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FOUTS, Alan A. (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
FOUTS, Alan A. (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1424
His experiences while assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent service aboard the submarine USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date of Interview: 06/12/2001
FOWLER, F. W. (b. 1915)
C. R. Fowler Hardware.
FOWLER, F. W. (b. 1915)
C. R. Fowler Hardware.Interview ID: OHB 0060
Owner and operator, C. R. Fowler Hardware, and mayor, Krum, Texas. Family background; origins of Denton County Library; school experiences in Krum; experiences in Dallas during Depression; employment at father’s hardware store in Krum, 1933; effects of Depression on Krum; effects of World War II on hardware business; phase-out of farm implement business, 1958; experiences with appliance division of store and its phase-out, 1965; purchase of store from father, 1967; description of shelf hardware stock; sale of business, 1981; description of clientele, market area, profit margin, and financing of store; farming in Krum; decline of business activity in Krum, 1940s; incorporation of Krum and election of mayor, 1954; efforts to develop Krum; civic activities; impressions of Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, and Graham Purcell.
Date of Interview: 28/09/1981
FOWLER, Wick (b. 1909)
FOWLER, Wick (b. 1909)
Interview ID: OH 0018
Journalist. His early career as a reporter; impressions of Martin Dies; Shivers gubernatorial campaign of 1950; his experiences as appointments secretary to Governor Allan Shivers; observations of Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.
Date of Interview: 28/09/1981
FOX, Jerome “Jake” D. (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
FOX, Jerome “Jake” D. (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1512
His experiences as an OS2U Kingfisher gunner aboard the cruiser USS Detroit in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth on a ranch in West Texas; his decision to enlist in the Navy, June, 1943; boot camp at San Diego, California, 1943; aerial gunner school at Naval Air Station, Modesto, California, 1943; assignment to the OS2U crew aboard the Detroit, February, 1944; patrol duty in the Aleutian Islands, 1944; bombardment of the Kurile Islands, June, 1944, as part of Task Force 94; South American patrol, July-December, 1944; shipboard routine; assignment to the Central Pacific Theater as an escort for the Tanker Division in refueling carrier battle groups, 1945; kamikaze attacks; operations off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, 1945; the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945; his postwar activities.
Date of Interview: 21/08/2003
FRANCISCO, Donald E. (b. 1942)
FRANCISCO, Donald E. (b. 1942)
Interview ID: OH 2042
Experiences as a North Texas student (BA, Aquatic Biology, 1964; MA Aquatic Biology/Microbiology, 1966), including involvement in Denton’s civil rights movement, experiences as a PhD student at UNC (Applied Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1971) and professor at UNC, experiences with water treatment and wastewater treatment.
Date of Interview: 14/04/2022
FRANCO, Pedro F., D.D.S. (b. 1969)
FRANCO, Pedro F., D.D.S. (b. 1969)
Interview ID: OH 1720
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Columbian-born oral surgeon living in Irving, Texas. Family Background; childhood experiences in Cali, Colombia; father kidnapped by guerilla group; college and dental school in Bogota; playing on the college soccer team; residency in guerilla-dominated portion of Colombia; educational experiences in Chicago; return to Colombia, and decision to come to Dallas after being threatened by guerillas; impact of father and mother shaping values and work ethic; dealing with American stereotypes of Colombia; description of Colombia’s violent history; experiences working for a new constitution in Colombia; Apathy of new generation in America; Mexico becoming the “new Colombia”; legalization of narcotics; expectations upon coming to America; thoughts on the importance of philanthropy; importance of immigrants in making America great.
Date of Interview: 10/03/2011
FRANKLIN, Mary (b. 1949)
FRANKLIN, Mary (b. 1949)
Interview ID: OH 1836
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Long-time LGBT activist. Childhood in New York City; coming out; awareness of sexuality; self-identification; lesbian community in 1960s and 1970s; discrimination; activism; move to Dallas; Dallas LGBT community and history; AIDS crisis in Dallas; continued AIDS activism.
Date of Interview: 18/10/2013
FRANZ, Wanda (b. 1943)
FRANZ, Wanda (b. 1943)
Interview ID: OH 2028
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Wanda Franz is a developmental psychologist and an anti-abortion activist, who has been involved in that work since the 1970s. She was president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) for twenty years, between 1991-2001. In this interview she speaks especially on her research and activism around “post-abortion syndrome,” the idea abortion can lead to psychological illness, including a 1988 congressional hearing. Interviewee discusses developmental psychology, C. Everett Koop, Ronald Reagan, and Vincent Rue.
Date of Interview: 21/02/2020
FREEBORN, Sidney M. (b. 1885)
FREEBORN, Sidney M. (b. 1885)
Interview ID: OH 0131
Farmer-rancher. His observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1920-70. Summer vacations; ranch experiences; hurricane of 1942; tourism; local hotels and saloons; sports.
Date of Interview: 02/07/1972
FREELAND, Gene (b. 1928)
FREELAND, Gene (b. 1928)
Interview ID: OH 0515
Labor official. His experiences as a member of the Dallas council of AFL-CIO. Early experiences in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at Dallas Power and Light; union steward in Meter Service Division, 1958; union president, 1960; union business manager, 1962-65; secretary-treasurer, Dallas AFL-CIO, 1965-79; problems of labor organizing in Texas; Texas government and organized labor; women and organized labor; ethnic minorities and organized labor; Texas “right-to-work” law; organized labor and community involvement; Dallas city government and organized labor; industrial unions versus construction unions.
