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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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UNT and TWU Library and Library School History Oral History Project
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World War II European Theater Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with William E. Moore, Jr., March 4, 1998
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Interview with William E. Moore Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Temple, Texas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Moore discusses his time in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, assignment to 24th Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, training and alerts, the attack at Wheeler Field and taking defensive positions around Oahu, and service afterwards.
Date:
March 4, 1998
Creator:
Meisch, Lisa & Moore Jr., William E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Pauline Dixon, August 1990
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Interview with Pauline Dixon, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Pittsburg, Texas. Dixon discusses her education, her father's work as assistant sheriff in segregated Pittsburg, the Classroom Teachers of Dallas, moving to Hamilton Park, development of the area, the "buy out" of the neighborhood, the Civic League, desegregation and busing, and her political work.
Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Dixon, Pauline
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994
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Interview with E. B. "Ned" Potter, Navy WWII veteran from Norfolk, Virginia, who served in the intelligence section of the 14th Naval District. Potter discusses his education, teaching, commissioning into the Navy and training in communications, assignment to Oahu, codes and ciphers, interception, President Roosevelt's visit, WAVES, and leaving active duty at the end of the war and becoming a history professor. In appendix is a letter from Potter to Marcello with revisions to the interview.
Date:
October 8, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Potter, E. B. (Ned)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Freddie and Ola Lee Allen, 1991
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Interview with Freddie and Ola Lee Allen, a married couple living in Hamilton Park, both from Marshall, Texas. The Allens discuss their family backgrounds and education, Mr. Allen's service in the Navy during WWII and work in the construction business, Mrs. Allen's work with Richardson ISD and Richland College, their children, moving to Hamilton Park, the neighborhood's development, organizational activities with the Civic League and others, the schools, desegregation, and the "buy out."
Date:
1991-02/1991-03
Creator:
Wilson, William H.; Allen, Freddie & Allen, Ola Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991
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Interview with Sheila Allen, an attorney and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Allen discusses attending school in Hamilton Park, integration in Richardson ISD and relations between white and black students, discrimination, attending East Texas State and Sam Houston University, struggles finding work afterwards, law school, church life, reflections on the Hamilton Park community, resisting "Buy Out," the Civic League, and thoughts on the future.
Date:
1991-06/1991-09
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Allen, Sheila R.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William H. Haugh, January 12, 1999
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Interview with William H. Haugh, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Haugh discusses growing up in Wrightsville, getting his own farm, the wartime economy, being drafted into the Army, becoming a machine gunner in the 35th Infantry Division, arrival in Metz and advancing to the Battle of the Bulge, artillery, experiences in combat, the Rhineland Campaign, the Ruhr Valley, being wounded, the German surrender and the Army of Occupation, reflections on combat, and returning to civilian life.
Date:
January 12, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Haugh, William H.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999
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Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration of the Air Force, and the Roswell UFO incident. Some additional biographical information about Ramey is provided by Colonel Terry Garland.
Date:
April 27, 1999
Creator:
Lane, Peter B.; Garland, Terry & Roberts, John A.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 1998
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Interview with John Hargrove, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hargrove discusses growing up and his family background, being drafted into the Air Corps, training, assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field as a radio operator, life and work at Langley, transition to the B-26, the start of the war, submarine patrol, deployment to Townsville, Australia via Hawaii, flying his first mission, liberty and recreation, bombing and close air support missions, the crew being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, losses, returning to the US, work as a radio instructor, meeting his wife, postwar service, and reflections on the atomic bomb. In appendix is a manuscript for an autobiography written by Hargrove, an addendum to the interview, and a letter to Ron Marcello making corrections to the interview.
Date:
August 12, 1998
Creator:
Lane, Peter B.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hargrove, John H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Barbara J. Darden, 1990-1991
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Interview with Barbara Darden, a nurse and resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Darden discusses her upbringing and education, nursing, her family, moving to Hamilton Park and the neighborhood's development, school involvement, desegregation and busing, and the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League.
Date:
1990-12/1991-10
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Darden, Barbara J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Max Glauben, January 1990
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Interviews with Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Glauben discusses his family origins, growing up with Sephardic Hebrew, education, the invasion of Poland, losing the family business, the move to the ghetto and life there, people's different reactions to oppression, ventures outside the ghetto, escalating extermination by the Germans, Warsaw Uprising, transfer to KL Lublin, the organization of the camp, transfers to and labor at Wieliczka, Mielec, Budzyn and Flossenburg, illness, sabotage, daily routine in the camps, the approach of the front, being on a train strafed by Allied planes and wounded, escape, rescue by American forces, moving to the United States, and his thoughts on faith.
Date:
1990-01-09/1990-01-24
Creator:
Rosen, Keith & Glauben, Max
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Nine, April 28, 1990
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Interview with Kenneth Nine, a Army WWII veteran from Lonaconing, Maryland, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nine discusses joining the Army, assignment to the 27th Infantry at Schofield Barracks, alerts, athletics, gambling, events of the attack at Schofield, preparing defenses on Oahu, and later service in the war.
