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Oral History Interviews with Barbara J. Darden, 1990-1991

Description: Interview with Barbara Darden, a nurse and resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Darden discusses her upbringing and education, nursing, her family, moving to Hamilton Park and the neighborhood's development, school involvement, desegregation and busing, and the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League.
Date: 1990-12/1991-10
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Darden, Barbara J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Max Glauben, January 1990

Description: Interviews with Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Glauben discusses his family origins, growing up with Sephardic Hebrew, education, the invasion of Poland, losing the family business, the move to the ghetto and life there, people's different reactions to oppression, ventures outside the ghetto, escalating extermination by the Germans, Warsaw Uprising, transfer to KL Lublin, the organization of the camp, transfers to and labor at Wieliczka, Mielec, Budzyn and Flossenburg, illness, … more
Date: 1990-01-09/1990-01-24
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Glauben, Max
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Nine, April 28, 1990

Description: Interview with Kenneth Nine, a Army WWII veteran from Lonaconing, Maryland, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nine discusses joining the Army, assignment to the 27th Infantry at Schofield Barracks, alerts, athletics, gambling, events of the attack at Schofield, preparing defenses on Oahu, and later service in the war.
Date: April 28, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Nine, Kenneth
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Cleon Stewart, March 18, 1993

Description: Interview with Cleon Stewart, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Tulia, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (known as the "Lost Battalion"). Stewart discusses joining the National Guard, training and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific in November, 1941, diversion to Java after December 7th, Japanese air strikes and the invasion, the American surrender and initial internement by the Japanese, experiences in internment at … more
Date: March 18, 1993
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, Cleon
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990

Description: Interview with Curtis J. Smith, a airline industry worker and community organizer from Longview, Texas. Smith discusses his family history, his education, working for his father, moving to Dallas, service in the Navy during WWII, getting married, working for Braniff International and American Airlines, living in Hamilton Park, his children, church activities, work with the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League, and development of the neighborhood.
Date: 1990-02/1990-03
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with E. Maurice Keathley, May 24, 1995

Description: Interview with E. Maurice Keathely, an employee of Prudential Insurance from Houston, Texas, who was involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture. Keahtley discusses his educational background, work at Prudential, his responsibilities with "Kai-Pru", the value and benefits of the venture, key members of the companies, the financial arrangement and organization of the venture, marketing, HMO's, inter-company cooperation, difficulties and criticisms, and the Texas Medical Association.
Date: May 24, 1995
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Keathley, E. Maurice
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John R. Leber, January 15, 1999

Description: Interview with John R. Leber, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who flew with the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. Leber discusses enlisting in the Air Corps, training as an aircraft mechanic and becoming a crew chief, the C-46 and the C-47, deployment to India, flying over the Himalayas, living conditions, and continued service postwar. In appendix are handwritten letters of Leber from his time overseas.
Date: January 15, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Leber, John R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999

Description: Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
Date: March 12, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Roberts, November 6, 1994

Description: Interview with Charles H. Roberts, a Marines WWII veteran from Denton, Texas, who was present at Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station, Oahu, on December 7th, 1941. Roberts discusses the different waves of attacking Japanese aircraft, returning fire, the immediate aftermath, reactions on Oahu and defensive measures, and casualties.
Date: November 6, 1994
Creator: White, Melinda & Roberts, Charles H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997

Description: Interview with Kenneth Poff, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who served with the 1913th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Poff discusses his early life, being drafted and training, shipping out to Townsville, Australia, and landing on New Guinea, fighting attached to the 1st Marine Division for the Cape Gloucester and Hollandia campaigns, constructing and maintaining an airstrip, the Lingayan Gulf campaign in the Philippines, the atomic bomb and VJ-Day, and returning home.
Date: August 10, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Poff, Kenneth
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hanna K Ulatowska, February 16, 1990

Description: Interview with Hanna L Ulatowska, a Polish linguist and Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Ulatowska discusses the invasion of Poland, witnessing bombings and atrocities, life in Warsaw after the invasion, the life of Jews, the Warsaw Uprising, being forced out of the city by German forces to Auschwitz-Birkenau, survival there, Josef Mengele, her family, escaping from Birkenau, Russian liberation, and reflections on her experiences.
Date: February 16, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith G. & Ulatowska, Hanna K.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William P. Schiff, January 12, 1990

Description: Interview with William Schiff, a Holocaust survivor from Kraków, Poland. Schiff discusses his family, antisemitism before the war, the invasion of Poland, being put into forced labor by the Germans and Poles, the ghetto and survival there, getting married, experiences in internment at Kraków-Płaszów, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps, liberation, returning to Kraków and finding his wife, and life afterwards.
Date: January 12, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Schiff, William P.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James W. Huffman, April 11, 1990

