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Oral History Interview with Leslie W. Bray, Jr., March 3, 1999

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Leslie W. Bray, Jr. The interview includes Bray's personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, flight training, being designated as the commander of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, stationing at Sylhet, India as part of his assignment to the CBI Theater, supplying the British 14th Army in Burma, flying difficulties due to weather conditions, various transfers, and flying "The Hump." Bray also talks about his early aspirations to become an aviator, initial failures to pass the Air Forces physical examination, his assignment to Troop Carrier Command, flying C-47s with the 1st Troop Carrier Group, his appointment as assistant group operations officer for the 10th Troop Carrier Group, Air Force School of Applied Tactics, the training of replacement units at various Air Force installations, the deactivation of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, and his postwar Air Force career and retirement as a general officer.
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bray, Leslie W., Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 1998

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with William Painter, a UNT professor and Army WWII veteran from New Bloomfield, Missouri. Painter discusses growing up in the Depression, being a conscientious objector and feeling pressure to join the war, getting drafted into the infantry and training at Camp Hood and Fort Ord, deployment to the Pacific with the 32nd Infantry Division, operations on Luzon and the Villa Verde Trail, the end of the war, occupation duty in Japan, and returning home. In appendix is a letter to Marcello with a correction for the interview.
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Painter, William E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, November 17, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, November 17, 1998

Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, registered nurse from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Sample recounts stories from her 30 years working as a nurse at the Veteran's Hospital - including how she met her husband and the problems she encountered with the hospital's policy against married nurses.
Date: November 17, 1998
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Sample, Trixie Lucille Dixon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Route 66

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.
Date: June 27, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History