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STEWART, Cleon (b. 1919)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0911

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942-43; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Changi Jail, 1943-45; "King Rat" and black market activities; liberation.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1993

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STEWART, Everett (b. 1915)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0308

His experiences as a fighter pilot with the 73rd Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Additional comments by his wife, who was also there at the time.
Date of Interview: 24/02/1976

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STEWART, Richard O. (b. 1922)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 419th Night Fighter Squadron. 18th Fighter Group. 13th Air Force.

Interview ID: OH 1364

Airline pilot. His experiences as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; influence of Charles Lindbergh’s non-stop Atlantic flight on his goal to become a pilot; basic training, Santa Ana, California, 1942; primary flight training, Dos Palos, California, 1942; basic flight training, Marana, Arizona, 1942; advanced flight training, Williams Field, Arizona, 1942-43; basic and advanced night fighter training, Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida, 1943; assignment to the 419th Night Fighter Squadron, 1943; assignment to the 18th Fighter Group, Guadalcanal, 1943; living conditions on Guadalcanal; searchlight and intruder missions while flying the P-38; his strafing of a Japanese patrol along the coast of Bougainville; his “kill” of a Japanese Betty bomber on New Year’s Eve, 1944; his transition to the P-61; Japanese ground attacks against his airbase on Bougainville; his description of the flying characteristics of the P-61; his promotion to squadron commander while in the Philippines, 1944; night reconnaissance and intruder missions in the Philippines, 1944-45; postwar career.
Date of Interview: 28/08/2000

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STEWART, Robert “Bob” (b. 1939)

Interview ID: OH 1490

Jazz musician. His comments about the jazz scene in Fort Worth, Texas, 1950-2000. His early interest in music; his first drum set; his first professional job with the Shorty Clements Band, 1953-57; college at Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, 1957-60; his employment as a disk jockey in Cleburne, Texas, and Fort Worth; his definition of jazz; playing with the Charles Scott Band in Fort Worth during the 1970s; after-hours clubs in Fort Worth; jazz’s role in bringing together black and white musicians; comments about various jazz clubs and venues in Fort Worth; musicians unions; comments about the lack of full-time employment opportunities for jazz musicians in Fort Worth; comments about the Fort Worth jazz scene; peculiarities of Texas jazz and the “Texas Sound.”
Date of Interview: 27/03/2003

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STEWART, William J. (b. 1920)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0544

Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 11/06/1981

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STILES, John (b. 1946)

U.S. Air Force Vietnam Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1909

For the Air America Oral History Project. Fighter pilot and U.S. Air Force veteran. Recounts his training as a fighter pilot during the war in Vietnam. Shares how he and a fellow pilots planes were shot down in Northern Laos and how Air America rescued them.
Date of Interview: 05/05/2013

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STINCHCOMB, Glenn M. (b. 1927)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. VP-27.

Interview ID: OH 1350

Engineer. His experiences as a PB4Y-2 co-pilot during World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Decision to enlist in the Navy on May 9, 1945; acceptance in the V-5 Program for naval aviators, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1945-46; pre-flight training, Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1946; his decision to participate in the Holloway Program as a midshipman, 1946; primary flight training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, 1947; basic flight training, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, 1947-48; PBY Catalina training, Pensacola; advanced flight training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1948; PB4Y-2 training, Corpus Christi; airborne radar training, Naval Air Station, San Ysidro, California, 1948; training with submarines at San Diego, California, 1948; assignment to VP-27, Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island and Kodiak Island, Alaska; Alaskan weather and its effects on flying; photo-reconnaissance missions; Russian overflights of Alaskan territory; equipment problems due to cold weather; the end of his tour, December, 1949.
Date of Interview: 17/11/1999

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STINES, James T. (b. 1921)

Interview ID: OH 0880

Plumber. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 742 at Camp Shady near Mena, Arkansas; transfer to Company 4782 at Camp Flint Creek near Phillipsburg, Montana; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 02/03/1993

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STOCKETT, Thomas (b. 1919)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0678

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dale during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 24/04/1986

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STOKER, J.W. (b. 1927)

Interview ID: OH 1887

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Trick rider and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood and family history; trick riding; performing with various stage shows; move to Weatherford; modern rodeos.
Date of Interview: 04/08/2010

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STOKES, C. Ray (b. 1913)

Interview ID: OH 1847

For Richard Rafes’s dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former TCOM Director of Development and Curator of Special Collections. Professional background; creation of TCOM.
Date of Interview: 09/07/1990

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STONE, Preston E. (b. 1916)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0498

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Nakhom Pathon, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 20/02/1980

