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Autobiographical Narrative of Leonard A. Charpentier, June 18, 1999
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Narrative of Dr. Leonard A. Charpentier. The narrative includes a monologue of Charpentier's experiences as a P-47 fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Charpentier talks about basic training, flight training, fighter pilot training, his assignment to the 86th Fighter Squadron on Corsica, the P-47 Thunderbolt, various missions, his being shot down on a mission over southern France and being captured, the treatment of his wounds at a German field hospital, and his postwar medical career.
Date:
June 18, 1999
Creator:
Charpentier, Leonard A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Funeral Program for Alfred Tennyson Miller, September 4, 1993]
Funeral program for Mr. Alfred Tennyson Miller, born April 13, 1913 and died August 30, 1993. The funeral was held Saturday, September 4, 1993 at Marsalis Avenue Church of Christ, officiated by Evangelist G. C. Washington. Funeral arrangements were made through Singing Hills Funeral Home and he was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas. Includes a newspaper clipping containing an obituary.
Date:
September 4, 1993
Creator:
unknown
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Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Letters of Captain Edward P. Jaeger to Elizabeth P. Jaeger 1968-1969
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Bound collection of photocopied letters written by Captain Edward P. Jaeger (Ed) to his wife, Elizabeth Jaeger (Libby) while stationed in South Vietnam as part of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He discusses life in Vietnam as well as topics that his family has written to him about.
Date:
June 1, 1997
Creator:
Jaeger, Edward P.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
The Letters of Captain Edward P. Jaeger to Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Jaeger 1968-1969
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Transcript of recorded letters sent by Captain Edward P. Jaeger (Ed) to his parents while stationed in South Vietnam as part of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He discusses both personal and military topics including a chronicle of his departure for Vietnam; description of Vietnamese village life and culture; assignment to the 17th Field Hospital at An Khe; physical description of facilities at 17th Field Hospital; his responsibilities as medical supply officer; descriptions of and comments about unit personnel; problems in procuring medical supplies; problems with drunkenness among personnel; enemy mortar attacks; discipline problems; his institution of reforms in the medical supply operations; effects of constant changeovers in unit command; remodeling of the Officer's Club; leisure time and recreational activities; racial tensions; comments about U S domestic politics; personal financial matters; planning for a leave in Hawaii with his wife, Elizabeth, and parents; drug problems among personnel; comments about the anti-war movement in the States; description of Cam Ranh Bay and the military facilities there; medical supplies and black marketeering; description of the medical depot supply system; future civilian employment plans; transfer to Qui Nhon to the 67th Evacuation Hospital; comments about the Paris peace negotiations for ending the war; …
Date:
August 1, 1998
Creator:
Jaeger, Edward P.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
The Letters of Captain Edward P. Jaeger to Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce Jaeger 1968-1969
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Transcript of recorded letters sent by Captain Edward P. Jaeger (Ed) to his wife, Elizabeth Jaeger (Libby) while stationed in South Vietnam as part of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He discusses both personal and military topics including plans for having children; future personal financial planning; racial tensions and Black Power activities; shopping for civilian consumer goods; renovation of the Officer's Club; physicians’ negative attitudes about serving in Vietnam; procurement of medical supplies; holiday celebrations; planning for a post-Vietnam cross- country vacation in the U.S. and Canada; personnel problems; comments about various senior officers; procurement of captured enemy equipment for use as trading items and gifts; comments about the Paris peace negotiations for ending the war; planning for a leave in Hawaii with his wife and parents; personnel morale problems; discipline problems among enlisted personnel; preparation for leaving Vietnam and the Army; comments about student unrest and anti-war demonstrations in the U.S.
Date:
August 1, 1998
Creator:
Jaeger, Edward P.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. C. Tipton, December 16, 1995, No. 2
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Interview with A.C. Tipton, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
December 16, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Tipton, A. C.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. Tennyson Miller, January 11, 1992
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Interview with schoolteacher A. Tennyson Miller from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Miller reflects on his experiences as a teacher and coach at the Fredrick Douglass School during the late 1930's and early 1940's, which was before the school was integrated. He comments on Principal Fred Moore and segregated education in Denton. Tennyson also discusses his admission to the doctoral program at North Texas State College, which broke racial barriers in 1954.
Date:
January 11, 1992
Creator:
Glaze, Michele & Miller, A. Tennyson
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. W. Dupree, July 23-August 16, 1990
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Interview with A. W. Dupree Jr., resident of Hamilton Park neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, 1966-90. Dupree discusses his youth in Dallas; service in U.S. military in World War II; musical career; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park and experiences as a resident; home improvements; church activities; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; commercial encroachment; the “Buy Out.”
Date:
1990-07-23/1990-08-16
Creator:
Wilson, William & Dupree, A. W., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Admiral Donald M. Showers, March 13, 1998
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Transcript of an interview with Admiral Donald M. Showers, Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a naval officer assigned to the Combat Intelligence Unit, Pearl Harbor, during World War II.
