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Oral History Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, January 21, 2008
Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, an Armed Guard in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He discusses lying about his age in order to join the navy at 15 and his experience in boot camp. He served as an Armed Guard on merchant ships that transported supplies across the Atlantic and remembers being in London while German bombers flew overhead. He transported German prisoners out of Marseilles and Naples shortly after the liberation of those cities. He remembers going to Times Square upon hearing that the Japanese had surrendered. He claims to have been the sailor in the iconic photo of the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square on V-J Day. He describes how he proved he was the sailor in the photo, what he did after the war, and how he learned that his brother survived the Bataan Death March.
Date:
January 21, 2008
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & McDuffie, Glenn E.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill J. Ripkowski, March 28, 2002
Interview with Bill J. Ripkowski, a sergeant in the US Army during WWII. He answers questions about his life in the military and his time abroad during the war.
Date:
March 18, 2004
Creator:
Smith, Tonya & Ripkowski, Bill J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flight Diary of Donald Fleming, 781st Bomb Sqadron, 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force
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Scan of the flight diary kept by Donald Fleming, a B-24 navigator in WWII from Kansas, documenting the missions he flew in the European Theater from February to August, 1944.
Date:
August 18, 2003
Creator:
Fleming, Donald
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gordon Patrick Hannan, April 22, 2002
Interview with Gordon Patrick Hannan, a paratrooper veteran of World War II, serving in Africa, Italy, and the Netherlands. Hannan answers questions regarding his service, such as the jumps he made over Italy and Holland. Also covered is his participation in liberating one of the German concentration camps.
Date:
May 14, 2003
Creator:
Meschede, Robert & Hannan, Gordon Patrick
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002
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Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pat Hannan, April 22, 2002
Interview with Pat Hannan, a paratrooper in the US Army during WWII. He answers questions about his experience in the military and his time overseas.
Date:
April 22, 2002
Creator:
Meschede, Robert & Hannan, Pat
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill J. Ripkowski, March 28, 2002
Interview with Bill J. Ripkowski, a sergeant in the US Army during WWII. He answers questions about his life in the military and his time abroad during the war.
Date:
March 28, 2002
Creator:
Smith, Tonya & Ripkowski, Bill J.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd H. Mitchell, Spring 2002
Interview with Boyd H. Mitchell, a veteran of World War II serving in the 36th Infantry Division. Mitchell answers questions about his time in the Army, such as his training, living conditions, supplies, etc. Mitchell also shares about his experience during the invasion of Italy through Salerno and the Army's advance up through France, Germany, and Austria; the end of the interview includes questions about life once he got home.
Date:
Spring 2002
Creator:
Gace, Michael & Mitchell, Boyd H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999
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Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, liberation, and returning to the US. In appendix are three photos of Seidel, his B-24 crew, and their aircraft, Seidel's papers from when he was a German prisoner, his POW log book, the official narrative report of the mission he was lost on, and a letter from his family while he was in Italy.
Date:
September 7, 1999
Creator:
Lane, Peter B. & Seidel, Robert
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Richard Young, September 3, 1999
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Transcript of an interview with Thomas Richard Young, artist and Army Air Forces veteran (463rd Bomb Group, 774th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing titled, "North Compound, Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany, January, 1945."
Date:
September 3, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, Thomas Richard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Donald W. Peters, August 6, 1998
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Transcript of an interview with Donald W. Peters, Army veteran (C Company, 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion), concerning his experiences in the Italian Campaign and experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in the European Theater during World War II. Peters discusses his entry into the Army and basic training, 1943; transit across the Atlantic to North Africa and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion; Monte Cassino; Anzio landing and being wounded by shrapnel when his ship sank; recuperation in Naples and return to his unit; murder of German POWs; Rome-Arno Campaign, 1944; invasion of southern France, 1944; transfer of the unit to the French Alps and his capture, 1944; initial incarceration in Torino (Turin); permanent POW camp at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany; POW life at Stalag VII-A; liberation; and postwar adjustments to civilian life.
