Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 24, 2015 (Part 2) captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 24, 2015 (Part 2)

Interview with Salvador Balcorta, the CEO of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe clinic in El Paso. Mr. Balcorta discusses his work in providing healthcare in El Paso and surrounding communities, his Chicano activism,working against gang violence, the Chicano AIDS Coalition, substandard housing and education in El Paso. This is the second of two interviews Mr. Balcorta participated in.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Balcorta, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fermin Dorado, July 24, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Fermin Dorado, July 24, 2015

Interview with Fermin Dorado, civil rights activist from El Paso, Texas. In his interview, Dorado discusses growing up in the Segundo Barrio in El Paso, his education, living in Chicago, military service, and his activism in the Chicano movement.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Robles, David; Enriquez, Sandra & Dorado, Fermin
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvador Avila, July 24, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Salvador Avila, July 24, 2015

Interview with Salvador Avila, a civil rights activist from Canutillo, Texas. Mr. Avila discusses his early life, education, career, race relations and his involvement with civil rights and community organizations in the El Paso area.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Avila, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (open access)

The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Weekly student newspaper from the University of Texas at El Paso that includes campus news and information along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 2019
Creator: University of Texas at El Paso
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William R. Sanchez, June 24, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with William R. Sanchez, June 24, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with with William R. Sanchez. Born in Texas in 1918, Sanchez joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1938. He was drafted into the Army in 1940 and elected to serve in the Philippines. He was assigned to the 59th Regiment, Coast Artillery, Battery D and later Battery H at Fort Mills (Corregidor). He was then assigned to Army Intelligence in the Harbor Defense Headquarters. He recounts how the Army Intelligence at Corregidor provided advance notification of the Japanese force on its way to attack Pearl Harbor. He describes participating in the battle for Corregidor, being taken prisoner in the Malinta Tunnel, and his role in disposing of an American flag after the surrender to the Japanese. He discusses the treatment and living conditions he experienced as a prisoner of war. He was held captive at Bilibid Prison and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He was transported aboard the Totorri Maru, a hell ship, to Formosa. He was then relocated to Camp Omori near Tokyo, Japan where he befriended Gregory “Pappy” Boyington and Louis Zamperini; was beaten by “the Wiley Bird” (Mutsuhiro Watanabe); and encountered Premier Tojo. He discusses his …
Date: June 24, 2011
Creator: Sanchez, William R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History