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Oral History Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., September 19, 2003

Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., engineer and Army veteran (Quartermaster Corps Graves Registration Service-China Zone), concerning his experiences with Recovery Team No. 4 in the recovery of the remains of American military personnel in China, 1945-46. Appendix consists of letters, chronology, Separation Qualification Record, and extracts from various forms.

Date: September 19, 2003

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wallace, Barton B., Jr.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with W. W. Hughes, November 17, 2003

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 … more

Date: November 17, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Hughes, W. W.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Clarence Kingsley, November 21, 2003

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.

Date: November 23, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Kingsley, Clarence

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lloyd F. Hudson, August 12, 2003

Interview with Lloyd F. Hudson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Fort Worth, Texas. Hudson discusses his family background, joining the 124th Cavalry and transfer to the 112th, work as a cavalryman before activation, activation and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to Townsville, Australia, amphibious assault on Arawe, New Britain, falling ill and returning to the States, the character of troops, equipment, rivalry with the Marine Corps, and acts of bravery. In appendix is a list of H… more

Date: August 12, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Hudson, Lloyd F.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert Hoe, September 20, 2003

Interview with Robert Hoe, a Navy WWII veteran of the China-Burma-India theater from Le Roy, New York. Hoe discusses growing up, the reaction to Pearl Harbor, attending college, enlisting in the Navy, training and becoming an officer, joining the Navy Scouts and Raiders, deployment to China and assignment to the Sino-American Cooperative Organization, supplying their forces, operations with guerilla fighters against the Japanese occupation, intelligence gathering, his reaction to the atomic bom… more

Date: September 20, 2003

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Hoe, Robert

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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

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

Date: March 24, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Nance, Thomas W.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ben Moody, October 8, 2003

Interview with Ben Moody, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kilgore, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Moody discusses his family, surviving the Great Depression, his jobs and education, joining the 112th and mobilization, deployment to New Caledonia, Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island, the Battle of Arawe, the Battle of Driniumor River, spending the remainder of the war in the hospital, and reflections on the 112th.

Date: October 8, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Moody, Ben

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 2003

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

Date: February 20, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Kelley, Ernest L.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William Garbo, Sr., 2003-2004

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, … more

Date: November 24, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Garbo, William, Sr.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles C. Brabham, Jr., September 9, 2003

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.

Date: September 9, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Brabham, Charles C., Jr.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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

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

Date: August 6, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Chennault, James Riley

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hugh W. Calvert, September 10, 2003

Interview with Army veteran Hugh W. Calvert. The interview includes Calvert's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, his assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, tank school at Fort Knox, transferring to Service Troop, his assignment to New Caledonia and to Woodlark Island, operation on Arawe, the Driniumor River Campaign, and his rotation back to the States.

Date: September 10, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Calvert, Hugh W.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with J. D. Bradley, June 27, 2003

Interview with postmaster and Army veteran J.D. Bradley. The interview includes Bradley's personal experiences about being a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II, enlisting in the army, basic training, various assignments, guard duty in the court docks during the tribunal, and guarding Hideki Tojo. Bradley talks about rules and regulations for Military Police guards, steps taken to prevent suicides among the prisoners, the physical descri… more

Date: June 27, 2003

Creator: Koontz, Christopher N. & Bradley, J. D.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003

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 sinkin… more

Date: May 13, 2003

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Clemens, John J., 1921-

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Aletha Barsanti, January 17, 2003

Interview with Aletha Barsanti regarding her experiences as the wife of U. S. Army General Olinto Barsanti. They married in 1942. She remembers their courtship in San Antonio; their assignments in Europe, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; raising their children; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; and his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer a… more

Date: January 17, 2003

Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Barsanti, Aletha

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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

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

Date: September 24, 2003

Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Fortenberry, George E.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program