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- Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994
- Interview with E. B. "Ned" Potter, Navy WWII veteran from Norfolk, Virginia, who served in the intelligence section of the 14th Naval District. Potter discusses his education, teaching, commissioning into the Navy and training in communications, assignment to Oahu, codes and ciphers, interception, President Roosevelt's visit, WAVES, and leaving active duty at the end of the war and becoming a history professor. In appendix is a letter from Potter to Marcello with revisions to the interview.
- Oral History Interview with David Braden, October 8, 1994
- Interview with David Braden, an Army Air Force WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Braden served as a navigator/radar-bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific; he recounts being in ROTC at North Texas Agricultural College and signing up for the Air Corps Reserves, flight training, the B-29, his crewmates, assignment to Saipan, organization of a bombing mission, the jetstream, flak and fighters, being shot down, switching crews, targets, briefings, recreation, Japanese holdouts on Saipan, fighter escorts, returning stateside, and leaving the service. In appendix is a letter sent to Dr. Marcello by Braden containing some corrections for the interview.
- Oral History Interview with N. Jesse James, October 8, 1993
- Interview with Major N. Jesse James concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. James worked at a camp in Pineville, Kentucky (Company 548).
- Oral History Interview with Charles D. Lewis, October 8, 1993
- Interview with Charles Lewis concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Lewis worked at camps in Chillicothe, Ohio (Company 502) and Xenia, Ohio (Company 3542). Includes an appendix.
- Oral History Interview with Walter L. Henry, October 8, 1993
- Transcript of an interview with Dr. Walter Henry concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Henry worked at a camp in Pine Valley, California (Company 901).
- Oral History Interview with Martin L. Allday, October 8, 1994
- Interview with Martin L. Allday, an Army WWII veteran from Austin, Texas. Allday discusses his experiences at the Battle of Okinawa, including being drafted and basic training, transiting the Pacific, assignment to the 96th Infantry Division and arrival on Okinawa, events of the fighting on the Shuri Line at Zebra Hill, being wounded, evacuation and recovery, returning to Okinawa, clean-up operations, souvenirs, and adjustment to civilian life. An appendix includes a letter typed by Allday for a panel discussion of the battle, a map of the battle from "The Second World War: a Complete History" by Martin Gilbert, a veteran's questionnaire from the Admiral Nimitz Museum he filled out, and a one-page biography.
- Oral History Interview with Thurman L. Capps, July 8, 1997
- Interview with Thurman Capps, U.S. 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.
- Oral History Interview with John Arwine, March 8, 1993
- Interview with John Arwine, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Hurst, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
- Oral History Interview with C. G. Hausser, March 8, 1992
- Interview with C. G. Hausser, an army veteran and nurse. This interview includes his experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71. He recounts: assignment to 12th Evacuation Hospital, Cu Chi; camp routine; treatment of battle wounds; morale; Viet Cong prisoners; communication with family; transfer to Quang Tri; and stateside adjustments.
- Oral History Interview with Thomas D. Riggleman, June 8, 1995
- Transcript of an interview with Thomas Riggleman, an engineer and Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the destroyer USS McGowan during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Riggleman discusses everyday life aboard ship, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and kamikazes, and the operations off northern Japan in 1945. Appendix includes a photocopy of Thomas Riggleman's pre-interview information for the University of North Texas.
- Oral History Interview with Hugh Martin, October 8, 1995
- Interview with Hugh Martin, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Claude O. Hocker, October 7, 1995
- Interview with Claude Hocker, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with James Roberson, March 8, 1997
- 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.