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STONE, Raymond (b. 1923)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0757

His experiences while aboard the destroyer repair ship USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 16/09/1988

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STONE, Susan Dowd (b. 1950)

Interview ID: OH 2062

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Susan Dowd Stone is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialization in perinatal mental health, and a past-president of Postpartum Support International (PSI). She discusses her own training and career path, how she became involved in PSI, Depression After Delivery, and postpartum depression work through New Jersey First Lady Mary Jo Codey. Then Dowd Stone discusses her leadership work in PSI, notably several CBS Cares public service announcements in the early-2000s, and her work on the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act. Mentions Jane Honikman, Joyce Venis, Senator Bob Menendez, Wendy N. Davis, Kimberly Wong, Sylvia Lasalandra, Representative Bobby Rush, and the Affordable Care Act. Focus on 2000s and early 2010s. 
Date of Interview: 23/09/2022

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STORRIE, James (b. ca 1910)

Interview ID: OH 1199

His reminiscences about his youth while residing in Denton, Texas, 1902-71; Boy Scouts activities, 1917-1930; other playtime activities; early descriptions of Texas Woman's University; family's emigration from Scotland, 1890; physical description of Denton, 1915-30.
Date of Interview: 01/01/1981

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STOTLAND, Nada (b. 1943)

Interview ID: OH 2032

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Stotland is a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Her research has focused on issues of reproduction and psychiatry especially around abortion. she was also the 135th President of the American Psychiatric Association, presiding over the publication of DSM-V. We discussed post-abortion trauma syndrome, postpartum depression, women and psychiatry, hormones, and her position as a public figure on abortion issues. The period discussed is primarily the 1970s-1990s.
Date of Interview: 26/09/2019

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STOWERS, Henry B. (b. 1911)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. Embassy Guard Detachment. Peking.

Interview ID: OH 0148

Journalist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in North China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 25/05/1973

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STRANGE, Luther G. (b. 1913)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1140

His experiences with Headquarters Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 15/10/1996

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STRAUS, Herbert (b. 1895)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0231

Jewish chaplain. His experiences at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base during the Japanese attack there on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/07/1974

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STRAWN, Harry C. (b. 1918)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 31st Fighter Group. 12th Air Force; 413th Fighter Group. 14th Air Force.

Interview ID: OH 1208

His experiences as a fighter pilot in the European, Mediterranean, and Pacific Theaters during World War II. Primary training, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1940; secondary training, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas, 1941; advanced training, Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1941; assignment to the 31st Fighter Group, 1942; training in the Bell P-39 Airacobra; move to England and assignment to fly a Spitfire; Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942; North African Campaign, 1942-43; comments about General George S. Patton; combat against French Foreign Legion troops and award of Distinguished Flying Cross by General James Doolittle; downing of his plane by antiaircraft fire and his capture by German troops, April 17, 1943; treatment of his wounds by a German military surgeon; liberation by British troops eight weeks later; further recuperation in British and American hospitals; repatriation to the U. S. and marriage, 1943; assignment to P-47 squadron during the invasion of Okinawa, April, 1945; escort missions for B-29s; napalm raids against Japanese towns and villages on Kyushu; observations of the Japanese surrender delegation at his base on Ie Shima prior to the formal surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.
Date of Interview: 16/08/1997

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STREET, Bruce (b. *)

Interview ID: OH 1783

For Richard Rafes’s dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former TCOM employee. History of TCOM.
Date of Interview: 29/06/1990

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STRITTMATTER, Joseph (b. 1919)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0210

His experiences with VP-24 at Ford Island Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 08/06/1974

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STRNAD, John C. (b. 1921)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0417

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Allen during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 29/03/1978

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STROBEL, Naran “Nora” Dorj (b. 1971)

Interview ID: OH 1737

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mongolian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, surgical technician. Granddaughter of Dorj Cembel, first state governor for the Bulgan State and Selenge State in Mongolia. Born and raised in Ulan Bator, Mongolia; education in Mongolia, China and United States; life in Communist Mongolia; aftermath of Perestroika; emigration from Mongolia; citizenship; marriage and family in the United States.
Date of Interview: 06/03/2011

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STRONG, Raymond D. (b. 1924)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1124

His experiences with Base Communications on Ford Island during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 16/12/1995

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STROUD, James (b. 1914)

Texas House of Representatives. Democrat.

