Guest Artist Recital: 2009-07-28 - Keyboard Wellness Seminar

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Vicki Conway and Mary Tidwell performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.
Date: July 28, 2009
Creator: Conway, Vicki & Tidwell, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Amstutz, July 28, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Amstutz, July 28, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Amstutz. Amstutz joined the Marine Corps in November of 1943. He provides some details of his training, including shooting machine guns and the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Amstutz served with C Company, 9th Marines, 3rd Division. In March of 1944 he traveled to Pearl Harbor, then on to the Marshall Islands, participating in the Battle of Eniwetok in February of 1944. In July of that same year they participated in the Battle of Guam, invading the Mariana Islands. After the battle they trained on Guam, about 20 months altogether, before the Battle of Iwo Jima. He provides some details of his time living and training on Guam. They arrived in Iwo Jima on the 3rd day of the battle in February of 1945. He provides details of some of his combat experiences at Iwo, using the BAR. In March he was wounded by shell fragments and sent back to Guam on a hospital ship. He received a Purple Heart and Three Battle Stars. He was discharged in March of 1946.
Date: July 28, 2008
Creator: Amstutz, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lewis Whitaker, July 28, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lewis Whitaker, July 28, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lewis Whitaker. Whitaker joined the Army in May of 1944. He served in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division. In the fall he was sent to England, then traveled from Southampton, England to Cherbourg, France aboard the SS LĂ©opoldville (1929), for deployment into the Battle of the Bulge. During their transfer their ship was attacked and sunk by the German submarine U-486. Once ashore, Whitaker served as a rifleman and fought from Northern France to Germany and Austria, receiving a Combat Infantryman Badge. He was discharged in June of 1946.
Date: July 28, 2006
Creator: Whitaker, Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2000-07-28 - UNT Summer Opera Workshop

Concert presented at the Lyric Theater at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Date: July 28, 2000
Creator: UNT Opera Theatre
System: The UNT Digital Library