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Oral History Interview with Ruth Edmonds Hill, May 13, 2016

Description: Interview with Ruth Hill, a librarian and the wife of Boston-area storyteller Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill) from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Hill discusses growing up in Pittsfield and the layout of the communities there, her family history, school, attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, working at Harvard, marrying Hugh, festivities on the Cambridge commons, Blue's storytelling career, and her career working on African-American history projects. In appendix are 3 photos of Mrs.… more
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Date: May 13, 2016
Creator: Valk, Anne M. & Edmonds-Hill, Ruth
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Oral History Interview with Billy Drawe, June 13, 2000

Description: Interview with dairyman and Marine Corps veteran Billy Drawe. The interview includes Drawe's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, enlistment and boot camp, tank training, invading Guam, coming under Japanese mortar fire on Guam, invading Iwo Jima, hauling supplies ashore to the infantry on Iwo Jima, and returning to the states for training in the V-12 Program.
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Date: June 13, 2000
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Drawe, Billy
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Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 1999

Description: 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 author… more
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Date: November 13, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crumbling, Warren D.
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Oral History Interview with Charles Beatty, March 13, 2006

Description: Interview with Charles "Chuck" Beatty, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Beatty's personal experiences of childhood and education, accepting an athletic scholarship to North Texas, playing football at North Texas and with the Pittsburgh Steelers and other professional teams, being in the National Guard during the Vietnam era, and returning to North Texas to earn a degree following his professional football career. Additionally, Beatty speaks of soc… more
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Date: March 13, 2006
Creator: Miller, Randy & Beatty, Charles
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Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003

Description: 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
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Date: May 13, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Clemens, John J., 1921-
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Oral History Interview with Frank H. Bigelow, June 13, 2002

Description: 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 Cav… more
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Date: June 13, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bigelow, Frank H., 1921-
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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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Oral History Interview with Marshall E. Fields, February 13, 1972

Description: Interview with Marshall Fields, a Marine WWII veteran from Arkansas. Fields discusses his deployment to Wake Island shortly before the war, the Battle of Wake Island, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, China, and Sapporo, Japan.
Date: February 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fields, Marshall E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Sidney F. Krohn, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with Sidney Krohn, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Krohn, Sidney F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Leon P. Sell, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with Leon P. Sell, United States Army veteran from Wallis, Texas. This interview contains his experiences with the 25th Medical Battalion at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He discusses being a first sergeant of D Company, 25th Medical Battalion and only being 18 at the time of the attack.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sell, Leon P., Sr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with J. E. Rugg, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with James Rugg, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the minelayer USS Breese during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rugg, James E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Wiliam Wayne Kitts, May 13, 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with William Wayne Kitts, U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare veteran of World War II. Kitts shares concerning his childhood and family history in Sulphur Springs, Texas; college at the University of Texas during the Depression; musical background; enlistment in the U.S. Navy shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor; midshipman school in New York City and selection for sonar school in Key West, Florida; assignment to USS Mason, the first ship in the navy with an integrat… more
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Date: May 13, 2009
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Kitts, William Wayne, 1921-
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Oral History Interview with William Cottingame, September 13, 1978

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Paul R. Rose. The interview includes Belotti's personal experiences while aboard the aircraft tender USS Curtiss during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: September 13, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cottingame, William
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert M. Bane, January 11, 2013

Description: Interview with Robert Bane, a Army WWII veteran from Garland, Texas. Bane discusses his family background, basic training, deployment to the Battle of the Bulge, General George S. Patton, experiences in combat with the 63rd Infantry Division during the drive into Germany, his comrades, crossing the Rhine, liberating Dachau, returning to the states, and his work with the Freemasons. In appendix is a photograph of Bane with his medals.
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Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Malone, Timothy & Bane, Robert M.
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Oral History Interview with William R. Gill, October 13, 1996

Description: Transcript of an interview with William R. Gill, agronomist and Army veteran (A Company, 389th Infantry Regiment, 98th Division), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his experiences and role in the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in postwar Japan. Appendix includes five leaves from "The hunt for Tokyo Rose,' By Russell Warren Howe and four leaves from "Tokyo Rose: Orphan of the Pacific," by Masayo Duus.
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Date: October 13, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Gill, William R.
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Oral History Interview with Fred Vogel, August 8, 2001

Description: 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.
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Date: June 13, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Vogel, Fred
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Oral History Interview with Raymond D. Reed, March 13, 1979

Description: Interview with Raymond Reed, an 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. Reed discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberatio… more
Date: March 13, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Reed, Raymond D., 1921-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970

Description: Interview with Earl I. Crow, a farmer and mechanic from Taft, TX. Crow recounts his family's move to Sinton, TX, in 1909, and the establishment of Taft as a community through the 1910s.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Crow, Earl I.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972

Description: Interview with James W. Gee, a sales executive, a Marine Corps veteran, and a survivor of the sinking of the U.S.S. Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Gee talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), coa… more
Date: [1972-03-13,1972-03-19]
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, James Wallace
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Paul W. Neff, April 13, 1974

Description: Interview with Paul W. Neff, businessman and Army Air Corps veteran. The interview includes Neff's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 13, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Neff, Paul W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Jack Randall, April 13, 1974

Description: Interview with Jack Randall, watchmaker and U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Blue during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 13, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Randall, Jack, 1922-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Representative Tip Hall, August 13, 1979

Description: Interview with Representative Tip Hall, a member of the House of Representatives from Ennis, Texas. Hall discusses his experiences attending the 66th Legislative Session for the state of Texas, his initial race for the Texas Legislature, his political stance, the appropriations bill, and bills related to public school education.
Date: August 13, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bruce D. Gipson, February 13, 1991

Description: Interview with Bruce D. Gipson, a former farmer, athlete, and member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Knox City, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
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Date: February 13, 1991
Creator: Daniels, John & Gipson, Bruce D.
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Oral History Interview with Barry M. Lewis, April 13, 2021

Description: Interview with Barry M. Lewis, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois. Lewis discusses his background in law, education, the COVID-19 Pandemic, his involvement with postpartum cases, postpartum psychoses, the DSM, and literature and treatment related to postpartum mental illnesses.
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Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Lewis, Barry M.
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