Date of Interview: 12/10/1980
FREEMAN, Fred (b. ca. 1910) and Verna Belle (b. ca. 1910)
FREEMAN, Fred (b. ca. 1910) and Verna Belle (b. ca. 1910)
Interview ID: OH 1213
Farmers-ranchers. Comments about Denton and Denton County, Texas, 1924-86. Farm and ranch life; North Texas State Normal School; North Texas Fair; comments about various residents of Denton.
Date of Interview: 23/07/1986
FREEMAN, Frederick R. (b. 1925)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Platoon. E Company. 101st Infantry Regiment. 26th Infantry Division.
FREEMAN, Frederick R. (b. 1925)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Platoon. E Company. 101st Infantry Regiment. 26th Infantry Division.Interview ID: Oh 1338
Accountant. His experiences as a combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1943; his selection for the ASTP program and schooling at Northeastern University, 1944; cancellation of the ASTP program and his transfer to the 26th Infantry Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1944; advanced infantry training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 1944; initial combat on the front lines in France, September, 1944; his description of survival techniques under combat conditions; Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January 1945; effects of combat losses and acclimation of individual replacements; his bout with combat exhaustion and reassignment to a replacement depot as a clerk; participation in the Army of Occupation, 1945-46; postwar adjustments to civilian life.
Date of Interview: 31/03/2000
FREEMAN, L. Vinson (b. 1923)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 83rd Infantry.
FREEMAN, L. Vinson (b. 1923)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 83rd Infantry.Interview ID: OH 1863
Administrator. Childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; draft into infantry; basic training; deployment to the European theater; Battle of the Bulge; attending University in France; return stateside; post-war life; veterans group involvement.
Date of Interview: 28/05/2015
FRIEDSAM, Hiram (b. ca. 1925)
FRIEDSAM, Hiram (b. ca. 1925)
Interview ID: OH 1054
College professor. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56.
Date of Interview: 28/04/1995
FRITZ, Edward C. (b. 1916)
FRITZ, Edward C. (b. 1916)
Interview ID: OH 0603
Attorney, environmentalist. Texas Water Plan; Trinity River Project; general comments concerning water resource planning in Texas; Trinity Improvement Association; Trinity River Authority; his philosophy on conservation and environmentalism.
Date of Interview: 07/02/1983
FUJITA, Frank (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard).
FUJITA, Frank (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard).Interview ID: OH 0058
Artist, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His secret diary that he kept as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date of Interview: 09/11/1970
Interview ID: OH 0059
Artist, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards; Tokyo, 1943-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 09/11/1970
FUKUI, George (b. 1921)
FUKUI, George (b. 1921)
Interview ID: OH 0538
Microbiologist. His experiences during the relocation of Japanese-Americans in World War II. Family history; Pearl Harbor; Tanforan Assembly Center; camp life; Topaz; leave clearance.
Date of Interview: 19/10/1980
FUKUI, Yuri (b. 1922)
FUKUI, Yuri (b. 1922)
Interview ID: OH 0522
Geneticist. Her experiences during the relocation of Japanese-Americans in World War II. Childhood; pre-Pearl Harbor discrimination; Pearl Harbor; Tanforan Assembly Center; camp life; Topaz; registration of Japanese-Americans for military service; leave clearance; Issei-Nisei conflicts.
Date of Interview: 19/10/1980
FULLER, Vernon (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
FULLER, Vernon (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0211
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 03/07/1974
FULTZ, J. H. (b. 1915)
Fultz's News Agency.
FULTZ, J. H. (b. 1915)
Fultz's News Agency.Interview ID: OHB 0046
Owner and operator, Fultz’s News Agency, Denton, Texas. Family background; comments on development of Sweetwater and Abilene; selling newspapers in West Texas; comments on Depression period in Abilene; magazine delivery business in Abilene; operation of wholesale magazine business in Denton, 1939; retail operation, 1941; business and social activities on Denton Courthouse Square, 1940s; expansion of magazine franchising; sale of wholesale operation, 1979; magazine delivery schedule; views on demise of popular magazines, 1950s; comments on comic book controversy; financing of business; comments on Golden Triangle mall development; views on government regulations; civic activities; comments on book prices.
Date of Interview: 14/10/1980
FUNG, Edward (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
FUNG, Edward (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0404
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; Nakom Paton, Thailand, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 21/12/1977
FUNK, Clyde (b. 1918)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
FUNK, Clyde (b. 1918)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0276
Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Normandy invasion, 1944; shooting down of bomber and capture in France, October 12, 1944; interrogation at Dulag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany; Oberursel; Stalag Luft III-A, Sagan; Stalag Luft I·-A, Moosburg; forced marches; liberation by American troops.
Date of Interview: 22/02/1975
GAGE, Wallace H. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
GAGE, Wallace H. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0582
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 324th Signal Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 23/10/1982
GALEASSI, Ernest (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
GALEASSI, Ernest (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0778
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 324th Signal Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 16/09/1988
GALER, Robert E. (b. 1913)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. VMF-224.
GALER, Robert E. (b. 1913)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. VMF-224.Interview ID: OH 1230
Medal of Honor recipient. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war training at Pensacola and Quantico; assignment to Saint Thomas and reminiscences about the “destroyers-for bases” deal, 1940; experiences at Ewa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to Guadalcanal as commander of VMF-224, August 30, 1942-December 31, 1942; air combat around Guadalcanal; his receiving the Medal of Honor; reassignment to the States for war bond drives; experiences on Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945, as commander of a 584 Radar Team; assignment to the Philippines and Okinawa, 1945.
