Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Oral History Programhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTOHP/browse/?fq=untl_collection:UNTOH&sort=default&display=grid&fq=str_location_country:Philippines2022-06-20T19:50:39-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Oral History ProgramIn God's hands: a posthumous autobiography of Stephen Lloyd Smith2022-06-20T19:40:07-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944672/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944672/"><img alt="In God's hands: a posthumous autobiography of Stephen Lloyd Smith" title="In God's hands: a posthumous autobiography of Stephen Lloyd Smith" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944672/small/"/></a></p><p>A portion of missionary Stephen Lloyd Smith's unpublished autobiography, "In God's Hands," depicting the experience of his family as civilian internees of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II.</p>Oral History Interview with Bruce Gordon Elliot, May 17, 20022019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584969/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584969/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Bruce Gordon Elliot, May 17, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with Bruce Gordon Elliot, May 17, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584969/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Bruce Elliot, a Navy veteran and POW from Montezuma, Kansas. Elliot discusses his family, joining the Navy and volunteering for Asiatic service, the start of war and the bombing of Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines, retreat to Corregidor, capture by the Japanese, escaping internment on Palawan and joining Moro guerillas, sabotage, linking up with Australian forces, evacuation to Australia and returning to the United States, becoming a deepsea diver, and Korean War service. In appendix are a photo of Elliot, a map of the Philippines, two photos of a POW camp on Palawan, and a photo of three of his comrades.</p>Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 19972019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585087/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585087/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997" title="Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585087/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Oral History Interview with W. W. Hughes, November 17, 20032019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585091/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585091/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with W. W. Hughes, November 17, 2003" title="Oral History Interview with W. W. Hughes, November 17, 2003" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585091/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with W. W. Hughes, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Grand Prarie, Texas. Hughes discusses growing up in the Great Depression, joining the National Guard and equestrian service in the 112th Cavalry at Fort Clark, the start of war and deployment to New Caledonia and Australia, preparations for combat, amphibious landings at Arawe Island off New Britain, scout patrols and combat, operations in New Guinea at the Driniumor River, Japanese POWs, actions in the Philippines at Leyte and Luzon, returning to the US as an instructor, and reflections on his service.</p>Oral History Interview with Clarence Kingsley, November 21, 20032019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585013/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585013/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Clarence Kingsley, November 21, 2003" title="Oral History Interview with Clarence Kingsley, November 21, 2003" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585013/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Charles Kingsley, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served in the 112th Cavalry. Kingsley discusses his upbringing, joining the Guard, the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to New Caledonia, his troop's machine gun section/platoon, Woodlark Island, the Battle of Arawe, New Guinea and the Battle of Drinumor River, the Battles of Leyte and Luzon, his thoughts on the generals he served, and thoughts on the 112th.</p>Oral History Interview with Frank Curre, Jr., April 19, 20022014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306799/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306799/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Frank Curre, Jr., April 19, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with Frank Curre, Jr., April 19, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306799/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Navy veteran Frank Curre Jr. The interview includes Curre's personal experiences about joining the Navy, boot camp, being aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, and his subsequent experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Additionally, Curre talks about pre-war shipboard life and training exercises, his activities during the attack on Pearl Harbor, aftermath of the attack, his transfer to the yard minesweeper YMS-102 at Bremerton, Washington, operation around Midway Island, his transfer to the escort carrier Petrof Bay, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, kamikaze attacks, the Okinawa campaign, and continued combat against kamikazes.</p>Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 19992014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306804/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306804/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 1999" title="Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 1999" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306804/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, Army veteran, special agent, and member of the White House Security Detail for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The interview includes Crumbling's personal experiences about education and employment before entering the military, basic training, various assignments, and being appointed to the White House Security Detail at President Lyndon B. Johnson's LBJ Ranch. Additionally, Crumbling talks about relations between the military and civilian law enforcement authorities in San Antonio during World War II, his marriage, his fourth enlistment and assignment to Kobe, Japan, various stateside assignments, his retirement from the Army, President and Mrs. Johnson, and his retirement from the Secret Service.