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Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980
Interview with Brooks Holt, a civil servant and United States Navy veteran from San Antonio, Texas, discussing his experiences and recollections of working as district director of the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.
Date:
October 13, 1980
Creator:
Acrey, Autry & Holt, Brooks
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tammy Brake-Regitz, October 17, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Canadian immigrant Tammy Brake-Regitz. Brake-Regitz talks about growing up in Canada and the decision to visit the United States in her twenties leading to her love of America and living the American Dream; Differences in Canada life and life in the United States; Her pursuit in a medical career; and decision to seek an American citizenship.
Date:
October 17, 2015
Creator:
Alexander, Matthew & Brake-Regitz, Tammy, 1972-
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996
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Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by the Kempei-tai, imprisonment at Ofuna, Honshu, solitary confinement for six months and continued interrogation, beatings by Japanese prison guards, starvation diet, the end of the war and liberation, and his participation in the war crimes trials held by the International Military Tribunal.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Balch, Jean
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996
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Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, clothier and Navy veteran regarding personal experiences about the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II. Ditto talks about his education, enlistment in the Navy V-7 Program, midshipman training, assignment to the USS Langley, pre-war duty in the Philippines, coming of war and combat around the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, the sinking of the Langley and his transfer to the USS Pecos, the sinking of the Pecos and his rescue by the USS Whipple, various naval battles and assignments, antisubmarine patrols off the Solomons, various escort duties, and his promotion to captain of the O'Toole.
Date:
October 11, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Ditto, Lanson B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William R. Gill, October 13, 1996
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Transcript of an interview with William R. Gill, agronomist and Army veteran (A Company, 389th Infantry Regiment, 98th Division), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his experiences and role in the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in postwar Japan. Appendix includes five leaves from "The hunt for Tokyo Rose,' By Russell Warren Howe and four leaves from "Tokyo Rose: Orphan of the Pacific," by Masayo Duus.
Date:
October 13, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Gill, William R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Glen McDole, October 10, 1996
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Interview with Glen McDole, a Marine Corps WWII veteran and POW from Des Moines, Iowa. McDole discusses joining the Marines in 1940, assignment to the 1st Separate Marine Battalion and deployment to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines, the Japanese attack on December 8th, 1941, withdrawal to Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur, the surrender, experiences in internment at Cabanatuan, transfer to Palawan, American bombing raids, surviving the Palawan massacre, rescue by Philippines civilians, the American liberation, and testifying about his former captors after the war.
Date:
October 10, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & McDole, Glen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996
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Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Rich, October 12, 1996
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Transcript of an interview with John Rich, journalist and Marine Corps veteran (4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences as a Japanese language interpreter/interrogator in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his observations as a journalist while covering the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Rich discusses his pre-war career in journalism; U.S. Navy Japanese Language School, University of Colorado, 1942-43; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1943; Roi-Namur and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 1944; interrogation of Japanese prisoners-of-war; Saipan and Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944; Iwo Jima, 1945; coverage of the Tokyo war crimes trials for International News Service, 1946; reminiscences about covering Franklin D. Roosevelt's meeting with the press after the Atlantic Conference with Winston Churchill off Argentia, Newfoundland, August 10-15, 1941.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Rich, John, 1917-
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pola Bekker, October 12, 1996
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Interview with Pola Bekker, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Bekker discusses her family, the Jewish District in Warsaw, life in the city before the war, antisemitism in Warsaw, the invasion of Poland and bombing of the city, fleeing to Russia, life in Orsk, moving to Voroshilovgrad, returning to Poland at the end of the war, and moving to Israel.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Anson, Jennifer & Bekker, Pola
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, October 6, 2007
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Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, Korean War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Ambrose's personal experiences of childhood, basic training, volunteering for service in Korea, and attending Arlington State College using GI Bill benefits. Additionally, Ambrose discusses family experiences in military service, the decision to join the Marines, assignments to Quantico and Yorktown, Virginia, his brief combat experience and assignment to the Main Line of Resistance near the Imjin River, his discharge from the Marines, and his career with Bell Helicopter.
Date:
October 6, 2007
Creator:
Ball, Gregory & Ambrose, Earl E.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995
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Interview with Eugene Brown concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brown worked at camps in Cleburne, Texas (Company 3804) and San Antonio, Texas (Company 3822).
