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BROWN, Lawrence (b. 1914) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0178
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; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
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OH 0179
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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BROWN, Leon (b. 1918)School of Music, North Texas State University

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OH 0577
Professor of trombone. His reminiscences about Boh Makovsky, former band director and head of the Music Department at Oklahoma A&M College, 1915-43.
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OH 0991
His experiences as an employee of the Red River Arsenal, Texarkana, Arkansas, and the Lone Star Ordnance Plant, Texarkana, Texas, 1941-43. Union activities; safety procedures; women employees; work schedules.
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OH 0652
His experiences as a student during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
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OH 1794
For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Denton resident. Childhood in Pilot Point, Texas; school integration; assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.; life during segregation; family; work experience; community life in Denton; racism.
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BRUCE, John W. (b. 1917) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0589
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 36th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BRUNK, Robert E. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1035
His experiences aboard the aircraft tender USS Curtiss during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1280
Mechanical engineer, business executive. His experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Employment with the Procter and Gamble Company in the Philippines, 1941; pre-World War II social life in Manila; supplying the U.S. military with soap, shortening, and margarine; Japanese bombing of Nielson Field…
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OH 0893
His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life; segregated education; employment with Texas and Pacific Railroad, Universal Freight; children; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; college at Prairie View; shopping; church activities; social activities; Civic…
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OH 1873
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with farming; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings.
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OH 2084
Administrative Coordinator at UNT. Childhood in Germany, education at University of York, England, career with UNT administration. Experience as a “third-culture kid” being born in Germany, moving to the USA at 30 years old.
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BRYANT, John (b. 1947)Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0540
Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Biographical information; political philosophy; decision to enter politics; comments about Speaker Bill Clayton, Governor William Clements; House Study Group; House rules; public school…
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OH 1714
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Director of Marketing and Sales Administration, Peterbilt Motors Company, and Italian immigrant. Purpose of migration to the United States; family background in Rome, Italy; education; employment in the U.S.; comparison of opportunities in Italy and the U.S.; comparison of bureaucracy in…
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OH 1919
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Pamela is the daughter of Judge Jerry Lynn Buchmeyer who became a United States District Judge in the Northern District of Texas. Thoughts on her Fathers political career. Her retailing of Baker v. Wade a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas, which criminalized…
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BUCK, J. W. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0279
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; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
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OH 0299
Highway construction worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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BUGBEE, Karl A. (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0098
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; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ashio, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.
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BULL, Harcourt G. (b. 1909) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0130
Tax consultant, Army veteran, 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; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, 1943-45; liberation.
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OH 1531
Salesperson. Her experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. Her Mexican-American family values; her use of drugs and alcohol in high school; her attitudes toward the Vietnam War; hippie activities at Allen’s Landing in Houston, Texas; conflicts between rednecks and hippies; her…
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BUMGARNER, John R. (b. 1912) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 1073
Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; liberation.
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BUNCH, William P. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0091
Businessman, Army veteran, survivor of the Bataan campaign. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Clark Field; fall of Bataan and capture; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Yawata steel mill, Honshu; Miyazu, Honshu, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
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BURCH, John O. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0422
His experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BURGE, Jack (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0427
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; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo…
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OH 0805
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Terrell, Texas and Tyler, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Maydelle, Texas; transfer to a camp in Lindale, Texas; camp move to Marshall, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
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