Interview ID: OH 0087

Civil service administrator, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations; redistricting; personal legislation.
Date of Interview: 27/06/1971

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Interview ID: OH 0090

Civil service administrator, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences as an employee in the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Mortgage buying; loan amortization; insurance; home improvements; accounting procedures; politics and patronage; taxes and appraising; foreclosures; loan servicing.
Date of Interview: 06/08/1971

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Interview ID: OH 0150

Civil service administrator, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. House speakership races; selection of committee chairmen; House rules changes; Governor Preston Smith’s one-year budget; insurance legislation; comments about Governor Smith.
Date of Interview: 28/11/1972

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STROUD, Wendolyn (b. 1927)

Interview ID: OH 1923

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Childhood memories growing up in a family as one of eight children in Weatherford, TX during the Great Depression.
Date of Interview: 25/02/2010

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STROUD, Wendolyn (b. 1927) and DAVIS, Donald (b. 1935)

Interview ID: OH 1923A

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Sister and brother sharing childhood memories growing up in a family of eight children in Weatherford, TX during the Great Depression.
Date of Interview: 30/03/2010

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STUTH-WADE, Robert (b. 1953)

Interview ID: OH 1499

Artist. Recollections of his relationship with Dallas painter Perry Nichols, 1971-1985. His early interest in drawing and art; his introduction to Nichols; comments about Nichols’s marital life and alcoholism; Nichols’s teaching style and mentorship; his description of Nichols’s studio; his comparison of Nichols’s lifestyle to that of Ernest Hemingway; his critique of Nichols’s works and work habits; his criticisms of abstract expressionism; Nichols’s marriages; comments about the “Dallas Nine” and Nichols’s contribution to the Texas art scene.
Date of Interview: 19/02/2003

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SUDDUTH, Joseph (b. 1921)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0797

His experiences with B Company, Barracks Detachment, at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 05/07/1990

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SULLIVAN, Mary George Billingsley (b. 1908)

Interview ID: OH 1682

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Longtime Denton County resident. Family history; farming life, religious practice, and education in the public schools of Argyle, Texas; marriage to Carson Sullivan and 1929 move to city of Denton; work for Denton Building and Loan Association; 1951 move to Dallas and 1973 return to Argyle; recollections of Influenza epidemic, Great Depression, World War II, and Kennedy assassination; admiration for Barack Obama.
Date of Interview: 26/11/2009

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SUMMERLIN, Granville T. (b. 1919)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0543

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Bangkok, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 09/06/1981

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SUMMERS, J. L. (b. 1921)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 1079

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; railroad maintenance work in Burma, 1944; Phet Buri, Thailand, 1944-45; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 21/08/1995 to 22/08/1995

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SUN, Hui (b. 1968)

Interview ID: OH 1831

For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Chinese-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in China; education; family dynamics in China compared to United States; children; decision to immigrate; Chinese culture; importance of language; American parenting; importance of religion and family; community building in Plano; Chinese military service.
Date of Interview: 18/11/2012

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SURRATT, Jessie Marie (b. 1915)

Interview ID: OH 1063

Her recollections concerning women’s lives in Texarkana, Texas, during the Progressive Era. Childhood descriptions of business community; “Swampoodle” and speakeasies and prostitution; folk medicines; funeral practices; education; stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home; memories of parents; church activities; mother’s membership in Maccabees; gender roles; child rearing; holiday customs.
Date of Interview: 28/10/1994

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SWAIM, Kenneth (b. 1939)

Interview ID: OH 1854

For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Lifetime Tolar, Texas resident. Childhood in Tolar; rural life; memories of segregation; race relations in Tolar; visits to Fort Worth; work experience; electrifying rural Texas; integration of little league sports; post-World War II changes to rural Texas; John F. Kennedy assassination; desegregation in Tolar.
Date of Interview: 13/03/2014

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SWAIN, C. N. (b. 1924)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0676

His experiences while aboard the auxiliary repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 16/04/1986

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SWETLICK, Stephan (b. 1900)

Interview ID: OHB 0106

Farmer-rancher, Robstown, Texas. Family background; farming and social activities near Hillje, Texas; comments on preserving meat; description of family farm auction, 1924; employment as cottonseed culler operator, Robstown, 1925; establishment of meat delivery route, 1925; operation of cafe; comments on leasing farm, 1926; purchase of farm, 1928; description of clearing 1,400 acres of rented farmland near Robstown; description of land deals, 1930s; sale of farm produce; comments on cotton and maize production; distribution of land to his children; description of cattle and hog raising; comments on farm equipment; civic activities.
Date of Interview: 10/07/1984

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SYKES, C. S. (b. 1913) and Ruth (b. 1915)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0092

Veteran and his wife. Their account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, while living at Kawailoa.
Date of Interview: 27/09/1971

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TAFFET, David (b. 1953)

