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Oral History Interview with Franklin B. Murphy, November 20, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Franklin B. Murphy of Milford, Maine. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Marines and going through basic training in South Carolina before completing his communications training in North Carolina. He also talks about his journey from Hawaii to Tarawa and the horrors he saw when they arrived and started to set up communication lines. Mr. Murphy was assigned to the twenty-fourth marines as their communication before being sent to Iwo Jima. He was in Guam for some recreational time when the bombs were dropped on Japan and the war ended, he was then discharged December of 1945.
Date:
November 20, 2003
Creator:
Murphy, Franklin B.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regiment, 2nd Battalion. He was then transported from fort Knox to Ireland then to England for a short time before being shipped out to Oran in North Africa. On the way to Oran, the ship he was on was almost hit by a missile shot by a German U-boat, but it instead hit another ship that was nearby. By the time Mr. Nielsen reached Oran he was a segreant Tank Commander. He also relays a time he warned his Company Commander about German Tiger Tanks being in their area and being ignored only for them to show up a few days later resulting in one captain deserting and being captured by German soldiers. Mr. Nielsen …
Date:
August 23, 2001
Creator:
Nielsen, Edward
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date:
December 27, 2000
Creator:
Medcalf, George
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Franklin B. Murphy, November 20, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Franklin B. Murphy of Milford, Maine. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Marines and going through basic training in South Carolina before completing his communications training in North Carolina. He also talks about his journey from Hawaii to Tarawa and the horrors he saw when they arrived and started to set up communication lines. Mr. Murphy was assigned to the twenty-fourth marines as their communication before being sent to Iwo Jima. He was in Guam for some recreational time when the bombs were dropped on Japan and the war ended, he was then discharged December of 1945.
Date:
November 20, 2003
Creator:
Murphy, Franklin B.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regiment, 2nd Battalion. He was then transported from fort Knox to Ireland then to England for a short time before being shipped out to Oran in North Africa. On the way to Oran, the ship he was on was almost hit by a missile shot by a German U-boat, but it instead hit another ship that was nearby. By the time Mr. Nielsen reached Oran he was a segreant Tank Commander. He also relays a time he warned his Company Commander about German Tiger Tanks being in their area and being ignored only for them to show up a few days later resulting in one captain deserting and being captured by German soldiers. Mr. Nielsen …
Date:
August 23, 2001
Creator:
Nielsen, Edward
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date:
December 27, 2000
Creator:
Medcalf, George
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Stevens, March 27, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Stevens. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1943 as a metallurgical engineer. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the Navy Electronics School at Harvard University as well as a specialized radar training program organized by MIT at the Harbor Building in Boston, Massachusetts. He received further training in radar countermeasures at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. He served on the USS Wasatch (ACG-9). When the ship was anchored, he was assigned to deliver orders and mail. He describes the Operation Olympic portion of the plan to invade Japan. He was part of the force that occupied Wakanoura and Nagoya, Japan. He shares an anecdote about obtaining a Japanese sword as a souvenir in Nagoya. In North China he participated in the repatriation of the Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans. He wrote a book, ?Up Close and Personal,? about his World War II experiences.
Date:
March 27, 2006
Creator:
Stevens, Al
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Stevens, March 27, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Stevens. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1943 as a metallurgical engineer. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the Navy Electronics School at Harvard University as well as a specialized radar training program organized by MIT at the Harbor Building in Boston, Massachusetts. He received further training in radar countermeasures at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. He served on the USS Wasatch (ACG-9). When the ship was anchored, he was assigned to deliver orders and mail. He describes the Operation Olympic portion of the plan to invade Japan. He was part of the force that occupied Wakanoura and Nagoya, Japan. He shares an anecdote about obtaining a Japanese sword as a souvenir in Nagoya. In North China he participated in the repatriation of the Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans. He wrote a book, ?Up Close and Personal,? about his World War II experiences.
Date:
March 27, 2006
Creator:
Stevens, Al
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with R. Bruce Porter, September 30, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R. Bruce Porter. After a few years of college at the University of Southern California, Porter joined the Marines as an aviation cadet. After training on the F4F, Porter was assigned to Squadron 111 and shipped out on the USS Garfield to American Samoa. Porter mentions training with and talking with Joe Foss when his squadron passed through Apia. Porter then went to Turtle Bay, New Caledonia. He next flew F4F's in Guadalcanal in 1943. Their squadron then switched to the Corsair plane. Porter then started moving ""up the slot"" toward Japan gradually moving north with his squadron. Later, Porter returned to the states to train on F6F's and joined a night fighter squadron. He was assigned as a squadron commander in Okinawa. He discusses blowing up a plane with a ""baka"" bomb on it. Porter's record is an ace, with five official kills and one probable. Porter witnessed the surrender party preparing for the official surrender. He stayed in Japan for four months after the occupation.
Date:
September 30, 2000
Creator:
Porter, R. Bruce
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anne Sloan. Sloan grew up in Oregon and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1944. She spent time at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Plattsburgh, New York; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Lexington, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas before she left the service in 1946. She was at Times Square, New York City on V-E Day. After the service, she used the GI Bill to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she met her husband. She later became a teacher.
Date:
September 11, 2000
Creator:
Sloan, Anne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shortchanged: Uncovering the Value of Pre-Removal Cherokee Property
This article estimates the value of the Cherokee's land and other property that was lost due to the tribe's removal to Indian Territory. Economist Matthew Gregg has performed a detailed mathematical analysis of land sale records in Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia around the time of removal. He arrives at an assessment that is consonant with Cherokee Chief John Ross's 1838 figure.
Date:
Autumn 2009
Creator:
Gregg, Matthew T.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
["A Night With Zane" authors dialogue and book talk, tape 2]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Night with Zane" event featuring North Carolina "queen of erotic fiction" author Zane. The event was held as an author dialogue/ book talk at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre.
Date:
March 28, 2008
Creator:
Zane
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
["A Night With Zane" authors dialogue and book talk, tape 1]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Night with Zane" event featuring North Carolina "queen of erotic fiction" author Zane. The event was held as an author dialogue/ book talk at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre.
Date:
March 28, 2008
Creator:
Zane
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Press release containing information about the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in North Carolina.
Date:
2007~
Creator:
Mallory, Randy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Revolutionary War Marker]
Photograph of John Whiteside's gravesite. He has a marker indicating his participation in the Revolutionary War. The marker looks similar to a compass.
Date:
March 2000
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Whiteside Grave]
Photograph of the gravesite of John Whiteside. His memorial reads, "John Whiteside. N.C. Militia. Revolutionary War. May 18, 1758- March 18, 1835."
Date:
March 2000
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Shark attacks]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 4, 2001, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: North Carolina Cross Burning]
B-roll footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
May 26, 2005, 4:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Child obesity 2]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 14, 2000, 4:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Woman speaking into mic during the 2006 CSLA conference]
Photograph of an unidentified woman holding up the microphone to her mouth as she addresses those in attendance at the 39th annual Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, held at the Joseph Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Date:
2006-07~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Woman reading "The Pilgrimage"]
Photograph of a woman identified as Marion by her name-tag, reading "The Pilgrimage by Ann B. Ross" to the audience attending the 39th annual Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, held in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Date:
2006-07~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[CSLA banner at the 2006 conference]
Photograph of a blue and yellow CSLA banner hanging up during the 39th annual Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, held at the Joseph Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Date:
2006-07~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Woman addressing audience at CSLA conference]
Photograph of an unidentified woman standing at a podium and speaking into the microphone as she addresses the audience attending the 39th annual Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, held at the Joseph Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Date:
2006-07~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library