Date:
October 16, 1995
Creator:
Ball, Paula & Brown, Eugene L.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995
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Interview with Odis Taylor concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Taylor worked at camps in Pierce, Idaho (Company 5702) and Emida, Idaho (Company 229).
Date:
October 6, 1995
Creator:
Ball, Paula & Taylor, Odis S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Mahan, October 17, 1980
Audio interview with Jack Mahan, a teacher, musician, and former student of Colonel Earl D. Irons, regarding his memories of studying under the bandmaster at the University of Texas at Arlington. Mahan discusses his own recollections as well as Colonel's involvement with the American Bandmasters Association and other musical organizations.
Date:
October 17, 1980
Creator:
Barrow, Gary & Mahan, Jack
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tracy Hayes, October 29, 2020
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Interview with Tracy Hayes, former writer and editor for the Dallas Morning News from Dallas, Texas. Hayes discusses her background and family, change in the fashion industry over time, being hired at the Dallas Morning News, becoming the founding editor of FD Luxe, a monthly fashion magazine, covering fashion shows, and her current life and interest in fashion.
Date:
October 29, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Hayes, Tracy
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leo Nugent, October 5, 1996
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Interview with Leo Nugent, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Hickam Field with the 11th Bombardment Group during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a photocopied data sheet on the 11th and 5th Bomb Groups [1 leaf]
Date:
October 5, 1996
Creator:
Blanchette, Scott & Nugent, Leo B.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Luther G. Strange, October 15, 1996
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Interview with Luther G. Strange, a United States Army veteran from Arlington, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Hickam Field as a member of the Army Medical Corps.
Date:
October 15, 1996
Creator:
Blanchette, Scott & Strange, Luther G.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Luther G. Strange, October 16, 1996
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Interview with Luther Strange, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Hickam Field with the Headquarters Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 16, 1996
Creator:
Blanchette, Scott & Strange, Luther G., 1913-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, October 18, 2007
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Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, an Airman in the US Air Force Reserves from Dallas, Texas. Billingsley discusses his childhood and education, enlisting in the Air Force, basic training and technical school, his duties as a Aircraft Armament Systems specialist, memorable experiences, and plans for the future.
Date:
October 17, 2007
Creator:
Bonine, Rebecca & Billingsley, Tyrel James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wesley Bott, October 14, 1977
Interview with Wesley Bott, a veteran of the Marine Corps from Racine, Wisconsin, discussing his experiences during the World War II Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Bott discusses training, life at the Kaneohe base, time as a police sergeant, and reminiscence of the attack itself.
Date:
October 14, 1977
Creator:
Bowman, Larry & Bott, Wesley
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wesley Bott, October 14, 1977
Interview with Wesley Bott, U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, about his experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with the guard detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 14, 1977
Creator:
Bowman, Larry & Bott, Wesley, 1917-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Moore, October 26, 2013
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Interview with Robert Moore, a LGBT-focus journalist from Hurst, Texas. Moore discusses attending Texas Tech University, his career, working for Dallas Gay News and starting Dallas Voice, changes in attitudes toward LGBT people in Texas, HIV-AIDS, LGBT guilds and associations, and keeping up with changing media.
Date:
October 26, 2013
Creator:
Bravo, Francis & Moore, Robert Wade
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ada Fabiana Duque, October 20, 2012
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Interview with Ada Fabiana Duque, Colombian-born immigrant to Rockwall, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Duque's family background and the risks that accompanied being financially successful in Colombia during the Colombian civil war, the guerrilla violence in Colombia in the 1980s and 1990s, her experience as an exchange student to Illinois in 1992, her expectations about the U.S., education and employment in food engineering, the process of acquiring citizenship through political asylum, and her opinions about U.S. immigration policy and cultural assimilation, as well as reflections on American identity.
Date:
October 20, 2012
Creator:
Bundschuh, Molly & Duque, Ada Fabiana
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Antonio T. Chavez, October 11, 2013
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Interview with Antonio Chavez, a former UNT student from Sonora, Texas. Chavez discusses the desegregation of schools in Sonora, experiences in grade school and the disparity in quality between segregated schools, his father's grocery business, discrimination, majoring in elementary education, working in geophysics, attending North Texas State College, life in Denton and on campus, and raising his family.
Date:
October 11, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & Chavez, Antonio T.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Valerie Martínez-Ebers, October 22, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Dr. Valerie Martínez-Ebers, professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Dr. Martínez-Ebers discusses her childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Date:
October 22, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & Martínez-Ebers, Valerie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library