Interview ID: OH 1835

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Journalist and long-time Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in New York City; awareness of sexuality; coming out; college at SUNY-Albany; move to Dallas; AIDS crisis in Dallas; Dallas LGBT history; Dallas gay community; the Dallas Voice; Dallas Buyers Club; struggle for marriage equality and other rights; the Dallas Way LGBT history project.
Date of Interview: 12/11/2013

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TAIT, John (b. 1920)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1426

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Saint Louis during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; also brief comments about naval operations in the Aleutians, Solomons, Philippines, and Okinawa.
Date of Interview: 06/12/2001

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TAMPRATEEP, Numchai (b. 1955)

Interview ID: OH 1705

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Thai-borne immigrant to Denton, Texas, and restaurateur. Childhood and education in rural Suphan Buri and urban Ranong and Bangkok, Thailand; decision to immigrate to U.S.; enrollment at North Texas Junior College in Gainesville, Texas; first impressions of U.S. and Texas; transfer to UNT to study biology; decision to open the restaurant/grocery store that evolved into Mr. Chopsticks; efforts to keep in touch with family in Thailand.
Date of Interview: 07/12/2009

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TANIGUCHI, Alan (b. 1922)

Interview ID: OH 1078

Architect. His experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Gila River, Arizona, relocation camp during World War II. Pre-war anti-Japanese sentiment around Fort Stockton, California; his father’s activities with Japanese patriotic organizations; liquidation of farm property; relocation to Gila River; camp life at Gila River; resettlement to Detroit; conflict with his father over voluntary repatriation to Japan.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1995

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TAYLOR, Clark (b. 1915)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0491

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Bangkok; 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 14/09/1979

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TAYLOR, Floyd (b. 1913)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group.

Interview ID: OH 1286

Surgeon. His experiences as a surgeon in North Africa, Italy, and France during World War II. Induction into the U.S. Army Medical Department and assignment to the Surgical Hospital, Fort Meade, 1941; three-month assignment to the Mayo Clinic, 1942; assignment to the Massachusetts General Hospital and the forming of the 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, 1942; convoy across the Atlantic and various assignments in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, 1942-43; invasion of Italy, 1943; encounter with Time correspondent Jack Belden; organizing the surgical teams; Salerno invasion, 1943; Winter Line Campaign, 1943-44; Anzio-Nettuno invasion, 1944; performing surgery under combat conditions; Po Valley Campaign, 1945; his role in the compilation of the War Department publication Surgery in World War II (Volume II): General Surgery; first use of penicillin to prevent gas gangrene; value of penicillin on the black market; field X-ray facilities; blood replacement; treatment of abdominal wounds and the use of colostomies; treatment of flesh wounds.
Date of Interview: 26/06/1998

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TAYLOR, Foy (b. 1928)

Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1927

Interview by the Denton County Historical Commission. Childhood memories growing up during the Depression; Veteran, military service, occupations and marriage; reflections on Bonnie & Clyde; donating his family’s log cabin to Denton County, TX.
Date of Interview: 18/11/2013

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TAYLOR, H. William (b. 1920)

Caltex Petroleum Corporation.

Interview ID: OH 0679

Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational and military background; employment with Caltex, 1946; marketing assistant, Philippines, 1947; market expansion in Philippines; living conditions and social life in Philippines; major contracts; Huk rebellion; expansion of Philippine district offices; assignment to Davao; competition with Shell and Standard Vacuum; training of Filipino nationals; “case and can” market; construction of bulk terminals in Philippines; Batangas refinery; assistant district manager, Manila, 1955; Indonesian fields, importance to Philippines; impressions of C. Roesholm, Gene Menefee, R. Monical; relations with New York office; district manager, Manila; transfer to Thailand, 1962; joint venture refinery in Thailand, 1962; reforming Thai marketing organization; appointment as general manager, Philippines, 1967; appointment as deputy director, Southeast Asia Region; OPEC, its effects on Caltex; relations between Caltex and shareholders; opinions of joint ventures; James Voss as chairman of the board, Caltex; move of Caltex headquarters from New York to Dallas.
Date of Interview: 20/01/1986

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TAYLOR, Marcia (b. 1935)

Interview ID: OH 1068

Homemaker. Her recollections concerning the history of the Nocona Boot Company and its founder, Ms. Enid Justin.
Date of Interview: 31/05/1995

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TAYLOR, Odis (b. 1922)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1099

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 5702 at Camp North Fork (F-123) near Pierce, Idaho; transfer to Company 229 at F-188 near Emida, Idaho; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 06/10/1995

