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Oral History Interview with Richard Grissom, May 9, 1996

Description: Interview with Richard Grissom, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Tirante in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1944; his training as an electrician's mate; qualification examination; assignment to the Tirante, 1945; various patrols around the Japanese home islands.
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Date: May 9, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Grissom, Richard

Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, February 26, 1997

Description: Interview with Odis Taylor, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sculpin in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sculpin, 1941; his responsibilities as a radioman; various patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and in the South China Sea, 1942-44; lifeguard duty off Japan for downed airmen, 1944-45.
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Date: February 26, 1997
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Taylor, Odis

Oral History Interview with Lloyd C. Cross, April 9, 1997

Description: Interview with Lloyd C. Cross, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS S-45 USS Sunfish, USS Spearfish, USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war duty aboard the USS California and the heavy cruiser USS Vincennes, 1935-39; Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1940; his responsibilities as a fireman; various patrols in the Sea of Japan.
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Date: April 9, 1997
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Cross, Lloyd C.

Oral History Interview with James Roberson, March 8, 1997

Description: Interview with James Roberson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS Sailfish in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1942; his responsibilities as a motor machinist's mate; qualification examinations; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands and in the South China Sea; lifeguard duty off the Mariana Islands for downed airmen.
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Date: March 8, 1997
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Roberson, James

Oral History Interview with Hollis G. Duell, May 22, 1996

Description: Interview with Hollis G. Duell, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sargo in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sargo, 1941; his responsibilities as a yeoman; early war patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines; transfer to the Submarine Division Commander's Office, Pearl harbor, 1944; postwar duty in the Submarine Service.
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Date: May 22, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Duell, Hollis G.

Oral History Interview with Norman Benedict, May 7, 1996

Description: Interview with Norman Benedict, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as an engineering officer with Submarine Division 46 and Submarine Division 106 in the Pacific Theater while stationed at Pearl Harbor during World War II. Assignment to the USS Cuttlefish, 1941; transfer to the Engineering and Repair Department, Pearl Harbor, 1942, as a division engineer; comments about submarine maintenance, repair, and modernization.
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Date: May 7, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Benedict, Norman

Oral History Interview with Val F. Borum, April 23, 1996

Description: Interview with Val. F. Borum, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Blower in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School,. New London, Connecticut, 1944; assignment to the Blower, 1944; his responsibilities as plotting officer, various patrols in the Java Sea and off Indo-China.
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Date: April 23, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Borum, Val F.

Oral History Interview with George J. Savage, October 21, 1996

Description: Interview with George J. Savage, an Army Air Forces veteran (30th Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, 20th Air Force)., concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan, 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bomb raids. Appendix (p. [54]) includes images, bombing mission history, selected bombing mission specifics, and chronology of post World War II Air Force career.
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Date: October 21, 1996
Creator: Snow, Jason & Savage, George J.

Oral History Interview with Warren Amy, April 17, 1996

Description: Interview with Warren Amy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Amy discusses Submarine School in New London, Connecticut (1943-1944), his assignment to the Chub (1944), his responsibilities as an electrician's mate, and various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.
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Date: April 17, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Amy, Warren

Oral History Interview with Duane Cleere, April 4, 1996

Description: Interview with Duane Cleere, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Hoe in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Date: April 4, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Cleere, Duane

Oral History Interview with Leland L. Flinn, March 6, 1996

Description: Interview with Leland Flinn, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Date: March 6, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Flinn, Leland L.

Oral History Interview with John C. ("Jack") Fitch, March 19, 1995

Description: Fitch begins with a summary of the naval career of his father, Admiral Aubrey Fitch. Fitch joined the Navy in early 1942. He was assigned to the USS Wasp (CV-7) just before it sank, then to the USS Hornet (CV-8) just before it sank. He was finally assigned to CASU-3 and sent to Guadalcanal. He reflects on what it was like for him in the service while having a high-ranking father. In April, 1943, Fitch transferred aboard the USS Nicholas (DD-449). Fitch shares several anecdotes of his experience… more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fitch, John C.