</p>Oral History Interview with William Garbo, Sr., 2003-20042014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306825/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306825/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William Garbo, Sr., 2003-2004" title="Oral History Interview with William Garbo, Sr., 2003-2004" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306825/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with landscape architect and Army veteran William Garbo Sr. The interview includes Garbo's personal experiences about the G Troop, 112th Cavalry, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World-War II, growing up in an Italian-American family in Mississippi during the Great Depression, volunteering for the draft and processing at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, basic training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, being assigned to the 26th War Dog Platoon and to New Guinea in 1944, the Battle of the Driniumor River and his attachment to elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, jungle patrols on New Guinea with his dog, his transfer to Troop, 112th Cavalry and the invasion of Layte, Philippines, and the living condition in the Philippine jungles. Additionally, Garbo speaks about the fighting prowess of his comrades in the 112th Cavalry, jungle patrols on Leyte and Luzon, the 112th's activities around Marungko and Antipolo, Luzon, descriptions of cannibalism by Japanese soldiers, his wounds from artillery shrapnel and evacuation by helicopter, his return to the 112th Cavalry and preparations for the invasion of Japan, witnessing the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, occupation duty at Tateyama, Honshu, relations between Japanese civilians and American occupation troops, the destruction of Japanese defensive fortifications and weapons on Honshu, his return to the States, and mustering out of the service. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.</p>Oral History Interview with Charles C. Brabham, Jr., September 9, 20032014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306936/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306936/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Charles C. Brabham, Jr., September 9, 2003" title="Oral History Interview with Charles C. Brabham, Jr., September 9, 2003" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306936/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Army veteran Charles C. Brabham Jr. The interview includes Brabham's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, his youth in Dallas during the Great Depression, joining the 112th Cavalry at age 16, his mobilization and various assignments, and his medical evacuation die to malaria, dysentery, and hookworm.</p>Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Baird, 19982014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306958/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306958/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Baird, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Baird, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306958/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Navy veteran Melvin R. "Pancho" Baird. It includes a combination of interviewing and reading from Baird's personal correspondence about his pre-World War II experiences with the U.S. Asiatic Fleet and his later experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Baird talks about his stationing aboard the destroyer USS Alden as a radioman, the grounding of the SS President Hoover off of Hoishito Island, the Sino-Japanese War, liberty ashore various Asian port cities, events on the South China Patrol, civilian activities after his discharge, activities as a radio technician on Blue Beach during the Okinawan Campaign, kamikaze actions on Okinawa, and typical shipboard routine.</p>Oral History Interview with Bennie G. Snider, June 10, 20022014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306961/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306961/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Bennie G. Snider, June 10, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with Bennie G. Snider, June 10, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306961/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with banker and Navy veteran Bennie G. Snider. The interview includes Snider's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education in Denton, Texas, joining the Navy, and boot training and electrical engineering school. Snider talks about duties aboard the USS Hancock, his assignment to Task Group 58 and the invasion of the Philippines, as well as the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, kamikaze attacks and the Hancock being hit by a kamikaze, burials at sea, and his postwar duties aboard the Hancock as part of Operation MAGIC CARPET.</p>Oral History Interview with Dolphus Compere III, June 9, 20092014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306927/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306927/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Dolphus Compere III, June 9, 2009" title="Oral History Interview with Dolphus Compere III, June 9, 2009" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306927/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with World War II veteran Dolphus E. Compere III as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Compere's personal experiences of childhood in Dallas, Texas, medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Dallas, and interning at the University of Michigan prior to his enlistment in the Army Air Corp as a surgeon with the Third Air Commando Group. Additionally, Compere discusses his experiences in the Philippines providing medical care to military personnel and local civilians, his post-war medical career in Fort Worth, Texas, and his experience of returning a war souvenir, a Japanese ceremonial sword, to its ancestral family. Photographs are included throughout the interview.