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Interview ID: OH 1171

His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sculpin in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sculpin, 1941; his responsibilities as a radioman; various patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and in the South China Sea, 1942-44; lifeguard duty off Japan for downed airmen, 1944-45.
Date of Interview: 26/02/1997

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TAYLOR, Robert (b. 1909)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0255

Protestant chaplain, survivor of the Bataan campaign. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; American air raids at Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Fukuoka Prison Camp, Kyushu, 1945; Mukden, Manchuria, 1945; liberation by Soviet troops.
Date of Interview: 02/11/1974 to 16/01/1975

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TAYLOR, W. Vonceille (b. 1921)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0613

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 22/10/1983

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TEASLEY, Elizabeth K. (b. 1919)

Interview ID: OH 0899

Librarian. Her experiences as a student at the Library School at North Texas State College and as a public school librarian.
Date of Interview: 02/06/1992

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TEEPANONT, Nipawan (b. ca. 1954)

Interview ID: OH 0625

Graduate student. Experiences of a Thai student in adjusting to American culture at North Texas State University.
Date of Interview: 17/02/1984

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TEER, Artis L. (b. 1920)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0355

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 10/01/1977

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TEMPLE, William H. (b. 1916)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1229

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/03/1998

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TESKE, Kirk (b. 1961)

HKS Architects. Dallas TX.

Interview ID: OH 1996 Teske, Kirk

Kirk Teske’s interest in the built environment began with a love of drawing and a high school apprenticeship with a local architecture firm in his hometown, Longview, Texas. He began his career with HKS in Dallas in 1984 working with cost-driven developer clients who did not share his passion for passive design strategies. In the late 1990’s he began managing projects for corporate clients. The Sabre Headquarters project in Southlake, Texas, which opened in 2001, was a milestone for Kirk and a catalyst for change in the region. Sabre saw a sustainable, environmentally responsible workplace as an opportunity to differentiate themselves as a company, attract and retain talent as well as reduce operating costs. It was the first time for Kirk and HKS to use energy modeling during design and to use the new LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system from the U.S. Green Building Council. For Kirk, working with Sabre had brought joy to the job and a realization that successful sustainable projects require an educated multidisciplinary network. In 2002, using his position of Chairman of the Dallas AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) as a platform, he launched the formation of the North Texas Chapter of the USGBC. His contributions are motivated by a strong religious faith that embraces stewardship of the natural world and values health and wellbeing for people.
Date of Interview: 30/04/2019

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THAYER, Paul (b. 1919)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1654

Test pilot, aviation executive, and Deputy Secretary of Defense. Childhood in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois; work as a young man in the oil fields; family’s experience in the Great Depression; matriculation at Kansas University; enrollment in Civilian Pilot Training program; enlistment in Naval Air Cadet training program; training at Jacksonville, Florida; graduation and assignment to aircraft carrier-based squadron VF-26; combat in North African invasion; combat in Pacific Theater, including Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Leyte Gulf and China; support for Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs; decision to become civilian pilot; career with Trans-World Airways; career as test pilot for Corsair Aircraft; career with Northrop Corp.; service to Department of Defense.
Date of Interview: 01/02/2008

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THOMAS, Daniel B. (b. 1925)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1296

His experiences while attached to the 4th Marine Division as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Decision to join the Navy, 1943; Hospital Corps School, San Diego, 1943; assignment to the Fleet Marine Force; Field Medical School, 1944; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1944; Iwo Jima, February, 1945; detailed description of the casualties and their treatment during the battle for Iwo Jima; postwar effects of the Iwo Jima experience.
Date of Interview: 26/02/1999

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THOMAS, David H. (b. 1919)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0796

His experiences with the Marine Detachment at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 28/04/1990

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THOMAS, Earl (b. 1909)

Interview ID: OH 1130

Geophysicist. His recollections and experiences as a geophysicist in the oil industry. Employment with Geophysical Service, Inc., 1936-55; seismic crews and oil field contract operations; comments about Everett DeGolyer, Clarence Karcher, Eugene McDermott, Erik Jonsson; formation of Texas Instruments, 1952; technological developments in oil exploration; his role in Texas Instrument's decision to explore transistor and micro-chip industry; employment with Independent Geophysical Services, 1960-73; career as an independent consultant, 1973-85; legal ramifications involving the seismic refraction system; military uses of seismic technology; cotton farming; cyclical nature of the oil business.
Date of Interview: 13/07/1996

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THOMASON, Troy (b. 1923)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 552nd Antiaircraft Battalion.

