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Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999

Description: Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
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Date: March 12, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lyndle Lynch, January 10, 1995

Description: 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.
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Date: January 10, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lynch, Lyndle
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: Army]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 16, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with James Riley Chennault, August 6, 2003

Description: Interview with Army veteran James Riley Chennault. The interview includes Chennault's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood in Mississippi, moving to Texas in 1939, joining the 112th Cavalry, training, combat, and the Battle of Driniumor River. Chennault also talks about the mobilization of the Texas National Guard, Louisiana Maneuvers as part of the 3rd Army, rotation to the states, his assignment to a pack mule outfit, his discharge from the A… more
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Date: August 6, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Chennault, James Riley
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: World of work]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the World of Work project aimed at helping veterans reassimilate into civilian life.
Date: May 14, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Parachuters show skill]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 29, 1952
Duration: 2 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: FBI]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of FBI office at El Paso who said it has cleared up a bank robbery in the west Texas city.
Date: December 19, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Thomas W. Nance, March 24, 2003

Description: Interview with Thomas W. Nance, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Nance discusses growing up and joining the 112th, working with horses, equipment used and organization, maneuvers at Fort Bliss, deployment to New Caledonia, operations on Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island and the landing at Arawe, being wounded and evacuated, recovery and discharge, continued disability and experiences with VA hospitals, and refl… more
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Date: March 24, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Nance, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 2003

Description: 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 Unit… more
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Date: February 20, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Kelley, Ernest L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Clip: Gunnery School]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 19, 1952
Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with James E. Rugg, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with James E. Rugg, to get his reminiscences and impression during his stay on the USS Breese, at Pearl Harbor, especially during the Pearl Harbor attack. Rugg was born in Longview, Texas in 1918, and went into the Navy in 1935.
Date: June 13, 1976
Duration: 50 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Marcello, Ron & Rugg, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Leon Sell, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with Leon Sell, to get his reminiscences and impression during his stay on the Schofield Barracks, at Pearl Harbor, especially during the Pearl Harbor attack. Sell was born in Wallis, Texas in 1920, and went into the Army.
Date: June 13, 1976
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Marcello, Ron & Sell, Leon
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Sidney F. Krohn, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with Sidney F. Krohn, to get his reminiscences and impression during his stay on the USS Pennsylvania, at Pearl Harbor, especially during the Pearl Harbor attack. Krohn was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi in 1922, and went into the Navy 1939.
Date: June 13, 1976
Duration: 57 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Marcello, Ron & Krohn, Sidney F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with George E. Fortenberry, September 24, 2003

Description: Interview with George E. Fortenberry, who is an Army veteran and college professor from Arlington, Texas. In the interview, Fortenberry discusses his experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theatre during his time as a member of the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard during World War II. He also describes what it was like growing up during the Great Depression and attending various different schools in both Texas and Oklahoma. Fortenberry discusses why he decided to join the National Guard,… more
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Date: September 24, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Fortenberry, George E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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