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Master's Recital: 2016-02-28 – Sarah Dunbar, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date:
February 28, 2016
Creator:
Dunbar, Sarah
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guest Artist Recital: 2016-11-13 – Haven Trio
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Guest artist recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
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November 13, 2016
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Haven Trio
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The UNT Digital Library
Guest Artist Recital: 2016-02-19 – Baumer String Quartet
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Guest artist recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
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February 19, 2016
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Baumer String Quartet
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The UNT Digital Library
Master's Recital: 2016-03-26 – Guytano Martorano III, tuba
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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date:
March 26, 2016
Creator:
Martorano, Guytano, III
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The UNT Digital Library
Master's Recital: 2016-03-21 – Anna Valcour, soprano
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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date:
March 21, 2016
Creator:
Valcour, Anna
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Orville Brauss, December 28, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orville Brauss. Brauss joined the Marine Corps in 1942, and was called for active duty in 1944. He completed officer training and joined the First Marine Division in Pavuvu, Solomon Islands. He participated in a combat training landing on Guadalcanal in January of 1945 and the Battle of Okinawa in April. After the war ended, Brauss served with the occupation troops in China, guarding supply trains, bridges and depots to keep food and coal moving into the cities. He returned to the US and received his discharge in early 1946.
Date:
December 28, 2016
Creator:
Brauss, Orville
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ray Flores, December 8, 2016
The National Museum of The Pacific War presents an oral history interview with Raymond Flores. Flores was born in San Antonio in 1922 and tells of times during the Depression. He worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps until December 1941 at which time he joined the Army Air Forces. After spending some time at Shephard Field, Texas he shipped out to Brisbane, Australia. Upon his arrival he was quartered at the Ascot Racecourse where he was assigned to the kitchen staff. He was then sent to Melbourne where he was assigned to the 36th Headquarter Company. After spending time in Port Moresby, New Guinea, he was sent to Finschhafen. He worked as a freight-handler there until 1944, at which time he returned to the United States. Following the Japanese Surrender, he was discharged. After the war, Flores worked for the US Postal Service, retiring in 1980.
Date:
December 8, 2016
Creator:
Flores, Ray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Goldie Conley, January 8, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Goldie Conley. Conley was born in San Saba County, Texas in 1922. She describes living conditions in the small town of Cherokee during the Depression years. She married Wilbur Conley in May 1942, one month after he was inducted into the Army Air Forces. In October 1942, Wilbur was sent overseas and she briefly discusses his various assignments. She went to work as a welder with the Bethlehem Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas and describes some of the hazards of the job. She also reflects upon the loneliness of being separated from her husband for over three years and the elation felt upon his return in 1945.
Date:
January 8, 2016
Creator:
Conley, Goldie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Wray, January 6, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Wray. Wray entered the Navy in 1942. He completed flight training in Kansas, California, and Texas. He was commissioned in August 1943 and sent to Opa-Locka, Florida to fly a Brewster Buffalo and completed various gunnery missions and field carrier landings. He joined the Composite Squadron 75 (VC-75) flying the FM2 and the F4F. His squadron was sent to Kaneohe, Hawaii and boarded the USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79). They worked with Thomas Kincaid’s fleet, escorting troops up to Palau. They also supported troops in the Solomon Islands. He was in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, escorting troops. He was aboard the Ommaney Bay when it was struck by a kamikaze. He abandoned ship and was picked up by the USS Patterson (DD-392), then transferred to the USS New Mexico (BB-40) and was aboard during the invasion of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. He was transported back to California in 1945. The Navy then sent him to Daytona Beach Naval Air Station as an instructor. He was discharged in 1946 and joined the Naval Reserves.
Date:
January 6, 2016
Creator:
Wray, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, January 12, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Nemec. Nemec joined the Marine Corps in December, 1942 and trained at San Diego. He arrived overseas in time to join B Company, 1st Tank Battalion in the First Marine Division when they invaded New Britain. Nemec describes going ashore and the conditions of battle at Peleliu. He also was on Okinawa and shares stories. Nemec served as maintenance man for tanks. He also relates several anecdotes from his time in China after the war on occupation duty. He returned from China in December and was discharged in July 1946.