Interview ID: OH 1313

Educator. His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Family life and growing up around Groesbeck, Texas, during the Great Depression; his education through Westminster Junior College and Bible Institute; thoughts about Franklin D. Roosevelt; his reaction to prewar world events in Europe and Asia; induction into the Army, February, 1943; processing at Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1943; basic training at Camp Hulen, Texas, 1943; assignment to the 552nd Antiaircraft Battalion; his responsibilities as a battery clerk; his promotion to supply clerk; maneuvers at Fort Polk, Louisiana;transportation aboard the Queen Mary to England, February, 1944; his experiences in melding with men from all over the U.S. and with varied backgrounds; pre-D-Day training and preparations at Wallingford, England; landing at Utah Beach, Normandy, during the later part of June, 1944; his new responsibilities as a battalion supply sergeant; descriptions of the war wreckage in France; Operation COBRA and the bombing of Saint Lô, July, 1944; the breakout from the Argentan Peninsula,August, 1944; attachment of the 552nd Antiaircraft Battalion to the 48th Brigade; off-duty entertainment; relations with civilians; three-month encampment at Verviers, Belgium; Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; his unit's transfer to the 78th Infantry Division, 1945; leave in Paris; the Rhine River crossing, 1945; his activities in the Army of Occupation; lasting impressions of his World War II experiences.
Date of Interview: 07/07/1999

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THOMASSEN, Edmund T. (b. 1924)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0955

His experiences as a naval officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. New York State Merchant Marine Academy, 1941; assignment to USS Sheridan (APA-51); Tarawa landing, 1943; Marshall Islands landings, 1944; Saipan landing, 1944; assignment to Newport, Rhode Island; assignment to USS Dutchess for amphibious landings; Korean War experiences.
Date of Interview: 04/05/1993

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THOMPSON, Earl (b.1938)

Interview ID: OH 1608

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA flight controller, communications officer, and manager. Childhood in Lufkin, Orange, and Huntington, Tex.; education at Stephen F. Austin State University and Lamar State College of Technology; career as mathematics teacher at Port Neches-Groves High School and in U.S. Air Force; decision to apply for a job at NASA’s Johnson Space Center; career with NASA, including duties on Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station and Space Shuttle programs; problem-solving on Skylab launch; working culture among ground and flight crews, and day-in-the-life description of Skylab mission; creation of “lessons-learned” program during Skylab missions; Skylab’s contributions to space exploration and to science more generally; importance of superior individual leadership to NASA’s success.
Date of Interview: 10/11/2006

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THOMPSON, Garfield (b. 1916)

Interview ID: OH 0978

State legislator. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 812 near Cache, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 11/10/1993

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THOMPSON, Harry (b. 1914)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 924th Field Artillery. 99th Infantry Division.

Interview ID: OH 0146

Businessman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being captured during the Battle of the Bulge. Action on Siegfried Line, 1944; capture on December 17, 1944, and interrogation; imprisonment at Bonn, 1945; Nürnberg, 1945; Hammelburg Prison Camp, 1945, and abortive rescue attempt by U. S. 3rd Army troops; Nürnberg, 1945, and Allied bombing; liberation.
Date of Interview: 18/04/1973

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THOMPSON, Jay (b. 1923)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0941

His experiences while aboard the cruiser San Francisco during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 12/01/1994

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THOMPSON, Kyle O. (b. 1922)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0369

Journalist, member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 09/03/1977

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THOMPSON, Warren (b. 1921)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0381

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Helena during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/10/1977

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THOMSON, Erma (b. 1923)

Mary Kay. Inc.

Interview ID: OH 1943

Longtime employee of Mary Kay Inc. as personal assistant to Mary Kay Ash and tenth employee of the company. Employment history before interviewing with Mary Kay Inc.; personal relationship with Mary Kay Ash; memories of annual conventions; Ash’s personal working style and business philosophy; changes in the company’s structure and culture; feelings about the job opportunities Ash provided for women.
Date of Interview: 22/01/2019

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THORN, Albert B. (b. 1918)

Interview ID: OH 0832

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in North Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2842 at DG-41-N near Lake Arthur, New Mexico; company move to G-148-N in Carlsbad, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 25/07/1990

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THORN, Floyd (b. 1918)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. VP-44.

