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Oral History Interview with Joe Allison, March 2, 1996

Description: Interview with Joe Allison, a Navy veteran and a company transportation executive, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Date: March 2, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Allison, Joe
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 1995

Description: Interview with Luciel Leonard, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas from 1939 to 1983, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin, the attempts to unionize during the 1950s, and the changes in the product line.
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Date: August 3, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Leonard, Luciel
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Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995

Description: Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).
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Date: October 22, 1995
Creator: Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995

Description: Interview with Odis Taylor concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Taylor worked at camps in Pierce, Idaho (Company 5702) and Emida, Idaho (Company 229).
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Date: October 6, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Taylor, Odis S.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Troy Sloan, October 12, 1995

Description: Interview with Troy Sloan concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Sloan worked at a camp in Bonham, Texas (Company 894).
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Date: October 12, 1995
Creator: Camp, Kathi & Sloan, Troy
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Oral History Interview with George L. McColm, March 18, 1995

Description: Interview with George McColm, a Navy veteran and an agricultural expert, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. McColm discusses his education at Kansas State College, his experiences in agricultural marketing research, his employment with the Production Marketing Administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, his employment at Topaz Relocation Center for Japanese Americans (1942-1944), his induction into the U.S. Navy (1944), his role in planning … more
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & McColm, George L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995

Description: Interview with Eugene Brown concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brown worked at camps in Cleburne, Texas (Company 3804) and San Antonio, Texas (Company 3822).
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Date: October 16, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Brown, Eugene L.
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Oral History Interview with Robert L. Fort, October 28, 1995

Description: Interview with Robert Fort, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a legal-sized photocopy of a document concerning the location and activities on the USS Raleigh on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Date: October 28, 1995
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Fort, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995

Description: Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.
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Date: August 23, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Holcomb, Marguerite Oklahoma
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert M. Allen, October 14, 1995

Description: Interview with Robert Allen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while temporarily assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (His permanent assignment was aboard the aircraft tender USS Avocet. He was attending signalman school at the Submarine Base).
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Date: October 14, 1995
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Allen, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ken Towery. Towery joined the Army in early 1941 and was sent to Corregidor to join a coast artillery unit. He recalls several details about life under siege at Corregidor before he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Cabanatuan. He left the Philippines later that year and was taken to China. Towery shares his opinions about being a POW as well as several anecdotes. He also comments on being liberated by Russians and how the Russians and Chinese communists cooperated right … more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, R. Ken
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Oral History Interview with Ray Hunt, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ray Hunt. Hunt joined the Army Air Corps in early 1939. After training, Hunt became an aircraft mechanic and went to the Philippines in November, 1941. He was captured on Bataan and made a prisoner of war. Hunt describes his experiences on the Death March. Along the way, he escaped and was aided by Filipinos until he was healthy enough to join a guerrilla band in Tarlac. Hunt describes his activities and the command structure of his guerrilla organization. When the Allies invaded… more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hunt, Ray
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Oral History Interview with John Bumgarner, March 18, 1995

Description: Interview with John Bumgarner, a physician and an Army veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines during World War II. Bumgarner discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1944-1945), and his liberation.
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bumgarner, John R.
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Oral History Interview with Dorothy Still Danner, March 19, 1995

Description: interview with Dorothy Still Danner. Danner graduated from nursing school in Los Angeles in 1935. In 1939, she applied and was accepted as a nurse in the Navy. After a while, she received orders for the Philippines and arrived in early 1940 on a two-year assignment. Danner recalls the idyllic setting prior to the war before describing activities just after the Japanese invasion. She was stationed at a hospital at Sangley Point near Cavite in Luzon, Philippines. She was captured by the Japanese … more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Danner, Dorothy Still
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Oral History Interview with Ernest Gordon, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ernest Gordon. Gordon was born in Scotland and joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1939 at Stirling Castle. He was sent to Singapore in January 1940 before the Japanese invaded. Gordon recalls defending the Malay Peninsula starting in January 1942. Gordon was the last to go over the causeway into Singapore before it was destroyed. As Singapore fell, Gordon escaped to Sumatra. When Sumatra fell, Gordon escaped on a sailboat but was captured asea and sent back to Singap… more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Gordon, Ernest
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John C. ("Jack") Fitch, March 19, 1995

Description: Fitch begins with a summary of the naval career of his father, Admiral Aubrey Fitch. Fitch joined the Navy in early 1942. He was assigned to the USS Wasp (CV-7) just before it sank, then to the USS Hornet (CV-8) just before it sank. He was finally assigned to CASU-3 and sent to Guadalcanal. He reflects on what it was like for him in the service while having a high-ranking father. In April, 1943, Fitch transferred aboard the USS Nicholas (DD-449). Fitch shares several anecdotes of his experience… more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fitch, John C.
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Oral History Interview with Mei T. Nakano, March 18, 1995

Description: Interview with Mei Nakano, a college professor, concerning her experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Amache, Colorado, internment camp during World War II. Nakano discusses her childhood experiences with bigotry in rural Colorado, the evacuation from Los Angeles to Amache in September of 1942, camp life, her marriage in the camp, resettlement in Chicago, and the lasting impressions of the internment experience.
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Nakano, Mei Takaya
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Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 1994

Description: Interview with Edith Smith about her recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses her marriage to Wilbur Smith, courting practices, her childhood, family servants, her education, church activities, a survey of downtown businesses, her job in the newspaper business, leisuretime activities, Red Cross activities during World War I, family reading material, and political activities.
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Date: October 1, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Smith, Edith
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Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 1994

Description: Interview with Jessie Surratt about her recollections of women's lives in Texarkana, Texas during the Progressive Era. Surratt discusses the business community during her childhood, "Swampoodle" and speakeasies and prostitution, folk medicines, funeral practices, her education, her stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home, memories of her parents, church activities, her mother's membership in Maccabees, gender roles, child-rearing, and holiday customs.
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Date: October 28, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Surratt, Jessie Marie Perkinson
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Oral History Interview with Annie Mae Arnold, October 20, 1994

Description: Interview with Annie Mae Arnold about her recollections of the African American community in Texarkana, Texas from 1931 to 1994. Arnold discusses marriage customs, farm work, diet, birthing and child delivery, courting practices, education, cooking, and child rearing.
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Date: October 20, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Arnold, Annie Mae Williams
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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