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Oral History Interview with Everett Stewart, February 24, 1976

Description: Interview with Everett Stewart, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Wheeler Field as a fighter pilot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Additional comments by his wife, who was also there at the time.
Date: February 24, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Stewart, Everett & Stewart, Everett, Mrs.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, February 24, 1975

Description: Interview with J. W. Buck, 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. Buck talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date: February 24, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Buck, J. W., 1920-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth R. Isaacs and Eliza E. Isaacs, August 24, 1974

Description: Interview with Kenneth R. Isaacs and his wife Eliza E. Isaacs, concerning their experiences living in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Kenneth is a U.S. Navy veteran who was a crew member of the repair ship USS Dobbin.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Isaacs, Kenneth R. & Isaacs, Eliza E.
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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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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007

Description: Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some o… more
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Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Glenn Pace, October 24, 1972

Description: Interview with Glenn W. Pace regarding his experiences in the military during WWII. Mr. Pace was a member of the Texas National Guard, 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, also known as the "Lost Battalion" but was one of the few members of the battalion that were not captured and made it to Australia.
Date: October 24, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pace, Glenn W.
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Partner: University of North Texas

Oral History Interview with Robert H. Jackson, July 24, 1997

Description: Interview with Robert H. "Hal" Jackson regarding his experiences as a Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War. It details his experiences with different aircraft and on carriers and in land-based squadrons in the Pacific.
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Date: July 24, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jackson, Robert H.
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Partner: University of North Texas
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Oral History Interview with Randolph Lockwood, August 24, 1974

Description: Interview with Randolph S. Lockwood regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941. It also contains a list of corrections made to the interview for content regarding phrases that were initially mis-typed.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lockwood, Randolph S.
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Partner: University of North Texas
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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

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Troop deployment

Description: Front: Chart of U.S. troop deployment is keyed to world maps. 3 maps include Asiatic-Pacific, European, American areas of deployment. Back: V-E, V-J, VD : there is an enemy still to be defeated. Text warns of venereal diseases.
Date: December 24, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization Program.

Description: Front: Maps: Silhouette maps of Japan and Korea, U.S., and Germany and Austria help illustrate the distribution of men in the Army as of 1 July 1946. Back: Text and color illustrations show various shoulder insignia of United States Army combat divisions with a partial list of their combat locations (World War II).
Date: September 24, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 241st week of the war, 123rd week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Eastern front; Italy; air war; Southeast Asia; Pacific. Maps: Communications centers hit in the Balkans; Crimea. Includes 7 photographs. Back: Smoke. Description of 4 ways to produce smoke for combat purposes. 1 illustration. 9 photographs.
Date: April 24, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. Monday, May 24, 1943 : week of May 13 to May 20, 193rd week of the war, 75th week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Attu, Wake Island, Southwest Pacific, Russia, China-Burma, Air offensive. Large world map is keyed to text and shows United Nations Axis and Axis occupied areas, countries with Axis relations broken, and neutral countries. Additional maps: Mediterranean Sea; Areas held by Japan in the Kurile and Aleutian Islands. Inset map: Attu Island. Photographs: Mass production methods in the southwest Pacific mimic those of Detroit; Red Stars mark Sovie… more
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. Monday, January 24, 1944 : week of January 13 to January 20, 228th week of the war, 110th week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: USSR, Italy, Air war, Southwest Pacific, Burma. Map shows Allied advances during the week. Photographs: Cruiser U.S.S. Duluth shortly before being christened; Petty Officer Alex Holgate acknowledges a voice order during gunnery exercises; Bows-on view of a 10,000 ton Independence class carriers; Jungle training involving .30 caliber air-cooled machine guns; Italian refugees pass disabled American tanks; Italian battlescape near San Vitore;… more
Date: January 24, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. Monday, August 24, 1942 : week of August 14 to August 21

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Northern France, Air assault, Allied conference, Southwest Pacific, Mediterranean, Russia, North Africa, Aleutians, China, Brazil. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show The European theatre, Main area of operations in the Solomons, USSR. Includes photographs: Landing party; Commando glider; Last stop in North Africa; War in the heart of Africa. Back: China's Cadets. 10 photographs a… more
Date: August 24, 1942
Creator: [United States]. Army Orientation Course.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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