Pacific. They participated in the Palau Campaign and the Battle of Okinawa. Their battalion assisted in building an airfield. He returned to the US and was discharged in 1945. He gained fame as the oldest living WWII veteran until his death in 2018.
Date: December 3, 2013
Creator: Overton, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Corbisiero, December 19, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Corbisiero, December 19, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Corbisiero. Corbisiero was a freshman on Notre Dame's national champion football team when he was drafted, in 1944. With draft board approval, he joined the Merchant Marine Officer Training School at Alameda, where he was welcomed by officers who would become professional football stars. After running the academy's football team, Corbisiero boarded the SS Clovis Victory (1944), in the spring of 1945. As an engineer cadet, he answered directional commands, maintained the engine log, and operated the captain's gig. At Okinawa, he laid smokescreens, ever alert to the sound of suicide boats. At times, Corbisiero assisted the gun crew in fending off kamikazes. When it seemed safe to go ashore, Corbisiero went on a souvenir-hunting exhibition but soon found himself under enemy fire. With the help of Marines, he made it safely to his ship and soon received orders to return to the academy, at the request of its football coaching staff.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Corbisiero, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Warneke, December 18, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Warneke, December 18, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Warneke. Warneke joined the Navy in December of 1942. He completed Torpedo School and beginning January of 1944, Warneke served as Torpedoman aboard the USS Wesson (DE-184). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, supporting invasions. He recalls his experiences through a kamikaze attack on their ship. Warneke continued his service after the war ended, receiving his discharge in early 1948.
Date: December 18, 2013
Creator: Warneke, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Keener, December 10, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Keener, December 10, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Keener. Keener finished high school and headed for Norfolk, Virginia and worked as a welder in a shipyard. As a result, he could not enlist in the Army. He joined the Navy instead in 1941 and trained as a pilot in Florida. He was transferred to Pearl Harbor in February, 1942 and went aboard the USS Lexington (CV-2) and flew torpedo bombers. After the Battle of the Coral Sea, he was transferred to the USS Essex (CV-9). He was grounded and sent to Station HYPO at Pearl Harbor where he worked in Naval intelligence. His intelligence work took him from Tarawa during the invasion to trying figure out how Tokyo Rose got her information, to Japan during the occupation where he broke up an assassination attempt on MacArthur. Admiral Nimitz also selected him to go with a team on a special intelligence gathering mission to Kwajalein prior to the invasion. After the war, Keener took his discharge in May 1946.
Date: December 10, 2013
Creator: Keener, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Guadalupe Davila, December 19, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Guadalupe Davila, December 19, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Guadalupe R. Davila. Davila was born in Brownsville, Texas on 27 February 1923 and worked at a Civilian Conservation Camp in Stafford, Arizona after graduating from high school. He joined the Navy in October 1943 and went to boot camp in Kingsville, Texas where he describes working on various aircraft in addition to the basic training. Upon completing his basic training, he was transferred to Treasure Island, California where he describes working as a longshoreman loading and unloading ships. He provides other details of his time there, including attending several USO shows. He was discharged in December 1945.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Davila, Guadalupe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sidney Duerr, December 10, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney Duerr, December 10, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sidney Duerr. Duerr enlisted in the navy in June, 1945 and trained at Great Lakes. Upon completion, he joined the company aboard the USS Baltimore (CA-68) and worked with the aviation unit and as a gunner. Duerr shares several anecdotes about his time in occupied Japan. He visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was discharged in June 1946 and decided to use the GI Bill to go to college.
Date: December 10, 2013
Creator: Duerr, Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clinton Shoppe, December 14, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clinton Shoppe, December 14, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clinton Shoppe. Shoppe joined the Navy in 1943. In early 1944 he served on the deck force and the 14-inch guns aboard the USS California (BB-44). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, and participated in bombardments during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Philippines Campaign, and the Battles of Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gulf. Shoppe shares his experiences through a kamikaze attack on the California. He returned to the US and received his discharge in December of 1945.
Date: December 14, 2013
Creator: Shoppe, Clinton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edgar Vincent, December 3, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edgar Vincent, December 3, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar Vincent. Vincent was a student at Cal Tech when he enlisted in the Army Air Forces in late 1942 where he went into flight training. He earned his wings and a commission in March, 1944. He was selected to train on a B-29 after training on a B-17. His crew flew to Tinian in December, 1944 where he was assigned to the 40th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group. He flew on the fire bombing mission over Tokyo on 9-10 March. He flew 32 combat missions, some bombing, others minelaying. He flew his last mission on 14 August and returned to the US in November, 1945.
Date: December 3, 2013
Creator: Vincent, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Donald Rifenbery, December 13, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Donald Rifenbery, December 13, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Rifenbery. Rifenbery joined the Navy in November of 1943. He completed Radio School. Beginning November of 1944, he served as Radioman aboard the USS Wesson (DE-184). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, Leyte and Okinawa, supporting invasions. He recalls his experiences through a kamikaze attack on their ship. He returned to the US and received his discharge in May of 1946.
Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: Rifenbery, Donald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fred Morgan, December 11, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred Morgan, December 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Morgan. Morgan joined the Army in January of 1942. He went to Fort Devens, Massachusetts for basic training. He served with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment as a medic. Morgan tells of the training he received in jump school. After additional training in North Africa, the unit dropped into Sicily. Morgan describes some of the difficulties they encountered. This was followed by a drop at Salerno, Italy. The unit was then sent to England to prepare for Operation Overlord. Morgan describes in detail the equipment carried and the procedures followed by a medic during a jump. The unit then participated in Operation Market Garden, and the horrendous conditions encountered during the Battle of the Bulge. Morgan returned to the US and received his discharge in September of 1945.
Date: December 11, 2013
Creator: Morgan, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gerald Rehbein, December 10, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gerald Rehbein, December 10, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gerald Rehbein. Rehbein joined the Navy in April of 1944. He completed Radio School. In early 1945, he traveled aboard a troop transport ship to Guadalcanal. Rehbein speaks of the manual labor and living conditions while on the island. He was later transferred to Tulagi, loading and unloading supplies and ammunition. He was assigned as Radioman aboard the USS Fieberling (DE-640). They covered landings during the Battle of Okinawa, and operated on escort duty between Okinawa, Guam and Saipan until October of 1945. Rehbein returned to the US and received his discharge in early 1946.
Date: December 10, 2013
Creator: Rehbein, Gerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Roy Stevens, December 5, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roy Stevens, December 5, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Stevens. Stevens was born 1 November 1924. He joined the Navy in May of 1943. He completed Aviation Radio School and Aerial Gunnery and Radar School by late 1943. Stevens served as a Radioman Gunner aboard a TBF torpedo bomber. In the spring of 1944, he joined a composite squadron, which participated in aerial combat operations while attached to USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85). They conducted additional flight missions to and from the Makassar Strait (CVE-91). They conducted anti-submarine patrol off Maui and around Leyte Gulf, and bombing missions over Ishigaki, Japan. They supported the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Stevens returned to the US and received his discharge in late 1945, early 1946.
Date: December 5, 2013
Creator: Stevens, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 19, 2013] (open access)