</p>Oral History Interview with Robert H. Flatley, October 27, 19992014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306727/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306727/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Robert H. Flatley, October 27, 1999" title="Oral History Interview with Robert H. Flatley, October 27, 1999" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306727/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran Robert H. Flatley. The interview includes Flatley's personal experiences about being a P-38 pilot in the Pacific Theater during the World War II, basic training, flight training, P-38 training, various assignments and missions, and the destruction of forty-seven locomotives. Flatley also talks about various missions to targets in the Philippines, activities between combat missions, postwar military activities in the Philippines, and postwar adjustments to civilian life.</p>Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 19962014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306742/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306742/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996" title="Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306742/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, clothier and Navy veteran regarding personal experiences about the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II. Ditto talks about his education, enlistment in the Navy V-7 Program, midshipman training, assignment to the USS Langley, pre-war duty in the Philippines, coming of war and combat around the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, the sinking of the Langley and his transfer to the USS Pecos, the sinking of the Pecos and his rescue by the USS Whipple, various naval battles and assignments, antisubmarine patrols off the Solomons, various escort duties, and his promotion to captain of the O'Toole.</p>Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 20032014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306951/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306951/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003" title="Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306951/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with John J. Clemens. The interview includes Clemens' personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas, World War II-era service in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard USS Wren in the Pacific Theater, and piloting a ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender. Clemens speaks about convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean, the January 4, 1944 sinking of the USS Turner while moored in New York Harbor and the court of inquiry regarding the sinking, actions in the Aleutian Islands, Attu, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns and anti-kamikaze warfare while aboard the USS Wren, and the effects that Allied bombing had on Tokyo.</p>Oral History Interview with Herb Elfering, December 6, 20012014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306842/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306842/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Herb Elfering, December 6, 2001" title="Oral History Interview with Herb Elfering, December 6, 2001" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306842/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with electrical engineer and Army veteran Herb Elfering, The interview includes Elfering's personal experiences with a searchlight/radar battery, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment, at camp Malekole during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Elfering also gives brief descriptions of his later experiences at Bougainville and Luzon.</p>Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 20042014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306824/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306824/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 2004" title="Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 2004" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306824/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Army veteran Harlan W. Crouse, including personal experiences about combat in the Philippines during World War II, the Japanese surrender in Yokohama Harbor, and being present during the post-war U.S. occupation of Japan.</p>Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 19962014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306673/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306673/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996" title="Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306673/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by the Kempei-tai, imprisonment at Ofuna, Honshu, solitary confinement for six months and continued interrogation, beatings by Japanese prison guards, starvation diet, the end of the war and liberation, and his participation in the war crimes trials held by the International Military Tribunal.</p>Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 20172018-08-23T20:56:52-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1228511/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1228511/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017" title="Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1228511/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with George Holcombe, a Methodist pastor and civil rights activist from Houston, Texas, and his wife and associate Wanda, from Sims, Texas. The Holcombes discuss their family origins, initial exposure to racial problems and civil rights, their respective educations, pastoral work in Baton Rouge and Chicago, the Ku Klux Klan and dangers encountered, work with the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago and empowering black communities, the 1968 Chicago riots, Fifth City, and similar work in Australia and the Philippines.</p>Oral History Interview with Frank H. Bigelow, June 13, 20022014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306899/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306899/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Frank H. Bigelow, June 13, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with Frank H. Bigelow, June 13, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306899/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Navy veteran Frank H. Bigelow, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bigelow's personal experiences about being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boyhood in North Dakota, various jobs during the Great Depression, and enlisting in the Navy. Additionally, Bigelow speaks about volunteering for duty in the Philippines and his assignment to the submarine tender USS Canopus, pre-war military life in the Philippines, the Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Yard and the destruction of the Canopus, retreating to Bataan and to Corregidor, the fall of Corregidor, his confinement in the 92nd Garage area, the forced march down Dewey Boulevard in Manila and confinement at Cabanatuan, hell ship to Japan, coal mining for Mitsui Heavy Industries, the amputation of his leg by fellow prisoners after a mining accident, liberation, and the destruction in Nagasaki due to the atomic bomb. The interview includes an appendix with an article titled "A Soldier's Story."