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Oral History Interview with Frances de Cordova, February 7, 1992

Interview with Frances de Cordova, a college professor at Texas Woman's University, regarding her background, education, the development of the Library Science program at TWU, early perceptions of North Texas State College (now University of North Texas), accreditation by the American Library Association, and her colleagues.

Date: February 7, 1992

Creator: Dickey, Richard & de Cordova, Frances

Oral History Interview with Frank L. Dolan, December 15, 1995

Interview with Navy veteran Frank L. Dolan. The interview includes Dolan's personal experiences aboard the repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a narrative written by Dolan.

Date: December 15, 1995

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dolan, Frank L.

Oral History Interview with Frank McKinley, April 16, 1990

Interview with Frank McKinley concerning his career in music at the University of North Texas, where he was director of choral music at the School of music at North Texas State College and North Texas State University, which became UNT. McKinley discusses his educational background, musical training, and his colleagues.

Date: April 16, 1990

Creator: Spencer, David & McKinley, Frank

Oral History Interview with Frank Polenta, March 2, 1993

Interview with Frank Polenta, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Meadville, Pennsylvania. Polenta discusses his background and his experiences at the CCC Camp Pebble Dell--ANF No. 1 in Marienville, Pennsylvania.

Date: March 2, 1993

Creator: Hodges, Ann & Polenta, Frank

Oral History Interview with Frank Tremaine, March 18, 1995

Transcript of an interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist and World War II news correspondent, concerning his experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for the United Press during World War II. Tremaine discusses the Pearl Harbor attack, military censorship, CINCPAC and Admiral Chester Nimitz, Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, General Douglas MacArthur, an account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.

Date: March 18, 1995

Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Tremaine, Frank

Oral History Interview with Frank Tremaine, March 18. 1995

Interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist from Detroit, Michigan, regarding his memories of working as a correspondent for the United Press of the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Tremaine discusses Pearl Harbor, the political environment of the WWII era, major military figures, and a description of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri.

Date: March 18, 1995

Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Tremaine, Frank

Oral History Interview with Frederick H. Kline, February 10, 1998

Transcript of an interview with Frederick H. Kline, an Army Air Forces veteran, concerning his experiences as a photographic laboratory technician in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Appendix includes photos of Frederick J. Kline at twenty-five years of age and of him and his wife after fifty-two years of marriage.

Date: February 10, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Kline, Frederick H., 1918-

Oral History Interview with Frederick J. Holland, Jr., February 16, 1999

Transcript of an interview with Frederick J. Holland, Jr., an Army Air Forces veteran, concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Holland discusses his early employment with REA Express; basic training, Fort Miles Standish, Massachusetts, 1942; his transfer to the Air Force and assignment to Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1942; Officer Candidate School, Miami, Florida, 1943; assignment to India; assignment to Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, 1943; his role in sup… more

Date: February 16, 1999

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Holland, Frederick J., Jr.

Oral History Interview with G. Marguerite Anderson, February 16, 1992

Interview with G. Marguerite Anderson, a librarian, concerning her experiences as a student in the Library School at the Texas State College for Women in Denton, Texas and as a librarian. Anderson discusses her early exposure to books and libraries; her enrollment at the Texas State College for Women, 1940; comments about her college teachers and library science courses; her employment as a student at the college library; her college social life; her employment as librarian at Abilene Christian… more

Date: February 16, 1992

Creator: Dickey, Richard & Anderson, G. Marguerite

Oral History Interview with Gale E. Nevill, March 23, 1999

Interview with Gale E. Nevill, a Army WWII veteran from Houston, Texas. Nevill discusses his family background and upbringing, jobs in the oil business, joining the National Guard, attending Rice University, getting commissioned, overseeing a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, working through the Depression, activation and assignment to 6th Army HQ, deployment to Brisbane, 6th Army operations in the South Pacific and Philippines, the end of the war and life afterwards.

Date: March 23, 1999

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Nevill, Gale Erwin

Oral History Interview with Garfield Thompson, October 11, 1993

Interview with Garfield Thompson, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas. Thompson discusses his family background and education, the effects of the Great Depression, Republicans, the New Deal, joining the CCC and assignment to Company 812 in Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, projects worked, routine, recreation and leave, discharge, and reflections on the program.

