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Oral History Interview with Frederick H. Kline, February 10, 1998

Transcript of an interview with Frederick H. Kline, an Army Air Forces veteran, concerning his experiences as a photographic laboratory technician in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Appendix includes photos of Frederick J. Kline at twenty-five years of age and of him and his wife after fifty-two years of marriage.

Date: February 10, 1998

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Kline, Frederick H., 1918-

Oral History Interview with Glen McDole, October 10, 1996

Interview with Glen McDole, a Marine Corps WWII veteran and POW from Des Moines, Iowa. McDole discusses joining the Marines in 1940, assignment to the 1st Separate Marine Battalion and deployment to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines, the Japanese attack on December 8th, 1941, withdrawal to Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur, the surrender, experiences in internment at Cabanatuan, transfer to Palawan, American bombing raids, surviving the Palawan massacre, rescue by Philippines civilians, the Ameri… more

Date: October 10, 1996

Creator: Alexander, William J. & McDole, Glen

Oral History Interview with Harve King, February 10, 1992

Interview with educator and university administrator Harve King from Farmersville, Texas. In the interview, King recollects his experiences as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas during the 1920's and 1930's. King comments on the school facilities, athletics, teachers, the "Three M's" singing group, and Professor Fred Moore. He also discusses his career in education and his philosophy as an educator.

Date: February 10, 1992

Creator: Glaze, Michele & King, Harve

Oral History Interview with James N. Hall, November 10, 1999

Interview with James N. Hall, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Burkburnett, Texas. Hall discusses joining the Air Force from college, basic training, classification, flight training, the P-47, fighter tactics, deplyoment to Le Culot Airfield in Belgium, his first mission, briefings and intelligence, Air Support Parties, close air support, flak, bomber escort, air-to-air encounters, casualties, logistics, German civilians, crash landings, V-E Day, and return to civilian life.

Date: November 10, 1999

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, James N.

Oral History Interview with Lyndle Lynch, January 10, 1995

Interview with Lyndle Lynch, a Navy WWII veteran from El Paso, Texas, who was aboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lynch discusses going into the Navy, work aboard the Utah, liberty in Honolulu, the morning of the attack, the sinking of the Utah and abandoning ship, assisting the wounded, duties after the attack, morale and reactions, and service aboard the USS Detroit.

Date: January 10, 1995

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lynch, Lyndle

Oral History Interview with Maury Meister, April 10, 1991

Interview with Maury Meister, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences patrolling off of Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Date: April 10, 1991

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Meister, Maury

Oral History Interview with Verle Oringderff, January 10, 1991

Interview with Verle Oringderff concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Oringderff worked at a camp in Littlefield, Texas (Company 3802). Interview includes information about Oringderff's schooling and childhood as well as the effects of the Great Depression on his household.

Date: January 10, 1991

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Oringderff, Verle

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997

Interview with Kenneth Poff, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who served with the 1913th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Poff discusses his early life, being drafted and training, shipping out to Townsville, Australia, and landing on New Guinea, fighting attached to the 1st Marine Division for the Cape Gloucester and Hollandia campaigns, constructing and maintaining an airstrip, the Lingayan Gulf campaign in the Philippines, the atomic bomb and VJ-Day, and returning home.

Date: August 10, 1997

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Poff, Kenneth

Oral History Interview with H. W. Kamp, October 10, 1995

Interview with former college professor at the North Texas State College H. W. Kamp from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Kamp describes his experiences concerning the desegregation of the college.

Date: October 10, 1995

Creator: Price, Tammi & Kamp, H. W.