</p>Oral History Interview with Clyde C. Childress, February 8, 19722020-01-24T21:06:17-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609181/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609181/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Clyde C. Childress, February 8, 1972" title="Oral History Interview with Clyde C. Childress, February 8, 1972" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609181/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Clyde C. Childress, an Army WWII veteran who served with Filipino guerrillas. Childress discusses joining the army, deployment to the Philippines before the war, the Japanese invasion, forming guerrilla groups, operations and survival on Mindanao, and the Allied invasion and liberation. In appendix are a congressional recognition of Childress and others guerrillas' service in the war, an autobiographical account written by Childress, and a series of action briefs reporting the guerrillas' operations.</p>Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 19722019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529221/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529221/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972" title="Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529221/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 19702019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529166/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529166/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 1970" title="Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 1970" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529166/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Oral History Interview with Onnie Clem, Jr., January 11, 19722019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529191/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529191/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Onnie Clem, Jr., January 11, 1972" title="Oral History Interview with Onnie Clem, Jr., January 11, 1972" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529191/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Onnie Clem, Jr., Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Clem discusses his time as a Marine in Northern China before the war; his transfer to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines; the Japanese invasion; the Battle of Bataan; his capture and internment at Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and Davao; escaping from a sinking transport off the coast of Mindanao; and reuniting with American forces.</p>Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 19762019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529118/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529118/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 1976" title="Oral History Interview with Billy Allen, March 1, 1976" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529118/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Billy Allen, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Van Alstyne, Texas. Allen discusses his entry into the Marine Corps, deployment to Shanghai with the China Marines in 1940-41, arrival in the Philippines, the Japanese attack on Mariveles Navy Yard, the retreat to Corregidor, capture by the Japanese, and experiences in internment at Bilibid Prison in Manila, Cabanatuan, Osaka, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture.</p>Oral History Interview with J. L. Sherman, March 4, 19762019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529136/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529136/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with J. L. Sherman, March 4, 1976" title="Oral History Interview with J. L. Sherman, March 4, 1976" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529136/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with J. L. "Smokey" Sherman, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Ponder, Texas. Sherman discusses joining the Army in 1940, going to the Philippines and being stationed on Corregidor, the siege and fall of the island, his escape from capture and time as a guerrilla, surrender, and experiences in internment at Cabanatuan and Kobe.</p>Oral History Interview with John B. Brush, February 3, 19982019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529107/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529107/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John B. Brush, February 3, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with John B. Brush, February 3, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529107/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with John Brush, a businessman and WWII POW from White Plains, New York. Brush discusses his family history, school, work for Procter & Gamble Company, marriage, moving to Manila in 1941, the lead up to war, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, internment by the Japanese army at Santo Tomas Prison Camp, survival with his family, censorship and propaganda, shanties and villages, fake identities to help US servicemen survive, move to Los BaƱos camp, liberation, and return to the US.</p>Oral History Interview with William Coffey, May 20, 19962019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529209/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529209/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William Coffey, May 20, 1996" title="Oral History Interview with William Coffey, May 20, 1996" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529209/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with William Coffey, a Navy WWII veteran from Hopkins County, Texas. Coffey discusses joining the Navy in 1937, boot camp in San Diego, service aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), transfer to submarines in the Philippines, the bombing of Cavite Navy Yard at the start of the war, assignment to the S-41 as a cook, combat around the Solomon Islands, attaining submarine qualifications, patrolling the northern Pacific, the character of the crew, transfer to the USS Sterlet (SS-392), patrols, medical leave, and service postwar.