Description: Interview with James W. Huffman, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Los Angeles, California, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Huffman discusses joining the Navy; service aboard the Houston and changes in training as war neared; early operations in the war; the Battle of Sundra Strait and sinking; surviving in Java; capture by the Japanese; various experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat, several camps on the Burma Railway, a… more
Date: April 11, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Huffman, James W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lyndle Lynch, January 10, 1995

Description: Interview with Lyndle Lynch, a Navy WWII veteran from El Paso, Texas, who was aboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lynch discusses going into the Navy, work aboard the Utah, liberty in Honolulu, the morning of the attack, the sinking of the Utah and abandoning ship, assisting the wounded, duties after the attack, morale and reactions, and service aboard the USS Detroit.
Date: January 10, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lynch, Lyndle
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

Description: Interview with Vivian Starks, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Bryan, Texas. Starks discusses her education, teaching, her service with the USO, moving to Dallas and Hamilton Park, black schools in Dallas, developing the neighborhood, churches, issues with "buying out," the Civic League, Old North Dallas, desegregation, and contemporary issues.
Date: 1991-04/1991-05
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David Thomas, April 28, 1990

Description: Interview with David Thomas, a Marine WWII veteran from Takio, Missouri, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Thomas discusses joining the Marine Corps in 1940, assignment to Kaneohe Naval Air Station, life and work there, the attack on December 7th, the immediate aftermath, casualties and damage to Kaneohe, leaving the Marines to attempt becoming a naval aviator, and being drafted into the Army as a bomber navigator.
Date: April 28, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Thomas, David
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Inga Pennock, January 27, 1990

Description: Interview with Inga Pennock, a Holocaust survivor from Berlin. Pennock discusses her family background, experiencing antisemitism and the start of Nazi rule, trying to leave Germany and hiding, increasing violence, Kristallnacht, losing family, fleeing to Shanghai, Japanese occupation and the ghetto, working as a nurse for the Japanese, living conditions, liberation, and life afterwards.
Date: January 27, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith G. & Pennock, Inga
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Archie Gantt, August 31, 1999

Description: Interview with Army veteran Archie Gantt. The interview includes Gantt's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, boyhood in central Texas, basic training, shipping to England, combat on the Siegfried Line, and the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Gantt talks about leadership problems, combat living conditions, Officer Candidate School and commissioning, and his postwar war service in Europe.
Date: August 31, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Gantt, Archie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mervin Garver, August 6, 1999

Description: Interview with Mervin Garver. The interview includes Garver's personal experiences about education and childhood during the Great Depression, being a defense worker at Riverside Foundry, blackouts and air raid wardens, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's visits to Wrightsville by train. Garver also talks about his draft classification as 4-F due to psychoneurosis, his personal feelings about being classified as 4-F, local reactions to his 4-F status, the production of hand grenade and radar c… more
Date: August 6, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Garver, Mervin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 1999

Description: Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, Army veteran, special agent, and member of the White House Security Detail for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The interview includes Crumbling's personal experiences about education and employment before entering the military, basic training, various assignments, and being appointed to the White House Security Detail at President Lyndon B. Johnson's LBJ Ranch. Additionally, Crumbling talks about relations between the military and civilian law enforcement author… more
Date: November 13, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crumbling, Warren D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Crumling, May 18, 1999

Description: Interview with Eugene L. Crumling, bartender and former professional ballplayer. The interview includes Crumling's personal experiences about being a professional baseball player in the U.S. during World War II. Crumling talks about his semi-pro baseball career in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the origin of his nickname, signing his first professional contract, life in the minor leagues during wartime, his draft classification as 4-F, his employment in defense-related work during the off-seas… more
Date: May 28, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crumling, Eugene L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William E. Cooper, September 7, 1999

Description: Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran William E. Cooper. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about being a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater, pre-flight and flight training, various assignments, and dropping supplies by parachute to prisoners-of-war. Cooper also talks about living on Guam, mechanical weaknesses of the B-29, his descriptions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima from the air after the dropping of the atomic bombs, his disappointment with not being ab… more
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cooper, William E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Leslie W. Bray, Jr., March 3, 1999

Description: Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Leslie W. Bray, Jr. The interview includes Bray's personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, flight training, being designated as the commander of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, stationing at Sylhet, India as part of his assignment to the CBI Theater, supplying the British 14th Army in Burma, flying difficulties due to weather conditions, various transfers, and flying "The Hump." Bray a… more
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bray, Leslie W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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