Date of Interview: 14/03/1998
Interview ID: OH 1265
His experiences concerning the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; the Guadalcanal Campaign as commander of VMF-224; and as head of the 584 Radar units during the campaigns for the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy ROTC at the University of Washington, 1931-35; pilot training at Sand Point, Pensacola, and Quantico, 1935-38; assignment to amphibian squadron on Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1938-40, and his minor role in the "destroyers-for-bases" deal with Great Britain, 1940; assignment as commander of VMF-224, 1942; description of the Grumman Wildcat fighter plane; assignment to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942; episodes involving aerial combat against the Japanese; aerial combat tactics; living conditions at Henderson Field; shot down for the first time on September 12, 1942; shot down for a second time on October 2, 1942; personnel problems with dysentery and malaria; reassignment to COMAIRPAC, November, 1943; Command and Staff College, 1943; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for twenty-nine consecutive days of combat and eleven-and-one-half kills; meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office; development of the 584 Radar for close-air support; Iwo Jima, Philippines, and Okinawa campaigns, 1945; comments about Charles Lindbergh as his tentmate on Guadalcanal.
Date of Interview: 27/08/1998
GALLOWAY, Harold (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
GALLOWAY, Harold (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0626
His recollections of World War II in Europe. Experiences as a medical corpsman; health problems of American soldiers.
Date of Interview: 17/03/1984
GALTANA, W. C. “Bill” (b. 1914)
GALTANA, W. C. “Bill” (b. 1914)
Interview ID: OH 1259
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Youth in Dido, Texas; entry into CCC; assignment to Camp SP3-A in Minturn, Colorado; description of camp; reassignment to Arizona; camp routine; recreation; his life after discharge in 1934.
Date of Interview: 13/08/1998
GANN, Nathan (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
GANN, Nathan (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1132
Surveyor. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Holland, Texas and Rogers, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3805 in Bartlett, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 09/10/1996
GANTT, Archie (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. F Company. 335th Infantry Regiment. 84th Infantry Division.
GANTT, Archie (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. F Company. 335th Infantry Regiment. 84th Infantry Division.Interview ID: OH 1375
His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Boyhood in central Texas; his induction into the Army and basic training at Camp Howze, Gainesville, Texas, 1942-43; Camp Clayborne and Louisiana maneuvers, 1943; shipment to England, October, 1944; combat on the Siegfried Line, November, 1944; leadership problems; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; combat living conditions; Officer Candidate School and commissioning, Fontainebleau, France, April-June, 1945; postwar service in Europe, 1945-46.
Date of Interview: 31/08/1999
GARBO, William, Sr. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.
GARBO, William, Sr. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 1566
Landscape architect. His experiences with 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, 1943; basic training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, 1943; War Dog Training Center, San Carlos, California, October-December, 1943; assignment to the 26th War Dog Platoon, 1944; assignment to New Guinea, 1944; Battle of the Driniumor River and his attachment to elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, 1944; jungle patrols on New Guinea with his dog; his transfer to Troop, 112th Cavalry, and the invasion of Leyte, Philippines, October, 1944; his new duties as a machine-gunner; small unit combat in the Philippines; living conditions in the Philippine jungles; comments about the fighting prowess of his comrades in the 112th Cavalry; comments about replacements; jungle patrols on Leyte and Luzon; the 112th’s activities around Marungko and Antipolo, Luzon, 1944-45; descriptions of cannibalism by Japanese soldiers; his wounds from artillery shrapnel and evacuation by helicopter; his return to the 112th Cavalry and preparations for the invasion of Japan; witnessing the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945; occupation duty at Tateyama, Honshu; relations between Japanese civilians and American occupation troops; destruction of Japanese defensive fortifications and weapons on Honshu; his return to the States, December 1945, and mustering out of the service.
Date of Interview: 24/11/2003 to 05/12/2003, 13/01/2004 to 15/01/2004, 12/02/2004
GARCIA, Darlene (b. 1985)
GARCIA, Darlene (b. 1985)
Interview ID: OH 2086
For the Mexican American Women’s Educational Experience Oral History Project. Childhood and educational experiences in Dallas; college experiences at Texas Woman's University; and experiences as a PHD student in the UNT Department of History as a first generation student of Mexican immigrant parents, originally form the state of Durango; difficulties faced as a woman with cerebral palsy, and resilience required to continue education; self-identification as a feminist and disability activist .
Date of Interview: 18/03/2023
GARCIA, Gilbert (b. ca. 1920)
GARCIA, Gilbert (b. ca. 1920)
Interview ID: OH 0028
Businessman. His experiences as a leader in the American GI Forum, Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASO), and other Mexican-American social action groups. Delgado Case; poll tax drives; Texas gubernatorial campaign of 1962; Crystal City elections, 1963.
Date of Interview: 03/03/1969
GARNETT, Mary E. (b. ca 1930)
GARNETT, Mary E. (b. ca 1930)
Interview ID: OH 0958
Schoolteacher. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-92. Segregated education in East Texas; graduation from Texas College; teaching career in Malakoff, Texas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; employment at Hamilton Park School; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; fight to save Hamilton Park high School; transfer to Pearce High school in Richardson, Texas; Pacesetter; Interorganizational Council and Civic League; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 21/06/1990 to 26/01/1992, 11/04/1992
GARRETT, Howard (b. 1947)
GARRETT, Howard (b. 1947)
Interview ID: OH 1991 Garrett, Howard
Howard Garrett graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. An early career focus on golf course design and management evolved to include landscape architecture and design. He decided to become an organic person when his daughter Logan was born in 1985. A photograph he took of her when she was nine months old standing on the front porch with her hand to her mouth captures the moment – “she did what all kids do, pick up things and put them in her mouth.” His concern for her health and possible exposure to environmental toxins launched an investigation of organic practice. Convinced that the health of the soil was the key, he began to educate and advocate through a column in the Dallas Morning News and a radio program about organic gardening, currently broadcasting to 200 markets. His listeners dubbed him “the Dirt Doctor,” his brand and now his website. By 1988 he had committed his entire career to the research, education and promotion of organic products and practices. Milestone projects include the Frito-Lay Headquarters, Plano, 1988. Working with Sasaki Associates, Howard provided the landscape design of the plants, bed preparation and native landscaping protocols. He has written fifteen books, established the Texas Organic Research Center, developed an online course in organic land management, and maintains a rigorous public speaking schedule.
