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Oral History Interview with Jackie Haworth, November 3, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jackie Haworth, November 3, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jackie Haworth. Haworth entered the Navy March 1944. He went to Faragut, Idaho for boot camp. From there he went on to California, Hawaii and then to the South Pacific and boarded the USS Boston (CA-69). He was in the black gang on the Boston working in the aft engine room serving as a fireman, first class. Later, he became a machinist mate, first class. He was part of the Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944. He provides details of that event. He was discharged May 1946. His ship was bombarding Japan when the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima. He toured the area afterwards and gives details of what he saw. He used his G.I. Bill to attend Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma for aircraft engine training. He later worked on the railroad, then got into the oil industry.
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Haworth, Jackie
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2016-11-03 – Wind Symphony

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Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: North Texas Wind Symphony
System: The UNT Digital Library

Senior Recital: 2016-11-03 – Simon Giavaras, trombone

Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Jazz Studies.
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Giavaras, Simon, 1994-
System: The UNT Digital Library