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 19, 2013]

Minutes for the December 19, 2103 TXSSAR meeting, held by the McKinney chapter.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bisombi (open access)

Bisombi

A memorial account of ABWWF/Odalguri AC as part of a souvenir of the 14th Annual conference of the ABWWF, Odalguri DC, Sonai (Goraibari), Odalguri.
Date: December 18, 2013
Creator: Boro, Kiran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Make New Year's holiday plans with DART and TRE (open access)

Make New Year's holiday plans with DART and TRE

News release about DART's adjusted services schedule in observance of the New Year's holiday.
Date: December 23, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART stuffing a bus with goods for the holidays (open access)

DART stuffing a bus with goods for the holidays

News release about DART's annual "Stuff a Bus" charity drives.
Date: December 3, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Local charity wins when DART 'fights' (open access)

Local charity wins when DART 'fights'

News release about DART's end of the year charity drives.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Former Irving council member joins DART (open access)

Former Irving council member joins DART

News release about the appointment of Rick stopfer to the DART board of directors, representing the city of Irving.
Date: December 3, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART, TRE making Christmas travel plans (open access)

DART, TRE making Christmas travel plans

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas holiday.
Date: December 17, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's Green Line runs straight to the Heart of Dallas (open access)

DART's Green Line runs straight to the Heart of Dallas

News release about DART transportation options to the "Heart of Dallas Bowl" football game between the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the University of North Texas.
Date: December 17, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: The Dallas Way, December 2, 2013] (open access)

[Minutes: The Dallas Way, December 2, 2013]

Meeting minutes for the December 2nd meeting of the Dallas Way including fundraising information and other reports.
Date: December 2, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1031 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1031

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Austin City Council may transfer governance of Austin Energy to a board of directors (RQ-1132-GA).
Date: December 17, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1030 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1030

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a justice of the peace may serve as a court-appointed investigator for an indigent defendant in a felony case (RQ-1131-GA).
Date: December 3, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History