Interview ID: OH 1412

His experiences as a pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in Texas; pre-war flying experience; decision to join the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1938; flight training, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, 1938-39; Mine Warfare Laboratory, Yorktown, Virginia, 1939; operational training, North Island, San Diego, California, 1939-40; assignment to VP-44; training with PBYs, Ford Island, Oahu, Hawaii, 1941; his experiences during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; temporary duty assignment to Utility Squadron VR-1; temporary assignment to the carrier Yorktown, May, 1942; his role in the Battle of Midway while flying combat air patrol, June 4-6, 1942; his downing of two Zeroes during the Battle of Midway; his crash landing on the Yorktown and suffering a broken back; recuperation in Honolulu; his transfer back to VP-44 in late 1942; PBY patrols around New Caledonia and the New Hebrides Islands, 1942-43; personal experiences with and comments about Admiral William F. (“Bull”) Halsey; working with coastwatchers around the Western and Central Solomons and Russell Islands, 1943-44.
Date of Interview: 14/08/2000

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THURMOND, Robert (b. 1919)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 863rd Antiaircraft Battalion.

Interview ID: OH 1346

His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. His education and pre-World War II job experiences; induction into the Army, October 24, 1941; basic training, Camp Wallace, Texas, 1941-42; Officers Candidate School, Camp Davis, North Carolina, 1942; assignment to the 863rd Antiaircraft Battalion, Washington, DC, 1942-43; transfer to Buffalo, New York, 1943; voyage to England on the Queen Mary, 1944; assignment to France, 1944, and temporary transfer to a transportation unit supplying the 3rd Army; black market activities; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945, and his return to the 863rd Antiaircraft Battalion; his departure from Europe, 1945.
Date of Interview: 01/04/1999

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THWEATT, Harry (b. 1919)

U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1569

His experiences as an instructor pilot and ferry pilot, and missions flying cargo over “the Hump” (the Himalayas) during World War II.
Date of Interview: 22/12/2004

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TILGHMAN, Marvin E. (b. 1917)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0478

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45; Saigon, 1945, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: 06/09/1978

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TIMBLIN, Merle (b. 1921)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1718

Civilian Conservation Corps veteran. Childhood in western Pennsylvania; father’s work as a farmer, coal miner, and WPA blacksmith; life on farms and in mining towns during the Great Depression; decision to enroll in CCC before eighteenth birthday; experiences at CCC camps in Arizona and Pennsylvania; lessons learned from the CCC experience; experiences in the European Theater of World War II as radio operator in the U.S. Army Fourth Armored Division, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge; lessons learned from experience in the Army; decision to relocate to Niagara Falls, N.Y., and thence to North Texas; career as a machinist and mechanic.
Date of Interview: 21/06/2010

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TIMLIN, Charles (b. 1922)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0434

His experiences while aboard the fleet repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 08/07/1978

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TINNEY, C. W. (b. 1900)

Interview ID: OH 0019

Salesman, electric furnace pioneer, corporation founder. Family background; education; rural schoolteacher; salesman of school equipment, electrical appliances; employment with Mathes; building dealerships; development of electric furnace; founding of Electric Products, Inc.; growth and expansion; selling out to Square D Electric.
Date of Interview: 30/05/1978

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TIPTON, A. C. (b. 1923)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1108

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Carlisle, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Zavalla, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 16/12/1995

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Interview ID: OH 1119

His experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 16/12/1995

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TISON, Joe (b. 1937)

Interview ID: OH 1712

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Weatherford resident, school administrator, and mayor. Childhood in Memphis, Tenn., and various other locales including Weatherford; education in Weatherford public schools, Weatherford College, and North Texas State College; career as teacher, principal and superintendent in Aledo and Weatherford ISDs; racial integration of Weatherford schools; career as interim superintendent at various North Texas ISDs; experience as mayor
Date of Interview: 11/05/2010

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TITUS, Jay (b. 1915)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 457th Squadron. 330th Bomb Group. 20th Air Force.

Interview ID: OH 1156

His experiences as a B-29 bombardier in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan, 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bombing raids.
Date of Interview: 09/11/1996

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TOOLE, Ray (b. 1936)

Interview ID: OH 0599

Businessman. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
Date of Interview: 14/01/1983

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TORRES, Ralph (b. 1924)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1661

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in North Fort Worth and vocational education received at Technical High School; enlistment in U.S. Navy at age of seventeen; assignment to USS Rockaway and USS Wyandot, USS Paiute, and USS Florida; training missions in Pacific Ocean; various missions to North Africa, France, and Greenland, including Normandy invasion; social life in ports of call; re-enlistment in 1946; struggles with alcoholism and conversion to Pentecostal church; civilian career as a mechanic.
Date of Interview: 13/11/2007

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TOTTEN, Ernie (b. 1922)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0226

His experiences with the Detachment Quartermaster Corps at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/07/1974

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TOULOUSE, Robert B. (b. 1918)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 301st Air Depot Group.

