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Oral History Interview with John A. McVean, October 25, 1995

Description: Transcript of an interview with John McVean, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Date: October 25, 1995
Creator: Maynard, Stephen Ronald & McVean, John A., 1919-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James C. Hardwick, March 17, 1998

Description: Interview with James C. Hardwick, engineer and U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a letter from the interviewee to Dr. Robert Marcello.
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Date: March 17, 1998
Creator: McCabe, Linda & Hardwick, James C.
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Oral History Interview with William E. Moore, Jr., March 4, 1998

Description: Interview with William E. Moore Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Temple, Texas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Moore discusses his time in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, assignment to 24th Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, training and alerts, the attack at Wheeler Field and taking defensive positions around Oahu, and service afterwards.
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Date: March 4, 1998
Creator: Meisch, Lisa & Moore Jr., William E.
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Oral History Interview with Merle Timblin, June 21, 2010

Description: Transcript of an interview with Merle Timblin, Civilian Conservation Corps worker and U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Timblin discusses his childhood in western Pennsylvania; father’s work as a farmer, coal miner, and WPA blacksmith; life on farms and in mining towns during the Great Depression; decision to enroll in CCC before eighteenth birthday; experiences at CCC camps in Arizona and Pennsylvania; lessons learned from the CCC experience; experiences in the European Theater of World War II as radio … more
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Date: June 21, 2010
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Timblin, Merle, 1921-
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For their future-- : buy war bonds.

Description: Painting of a blonde woman in a blue shirt and red and white striped skirt, holding a blonde baby. There is a blue sky behind them with some clouds. They are both looking down at a black toy lamb, with a flower wreath around its head. The poster is bordered by a painted picture frame. "BUY WAR BONDS" is in what would be a metal plate fastened to the "frame"
Date: 1943
Creator: Munsell
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Take the wheel : --steer a course for future success while serving your country in the United States Navy or the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Description: The upper half of the poster shows a painting of a large U.S. battleship, with additional ships seen in the background. In the lower half of the poster, to the left of the poster caption, is a small image of a naval officer looking through a porthole with binoculars and a sailor in a white uniform steering the ship.
Date: 1941
Creator: Murphey, Matt.
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Making America strong : how American shipyards are winning the race against time to build our Navy.

Description: Black & white chart describes how shipbuilding has become quicker during wartime. It features comic-book style drawings of a shipyard, a large ship at sea, and Uncle Sam changing from his decorated top hat to a worker's cap.
Date: 1942?
Creator: National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
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Making America strong : how subcontracting accelerates defense production--.

Description: Black & white poster features comic-book style drawings. In the center of a large outline map of United States is a large tank, with numerous lines pointing outward to small drawings of industrial buildings throughout the U.S. In the upper left corner is a more detailed drawing of a factory with smokestacks.
Date: 1942?
Creator: National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
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Making America strong : industry's ever improving mass production methods step up output of latest type war planes.

Description: Black & white poster features comic-book style drawings of machinery used to produce airplanes. In the upper right corner is an image of Uncle Sam pointing out to some people a flying military airplane which is seen through a large "hole" drawn in the poster.
Date: 1942?
Creator: National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Making America strong : today about 800 American industrial concerns either make airplanes or supply the parts.

Description: Black & white chart features comic-book style drawings of airplanes, airplane parts, and industrial buildings arranged in pictograph format illustrating production statistics for engines, propellers, instruments, and complete airplanes.
Date: 1942?
Creator: National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
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Making America strong : U.S. industry today employs 18 men to back up one soldier in the Army.

Description: Black & white chart features comic-book style drawings. The main image is of a soldier on the battlefield. A pictograph shows how the number of industrial workers per soldier has grown through the centuries, from 55 BC to 1940. In the upper left corner is a drawing of a factory with smokestacks.
Date: 1942?
Creator: National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
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Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps : see your principal.

Description: The main part of the poster is a large black-and white photograph of the faces of a smiling teenage girl and boy. The lower part of the poster is a green-tinted photograph of young volunteers harvesting potatoes. A farmer on a mule- or horse-drawn farm machine can be seen in the background. The sky in the background is colored blue.
Date: 1943
Creator: National Victory Farm Volunteers (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Don't let him stick his nose in your business.

Description: Black and white cartoon. The cartoon character is a mosquito, smiling in a sinister manner and showing fangs. He has a long sharp nose and he is rubbing his hands together. There is a sunburst of white around him and the rest of the poster is black.
Date: 1943
Creator: Nolan, Jack.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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