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Oral History Interview with Steve A. Pickens, May 30, 1996

Description: Interview with Steve Pickens, a businessman and former President of the Nocona Boot Company, concerning his experiences as a financial analyst for Justin Industries, comptroller for Nocona Boot Company from 1983 to 1984, general manager of Nocona from 1984 to 1987, and President of Nocona from 1987 to 1995. Pickens comments on Nocona's founder, Enid Justin; the "Urban Cowboy" craze and plant expansion in 1981; the reorganization of the boot manufacturing process; marketing and advertising strat… more
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Date: May 30, 1996
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Pickens, Steve A.

Oral History Interview with William A. Denton, December 16, 1995

Description: Interview with William Denton, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences with the 2nd Motor Transport Battalion at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Date: December 16, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Denton, William A.

Oral History Interview with John H. Byrd, January 24, 1996

Description: Interview with John Byrd, an Army Air Corps veteran (457th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a radio operator in the 8th Air Force in England during World War II.
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Date: January 24, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Byrd, Richard W. & Byrd, John Howard

Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 1995

Description: Interview with Luciel Leonard, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas from 1939 to 1983, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin, the attempts to unionize during the 1950s, and the changes in the product line.
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Date: August 3, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Leonard, Luciel

Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995

Description: Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).
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Date: October 22, 1995
Creator: Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus

Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995

Description: 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).
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Date: October 6, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Taylor, Odis S.

Oral History Interview with George L. McColm, March 18, 1995

Description: Interview with George McColm, a Navy veteran and an agricultural expert, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. McColm discusses his education at Kansas State College, his experiences in agricultural marketing research, his employment with the Production Marketing Administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, his employment at Topaz Relocation Center for Japanese Americans (1942-1944), his induction into the U.S. Navy (1944), his role in planning … more
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & McColm, George L.

Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995

Description: 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).
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Date: October 16, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Brown, Eugene L.

Oral History Interview with Robert L. Fort, October 28, 1995

Description: Interview with Robert Fort, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a legal-sized photocopy of a document concerning the location and activities on the USS Raleigh on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Date: October 28, 1995
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Fort, Robert L.

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995

Description: Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.
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Date: August 23, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Holcomb, Marguerite Oklahoma

Oral History Interview with Robert M. Allen, October 14, 1995

Description: Interview with Robert Allen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while temporarily assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (His permanent assignment was aboard the aircraft tender USS Avocet. He was attending signalman school at the Submarine Base).
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Date: October 14, 1995
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Allen, Robert M.

Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ken Towery. Towery joined the Army in early 1941 and was sent to Corregidor to join a coast artillery unit. He recalls several details about life under siege at Corregidor before he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Cabanatuan. He left the Philippines later that year and was taken to China. Towery shares his opinions about being a POW as well as several anecdotes. He also comments on being liberated by Russians and how the Russians and Chinese communists cooperated right … more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, R. Ken

Oral History Interview with Ray Hunt, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ray Hunt. Hunt joined the Army Air Corps in early 1939. After training, Hunt became an aircraft mechanic and went to the Philippines in November, 1941. He was captured on Bataan and made a prisoner of war. Hunt describes his experiences on the Death March. Along the way, he escaped and was aided by Filipinos until he was healthy enough to join a guerrilla band in Tarlac. Hunt describes his activities and the command structure of his guerrilla organization. When the Allies invaded… more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hunt, Ray

Oral History Interview with John Bumgarner, March 18, 1995

Description: Interview with John Bumgarner, a physician and an Army veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines during World War II. Bumgarner discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1944-1945), and his liberation.
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bumgarner, John R.
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