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Oral History Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, March 11, 1991

Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Kilborn worked at camps in Winterset, Iowa (Company 2726); Leon, Iowa (Company 783); Tarkio, Missouri (Company 1742); Gallatin, Missouri (Company 1742); and Harrisonville, Missouri (Company 3773).

Date: March 11, 1991

Creator: Daniels, John & Kilborn, Allen S.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, March 11, 1991

Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Boone, Iowa, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.

Date: March 11, 1991

Creator: Daniels, John D. & Kilborn, Allen S.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David Thomas, April 28, 1990

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 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.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Cowden, November 27, 1991

Transcript of an interview with John Cowden, a Navy veteran from Missouri, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Date: November 27, 1991

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cowden, John, 1920-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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

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

Oral History Interview with Richard Schultz, April 29, 1990

Interview with Richard Schultz, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Louis, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans.

Date: April 29, 1990

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schultz, Richard

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 1998

Interview with William Painter, a UNT professor and Army WWII veteran from New Bloomfield, Missouri. Painter discusses growing up in the Depression, being a conscientious objector and feeling pressure to join the war, getting drafted into the infantry and training at Camp Hood and Fort Ord, deployment to the Pacific with the 32nd Infantry Division, operations on Luzon and the Villa Verde Trail, the end of the war, occupation duty in Japan, and returning home. In appendix is a letter to Marcello… more

Date: December 21, 1998

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Painter, William E.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program