Date:
April 28, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Nine, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cleon Stewart, March 18, 1993
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Interview with Cleon Stewart, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Tulia, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (known as the "Lost Battalion"). Stewart discusses joining the National Guard, training and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific in November, 1941, diversion to Java after December 7th, Japanese air strikes and the invasion, the American surrender and initial internement by the Japanese, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp, Singapore, and life in captivity there, and liberation.
Date:
March 18, 1993
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, Cleon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990
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Interview with Curtis J. Smith, a airline industry worker and community organizer from Longview, Texas. Smith discusses his family history, his education, working for his father, moving to Dallas, service in the Navy during WWII, getting married, working for Braniff International and American Airlines, living in Hamilton Park, his children, church activities, work with the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League, and development of the neighborhood.
Date:
1990-02/1990-03
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with E. Maurice Keathley, May 24, 1995
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Interview with E. Maurice Keathely, an employee of Prudential Insurance from Houston, Texas, who was involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture. Keahtley discusses his educational background, work at Prudential, his responsibilities with "Kai-Pru", the value and benefits of the venture, key members of the companies, the financial arrangement and organization of the venture, marketing, HMO's, inter-company cooperation, difficulties and criticisms, and the Texas Medical Association.
Date:
May 24, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Keathley, E. Maurice
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John R. Leber, January 15, 1999
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Interview with John R. Leber, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who flew with the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. Leber discusses enlisting in the Air Corps, training as an aircraft mechanic and becoming a crew chief, the C-46 and the C-47, deployment to India, flying over the Himalayas, living conditions, and continued service postwar. In appendix are handwritten letters of Leber from his time overseas.
Date:
January 15, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Leber, John R.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999
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Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
Date:
March 12, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Roberts, November 6, 1994
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Interview with Charles H. Roberts, a Marines WWII veteran from Denton, Texas, who was present at Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station, Oahu, on December 7th, 1941. Roberts discusses the different waves of attacking Japanese aircraft, returning fire, the immediate aftermath, reactions on Oahu and defensive measures, and casualties.
Date:
November 6, 1994
Creator:
White, Melinda & Roberts, Charles H.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997
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Interview with Kenneth Poff, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who served with the 1913th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Poff discusses his early life, being drafted and training, shipping out to Townsville, Australia, and landing on New Guinea, fighting attached to the 1st Marine Division for the Cape Gloucester and Hollandia campaigns, constructing and maintaining an airstrip, the Lingayan Gulf campaign in the Philippines, the atomic bomb and VJ-Day, and returning home.
Date:
August 10, 1997
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Poff, Kenneth
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hanna K Ulatowska, February 16, 1990
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Interview with Hanna L Ulatowska, a Polish linguist and Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Ulatowska discusses the invasion of Poland, witnessing bombings and atrocities, life in Warsaw after the invasion, the life of Jews, the Warsaw Uprising, being forced out of the city by German forces to Auschwitz-Birkenau, survival there, Josef Mengele, her family, escaping from Birkenau, Russian liberation, and reflections on her experiences.
Date:
February 16, 1990
Creator:
Rosen, Keith G. & Ulatowska, Hanna K.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William P. Schiff, January 12, 1990
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Interview with William Schiff, a Holocaust survivor from Kraków, Poland. Schiff discusses his family, antisemitism before the war, the invasion of Poland, being put into forced labor by the Germans and Poles, the ghetto and survival there, getting married, experiences in internment at Kraków-Płaszów, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps, liberation, returning to Kraków and finding his wife, and life afterwards.
Date:
January 12, 1990
Creator:
Rosen, Keith & Schiff, William P.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Huffman, April 11, 1990
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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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Toulouse, July 11, 1990
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Interview with Robert Toulouse, Dean of the University of North Texas Graduate School from Denton, Texas. Toulouse discusses the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and his involvement in the merger of the college with NTSU/UNT.
Date:
July 11, 1990
Creator:
Rafes, Richard & Toulouse, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lyndle Lynch, January 10, 1995
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Interview with Lyndle Lynch, a Navy WWII veteran from El Paso, Texas, who was aboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lynch discusses going into the Navy, work aboard the Utah, liberty in Honolulu, the morning of the attack, the sinking of the Utah and abandoning ship, assisting the wounded, duties after the attack, morale and reactions, and service aboard the USS Detroit.
Date:
January 10, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Lynch, Lyndle
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991
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Interview with Vivian Starks, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Bryan, Texas. Starks discusses her education, teaching, her service with the USO, moving to Dallas and Hamilton Park, black schools in Dallas, developing the neighborhood, churches, issues with "buying out," the Civic League, Old North Dallas, desegregation, and contemporary issues.
Date:
1991-04/1991-05
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library