[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 11, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - August 11, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about his mother "kicking out her downstairs roomers", Ed Prove, and Mrs. Smith's golf skills.
Date: August 11, 1943
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - March 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - March 11, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing the photograph of Sharon, the poem, and letter he received from her recently.
Date: March 11, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - May 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - May 11, 1945]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing two books he has been reading and thanking her for what she recently sent him.
Date: May 11, 1945
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James L. Kent, May 11, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James L. Kent, May 11, 1972

Interview with James L. Kent, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Duncanville, Texas. Kent discusses joining the Marine Corps, being AWOL, his judicial punishment, his deployment to the Philippines at Cavite Navy Yard, the Japanese attack, his experiences in the Battles of Bataan and Corregidor, his capture, and his internment at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan #1 & 2, and Mitsushima.
Date: May 11, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kent, James L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James W. Huffman, April 11, 1990

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with James W. Huffman, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Los Angeles, California, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Huffman discusses joining the Navy; service aboard the Houston and changes in training as war neared; early operations in the war; the Battle of Sundra Strait and sinking; surviving in Java; capture by the Japanese; various experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat, several camps on the Burma Railway, and Tamarkan in Thailand; and liberation.
Date: April 11, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Huffman, James W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Perry Simmons, April 23, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Perry Simmons, April 23, 2003

Interview with Perry Simmons, a seaman in the US Navy during WWII. He answers questions about his time in the military during the war.
Date: May 11, 2004
Creator: McElhaney, Michelle & Simmons, Perry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Perry Simmons, April 23, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Perry Simmons, April 23, 2003

Interview with Perry Simmons, a seaman in the US Navy during WWII. He answers questions about his time in the military during the war.
Date: May 11, 2004
Creator: McElhaney, Michelle & Simmons, Perry
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History