Percussion ensembles concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with J. Lloyd Abbot. Abbot received a commission in the Navy in 1939 and served two months aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) before being tasked to bring an old destroyer, the USS Gilmer (DD-233), out of mothballs. He stayed on it for a while before going to flight school in Pensacola. He earned his wings in November, 1941. Due to some accidents and illnesses, Abbot was disallowed to fly from carriers. He was assigned to shore-based anti-submarine patrol squadron, VS-1D-14, in December 1942. In April 1943, the squadron was divided into two and Abbot was placed in command of VS-66 on Wallis Island. At the end of 1943, his squadron inherited some SBD dive bombers and they moved to a new base on Tarawa. In March 1944. Abbot was assigned to the staff of the Chief of Naval Air Training at Pensacola. He was there when the war ended. After the war, Abbot commanded VF-41 aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42). Throughout his career, he served as the operation officer aboard carriers, worked at the Pentagon, was commander of the Antarctic mission and commander of a carrier division …

Lecture given Sunday, February 23, 1992, 7:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 21, 1994, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

A guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eddie Albert. Albert was born in Rock Island, Illinois on 22 April 1908 and joined the Navy in 1942. Following officer training at Cornell University, he was shipped to the South Pacific. Albert recalls spending a night in November 1943 with Lieutenant Colonel Evans Fordyce Carlson (of Carlson’s Raiders fame) in a hole during the Battle of Tarawa. After the battle he relates that he was called to Washington, DC for duties relating to public relations and was sent around the United States selling war bonds. He recalls that by the end of the war he also had produced at least six war-related training films.

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Interview with Mary Steele Leon, a secretary for the U. S. Navy during and after World War II. She joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and was trained as a secretary. Her first assignment was in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. The CNO at the time was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. After the war, she served as personal secretary for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while he was CNO. She was discharged in 1946.

Orchestra and choral concert performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Lecture given Wednesday, February 23, 1994, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Wednesday, February 23, 1994, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Wednesday, February 23, 1994, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 23, 1993, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 21, 1994, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 21, 1994, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University