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Oral History Interview with Roy Cudd, March 19, 1997

Description: Interview with Roy Cudd, a Navy WWII veteran of the USS Bougainville (CVE-100, an escort carrier) from Denton, Texas. Cudd discusses his family life, their reaction to the start of war, enlisting in the Navy and boot camp, assignment to the Bougainville, duties aboard ship and daily life, missions in the Pacific, the Okinawa Typhoon, combat, initiation as a "shellback," kamikazes, liberty, ranking up, and the end of the war.
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Date: March 19, 1997
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Cudd, Roy
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with R. Kenneth Towery, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ken Towery, journalist, Army veteran (59th Coast Artillery Regiment), and survivor of the siege of Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Towery discusses the fall of Corregidor and his capture, Cabanatuan (1942), Mukden, Manchuria (1942-1945), and his liberation by Russian troops.
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, Roland Kenneth, 1923-2016
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with George Bernard, March 19, 1976

Description: Interview with George Bernard, a printer and U.S. Army veteran (Company E, 1st Battalion, 334th Infantry, 84th Division), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans during World War II. Bernard discusses his capture and interrogation in November 1944, Stalag 12-A, Limburg, Germany, civilian hostility, Stalag 3-B, Furstenburg (1944-1945), the forced march to Stalag 3-A, Luckenwalde (1945), and his liberation by Russian troops.
Date: March 19, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bernard, George, 1911-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971

Description: Interview with Loren Brantley, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Daingerfield, Texas. Brantley discusses being stationed in Shanghai before the war, his experience in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked on December 8th, the Battle of Corregidor, and his internments at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, and a coal mine near Nagasaki.
Date: November 19, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brantley, Loren H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John J. Dubroff, May 19, 1974

Description: Interview with John J. Dubroff, U.S. Army WWII veteran, about his experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 11th Signal Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 19, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dubroff, John J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Personal Diary of Frank Fujita, Jr.

Description: A copy of Frank Fujita Jr.'s war diary, obtained by Dr. Ron Marcello to accompany Fujita's oral history interview. Fujita was an Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment captured on Java in March 1942. Included is Fujita's original bound diary, and a rewritten version he made in a Japanese logbook in internment and continued. They contain daily activities, doodles, lists of dozens of servicemen and captives encountered, and the key to an e… more
Date: December 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fujita Jr., Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John Glenewinkel, May 19, 1974

Description: Interview with John Glenewinkel, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the repair ship USS Dobbin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 19, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Glenewinkel, John
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Carl Hatcher, May 19, 1974

Description: Interview with Carl Hatcher, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with the Assembly and Repair Department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 19, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hatcher, Carl, 1921-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Haynes, September 19, 2001

Description: Interview with Major General Frederick Haynes, a Marine WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Haynes discusses growing up, becoming an officer in the Marine Corps, being a small arms instructor, assignment to the 28th Marines and training for combat, various experiences fighting the Battle of Iwo Jima, and reflections on battle.
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Date: September 19, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Haynes, Frederick E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with James R. Kanaman, September 19, 1977

Description: Interview with James Kanaman, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer-minelayer USS Tracy during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: September 19, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kanaman, James R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970

Description: Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date: July 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Moss, Jack
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., September 19, 2003

Description: Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., engineer and Army veteran (Quartermaster Corps Graves Registration Service-China Zone), concerning his experiences with Recovery Team No. 4 in the recovery of the remains of American military personnel in China, 1945-46. Appendix consists of letters, chronology, Separation Qualification Record, and extracts from various forms.
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Date: September 19, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wallace, Barton B., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ray Hunt, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ray Hunt, U.S. Army Air Corps WWII veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner of war and guerrilla fighter in the Philippines during World War II. He discusses his escape during the Bataan Death March and guerrilla operations before and after the American landings on Leyte and Luzon, 1944.
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hunt, Ray C., 1919-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles W. Lindberg, February 19, 1998

Description: Transcript of an interview with Charles W. Lindberg, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning experiences during the battle for Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a map of Iowa Jima and copies of multiple photographs of Mr. Lindberg with other Marines on and around Mt. Suribachi.
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Date: February 19, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Chalkley, John & Lindberg, Charles W., 1920-2007
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Dog transportation.

Description: A manual describing the use of sled dogs as a means of military transportation in Arctic regions.
Date: August 19, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Teletypewriter switching and relay procedure.

Description: Describes Army procedures "for establishment, control, and termination of teletypewriter connections involving one more more manual switching centrals" as well as relaying sets of messages through reperforator centrals.
Date: September 19, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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