Date of Interview: 22/08/2019
GARRISON, J. B. (b. 1920)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
GARRISON, J. B. (b. 1920)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0057
Automobile salesman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Guam and capture; Zentsuji, Japan, 1942; Osaka, 1942-44, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: 18/09/1970
GARVER, Mervin (b. 1923)
GARVER, Mervin (b. 1923)
Interview ID: OH 1309
His experiences as a defense worker at Riverside Foundry, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, 1941-45. His education and childhood during the Great Depression; employment in the core room at Riverside Foundry; his draft classification as 4-F due to psychoneurosis; his personal feelings about being classified 4-F; local reaction to his 4-F status; production of hand grenade and radar cores at Riverside Foundry; financial and patriotic incentives to increase war production; purchase of war bonds and stamps; employment of women and wartime shortages; rationing of food and gasoline; the “Victory Bus”; blackouts and air raid wardens; President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s visits to Wrightsville by train; personal impressions of FDR; effects of WW II on his personal finances; Reuben Strickler as a member of the York County Draft Board; Donald Smith’s managerial style as proprietor of Riverside Foundry; effects of World War II on the postwar lives of Wrightsville’s citizens; the transition from wartime to peacetime production at Riverside Foundry; memories of post-World War II Memorial Day celebrations.
Date of Interview: 06/08/1999
GARZA, Rudolph (b. 1919)
GARZA, Rudolph (b. 1919)
Interview ID: OH 0811
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Donna, Texas and McAllen, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3840 in Patagonia, Arizona; transfer to a side camp in Saint David, Arizona; company move to Parker Dam, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 23/10/1990
GATELY, Joseph (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GATELY, Joseph (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0223
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Ralph Talbot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 06/07/1974
GATES, Hobart J. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
GATES, Hobart J. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0647
His experiences near Schofield Barracks with the 98th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 04/05/1984
GAUDETTE, Jeanne (b. 1947)
GAUDETTE, Jeanne (b. 1947)
Interview ID: OH 1811
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Healer and simple life advocate. Family and childhood in Massachusetts; early influences on life philosophy; move to Maine; Scott and Helen Nearing; Back to the Land movement; the Good Life Center.
Date of Interview: 10/10/2013
GAUGER, Elmer (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GAUGER, Elmer (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0225
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 05/07/1974
GAUPP, Frederick E. (b. 1897)
GAUPP, Frederick E. (b. 1897)
Interview ID: OH 0184
College professor. The experiences of a German intellectual during the period of the Weimar Republic and the early Hitler years. Middle-class family background; service in World War I with a Rhenish artillery regiment; education at University of Breslau; Spartacus Uprising; Kapp Putsch; Freikorps activities; rampant inflation, 1923-24; effects of Allied reparations; employment with Ullstein (Berlin) publishing house; fighting between Brown Shirts and Communists; role of lower middle-class in supporting Nazis; Nazi suppression of Ullstein; decision to leave Germany, 1935.
Date of Interview: 03/11/1973
GAYLE, Gordon D. (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
GAYLE, Gordon D. (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1038
His experiences with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines at Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu during World War II.
Date of Interview: 09/10/1994
GAYLE, James (b. 1938)
GAYLE, James (b. 1938)
Interview ID: OH 1609
African American North Texas State University alumnus. Childhood in Waco, Texas, Artesia, New Mexico, and Fort Worth, Texas; experience as basketball player at Fort Worth’s all-black Terrell High School; comparison of race relations in Waco, Artesia, and Fort Worth; decision to attend North Texas and enroll in ROTC program; “neutral” stance of North Texas administration toward black students and “self-support” system among students; experience as a boarder in “Shack Town” neighborhood of Denton; relationships with professors and white students; perception of what he gained from North Texas experience.
Date of Interview: 14/07/2006
GEAR, Joe B. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GEAR, Joe B. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0055
Businessman, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Destruction of Cavite Navy Base by Japanese bombers; fall of Corregidor and capture; damage to eyes due to phosphorous bomb; Bellbird Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; transfer to Formosa, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; hospitalized in Tokyo; Shinogawa Prison Camp; liberation.
Date of Interview: 18/07/1970
GEARHART, Marvin (b. 1927)
Gearhart Industries. Inc..
GEARHART, Marvin (b. 1927)
Gearhart Industries. Inc..Interview ID: OHB 0071
Chairman of board, president, and CEO of Gearhart Industries, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. Family background; description of farming, oil drilling, and educational experiences in Southeastern Kansas; employment as trainee field engineer for Wireline Service Company Welex, 1949; work for Dresser Company, 1952; establishment of Wireline logging unit with Harold Owen, 1955; formation of GO Perforator Supply; separation of Gearhart-Owen company from Pengo Company; comments on growth of worldwide sales; construction of first shop, Fort Worth, 1957; description of proprietary and non-proprietary equipment; explanation of oil-drilling process; description of personnel in field; comments on modal analysis and safety program; description of manufacturing plant and employee training; financing of company through sale of stock; discussion of organizational structure; comments on competitors Dresser Industries and Schlumberger; discussion of first layoffs in company history, 1982; comments on OSHA and EEOC regulations; goals for company; factors contributing to company’s success; comments on importance of communication within company; civic activities.