Interview ID: OH 1080

College administrator. His experiences during the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56; comments about president J. C. Matthews.
Date of Interview: 03/10/1995

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Interview ID: OH 1332

College administrator. His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, June, 1941; basic training, Camp Roberts, California; Officer Candidate School, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, July-September, 1942; his transfer to the Army Air Forces after OCS and assignment to the 14th Air Depot Group, 1942; reassignment to the 301st Air Depot Group, 1944; stationing at Kunming, China, 1944; his journey on the Burma Road; comments about the Chinese civilian population in Kunming; comments about Chinese warlords and their relationship with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces; his functions as a maintenance and supply officer in Kunming, February-December, 1945; his role in turning over the base and its equipment to the Chinese Nationalist government after the war.
Date of Interview: 27/01/2000

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Interview ID: OH 1787

For Richard Rafes’s dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former UNT employee. History of TCOM.
Date of Interview: 11/07/1990

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TOWERY, R. Kenneth (b. 1923)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 59th Coast Artillery Regiment.

Interview ID: OH 1075

Journalist, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Cabanatuan, 1942; Mukden, Manchuria, 1942-45; liberation by Russian troops.
Date of Interview: 19/03/1995

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TOWLES, Billie Joyce (b. 1926)

Interview ID: OH 1704

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Family history; birth, childhood and education in Weatherford; Depression-era struggles; father's work with the Works Progress Administration; Weatherford during World War II; marriage to Norman Towles; family's switch from Democratic loyalty to Republican; personal evolution on race issues; religious devotion.
Date of Interview: 15/03/2010

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TOWNSEND, Frank (b. 1920)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0234

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 06/07/1974

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TRAMMELL, Harold L. (b. 1913)

Interview ID: OH 0823

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 859 in the Wichita Mountains National Forest (F-5-O) near Cache, Oklahoma; company move to Camp F-8-C in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado; transfer to Rush Springs, Oklahoma; reenlistment to SCS-11 in Vista, California; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 14/02/1991

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TRANTHAM, Billy (b. 1923)

Interview ID: OH 1495

Telephone technician. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Nogales, Arizona; relocation to Company 1826 at F-30 near Tucson, Arizona; relocation to Yuma, Arizona; relocation to Glenwood, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 03/03/2003

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TREMAINE, Frank (b. 1914)

Interview ID: OH 1081

Journalist. His experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for United Press during World War II. Pearl Harbor attack; military censorship; CINCPAC and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; comments about Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey and General Douglas MacArthur; account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, September 2, 1945.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1995

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TREST, Joseph M. (b. 1922)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0389

His experiences with the Marine Guard Detachment at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 15/10/1977

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TREVINO, Amy (b. 1975)

Interview ID: OH 1947

For the Mexican American Women’s Educational Oral History Project. Memories of childhood growing up in a large family and attending school. How her favorite subjects changed throughout the years with the teacher’s influence and connection to the subject matter. Encouragement from her aunt to graduate and attend college. Rebelling and not graduating with her high school class in 1994. Struggles as a young adult with no future goals. Getting married and having children. Her accomplishment in 2005 of enrolling in a Catholic school for 6 weeks to obtain high school diploma. Personal growth and encouraging her children to graduate and go to college.
Date of Interview: 31/03/2013

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TUCKER, William (b. 1918)

Caltex Petroleum Corporation.

Interview ID: OH 0664

Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational background; employment with Standard Oil of California; transfer to Caltex; World War II and the Bahrain aviation gasoline project; Caltex Engineering Department; Bec d’Ambes refinery reconstruction; postwar refinery expansion; history of formation of Caltex; Medreco refinery; joint ventures; Jose Alvarez and Repesa; Caltex in Turkey; Texaco’s and Socal’s reentry into Europe, 1967; Kurnell Refinery; Indonesian oil discoveries; Caltex in India; Caltex in Australia; Frankfurt refinery and expansion in Germany; Caltex in Japan; Caltex in Korea; Caltex East, Caltex West, Caltex Services; tanker expansion; OPEC; long-range planning; shareholder relations; Caltex in South Africa.
Date of Interview: 25/09/1985

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TUMLINSON, Jerald (b. 1941)

U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1646

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Carrizo Springs and Corpus Christi, Texas; military experiences of various family members; enlistment in U.S. Army, 1960; basic training at Fort Knox; assignment to tank unit in First Armored Division; service in Germany; Cold War tensions during Cuban Missile Crisis; service in air mobile infantry unit during Vietnam War, 1970-71; experiences in combat; decision to make a career of the military; shift to the field of biomedical electronic engineering; civilian career in hospital operations; opinions regarding prosecution of Vietnam War and benefits of military service.
Date of Interview: 30/09/2007

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