</p>Oral History Interview with William L. Archer, June 10, 19862019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529222/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529222/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William L. Archer, June 10, 1986" title="Oral History Interview with William L. Archer, June 10, 1986" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529222/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with William L. Archer, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Prosperity, Pennsylvania. Archer discusses his education and hiring by Texaco, assignment to the Philippines in 1938, work as a lube engineer, mining operations in the Philippines, distribution, relations between the Philippine and New York offices, marketing strategies, company policies, World War Two and hiding on Negros Island, liberation and the reestablishment of company operations, the post-war market, reorganization, production, security issues, trade with Arabia, and various other businessmen in the industry.</p>Oral History Interview with Thomas P. Emery, February 21, 19952019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529149/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529149/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Thomas P. Emery, February 21, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Thomas P. Emery, February 21, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529149/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Thomas P. Emery, a US Army WWII veteran from Solana Beach, California, who served as a pathfinder in the 6th Army Special Special Recon Unit. Emery discusses joining the Army and airborne training, assignment to G-2, scout and pathfinder training, attending OCS, deployment to New Guinea, formation of the Alamo Scouts, learning to live and fight in the jungle, his first mission, raids and harassing Japanese troops, traveling aboard the USS Missouri, and fighting in the Philippines.</p>Oral History Interview with Howard Charles, March 25, 19982019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529226/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529226/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Howard Charles, March 25, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with Howard Charles, March 25, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529226/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Howard Charles, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Partridge, Kansas. Charles discusses growing up in the Great Depression; joining the Marine Corps and training; assignment to the USS Houston (CA-30) at Manila as a heavy machine gunner and events before the war; the Battle of Sunda Strait and sinking of the Houston; capture by the Japanese and being held at Serang, Java; experiences in internment and forced labor at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, various camps along the Burma Railway, and Saigon; liberation; psychological treatment, trauma, and adjusting to civilian life. In appendix is a letter written by Charles to Marcello including additional information for the interview.</p>Oral History Interview with Howard L. Patton, January 5, 19992019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584962/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584962/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Howard L. Patton, January 5, 1999" title="Oral History Interview with Howard L. Patton, January 5, 1999" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584962/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Howard L. Patton, a Army WWII veteran from Flora, Illinois. Patton discusses his family background, commissioning into the Army through ROTC, training with anti-air artillery, his marriage, deployment to New Guinea, the assault on Wakde Island, the battle of Leyte, operations at Zamboanga, and the end of the war.</p>Oral History Interview with Margaret Gillooly, March 18, 19952019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585074/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585074/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Margaret Gillooly, March 18, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Margaret Gillooly, March 18, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585074/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Margaret Gillooly, a civilian internee of the Japanese in WWII from San Francisco, California. Gillooly discusses her family's move to the Philippines in 1938, schooling, the start of war and the Japanese invasion, staying in Cebu City, her parents' escape from Manila and surviving a sinking in Manila Bay, Japanese occupation of Cebu, being moved to Manila, various experiences surviving internment at Santo Tomas Prison Camp, bombings, the American invasion and liberation, a Japanese counterattack and siege, emotional and mental impacts, and evacuation.</p>Oral History Interview with Colonel John. E. Olson, March 15, 19982019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585098/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585098/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Colonel John. E. Olson, March 15, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with Colonel John. E. Olson, March 15, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585098/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Colonel John E. Olson, a Army WWII veteran and POW from Leavenworth, Kansas. Olson discusses his family background, commissioning in the Army from West Point, assignment to the Philippines in 1939 as an infantry officer, the start of the war, withdrawal to Bataan and the ensuing battle and surrender, the Bataan Death March, internment at Cabanatuan, transfer to Osaka, experiences there in internment at a factory labor camp, liberation, organizing the evacuation of POWs, returning to the US, and his postwar career.