Date of Interview: 17/08/1982
GEBHARD, Norbert N. (b. 1920)
GEBHARD, Norbert N. (b. 1920)
Interview ID: OH 1543
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Wisconsin; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3683 at Camp Alvin, Wisconsin; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 21/03/2004
GEE, James (b. 1920)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
GEE, James (b. 1920)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0110
Sales executive, 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; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; coal mining near Nagasaki, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 06/03/1972 to 13/03/1972
GEE, Roy M. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GEE, Roy M. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1173
His experiences while aboard the cruiser Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 24/03/1997
GEE, Sadye (b. 1914)
GEE, Sadye (b. 1914)
Interview ID: OH 0827
Former schoolteacher, community leader. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Family background and education; employment as teacher in Dallas public schools; marriage and children; decision to purchase home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; Dad’s Club; Hamilton Park School; desegregation and closing of Hamilton Park School; Interorganizational Council; Christian Action Layman’s League; transportation problems; pride of home ownership; flooding problems; local businesses; social life; PTA activities; zoning problems; Civic League; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 28/05/1990 to 29/05/1990, 25/06/1990 to 26/06/1990
GENSLER, Harold (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. USS Edgecombe.
GENSLER, Harold (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. USS Edgecombe.Interview ID: OH 1416
Policeman. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth in Ossining, New York; employment with the New York Central Railroad during the late 1930s and early 1940s; enlistment in the Navy SeaBees, 1943; basic training, Camp Perry, Virginia, 1943; temporary assignment as a clerk at the Oakland Naval Supply Center, 1943-44; assignment to the USS Edgecombe (APA-164), 1944; marital problems; operations around Leyte, Philippines, 1944-45; Operation MAGIC CARPET, 1945; postwar civilian activities.
Date of Interview: 31/03/2001
GENTRY, Will D. “Bill” (b. 1917)
GENTRY, Will D. “Bill” (b. 1917)
Interview ID: OH 1645
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Denton businessman. Family’s history farming in Denton County; creation of Lake Dallas; father’s career as a lawman and mother’s as nurse; experience in Denton schools and at NTSC; career in grocery business, most recently with HEB Co.
Date of Interview: 06/05/2007
GEORGE, Joseph L. (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GEORGE, Joseph L. (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0448
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 05/08/1978
GERDES, Mrs. Dick (b. ca. 1910)
GERDES, Mrs. Dick (b. ca. 1910)
Interview ID: OH 0114
Homemaker. Her observations on the settlement and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas. Rural social life; Ku Klux Klan; Mexican-Anglo relations.
Date of Interview: 29/05/1969
GESINO, Michael G. (b. 1923)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 423rd Bomb Squadron. 306th Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.
GESINO, Michael G. (b. 1923)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 423rd Bomb Squadron. 306th Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.Interview ID: OH 1430
His experiences as a B-17 ball turret gunner in the European Theater during World War II; his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; his decision to become a bombardier, 1943; bombardier training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, and Laredo Army Air Base, Laredo, Texas, 1943; circumstance leading to his decision to become an aerial gunner, 1943; advanced gunnery school, Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado, 1943; additional gunnery training, Kingman, Arizona, 1943-44; combat crew training, Pyote, Texas, 1944; his decision to volunteer as ball turret gunner; stationing at Thurleigh, England, June, 1944; raids to V-2 rocket sites at Peenemünde, 1944; relations with British civilians; on-base activities; raids against German transportation facilities; comments about German flak; his plane shot down, July 20, 1944, on a mission to Leipzig; eye surgery in a German military hospital in Chemnitz; solitary confinement and interrogation at Frankfurt; incarceration at Stalag Luft-IV, Gross Tychow, Germany, 1944-45; routine camp life; comments about prison camp guards; transfer to Stalag Luft-I, Barth, Germany, 1945; liberation by Soviet troops; postwar medical treatment and recuperation.
Date of Interview: 14/05/2001
GIBSON, Arch (b. 1912)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GIBSON, Arch (b. 1912)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0315
His experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 08/04/1976
GIBSON, Loita Alexander (b. 1939)
GIBSON, Loita Alexander (b. 1939)
Interview ID: OH 1581
African-American former student of North Texas State College. Remembrances about childhood and early education in South Dallas, Texas; decision to enter North Texas State in 1957; off-campus life in “Shack Town” among other black students; difficulties adjusting to college and decision to drop out of North Texas in 1960; perceptions of President J.C. Matthews’s ability to manage racial conflict on campus; perceptions of changes at North Texas over forty years.
Date of Interview: 23/03/2006
GILBREATH, Walter (b.1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GILBREATH, Walter (b.1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1688
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. Longtime North Texas business owner. Childhood in Navarro County, Texas, Altus, Oklahoma, and Lewisville, Texas; parents’ divorce and family break-up; struggles to survive in the Great Depression; experience working with heavy landscaping machinery in Civilian Conservation Corps at camps in Wyoming and Colorado; work as a ranch hand in West Texas; decision to enlist in U.S. Navy following Pearl Harbor; deployment as a mechanic on the USS Nassau; missions throughout Pacific theater; marriage to Lorena Bassinger; transfer to the minesweeper YMS-146; preparation for invasion of Japan; “shellback” initiations; discharge and return to North Texas; decision to open a tree-planting and nursery business; memorable jobs, including tree-planting at North Park Mall in Dallas and Dallas-Fort Worth Airport; lessons learned from World War II service.
Date of Interview: 18/12/2008
GILL, Noel (b. 1918)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GILL, Noel (b. 1918)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0269
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 21/12/1974
GILL, William R. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. A Company. 389th Infantry Regiment. 98th Division.