Date:
January 12, 2016
Creator:
Nemec, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Theodore Kalenterides, December 29, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Theodore J. Kalenterides. Kalenterides joined the Army Air Corps on 10 August 1939. He completed Airplane and Engine Mechanic School at Parks Air College, Illinois, and worked on the line as Crew Chief, Flight Chief and Line Chief. He then completed B-29 Engineer Flight School. In 1944, Kalenterides was assigned to the 62nd Bomb Squadron, 39th Bomb Group at Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas. In January of 1945, they deployed to Batista Army Airfield, Cuba for training, then formed at North Field, Guam in mid-February. They completed missions against the Japanese home islands in April, and bombed military and industrial targets in Japan and flew incendiary raids on urban areas from mid-May until the end of the war. He continued his service in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and was discharged in 1968.
Date:
December 29, 2016
Creator:
Kalenterides, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Schauer, December 29, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William T. Schauer. Schauer was born on 27 August 1928. He was in high school for the duration of World War II. He joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1946. He completed bootcamp, then was assigned to a fighter group on Okinawa and Guam, where he assisted in refueling planes. He notes Japanese soldiers coming out of caves and hiding, unaware that the war was over. He also notes his living conditions on the islands. Schauer was assigned as an automotive mechanic in charge of the motor pool. On 17 June 1949, Staff Sgt. William T. Schauer received his Honorable Discharge.
Date:
December 29, 2016
Creator:
Schauer, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francis Sitar, January 11, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Francis J. Sitar. Sitar joined the Navy in early 1941. He completed training in Newport, Rhode Island. In mid-1941, he served aboard USS Mizar (AF-12), and traveled with Task Force 16 to Reykjavík, Iceland. For the next year the Mizar operated in the western Atlantic from a number of East Coast ports supplying bases and ships from Iceland to the Virgin Islands. In July of 1942 they transported a parachute battalion to New Zealand, then traveled to Australian ports to support Army forces engaged in the New Guinea campaign. Around 1943, Sitar transferred to USS Gold Star (AK-12) and served as Second Class Boatswain Mate and later as Chief Warrant Officer, and traveled to Perth and New Guinea. He later served as second in command aboard a tugboat. He received an honorable discharge around January of 1945.
Date:
January 11, 2016
Creator:
Sitar, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eugene Volcik, January 23, 2016
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene Volcik. Volcik grew up on a farm in Texas and was 13 when the war started. Volcik’s brothers served and urged him not to join the service too quickly as their mother needed help at home. Volcik was 17 when the war ended. After the war, he joined the Navy in February 1946 and recalls several experiences from his time in the post-war Navy aboard USS Huntington (CL-107).
Date:
January 23, 2016
Creator:
Volcik, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, January 25, 2016
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Jean Adams. Adams recalls visiting her brother in the Philippines before the war started. On the way, she visited Japan. She was evacuated back to the US before hostilities started in the Philippines. After the war started, Adams joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and was in the Inspector General’s office in Des Moines. She recalls meeting Eleanor Roosevelt and had some interaction with Oveta Culp Hobby.
Date:
January 25, 2016
Creator:
Adams, Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wallace Kelm, January 27, 2016
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Kelm. Kelm joined the Navy in September, 1938 and trained at San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the motor launch aboard USS Lexington (CV-2). Just before the war started, Kelm transferred to USS Hornet (CV-8) and was aboard for the Doolittle Raid and the Battle of Midway. He also was aboard when Hornet went down during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. He was then assigned as a gunner aboard USS Princeton (CVL-23) briefly before going to USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) in late 1943. Kelm also served aboard USS Saugus (LSV-4). Kelm spent 21 years in the Navy, retiring in 1959.
Date:
January 27, 2016
Creator:
Kelm, Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Merrill, January 18, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth ‘Mudhole’ Merrill. Merrill joined the Marine Corps and trained with Evans Carlson as a Raider. He was on Midway during the battle. In August, 1942, Merrill went with Carlson’s Raiders to raid Makin. Merrill provides several details about his role during the raid. From Makin, the Raiders rested a while before going to Guadalcanal in November, 1942, where Merrill participated in Carlson’s Long Patrol. When the patrol ended, Merrill was admitted to the hospital and returned to the US. Merrill was discharged in August, 1945.