Date:
March 13, 1998
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Showers, Donald M.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Admiral J. Lloyd Abbot, Jr., March 14, 1998
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Transcript of an interview with Admiral J. Lloyd Abbot, Jr., a Navy veteran, comments about his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Abbot discusses the U. S. Naval Academy, 1935-39; assignment to USS Enterprise, 1939; assignment to USS Gilmer, 1939-41; flight training at Pensacola, 1941; assignment to Advanced Carrier Training Group (Pacific), 1941-42; assignment to VF-6 (Fighting 6) aboard the USS Enterprise, 1942; assignment to VS-1D-14 in the South Pacific, 1942-43; commanding officer of VS-66, Wallis Island, 1943; antisubmarine patrols out of Wallis Island; assignment to Nanumea, 1943; assignment to Tarawa, 1943-44, with an SBD squadron; assignment to the Chief of Naval Air Training, Pensacola, 1944-46, as engineering officer; and his postwar naval and civilian career.
Date:
March 14, 1998
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Abbot, J. Lloyd, Jr.
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adolph C. Allen, February 25, 1993
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Interview with Adolph Allen from Colfax, Louisiana concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Allen worked at a camp in New Augusta, Mississippi (Company 5415).
Date:
February 25, 1993
Creator:
Henley, Shelly & Allen, Adolph C.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Al J. Hunt, February 24, 1993
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Interview with Al J. Hunt, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Limestone County, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date:
February 24, 1993
Creator:
Henley, Shelly & Hunt, Al J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alan Taniguchi, March 18, 1995
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Interview with Alan Taniguchi, former Dean of Architecture at UT-Austin and a Japanese-American internee during WWII, from Brentwood, California. Taniguchi discusses his family and childhood, experiences of racism, the attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects, having his home raided by the FBI, his father's detention and that of Japanese community leaders, preparing for internment, moving to the Gila Relocation Camp in Arizona, life there, leaving the camp for resettlement in Detroit, and life afterwards.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Taniguchi, Alan
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert B. Block, April 27, 1990
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Interview with Albert B. Block, a United States Navy veteran from Yorktown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
Date:
April 27, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Block, Albert B.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert B. Grubbs, February 25,1993
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Interview with Albert Grubbs, Jr. from Dawson, Texas concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Grubbs worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Date:
February 25, 1993
Creator:
Ferguson, James & Grubbs, Albert B., Jr.
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert B. Thorn, July 25, 1990
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Interview with Albert Thorn concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Thorn worked at camps in Lake Arthur, New Mexico (Company 2842) and Carlsbad, New Mexico (Company 2842).
Date:
July 25, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Thorn, Albert B.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Boggs, October 11, 1993
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Interview with Albert Boggs, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mixon, Oklahoma. Boggs discusses his family life, farming, struggles during the Depression, joining the CCC, his first assignment to a camp at Jacksonville, TX, education, camp life and organization, work, fights in camp, transfer to a camp in Waxahachie, being an assistant leader, building bridges, the kinds of people who worked the camp, and some general reflections. In appendix are Boggs' discharge papers and a newsletter commemorating CCC veterans.
Date:
October 11, 1993
Creator:
Hudson, Linda & Boggs, Albert
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Kamenicky, April 27, 1990
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Interview with Albert Kamenicky, a United States Navy veteran from Rogers, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date:
April 27, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kamenicky, Albert
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albirda Briley, April 29 and May 16, 1994
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Interview with Albirda Briley, a nurse, about her experiences as a plant nurse at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Briley discusses the hiring policies for African Americans, racial problems, industrial accidents and plant medical facilities, social activities, U.S. Congressman Wright Patman's role in her being hired, and the effects of the depot on Texarkana. The Appendix includes a photocopy of a letter to Albirda Briley dated June 13, 1963 [1 p.] and a photocopy of Albirda Briley's grade cards from Texarkana College in Texarakana, Texas [1 p.]
Date:
1994-04-29/1994-05-16
Creator:
Brantley, Janet & Briley, Albirda
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alfred Czerner, January 16, 1990
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Interview with Alfred Czerner, a Army WWII veteran and German-Jewish expatriate from Frankfurt-am-Main. Czerner discusses growing up in the crises of the Weimar Republic, politics at the time, his parents' background, the Jewish community in Frankfurt and Jewish identity, his father's unemployment after the rise of the Nazis, fleeing Germany and moving to Brooklyn in 1938, news of concentration camps, work in New York, attending school and perfecting his English, becoming an Army intelligence officer, service at Camp Ritchie with Henry Kissinger and meeting Eleanor Roosevelt, transfer to Europe and service with the 78th Infantry Division, witnessing Buchwenwald, service in Berlin postwar and operations carried out there, meeting and marrying his wife, and reflections on the Holocaust.
Date:
January 16, 1990
Creator:
Rosen, Keith & Czerner, Alfred
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, March 11, 1991
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Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Kilborn worked at camps in Winterset, Iowa (Company 2726); Leon, Iowa (Company 783); Tarkio, Missouri (Company 1742); Gallatin, Missouri (Company 1742); and Harrisonville, Missouri (Company 3773).
Date:
March 11, 1991
Creator:
Daniels, John & Kilborn, Allen S.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, March 11, 1991
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Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Boone, Iowa, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date:
March 11, 1991
Creator:
Daniels, John D. & Kilborn, Allen S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
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.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alma Box, August 19, 1993
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Interview with Alma Box concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). Box discusses her work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins, the first senatorial campaign of John Tower, her personal political philosophy, the activities of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, and her views on the Religious Right, abortion, and the Eagle Forum.
Date:
August 19, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Box, Alma
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library