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Oral History Interview with Marion E. Carl, May 3, 1993

Interview with Maj. Gen. Marion E. Carl, a Marine Corps WWII fighter ace and test pilot from Hubbard, Oregon. Carl discusses his education, joining the Marines, flight training, deployment aboard the USS Saratoga at the start of the war, first air-to-air combat, service at Midway and Guadalcanal, return to the States as a squadron commander, flying a promotional circuit and getting married, return to the South Pacific, Rabaul, end of combat flying and work as a test pilot at Patuxent River NAS,… more

Date: May 3, 1993

Creator: Daniels, John & Carl, Marion E.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Cleon Stewart, March 18, 1993

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 Max Pila, 1993-1994

Interview with Max Pila, a Holocaust survivor from Zlav, Poland. Pila discusses his family and Jewish background, antisemitism, the German invasion, life in the ghetto, executions, labor, transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, daily experience in internment, mining at Janina, the forced march to Bergen-Belsen, liberation, and life afterwards.

Date: {1993-10-15,1994-04-01}

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pila, Max

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Gerald E. Miller, May 3, 1993

Transcript of an interview with Admiral Jerry (Gerald) Miller, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Miller discusses his assignment to the USS Richmond, Komandorski Island action, the Aleutians Campaign, and his post-World War II naval career.

Date: May 3, 1993

Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Miller, Jerry, 1919-2014

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Edmund T. Thomassen, May 4, 1993

Transcript of an interview with Commander Edmund Thomassen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a naval officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Thomassen discusses the New York State Merchant Marine Academy in 1941, his assignment to the USS Sheridan (APA 51), Tarawa landing, Marshall Island landings, Saipan landing, his assignment to Newport, Rhode Island, his assignment to the USS Dutchess for amphibious landings, and his Korean War experiences.

Date: May 4, 1993

Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Thomassen, Edmund T., 1924-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lewis J. Michelony, Jr., May 2, 1993

Interview with First Sergeant Lewis J. Michelony, Jr., a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and the Korean War. Michelony discusses his assignment to the 6th Marines in 1943, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian, as well as Korea and the Chosin Reservoir.

Date: May 2, 1993

Creator: Daniels, John D. (John David), 1946- & Michelony, Lewis. J., 1920-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program