Date:
January 18, 2016
Creator:
Merrill, Kenneth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Howard Boyd, January 20, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Boyd. Boyd was drafted into the Army Air Forces in December, 1942 and took basic training at Wichita Falls. From there, he went to aerial gunnery school at Harlingen. He was then assigned as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 and began training with a crew. Once he got to England, he was assigned to the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group in England. He flew on 30 combat missions starting in March, 1944. Boyd shares several anecdotes from his combat missions. He returned to the US in August 1944 and became an instructor. Boyd was discharged in October.
Date:
January 20, 2016
Creator:
Boyd, Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Despain, January 29, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Despain. Despain joined the Navy and was training to be a gunner when the war ended. He was discharged a month later. When the war ended, Despain entered into a career in law enforcement.
Date:
January 29, 2016
Creator:
Despain, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Crawford, January 30, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Crawford. Crawford’s daughter Pam Dell assists with the interview. Crawford joined the Army in 1937. He completed basic training in California and Hawaii. In Hawaii he spent his first year at Schofield Barracks with the 35th Infantry Division. His first enlistment was up in 1940 and then he re-enlisted in Hawaii and went into the Coast Artillery in Honolulu at Fort DeRussy. After December 7, 1941 Crawford was a sergeant and went to Hickam Field to assess damage of the ships, airplanes and hangars. He and his daughter give a description of what he witnessed after the bombing. He later assisted with manning the telephones, intercepting radio messages from the Japanese. He then moved to the Field Artillery working in the motor pool. He was discharged in 1945 while in Hawaii, and remained there to open and operate a business. He went on to open a WWII Veteran’s Club in South Carolina for 40 years and after that he was the national commander of the American Veterans of WWII.
Date:
January 30, 2016
Creator:
Crawford, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Morabith, February 2, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Morabith. Morabith was working as a machinist when he was drafted in July, 1942. He could have been deferred, but went into the Army Air Forces when he was called. He trained as a mechanic on B-26s. Eventually, he switched to aerial gunnery and went to England in April, 1944. He flew 32 combat missions, starting in France prior to D-Day. Morabith recalls returning to base on two engines and the crew contemplating whether to try for Sweden or home. He provides many details about his experiences flying combat missions as a tail gunner in a B-17 over Europe. He finished his tour in August, 1944 and returned to the US. After some rest, Morabith was scheduled to go to the Pacific and join a B-29 outfit, but the war ended. He was discharged early in September.
Date:
February 2, 2016
Creator:
Morabith, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. T. Hardi, January 5, 2016
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with W T Hardi. Hardi joined the Navy in August, 1942 and trained at San Diego. He went aboard USS Mustin (DD-413) at Noumea. He recalls watching USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) go down in the Gilberts. Hardi served on the radar watch. After promotion, Hardi joined the crew of USS Houston (CL-81). Hardi was aboard when the Houston was severely damaged by Japanese aircraft off Formosa. He was blown into the water and rescued by USS Ingersoll (DD-652). He eventually made his way back to the Houston in December 1944. Hardi opted for discharge when the war ended.
Date:
January 5, 2016
Creator:
Hardi, W. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Mazoch, February 5, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Mazoch. Mazoch was drafted into the Army in August, 1942 and was attached to the 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. He joined the unit on New Guinea after the Battle of Buna. He also participated in the invasion of the Philippines. Mazoch has considerable help relating his story from his daughter.
Date:
February 5, 2016
Creator:
Mazoch, Charles L
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bruce Greig, February 1, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bruce Greig. Greig enlisted in the reserves and was called to active duty with the Army Air Forces in February 1943. He was sent to radio school and then radar school. Greig served stateside before being sent to Saipan as a part of a service group for the 73rd Bomb Wing. He describes the conditions on Saipan and how the airbase grew. Greig describes how he worked in a shop and specialized in a black box that was a part of early airplane radar units. He was then sent to Guam and eventually back to the US where he was discharged in February 1946.
Date:
February 1, 2016
Creator:
Greig, Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History