</p>Oral History Interview with Commander Alex Vraciu, October 9, 19942019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585118/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585118/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Commander Alex Vraciu, October 9, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Commander Alex Vraciu, October 9, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585118/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Cmdr. Alex Vraciu, a Navy WWII veteran and Navy Cross recipient from East Chicago, Indiana. Vraciu discusses his family and educational background, naval flight training, Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the F6F Hellcat, various combat operations throughout the Pacific, his actions at the "Marianas Turkey Shoot," being awarded the Navy Cross and time stateside, and returning to combat. In appendix is an autobiographical sketch by Vraciu, including a picture of him and his Hellcat with visible victory markings on the fuselage.</p>Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 20072019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584980/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584980/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007" title="Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584980/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.</p>Oral History Interview with John C. Reas, June 23, 19982019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584984/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584984/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John C. Reas, June 23, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with John C. Reas, June 23, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584984/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with John Reas, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from New Albany, Indiana, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Reas discusses his assignment to the Houston and prewar operations in the Pacific, the start of the war and convoy duty, being bombed by 54 Japanese planes, the Battle of Sunda Strait, the sinking, capture by the Japanese, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Thanbyuzayat, work on the Burma Railway, the USS Houston Survivors List, liberation, and life after the war. In appendix is the USS Houston Survivors list, letters of his regarding the list, brief accounts written by Reas of different experiences in the war, a letter by Lanson H. Harris confirming how the list was given to OSS officers, and a photo of Reas' wallet that he carried through the war.</p>Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 20032019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585010/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585010/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 2003" title="Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 2003" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585010/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ernest Kelley, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Antioch, Texas (now the Red River Army Depot), who served with the 112th Cavalry. Kelley discusses growing up in the Depression, joining the Guard, mobilization and training, horses, the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to New Caledonia, landing on Woodlark island and action there, the Battle of Arawe, redeployment to Australia, the Battle of Driniumor River in New Guinea, the Battles of Leyte and Luzon, returning to the United States, and reflections on his time in the Army. In appendix is a list of people and places named in the interview with lat/long coordinates, descriptions of military equipment, and the 112th's WWII service chronicle.</p>Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 19982019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585028/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585028/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585028/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with William Painter, a UNT professor and Army WWII veteran from New Bloomfield, Missouri. Painter discusses growing up in the Depression, being a conscientious objector and feeling pressure to join the war, getting drafted into the infantry and training at Camp Hood and Fort Ord, deployment to the Pacific with the 32nd Infantry Division, operations on Luzon and the Villa Verde Trail, the end of the war, occupation duty in Japan, and returning home. In appendix is a letter to Marcello with a correction for the interview.</p>Oral History Interview with Willie Fred Sander, May 22, 20022019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585034/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585034/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Willie Fred Sander, May 22, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with Willie Fred Sander, May 22, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585034/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Willie Fred Sander, a Navy WWII veteran from Brenham, Texas. Sander discusses his background and life before the war, joining the Navy and aviator training, flying PBM patrol bombers throughout the Pacific, and his family life after the war.</p>Oral History Interview with Toni Lewis, May 14, 20132022-06-20T19:50:39-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944692/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944692/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Toni Lewis, May 14, 2013" title="Oral History Interview with Toni Lewis, May 14, 2013" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944692/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Toni Lewis, U.S. Air Force veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral history Project. Lewis discusses her childhood, decision to enlist in 1976, experiences as a woman in the service, experiences with the Veterans Administration, and opinions about changing roles for women in the U.S. military.</p>Oral History Interview with John R. Bumgarner, March 18, 19952022-06-20T19:33:56-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944655/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944655/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John R. Bumgarner, March 18, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with John R. Bumgarner, March 18, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944655/small/"/></a></p><p>Transcript of an interview with John R. Bumgarner, physician, U.S. Army WWII veteran, and prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. He discusses the fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; and his liberation.