GILL, William R. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. A Company. 389th Infantry Regiment. 98th Division.Interview ID: OH 1328
Agronomist. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II; also his experiences and role in the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in postwar Japan. Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1943; assignment to the 98th Division and posting to Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, 1944; jungle warfare training on Kauai; his appointment as executive officer of A Company; amphibious training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands; occupation duty at Osaka, Japan; assignment to the Legal Section of the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in Tokyo, Japan; his investigation of Japanese crimes against foreign nationals; his investigation of the Japanese use of Allied POWs for propaganda activities during the war; his investigation of the Japanese use of POWs as slave laborers; his investigation of murders of downed fliers by the Japanese; his investigation of atrocities committed by Japanese POW camp commandants; comments about "Tokyo Rose"; reassignment to the U.S. in 1948 and his later civilian career.
Date of Interview: 13/10/1996
GILLEY, Ed L. (b. 1909)
GILLEY, Ed L. (b. 1909)
Interview ID: OHB 0102
Owner of grocery store, Miller Grove, Texas. Family background; father’s employment experiences in Louisiana; farming in Hopkins County, Texas, 1920s and 1930s; purchase of building and establishment of hardware and grocery store, Miller Grove, 1933; description of merchandise; comments on relocation of building in Miller Grove, 1939; description of credit practices; comments on store personnel; views on competition in Miller Grove; appointment as postmaster for Miller Grove; comments on bookkeeping practices; difficulties obtaining merchandise during World War II; comments on barter practices at store; factors in loss of business; comments on gasoline sale at store; sale of business; comments on cattle raising; description of typical day’s work; comments on Miller Grove community.
Date of Interview: 27/09/1985
GILLOOLY, Margaret (b. 1925)
GILLOOLY, Margaret (b. 1925)
Interview ID: OH 1091
Her experiences as a teenage civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Internment on Cebu, 1942; Santo Tomas, Manila, 1942-45; fall of Manila and liberation.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1995
GILMER, Claude (b. 1901)
Texas House of Representatives.
GILMER, Claude (b. 1901)
Texas House of Representatives.Interview ID: OH 0143
Attorney, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1946-47. His first legislative campaign; “Immortal 56” and the Transactions Tax; Governor W. Lee O’Daniel and his relationship with the House; life as a freshman representative; highway legislation and the Bond Assumption Act; his race for the House Speakership; views on Governor Coke Stevenson; Speaker of the House and committee assignments; Gilmer-Aiken Act and public education.
Date of Interview: 06/04/1968
GIPSON, Bruce D. (b. 1921)
GIPSON, Bruce D. (b. 1921)
Interview ID: OH 0821
Civil servant. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. Childhood in West Texas and East Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Littlefield, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 13/02/1991
GIPSON, James J. (b. 1922)
GIPSON, James J. (b. 1922)
Interview ID: OH 0830
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in West Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3892 camp at the Colorado National Monument (NP-8-C) near Grand Junction, Colorado; transfer to a side camp in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 19/02/1991
GIUSTINO, Margarita (b. 1947)
GIUSTINO, Margarita (b. 1947)
Interview ID: OH 1915
Recollections of her and her family’s memories of the Spanish Civil War and growing up in San Sebastian (Spain). Childhood memories growing up in Spain. Her thoughts on identifying as Basque after the civil war and the differences between city and country life. Thoughts on her education growing up.
Date of Interview: 04/05/1985
GLAUBEN, Max (b. 1930)
GLAUBEN, Max (b. 1930)
Interview ID: OH 0858
Businessman, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Warsaw, Poland; pre-World War II anti-Semitism; establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; concentration camp transports; Majdanek, 1943; Budzyn, 1943; Mielec, 1944; Wieliczka, 1944; Flossenburg, 1944-45; injury during Allied strafing attack; death marches; liberation by American troops; emigration to the U.S., 1947.
Date of Interview: 09/01/1990 to 10/01/1990, 20/01/1990 to 24/01/1990
GLAUBITZ, Gerald (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GLAUBITZ, Gerald (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0469
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 08/12/1978
GLENEWINKEL, John (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GLENEWINKEL, John (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0207
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Dobbin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 19/05/1974
GLENN, Bob (b. 1942).
GLENN, Bob (b. 1942).
Interview ID: OH 1706
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Family history; birth, childhood, and education in Weatherford; 1961 enlistment in U.S. Army; service at various stateside bases; career in banking industry; changes in Weatherford economy.
Date of Interview: 30/03/2010
GODBOLD, Bryghte D. (b. 1914)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
GODBOLD, Bryghte D. (b. 1914)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0123
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Wake Island and capture; Wosung Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942; Kiangwang, Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 07/04/1972
GODOY, Simon Lira (b. 1957)
GODOY, Simon Lira (b. 1957)
Interview ID: OH 1724
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas; chef, maintenance director for 2011 Cedar Springs building. Born in Durango, Mexico; early life with family in agriculture in the 1960s; educated in Mexico; crossed the border illegally by swimming the Rio Grande, walked 80 miles and worked various jobs; eventually made his way to Dallas; subsequent work experience in Dallas as an illegal immigrant; citizenship process; marriage and family.
Date of Interview: 20/04/2011
GOFF, Charles (b. 1914)
GOFF, Charles (b. 1914)
Interview ID: OH 1021
His experiences while employed by the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana, Texas, during World War II and the postwar years. Move from Akron, Ohio; construction of plant; safety procedures; Bond drives; housing and transportation adjustments; social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana.
Date of Interview: 01/02/1994
GOLDEN, Lorra (b. 1973)
U.S. Army OIF Veteran.