Oral History Interview with Geoffrey Bryson Fisken, May 1, 1993

Description: Interview with Geoffrey Fisken, a veteran of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, concerning his experiences as a combat pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Fisken discusses the fall of Singapore, Guadalcanal operations, air combat against Japanese Zeros, and his release from duty in December of 1943.
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Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John & Fisken, Geoffrey Bryson

Oral History Interview with Baine P. Kerr, May 4, 1993

Description: Interview with Baine Kerr, an attorney and Marine Corps veteran, concerning his combat experiences with the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kerr discusses Guadacanal, his machine gun wound at Guadacanal, Kwajalein, Saipan, and his assignment to a legal office at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John & Kerr, Baine P.

Oral History Interview with Rogers Aston, May 4, 1993

Description: Interview with Rogers Aston, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard LST-446 during the Solomon Islands Campaign (1942-1943), his participation in the landings on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Vella Lavella, and Bougainville, and his participation in the Marianas Campaign and landings at Saipan and Guam in 1944. The Appendix to the volume includes a photocopy of an application for the Military Order of the World Wars for Reginald Rogers Aston dated July 19, 1984 [4 leaves] and a photocopy… more
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Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Byrd, Richard & Aston, Rogers

Oral History Interview with Zenji Abe, May 1-4, 1993

Description: Interview with Zenji Abe, an Imperial Japanese Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, his participation in the Aleutians Campaign in June 1942 and the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" in May 1944, and the surrender of Rota Island on September 2, 1945.
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Date: 1993-05-01/1993-05-04
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Abe, Zenji

Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990

Description: Interview with Curtis Smith, an airline employee and community leader, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1956 to 1990. Smith discusses his early life in East Texas, his employment in Dallas, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, job promotions with Braniff, African-American housing in Dallas, his decision to purchase a home in Hamilton Park in 1956, flooding problems, shopping in the community, traffic and access problems, social activities, churc… more
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Date: {1990-02-02,1990-02-23,1990-03-30}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
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Oral History Interview with William Tucker, September 25, 1985

Description: Interview with William Tucker, a business executive from Boston, regarding his experiences working for Caltex Petroleum Corporation, their refinery construction and expansion during World War II and after the war, the oil industry, and Caltex in India, Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, and South Africa.
Date: September 25, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tucker, William

Oral History Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, June 18, 1986

Description: Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his background, working for Caltex in China, India, and South Africa, relations between Caltex headquarters and branch offices, the construction of the Caltex refiner at Vishakhapatnam, and the formation of Caltex East and Caltex West.
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Date: June 18, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Price, John R.
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Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985

Description: Interview with Harold Lewis, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his employment with Standard Oil of California, his early experiences in refinery construction, his transfer to Caltex, his assignment to Bahrain, refinery construction in Australia (Boral, Ampol), refinery construction in Japan, and the relationship between Caltex and Nippon Oil. He also talks about military fuel oil contracts, postwar refinery expansion, Caltex East, Caltex in K… more
Date: November 8, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, H. W. (Harold Walter), 1917-

Oral History Interview with Raymond F. "Hap" Halloran, March 15, 1998

Description: Interview with Raymond F. "Hap" Halloran, businessman and U.S. Army Air Force WWII Veteran (878th Bomb Squadron, 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force) concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
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Date: March 15, 1998
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Halloran, Raymond F.

Oral History Interview with Leonard Bock, August 7, 1997

Description: Interview with Leonard Bock, a Navy veteran (PC-1135 and PC-1128), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Date: August 7, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bock, Leonard

Oral History Interview With Thanh Kim Huynh, December 8, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Thanh Kim Huynh, Vietnamese-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Huynh discusses concerning his childhood in Vietnam; memories of the Vietnam War; experiences as a helicopter pilot for the South Vietnamese Army; evacuation to Guam; transfer to the U.S.; life in America; culture shock; settlement in Dallas-Fort Worth area; immigration process as a refugee; considering America “home;” Dallas Vietnamese communit… more
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Date: December 8, 2012
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Huynh, Thanh Kim, 1953-

Oral History Interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, November 8, 2010

Description: Transcript of an interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, U.S. Marine Corps (1st Marine Division) World War II veteran. Sovik discusses his family life and childhood in Ohio, decision to enlist with the Marine Corps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, experiences with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and post-war life.
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Date: November 8, 2010
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Sovik, Paul Anthony, 1920-
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