</p>Oral History Interview with R. Kenneth Towery, March 19, 19952022-06-20T19:34:52-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944657/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944657/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with R. Kenneth Towery, March 19, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with R. Kenneth Towery, March 19, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944657/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ken Towery, journalist, Army veteran (59th Coast Artillery Regiment), and survivor of the siege of Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Towery discusses the fall of Corregidor and his capture, Cabanatuan (1942), Mukden, Manchuria (1942-1945), and his liberation by Russian troops.</p>Oral History Interview with John Lloyd Ruddick, September 9, 19942021-11-22T07:03:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857717/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857717/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John Lloyd Ruddick, September 9, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with John Lloyd Ruddick, September 9, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857717/small/"/></a></p><p>Transcript of an interview with John Ruddick, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Melvin during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Ruddick discusses the Marianas invasion, the Carolines invasion, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Battle of Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kurile operations, and the occupation of Japan.</p>Oral History Interview with Ralph W. Nelson, April 18, 19962021-11-22T07:07:13-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857725/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857725/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ralph W. Nelson, April 18, 1996" title="Oral History Interview with Ralph W. Nelson, April 18, 1996" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857725/small/"/></a></p><p>Transcript of an interview with Ralph W. Nelson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS Batfish and USS Parche in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, San Francisco, California, 1942; early torpedo problems; his responsibilities as a fire controlman; assignment to the Batfish, 1944; various patrols in the Luzon Strait and Makassar Strait; lifeguard duty off Palau for downed airmen; transfer to the Parche, 1945.</p>Oral History Interview with Caleb H. Canby, III, August 5, 19972021-11-22T07:09:21-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857731/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857731/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Caleb H. Canby, III, August 5, 1997" title="Oral History Interview with Caleb H. Canby, III, August 5, 1997" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857731/small/"/></a></p><p>Transcript of an interview with Caleb H. Canby, III, a Marine Corps veteran (Scout-Bomber 243, 1st Marine Air Wing), concerning experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Canby discusses his family background and education; decision to join the Marine Corps, 1942; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina; advanced training at Quantico, Virginia, 1943-44; assignment to Scout-Bomber Squadron 243 at Emirau, Solomon Islands, 1944-45; his work in the flight department processing pilots' flight logs; transfer to Mangaldan, Luzon, 1945; assignment to Mindanao in March, 1945; contraction of hepatitis and return to the U. S.</p>Oral History Interview with Fred Vogel, August 8, 20012019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585125/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585125/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Fred Vogel, August 8, 2001" title="Oral History Interview with Fred Vogel, August 8, 2001" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585125/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Fred Vogel, a Army WWII veteran from Austin, Minnesota. Vogel discusses his family and upbringing, football and college, working as a lawyer, joining the Army and basic training, attending Officer Candidate School, infantry training, deployment to New Guinea with the 33rd Infantry Division, the invasion of Morotai, combat around Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines, and occupation duty in Japan.</p>Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 19702019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529132/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529132/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 1970" title="Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 1970" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529132/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Roy Allen, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Denton, Texas. Allen served during the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, after which he fought with Filipino guerrillas until his capture by Japanese forces in mid-1942. He was interned at the Del Monte Plantation, Mindanao, and later at Yokkaichi, Japan.</p>Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 19712019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529181/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529181/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971" title="Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529181/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Major William G. Adair, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Birmingham, Alabama. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded in December 1941, Adair was captured, survived the Bataan Death March, and interned at Cabanatuan before going to Osaka and Zentsuji, Japan for the remainder of the war.</p>Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 19712019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529225/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529225/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971" title="Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529225/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Loren Brantley, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Daingerfield, Texas. Brantley discusses being stationed in Shanghai before the war, his experience in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked on December 8th, the Battle of Corregidor, and his internments at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, and a coal mine near Nagasaki.</p>