GOLDEN, Lorra (b. 1973)
U.S. Army OIF Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1777
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Army Sergeant, Petroleum Supply Specialist (92F), Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood in Gainesville, Texas; adoption of nephew; enlistment at thirty-two; challenges of being a non-traditional soldier; being openly gay in the military; experiences in combat; diagnoses and treatment of PTSD; views on lifting of combat exclusion ban of women; views on repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; advice for future female Soldiers.
Date of Interview: 09/02/2013
GOMEZ, Joaquin (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
GOMEZ, Joaquin (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0241
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 24th Division during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 24/08/1974
GONZALES, Emilio “Popo” (b. 1936) and Guadalupe “Lupe” Elizondo (b. 1941)
GONZALES, Emilio “Popo” (b. 1936) and Guadalupe “Lupe” Elizondo (b. 1941)
Interview ID: OH 1562
Hair stylists, community volunteers/activists. His youth working in the cotton fields and gins of South and West Texas; his decision to go to barber school, 1957; his marriage to Guadalupe (“Lupe”), 1960; decision to move to Denton, Texas, 1964; her decision to attend beauty school; their activities with Immaculate Conception catholic Church in Denton; his activities with Hispanic parishioners; establishment of Familias Unidas and its incorporation with LULAC, 1975; their involvement with the YMCA, Big Brothers and Sisters, Juvenile Board, Traffic Commission Board, Child Welfare Board, War on Drugs, selective Service Board, Hope Board, Civil Service Commission, Hispanics at Risk, his various awards and citations; his involvement in local politics; his involvement in the Catholic Jail ministry; her youth as a migrant worker; her community and church activities.
Date of Interview: 07/06/2004
GONZALEZ, Francisco (b. 1976)
GONZALEZ, Francisco (b. 1976)
Interview ID: OH 1921
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. His reflections on growing up in El Salvador during that country’s civil war (1980 – 1992), including curfews, restrictions to electricity and water, access to medical care. Education and starting a career as a journalist/photographer. 2001 earthquake and decision to obtain temporary protective status, then legal residency, in the U.S.; continuing education and success as a journalist/photographer; career as a journalism professor at Brookhaven College; service with the Texas State Guard; perspective on immigration debates in the U.S.
Date of Interview: 30/10/2012
GONZALEZ, Jose (b. 1931)
U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran. Nurse Corps.
GONZALEZ, Jose (b. 1931)
U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran. Nurse Corps.Interview ID: OH 1191
Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71; assignment to the 24th Evacuation Hospital; base entertainment; recreation off-base; his being awarded the Bronze Star; relationship between doctors and nurses; morale; getting leave to come home to attend family wedding; contacts with Vietnamese civilians; attitudes toward the war; post-Vietnam adjustments.
Date of Interview: 04/07/1997
GONZALEZ, Laura (b. 1953)
GONZALEZ, Laura (b. 1953)
Interview ID: OH 2022
Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S.; immigrant rights activist, and anthropology professor with expertise in immigrant communities from Guanajuato, Mexico, in the U.S. Childhood and education in Mexico City; decision to pursue a career in the field of political anthropology; decision to open the Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies; work with Camposanto del Cemento Grande and other community organizations in Dallas; work to increase Hispanics’ access to college; involvement in immigrant rights movements and local Mexican American political groups. Interview in Spanish and English translations.
Date of Interview: 13/10/2007
GOOCH, Ann H. (b. 1920)
GOOCH, Ann H. (b. 1920)
Interview ID: OH 0997
Her reminiscences about Texarkana, Texas, 1925-50. Her mother’s political and social activities; relationships with African-Americans; early education; business enterprises; social organizations; family life.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1993
GOOD, William O. (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
GOOD, William O. (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0447
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 98th Antiaircraft Regiment, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 05/08/1978
GOODWIN, James (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
GOODWIN, James (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0584
His experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 23/10/1982
GORDON, Crayton R. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
GORDON, Crayton R. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0383
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, 1942-43; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1943; Changi Jail, Singapore, 1943-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 31/01/1977
GORDON, Ernest (b. 1916)
British Army WWII Veteran. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
GORDON, Ernest (b. 1916)
British Army WWII Veteran. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.Interview ID: OH 1071
Physician. His experiences and recollections as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after the fall of Malaya.
Date of Interview: 19/03/1995
GORISCHEK, Ignaz M. (b. 1956)
GORISCHEK, Ignaz M. (b. 1956)
Interview ID: OH 2037
Ignaz Gorischek shares his experience being “paid to play” for over forty years as a visual merchandiser in the world of fashion retail. Trained in fashion illustration, Gorischek transitioned into “three-dimensional storytelling” in smaller retail environments before transitioning to Burdines in Florida and then spent decades at the downtown Dallas flagship location for Neiman-Marcus, where he worked with Neiman-Marcus corporate on large-scale, often international projects. Those included partnering with the Italian Trade Commission, planning the “Texas: The Crossroads” Fortnight event, “The Next Hundred Years” centennial celebration in 2007, and creating iconic Christmas windows for the flagship location. Gorischek notes formative figures through his career – Stanely Marcus, Billy Payton, among others – and details the company ethos of Neiman-Marcus.
Date of Interview: 17/08/2020
GORMAN, Carl (b. ca. 1927)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
GORMAN, Carl (b. ca. 1927)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1048
His experiences as a Navajo code talker with the 2nd Marines on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan; creation of the Navajo code.
Date of Interview: 09/10/1994
GOSSELL, Lloyd (b. 1923)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. A Company. 1st Battalion. 28th Regiment. 5th Marine Division.
