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Oral History Interview with Charles A. Cates, March 14, 1974

Description: Interview with Charles A. Cates, a businessman, 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. Cates talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1943-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his libeā€¦ more
Date: March 14, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cates, Charles A., 1908-
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Oral History Interview with Horace Chumley, April 3, 1974

Description: Interview with Horace Chumley, retired law enforcement officer, U.S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and member of the ā€œLost Battalion.ā€ Chumley discusses his experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
Date: April 3, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Chumley, Horace, 1916-
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Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, October 25, 1973

Description: Interview with Dr. Jack B. Scroggs, a history professor at NTSU and World War II veteran from Little Rock, Arkansas. Scroggs recounts his experiences working with prisoners-of-war, including his entrance into the Army, training, and initial assignments; his transfer to a supply depot worked by German POWs at Jefferson, Indiana; how the prisoners were organized and cared for; the labor they performed; their character; the social dynamics in the camp; outside efforts to make camp life tougher; inā€¦ more
Date: October 25, 1973
Creator: Walker, Richard P. & Scroggs, Jack B.
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Oral History Interview with James R. Heldenfels, January 5, 1972

Description: Interview with James R. Heldenfels, a businessman from Beeville, Texas. Heldenfels discusses the origins of the Heldenfels Brothers dredging company, his education, the company's operations and organization, conservationists, federal regulation of shell dredging, his customers, barges, shell dredging practice, the local economy, finances, and property developments.
Date: January 5, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Heldenfels, James R.
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Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972

Description: Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date: September 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
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Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, December 6, 1972

Description: Interview with Representative Jack Blanton, Democratic Texas State legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including funding state primaries, the election of house speaker Rayford Price, Governor Preston Smith's budget proposal, insurance rate making, the State Insurance Commission, and the Texas insurance industry.
Date: December 6, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
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Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972

Description: Interview with Representative Jim Earthman, a Texas State legislator from Houston, Texas. Earthman discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, specifically his feelings on state funding of primaries, the "Dirty Thirty," the selection of candidates for House Speaker, opposition to the election of Rayford Price, the legislature's budgeting hearings, his opinion of Bill Heatly, his opinion of Preston Smith, insurance rate making, insurance cā€¦ more
Date: December 8, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
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Oral History Interview with H. F. Elliot, January 4, 1972

Description: Interview with H. F. Elliot, a doctor in Aransas County from Ames, Iowa. Elliot discusses his education, the most common illnesses he treats, common diseases in the county, the patients he sees, the capabilities of different hospitals he refers them to, quarantine, hurricanes, the school system, local sports, and his involvement in the Boy Scouts.
Date: January 4, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Elliot, H. F.
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Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971

Description: Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and ā€¦ more
Date: January 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
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Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 1970

Description: Interview with George Burlage, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Visalia, California. Burlage was stationed in the Philippines before the war and fought at Corregidor in 1942 before his capture by the Japanese, after which he was interned at Camp Cabanatuan #3 in Central Luzon, Las Pinas airfield near Manila, and Moji, Japan.
Date: November 18, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Burlage, George
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Oral History Interview with T. G. Crews, January 22, 1972

Description: Interview with T. G. Crews, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Stephenville, Texas. Crews, among the first Americans taken prisoner by the Japanese during the war, discusses his time with the North China Marines in Peking, his unit's duties there, his capture, and his experiences during internment at Tianjin, Shanghai, Peking, Busan, and Hakodate.
Date: January 22, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crews, T. G.
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Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972

Description: Interview with C. L. Permenter, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Permenter discusses his pre-war service with the North China Marines at Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), the situation in Japanese-occupied China, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, Kiangwang, and Fengtai.
Date: October 25, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Permenter, C. L.
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Oral History Interview with Simon Michael, January 10, 1972

Description: Interview with Simon Michael, an artist, who shares his experiences as an artist and art teacher in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1948 to 1972. He also discusses his early art training, Fulton School of Fine Arts, his move from Fulton to Rockport, Texas, the Simon Michael School of Fine Arts, art exhibitions, art and local architectural styles, art students, techniques for teaching art, the philosophy of art, and the contribution of art to the community of Rockport.
Date: January 10, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Michael, Simon, 1905-
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Oral History Interview with John Miller, January 5, 1972

Description: Interview with Judge John Miller of the 36th Judicial District from Beeville, Texas. Miller discusses his family origins and education, the kinds of criminals he encounters, district organization, fellow justices, grand jury selection, his thoughts on past Texas governors, state elections, and prominent members of the Aransas area.
Date: January 5, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Miller, John
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Oral History Interview with Simon Michael, January 10, 1972

Description: Interview with Simon Michael, an artist from Rockport, Texas. Michael discusses his initial interest in fine art and painting, travels, service in World War Two, work as a portrait artist in Austin, his establishment of the Fulton School of Arts, the school's reception, its growth, local artists, local architecture, the subjects he teaches, and his students.
Date: January 10, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Michael, Simon
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Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, January 6, 1972

Description: Interview with Representative Fred Agnich, a Republican Texas state legislator from Minnesota. Agnich discusses his childhood and education; moving to Texas and becoming a statesman; lobbying and how to control its influence; staffing in government offices; reform of the legislating process; his thoughts on proposed ethics legislation; single-member and multi-member congressional districts; party dynamics in the legislature; the "Dirty Thirty" and the Sharpestown scandal; reform of the insurancā€¦ more
Date: January 6, 1972
Creator: Riddlesperger, James & Agnich, Fred J.
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Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972

Description: Interview with Eugene Cronin, a US Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Kansas City, Missouri. Cronin discusses his time as a B-24 crewmember stationed at Cerignola, Italy, the kinds of missions flown, his being shot down over Hungary and captured by the German Army, and his experiences in captivity at Vienna, Frankfurt, and Stalag Luft #1 near Barth in Western Pommerania.
Date: February 1, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R.
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Oral History Interview with Emory M. Spencer, September 30, 1971

Description: Interview with attorney Emory M. Spencer. The interview includes Spencer's personal experiences about being an attorney. Spencer talks about the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas 1920-71, cotton farming, Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan, gambling, the development of the Aransas County Airport, oil exploration, housing subdivisions, the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission, hurricanes, agriculture, property values, and prominent citizens of the county.
Date: September 30, 1971
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Spencer, Emory M.
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