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 …

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

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

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

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Guest pianists and composers performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

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

A Faculty Recital performed in the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

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

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Prudence Burns Burrell. Burrell was an African American woman who enlisted in the Army Reserve and served as a medical nurse in World War II. She was stationed in Australia, Java, New Guinea and the Philippines. She provides some details of her work in these areas and with the natives. She also shares experiences of racial discrimination. She completed her degree in public health at the University of Minnesota. She then served as a nurse aboard SS America. Upon returning home she became the first black instructor at Mission High School in San Francisco, teaching health and participating with the Future Nurses of America organization.

Faculty and guest artist concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Faculty recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

New music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater.

Guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater.

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

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

Faculty recital with guest artist Feghali (piano) presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Victor Delano. Delano was appointed to the Naval Academy in June of 1937 and graduated with distinction in February of 1941 and was commissioned ensign. He was assigned to the gunnery department of the Fire Control Division aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48), where he was stationed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship was moored in the Harbor, and Delano provides vivid details of the attack and sinking of the West Virginia. Next, he served aboard the USS San Juan (CL-54) from 1942 to 1943. They participated in the Battle of Savo Island, the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, around Guadalcanal and provided gunfire support for the landings at Tulagi. From 1944 to 1945 he was assigned to the USS Wedderburn (DD-684). They participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines, at Iwo Jima and at Okinawa. He came back to the States in the fall of 1945.

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

A Faculty recital performed at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas.

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Main Auditorium.