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Oral History Interview with Harry Borst, April 1, 2019 transcript

Oral History Interview with Harry Borst, April 1, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harry W. Borst. Borst joined the Navy on 31 December 1942. Beginning May of 1943, he served as a signalman aboard USS Caperton (DD-650). Beginning in January of 1944, they participated in the Battle of Kwajalein, the invasions of Emirau Island and Hollandia, the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. They assisted with picket duty off Okinawa through June of 1945. He shares experiences of kamikaze planes attacking ships. After the war ended, he continued service on occupation duty in Tokyo. Borst returned to the US and received his discharge in February 1946.
Date: April 1, 2019
Creator: Borst, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Couch, April 3, 2019 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Couch, April 3, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Couch. Couch joined the Army Air Corps in 1939. He served in the armament section as an aircraft mechanic. Once the war began, he worked as the Chief Armorer of the armament section of the 73rd Bombardment Squadron until 1943. He traveled to New Guinea, Morotai Island and to Clark Field in the Philippines, where he was stationed when the war ended. He continued his service after the war ended, retiring in 1960 as a Master Sergeant, E-7.
Date: April 3, 2019
Creator: Couch, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Episode 16: Pamela Jones transcript

Episode 16: Pamela Jones

Interview with Pamela Jones for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan speaks with Pamela Jones, a retired Gifted and Talented Education Specialist, longtime OLLI at UNT member, and OLLI at UNT Ambassador. They discuss Pamela's introduction to our program as well as her experiences as a member. Pamela also describes her role as an official Ambassador for the program.
Date: April 4, 2019
Creator: Supak, Susan & Jones, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maynard Saugstad, April 5, 2019 transcript

Oral History Interview with Maynard Saugstad, April 5, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Maynard Saugstad. Saugstad joined the Navy in July of 1943. He served as Storekeeper 2nd Class, and worked on bases including Pearl Harbor, Palmyra Island and Maui, where he was working when the war ended. Saugstad was in charge of several warehouses, where he distributed supplies. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: April 5, 2019
Creator: Saugstad, Maynard
System: The Portal to Texas History
America Losing its Religion? transcript

America Losing its Religion?

Audio recording of a news segment from News Radio KFB. This episode discusses results from the General Social Survey in relation to religion and spirituality.
Date: April 9, 2019
Creator: Mendonsa, Cristina & Jain, Pankaj
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 17: Jordan Williams transcript

Episode 17: Jordan Williams

Interview with Jordan Williams for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan speaks with Jordan Williams, Communications Specialist for UNT Lifelong Learning & Community Engagement. Jordan shares a little bit about his background and discusses his work for OLLI at UNT and the UNT Retiree Association.
Date: April 11, 2019
Creator: Supak, Susan & Williams, Jordan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2019-04-14 – Joshua Lambert, double bass

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 14, 2019
Creator: Lambert, Joshua (Double bassist)
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2019-04-18 – Jingshu Zhao, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 18, 2019
Creator: Zhao, Jingshu
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 18: Susan Supak transcript

Episode 18: Susan Supak

Interview with Susan Supak for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. For the final episode of Season 1 of our podcast, Susan assumes the guest role as Jordan Williams interviews her about her remarkable career and her experience working with OLLI at UNT. Susan shares stories about her work as a spokeswoman for the Army, including how her duties took her inside the Soviet Union as our nation pursued an arms reduction agreement near the end of the Cold War. Susan also talks about her work on the civilian side of public relations and her extensive involvement in her community both before and since her relocation to Texas.
Date: April 18, 2019
Creator: Supak, Susan & Williams, Jordan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Laughery, April 23, 2019 transcript

Oral History Interview with David Laughery, April 23, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Laughery. Laughery joined the Navy in June of 1943. He served as Seaman 2nd Class aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573), assisting the 20mm gunner and working in the fireroom as a Water Tender 1st Class. They survived 11 encounters with Japanese defenses at Bougainville, Tarawa, New Guinea, Kwajalein, Guam, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Laughery was discharged in April of 1946.
Date: April 23, 2019
Creator: Laughery, David
System: The Portal to Texas History

Doctoral Recital: 2019-04-25 – Haoyue Liang, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 25, 2019
Creator: Liang, Haoyue
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Storey, April 25, 2019 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Storey, April 25, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Murry Storey. Storey joined the Navy in 1939. He served with the deck crew aboard USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). They were with USS Enterprise (CV-6) task group west of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. They docked in Pearl Harbor on 8 December, and Storey describes the overturned ships and casualties that he witnessed in the harbor. He discusses their involvement in the Doolittle Raid. Storey does not go into great detail about specific places he traveled or battles he fought in aboard Salt Lake City. He provides general details of his experiences serving. He returned to the US after the war ended and received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: April 25, 2019
Creator: Storey, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral history interview with Finnigan (Finn) Jones] transcript

[Oral history interview with Finnigan (Finn) Jones]

Oral history interview with Finn Jones. Jones, who was assigned the sex of female at birth and lived as Stacy Jeanette Jones for 42 years, discusses his upbringing, his career in the Coast Guard, the discrimination he faced as a lesbian, especially as a service member under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," his membership with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in Fort Worth, founding Trans-Cendence International, and being the first trans person to run for a position in the Texas House or any legislative election in Texas.
Date: April 28, 2019
Creator: Testa, Nino
System: The UNT Digital Library