Date:
August 6, 1998
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Peters, Donald W., 1924-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Glenn C. Blouse, August 3, 1998
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Interview with Glenn C. Blouse, a Army WWII veteran from Long Level, Pennsylvania. Blouse discusses his family life, being drafted, basic training, deployment to the European Theater via North Africa, assignment to the 135th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division in Italy, duties as a machine gunner, first combat experiences, fighting on the Monte Cassino front, foxhole life, shelling, tactics, taking prisoners, Italian civilians, the Anzio landing, assaulting a hill, liberating Rome, the Apennines Campaign, nightwatch and a firefight which earned him the Bronze Star, breaking into the Po Valley, Mussolini's corpse, the end of the war. In appendix is Blouse's Bronze Star citation.
Date:
August 3, 1998
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Blouse, Glenn C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Donley, February 22, 1997
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Interview with Navy veteran Richard Donley. The interview includes Donley's personal experiences about the Mediterranean Theater during World War II, boot camp, Fleet Torpedo School, encounters with German "F-lighter" armed barges and E-boats, various assignments, and combat against enemy destroyers. Donley also talks about screening operations for the invasions of Sicily and Salerno, operations along the coasts of northern Italy and southern France and the interdiction of German barge traffic, torpedo problems, commando and intelligence operations, returning to the States, his reassignment to the Motor Torpedo Boats Training Center, and transferring to Samar, Philippines.
Date:
February 22, 1997
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Donley, Richard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William James Mainer
Interview with William James Mainer detailing his service in the United States Army during World War II, and his life now that he is back home. Included are notes about Mainer's involvement in Africa and Italy, and psychological ailments encountered along the way.
Date:
1995~
Creator:
Patterson, Philip & Mainer, William James
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Summary of an Interview with William James Mainer]
Summary of an interview with William James Mainer detailing his service in the United States Army during World War II, and his life now that he is back home. Included are notes about Mainer's involvement in Africa and Italy.
Date:
1995~
Creator:
Patterson, Philip & Mainer, William James
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972
Interview with Eugene Cronin, a US Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Kansas City, Missouri. Cronin discusses his time as a B-24 crewmember stationed at Cerignola, Italy, the kinds of missions flown, his being shot down over Hungary and captured by the German Army, and his experiences in captivity at Vienna, Frankfurt, and Stalag Luft #1 near Barth in Western Pommerania.
Date:
February 1, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971
Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date:
January 8, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Florence Monumental Map Ex (A Visitor's map)
Folded map showing the main sites of Florence, Italy with ads printed in the page borders.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
American Express Company Florence
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Alton Belton Wilson in his Uniform]
Portrait of Alton Belton Wilson wearing his military uniform. The text on the bottom of the photograph contains information of Wilson's parents and siblings, and his death, as well as the medals he won: "Alton Belton Wilson Son of F. C. and Maudie Wilson of Roscoe Brother of Elizabeth Ballard and Calvin Killed Feb. 11, 1943 in Italy Received Purple Heart and Silver Star."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Corporal Roy Clay, Jr.]
Portrait of Corporal Roy Clay, Jr. wearing his military uniform. The text on the bottom of the photograph has a description of his rank, birth/death date, and location of death: "Cpl. Roy Clay, Jr. Co. E. 142nd Infantry 36th Division Born Aug. 5th, 1917 Killed Feb. 11th, 1944 in Italy."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of James F. O'Neal in Uniform]
Portrait of James F. O'Neal wearing his full dress uniform; the text on the photo says he was "Killed in Italy 1943."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Sergeant Earl A. Bryant]
Portrait of Sergeant Earl A. Bryant wearing his military uniform. The text on the bottom of the photograph has a description of Bryant's rank, birth and death date, and death location: "Sgt. Earl A. Bryant, Gunner 15th Air Force Born Jan. 28th 1923 Killed Feb. 10th 1944 Nettuno, Italy."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Staff Sergeant Corrol W. Neeper]
Portrait of Staff Sergeant Corrol W. Neeper wearing his military uniform. The text on the bottom of the picture contains information about his role in the military, his birth date and death date, and the name of his father: "S/Sgt. Corrol W. Neeper Co. E.142 Inf. 36th Div. Born June 20, 1918 Killed June 11, 1944 in Italy Survived by father J. M. Neeper."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Staff Sergeant Earl C. Watson in his Uniform]
Portrait of Staff Sergeant Earl C. Watson standing in his military uniform. The text on the bottom of the photo contains information about Watson including the dates of his birth and death, and the medals he won: "S/Sgt. Earl C. Watson 45th Division Born nov. 11th, 1911 Killed June 30th at Nittuno [sic], Italy Purple Heart, E. T. O. Ribbon, Three Bronze Stars."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History