GOSSELL, Lloyd (b. 1923)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. A Company. 1st Battalion. 28th Regiment. 5th Marine Division.Interview ID: OH 1394
His experiences during the assault on Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945. Enlistment and boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1942; jungle training on New Caledonia, 1942-43; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1943; combat on Bougainville, 1943-44; return to the States to help form the 5th Marine Division; final training, Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, 1944-45; briefings and meetings en route to Iwo Jima; the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima; the initial assault on February 17, 1945; conditions on Green Beach; the assault across terraces to the base of Mount Suribachi; isolating Mount Suribachi from the rest of the island; transfer to the north end of Iwo Jima and combat on Hill 362-A; combat in “Death Valley”; occupation of Japan.
Date of Interview: 12/03/2001
GOSSETT, Ed (b. 1902)
U.S. Congressman.
GOSSETT, Ed (b. 1902)
U.S. Congressman.Interview ID: OH 0120
Attorney, former U.S. Congressman from Wichita Falls, Texas, 1938-51, federal judge. Early law career; his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1936; his successful campaign for Congress in 1938 against ardent pro-New Dealer W. D. McFarlane; comments about the New Deal; his personal political philosophy; congressional committees; inner-workings of Congress; views on immigration; comments about Franklin Roosevelt and Sam Rayburn.
Date of Interview: 27/06/1969 to 01/08/1969
GOVAN, Amelia (b. 1917)
GOVAN, Amelia (b. 1917)
Interview ID: OH 1616
For the Eastland County African American Women’s Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Eastland, Texas. Experiences regarding rural life, racial segregation, and race relations in Eastland County, Texas; early childhood in a farming family in Elmo, Texas; family’s move to town of Eastland; decision to move to Los Angles, Cal., in search of work; return to Eastland; religious and social life among African Americans in Eastland; family history.
Date of Interview: 11/10/2006
GOWEN, George (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GOWEN, George (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0933
His experiences aboard the destroyer Chevalier during the Battle of Vella Lavella in January 1943; his naval career after World War II.
Date of Interview: 03/05/1993
GRABINSKI, Louis (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GRABINSKI, Louis (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0393
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 18/10/1977
GRACE, Arthur R. (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
GRACE, Arthur R. (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0394
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 14/10/1977
GRAHAM, Bette C. (b. 1920)
Liquid Paper Corporation.
GRAHAM, Bette C. (b. 1920)
Liquid Paper Corporation.Interview ID: OHB 0010
Founder, Liquid Paper Corporation. Her secretarial background; development of Liquid Paper formula; developing the organization and marketing approach; growth of organization, markets, product lines, technology; uniqueness of her philosophy and structure of company and profits stemming from her personal views of life as practitioner of Christian Science; three-person presidency and committee system; financing methods; selection and training of personnel; attitudes toward employees, customers; place of art in her life and business; founding of Bette Claire McMurrey Foundation; views on women in work environment.
Date of Interview: 03/08/1977
GRAHAM, Fred (b. 1934)
GRAHAM, Fred (b. 1934)
Interview ID: OH 0631
Journalist, former sports information director at North Texas State University. His recollections of the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics at North Texas State College while an assistant in the News and Information Office, 1956.
Date of Interview: 16/03/1984
GRAHAM, Larry (b. 1953)
GRAHAM, Larry (b. 1953)
Interview ID: OH 1528
Businessman. His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His first experiences with the Sixties counterculture at Allen’s Landing, Houston, Texas; his attraction to rock ‘n roll music; his earning the nickname “The Diller” from distributing Armadillo Comics in high school; his use of drugs as a teenager; his decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; living conditions at the festival; dropping acid and having a bad trip at the festival; the trip tent; performers at the festival, including Led Zeppelin, Chicago Transit Authority, and Janis Joplin; skinny-dipping in Lake Dallas; activities of “Wavy Gravy” and the Hog Farm; his high school activities after the festival.
Date of Interview: 11/12/2003
GRAHAM, William (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 410th Bomb Squadron. 94th Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.
GRAHAM, William (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 410th Bomb Squadron. 94th Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.Interview ID: OH 1325
Businessman. His experiences as a flight engineer on a B-17 in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942; technical training at Consolidated Aircraft, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment as head of operations, Sioux Falls, Iowa, 1942-44; description of his functions as a flight engineer; his description of the flying characteristics of the B-17; assignment to the 410th Bomb Squadron at Bury Saint Edmunds, England, May, 1944; his description of various missions over Germany; coping with enemy flak and fighters; his first mission to Berlin; his first encounter with enemy jet aircraft; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; his second raid to Berlin, 1945; postwar business career.
Date of Interview: 17/12/1999
GRAY, Dr. James H. (b. 1943)
GRAY, Dr. James H. (b. 1943)
Interview ID: OH 1584
African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Memories of childhood in West Dallas, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools and perceptions of how well that education prepared him for NTSU; decision to enter North Texas in Fall 1961 with intention to major in Commercial Art; decision to change major to Biology, with an eye toward a career in medical illustration; experience boarding with African-American families in “Shack Town”; value of personal stubbornness in the face of racial discrimination; experience of being the only African-American student in every one of his classes at North Texas; belief that some instructors at North Texas did treat blacks fairly, and they knew which fellow instructors would and would not treat blacks fairly; 1966 graduation with B.A. in Biology; decision to pursue M.S. in Microbiology at North Texas, studies with Dr. Gerard “Roland” Vela, and graduation after only one year; decision to enter University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio; medical residency in ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.; work in Shiraz, Iran, and comparison of his isolated life there with social isolation at NTSU; belief that his experience at North Texas was difficult but ultimately a positive one.
Date of Interview: 11/04/2006
GRAY, Eunice (b. 1907)
GRAY, Eunice (b. 1907)
Interview ID: OH 1447
Her comments about the history of Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. Early history of her descendents, the Sullivan family, 1856-1900; cattle raising and marketing; comments about the oil industry.
Date of Interview: 16/10/1987
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