Date: October 11, 1993

Creator: Calame, Michelle & Thompson, Garfield

Oral History Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, April 27, 1990

Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, a Navy WWII veteran from Milan, Missouri who served aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Eslick discusses joining the Navy and basic training, assignment to the Oklahoma, accommodations aboard, the food, the crew, liberty, being bombed and torpedoed, the Oklahoma capsizing, being trapped inside the ship, rescue, work after the attack, and service aboard the Saratoga (CV-3).

Date: April 27, 1990

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Eslick, Garlen W.

Oral History Interview with General Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., July 15, 1998

Interview with General Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., concerning his experiences as an infantry platoon leader (3rd Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 302nd Regiment, 94th Infantry Division) in the European Theater during World War II.

Date: July 15, 1998

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Lane, Peter B. & Bolling, Alexander R. (Alexander Russell), 1922-

Oral History Interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, March 12, 1998

Transcript of an interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division), concerning his experiences as an artillery officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bowser also discusses his role in planning the Inchon landing, 1950, during the Korean War.

Date: March 12, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bowser, Alpha Lyons

Oral History Interview with General Robert E. Galer, March 14, 1998

Transcript of an interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Galer discusses his pre-war training at Pensacola and Quantico; assignment to Saint Thomas and reminiscences about the "destroyers-for bases" deal, 1940; experiences at Ewa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to Guadalcanal as commander of VMF-224, August 30, 19… more

Date: March 14, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Galer, Robert E., 1913-2005

Oral History Interview with Geoffrey Bryson Fisken, May 1, 1993

Interview with Geoffrey Fisken, a veteran of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, concerning his experiences as a combat pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Fisken discusses the fall of Singapore, Guadalcanal operations, air combat against Japanese Zeros, and his release from duty in December of 1943.

Date: May 1, 1993

Creator: Daniels, John & Fisken, Geoffrey Bryson

Oral History Interview with George B. Andrews, March 5, 1999

Transcript of an interview withGeorge B. Andrews, Army Air Forces veteran (526th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Appendix includes thirty-six pages of recollections from the interviewee.

Date: March 5, 1999

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Andrews, George B.

Oral History Interview with George Charland, December 7, 1998

Transcript of an interview with George E. Charland, a Native American Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences during World War II. Charland discusses his experiences with the 3rd Marine Defense Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his experiences with the 2nd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, at Guadalcanal, 1942; his experiences with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at Tarawa, 1943; his experiences with the 4t… more

Date: December 7, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Charland, George E.

Oral History Interview with George Duncan, October 9, 1994

Interview with Captain George Duncan, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Duncan discusses his pilot training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1941, his assignment to Air Group 9 on the carrier Essex, the Hellcat fighter, the sinking of Fubuki-class destroyer in June of 1944 off of Pagan Island, the Marianas Campaign in 1944, the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot," the Philippines Campaign and the attack on the Japanese battleship Musashi, and his … more

Date: October 9, 1994

Creator: Christman, Calvin L. & Duncan, George, 1917-

Oral History Interview with George J. Savage, October 21, 1996

Interview with George J. Savage, an Army Air Forces veteran (30th Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, 20th Air Force)., concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan, 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bomb raids. Appendix (p. [54]) includes images, bombing mission history, selected bombing mission specifics, and chronology of post World War II Air Force career.

Date: October 21, 1996

Creator: Snow, Jason & Savage, George J.

Oral History Interview with George Payne, February 23, 1993

Interview with George Payne, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Pilot Point, Texas. Payne discusses his family background, growing up and grade school, joining the CCC in Denton, going to Arizona and building a trail in Bontia National Park, leaving the CCC and joining a second time, assignment to Baggs, Wyoming, operating a bulldozer, recreation, camp facilities and organization, food, leave, pay, classes, new guys and hazing, and some reflections on the impact of the Corps.

Date: February 23, 1993

Creator: Maxwell, Lisa & Payne, George

Oral History Interview with George Riley, February 3, 1994

Interview with George Riley concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Riley worked at camps in Duncan, Arizona (Company 1814); Fredonia, Arizona (Company 1814); and Grand Junction, Colorado (Company 3892).

Date: February 3, 1994

Creator: Henley, Shelly & Riley, George V.

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

Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 1994

Interview with Geralene Young about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Young discusses hiring and promotion practices, relations between male and female workers, social activities, and the social and economic effects of the depot on Texarkana.

Date: January 18, 1994

Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Young, Geralene Mahone