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Oral History Interview with Robert Gregg, March 24, 1971

Description: Interview with Robert Gregg, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Decatur, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Gregg discusses mobilization and deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and his capture, internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date: March 24, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gregg, Robert
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Alf Brown Jr., March 26, 1974

Description: Transcript of an interview with Alf Brown Jr., an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date: March 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brown, Alf, Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Roy M. Gee, March 24, 1997

Description: Interview with Roy M. Gee, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Date: March 24, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, Roy M.
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Oral History Interview with Thomas W. Nance, March 24, 2003

Description: Interview with Thomas W. Nance, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Nance discusses growing up and joining the 112th, working with horses, equipment used and organization, maneuvers at Fort Bliss, deployment to New Caledonia, operations on Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island and the landing at Arawe, being wounded and evacuated, recovery and discharge, continued disability and experiences with VA hospitals, and refl… more
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Date: March 24, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Nance, Thomas W.
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Oral History Interview with Marion Hayes, March 24, 2013

Description: Transcript of an interview with Marion Hayes, author and LGBT activist, conducted for the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Hayes discusses her family history; childhood in Corsicana, Texas; gay high school culture in the 1960s; horsemanship; Dallas Gay Rodeo; lesbian culture in the 1950s and 1960s; Dallas LGBT community; Circle of Friends; AIDS epidemic; LGBT night life; writing career. Appendix includes various photos and documents.
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Date: March 24, 2013
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Hayes, Marion, 1945-
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Oral History Interview with Sally Bermejo Bravo, March 24, 2013

Description: Interview with Sally Bravo, second generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Bravo's recollections of schooling in Fort Worth, the scholastic structure of her home life, cultural expectations and limitations on education, and the meaning of high school graduation, as well as educational goals for children, the role in sending children to college, and the generational changes in educational goals. It includes… more
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Date: March 24, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bravo, Sally Bermejo
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Oral History Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, March 24, 2014

Description: Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, an African-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas, from Champaign, Illinois, who moved to Texas during the civil rights era. Johnson, accompanied by her neighbor Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, discusses the differences between life in Illinois and the segregated South, her first instances of discrimination, desegregation in Fort Worth, the Wright Amendment, Juneteenth, neighborhoods and housing, differences between Dallas and Fort Worth, persistent racism, and Ca… more
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Date: March 24, 2014
Creator: Travis, Sarah & Johnson, Marilyn Jean
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Oral History Interview with Maxine Thornton Reese, March 24, 2014

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dr. Maxine Thornton Reese, civil rights activist, former Dallas City Councilmember, and longtime Dallas ISD employee. Reese shares concerning her childhood in Dallas, Texas; involvement in Dallas NAACP's Youth Council with Juanita Craft; civil rights activism; life during segregation; desegregation in Texas schools and at the University of North Texas; treatment at UNT; desegregation versus integration; Dallas City Council.
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Date: March 24, 2014
Creator: Edelbrock, Kyle & Reese, Maxine Thornton, 1938-
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