Oral History Interviews with Pete Evans, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Pete Evans, 1984

Interview with Pete Evans, a Texas National Guard veteran and POW from Hamby, Texas. Evans discusses his time as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") which was captured by the Japanese in March, 1942, including: his upbringing; entering the Guard and training; mobilization, the Louisiana Maneuvers, and deployment to East Asia; diversion from the Philippines to Brisbane and then Java, after December 7th, 1941; assignment to Sangosari near Malang; the Japanese invasion and the American surrender; and experiences in internment at Surabaya, Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and the Orio district of Kitakyūshū.
Date: {1984-02-15,1984-02-29,1984-03-07}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Evans, Pete
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Willie B. Johnson, February, 1990

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Interview with Mrs. Willie B. Johnson, a nurse from Kaufman, Texas. Johnson discusses growing up in a sharecropping family, racism in the community, work on the farm, her education, becoming a nurse and working at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, moving to Hamilton Park, unfair access to utilities, her children's education and difficulties with the school system, the Civic League, her husband, her children, other places she's lived, police harassment, the NAACP, and life in Hamilton Park. An addendum includes additional biographical information about Mrs. Johnson.
Date: {1990-02-09,1990-02-22}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Johnson, Willie B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970

Interview with Earl I. Crow, a farmer and mechanic from Taft, TX. Crow recounts his family's move to Sinton, TX, in 1909, and the establishment of Taft as a community through the 1910s.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Crow, Earl I.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edwin F. Flato, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edwin F. Flato, March 13, 1970

Interview with Edwin Flato, a businessman from Corpus Christi, Texas. Flato discusses his arrival in Kingsville in 1904, his construction of a hardware store in Robstown, TX, and various experiences in the Corpus area economy.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Flato, Edwin F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson, March 13, 1970

Interview with Hattie Bell McKamey Ferguson (Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson), farmer and homemaker, who shares her observations on the land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1910 to 1970. She also discusses small town social life, the agrarian life, Mexican-Anglo relations, and King Ranch.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Ferguson, Hattie Bell McKamey, 1911-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, March 13, 1970

Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, a teacher from Taft, Texas. Moore discusses her experiences living and schooling in Taft from 1909, her time at Texas A&M, and President Taft's visit to the town.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Moore, Mrs. Henry
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970

Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date: July 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Moss, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Breckenridge Garrison, September 18, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Breckenridge Garrison, September 18, 1970

Interview with Brack Garrison, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Amarillo, Texas, accompanied by Nita Boynton. Garrison details his experiences defending Guam in the Japanese invasion of December 1941, and his subsequent surrender and internment in Japanese POW camps at Zentsuji and Osaka.
Date: September 18, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Garrison, John Breckenridge (Brack)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 1970

Interview with Roy Allen, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Denton, Texas. Allen served during the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, after which he fought with Filipino guerrillas until his capture by Japanese forces in mid-1942. He was interned at the Del Monte Plantation, Mindanao, and later at Yokkaichi, Japan.
Date: November 4, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Robert & Allen, Roy
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Fujita, November 9, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank Fujita, November 9, 1970

Interview with Frank Fujita, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas. Fujita recounts his experiences as a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "the Lost Battalion"), including: joining the Guard and deploying to East Asia; diversion to Brisbane and assignment to Malang, Java; repelling a Japanese infantry assault; attempted evasion of Japanese forces before being captured; and internment and labor at Surabaja, Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and Omori Camp in Tokyo. Fujita recorded his POW experiences in an encrypted diary.
Date: November 9, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Fujita Jr., Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 1970

Interview with George Burlage, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Visalia, California. Burlage was stationed in the Philippines before the war and fought at Corregidor in 1942 before his capture by the Japanese, after which he was interned at Camp Cabanatuan #3 in Central Luzon, Las Pinas airfield near Manila, and Moji, Japan.
Date: November 18, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Burlage, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal Diary of Frank Fujita, Jr. (open access)

Personal Diary of Frank Fujita, Jr.

A copy of Frank Fujita Jr.'s war diary, obtained by Dr. Ron Marcello to accompany Fujita's oral history interview. Fujita was an Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment captured on Java in March 1942. Included is Fujita's original bound diary, and a rewritten version he made in a Japanese logbook in internment and continued. They contain daily activities, doodles, lists of dozens of servicemen and captives encountered, and the key to an encoded script Fujita developed for sensitive information. Also included is a postwar newspaper clipping about Fujita's unit.
Date: December 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fujita Jr., Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971

Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date: January 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sam Zangari, January 5, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sam Zangari, January 5, 1971

Interview with Sam Zangari, an Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Zangari was present at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941.
Date: February 12, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Zangari, Sam
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dean M. McCall, February 26, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dean M. McCall, February 26, 1971

Interview with Dean M. McCall, Army Air Corps veteran and survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes McCall's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. McCall talks about the Japanese bombing of Nichols Field, the fall of Bataan, the fall of Corregidor and his capture, Bilibid Prison, hell ship to Japan, copper mining at Motiyama, Honshu, American air raids and naval bombardment, and liberation.
Date: February 26, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McCall, Dean M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, March 6, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, March 6, 1971

Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, chemist and Army Air Corps veteran (95th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Edwards discusses his rescue by the Belgian underground, his capture and interrogation (1944), solitary confinement, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany, Nürnberg (Stalag 13-D) and Moosburg (Stalag 7-A) (1945), and his liberation by American troops. Appendix includes Edwards' dossier at Oflag Luft Three, Excerpts from Edwards' prison diary, and Edwards' escape map.
Date: March 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Edwards, Marvin B., 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971

Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Date: March 22, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Gregg, March 24, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Gregg, March 24, 1971

Interview with Robert Gregg, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Decatur, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Gregg discusses mobilization and deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and his capture, internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date: March 24, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gregg, Robert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. R. Sparkman, May 6, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. R. Sparkman, May 6, 1971

Interview with O.R. Sparkman, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Stationed in China before the war, Sparkman was captured in December 1941 by the Japanese in Beijing and interned at various camps in occupied China and Korea before finishing the war at Hakodate, Japan.
Date: May 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sparkman, O. R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971

Interview with Major William G. Adair, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Birmingham, Alabama. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded in December 1941, Adair was captured, survived the Bataan Death March, and interned at Cabanatuan before going to Osaka and Zentsuji, Japan for the remainder of the war.
Date: May 27, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Adair, William G.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, June 16, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, June 16, 1971

Interview with Dr. Jack B. Scroggs, history professor at North Texas State University from Little Rock, Arkansas. Scroggs discusses his experience as chairman of the Faculty Search Committee at NTSU after the resignation of university president John J. Kamerick, and the process of finding a new president.
Date: June 16, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Scroggs, Jack B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 29, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 29, 1971

Interview with Jack Blanton, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton recounts his experiences during the first session of 62nd Texas State Legislature in 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit funding plan, state finance, education reform, taxation, his role on the Appropriations Committee, manipulation of stocks and insurance, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," ethics legislation, and redistricting.
Date: June 29, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, July 6, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, July 6, 1971

Interview with Senator Ike Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses the first regular session of the 62nd State Legislature in early 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's bond financing plan, his thoughts on Governor Smith as a statesman, state tuition, taxation, education reform, the Sharpstown case, and redistricting.
Date: July 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, July 29, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, July 29, 1971

Interview with Rep. Walt Parker, Texas state legislator from Denton, Texas. Parker discusses his experiences during the first called special session of the 62nd Texas State Legislature in early 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit spending plan, lobbying, taxation, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," and redistricting.
Date: July 29, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walter E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library