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CHENNAULT, James R. (b. 1915) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard

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OH 1508
His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in rural Mississippi; his move to Texas in 1939; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, 1940; mobilization of the Texas National Guard, November, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers as part of the 3rd Army, Summer, 1941; training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, and Fort Clark,…
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OH 0972
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Natchez, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.
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OH 2077
For the DFW immigration Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to Frisco, Texas. Childhood and education experiences in Chennai, India; Queens, New York; and West Windsor, New Jersey. Adjusting to life in America as an immigrant; college education at Rutgers University; career with Southwest Airlines. Religious importance of Hindu temples:…
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CHILDRESS, Clyde C. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0106
Businessman. His experiences as a guerrilla fighter on Mindanao, Philippine Islands, during World War II.
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CHILDRESS, Elmer (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0378
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Reid during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0526 BOH 0047
Oilman, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Western Company. Family background; experiences in merchant marine; roustabouting and roughnecking around Barbers Hill, Liberty, and Esperson Dome; education at University of Oklahoma; Depression experiences; employment with Reed Roller Bit Company; early contacts with Clint…
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OH 2019
UNT Emeritus Professor of History. Childhood in Kansas; graduate education at University of New Mexico and teaching career at North Texas, beginning in 1964; remembrances of Vietnam War-era protest on campus and feelings about the war more generally among NT students and faculty.
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CHIPMAN, Thomas A. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, D Company, 320th Medical Battalion, 95th Infantry Division

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OH 1299
Restaurateur. His experiences as a medic/driver in the European Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, May, 1942; basic training and cadre duty at Fort Robinson, Arkansas; assignment to Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pennsylvania, for a degree in engineering; transfer to Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, to the 320th Battalion…
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CHRISTENSEN, Charles C. (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0494
His experiences while aboard the auxiliary repair ship USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0111
Journalist, public relations executive, former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson. His experiences and impressions during his tenure as presidential press secretary. Role of White House task forces in policy-making; presidential decision-making; importance of staff work; Executive-Legislative relationships; functions of the press…
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OH 1033
Businesswoman. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton, Park, Texas, 1955-91. Parents; segregated education in Grand Prairie, Texas; employment as private housekeeper; housing in Dallas projects; African-American life in Hall-Thomas area of Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; transportation problems; establishment…
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CHUMLEY, Horace (b. 1916) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0199
Retired law enforcement officer, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
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OH 0696
Farmers-ranchers. Their recollections concerning the Italian immigrant experience and their life as second generation Italians around Pueblo, Colorado. Education; old world customs; nativism; development of the Ciruli Brothers produce business; farming and ranching activities.
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OH 1636
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. First-generation descendant through marriage of Quakertown residents. Childhood and early education in Lampasas and Austin, Texas; 1958 marriage to Rev. “Willie” Clark, who had grown up in Quakertown; move to Denton; family’s experience in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women’s Fellowship;…
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OH 1900
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood in a mixed neighborhood in Lampasas, Texas; good race relations in Lampasas; living in a segregated neighborhood in Austin; move to Denton; Quakertown history; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; efforts to pave streets; lasting friendships among Fellowship members;…
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CLARK, Arthur B. (b. 1922) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1371
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; Kaoren, Thailand, 1943-45; liberation by the OSS, 1945.
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OH 0806
Laborer. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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OH 0048
Former secretary to Representative Sam Rayburn. Her personal recollections and experiences from her many years of service in the office of Congressman Rayburn in Washington, D. C.
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CLAYTON, Bill (b. 1928) Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1975-82

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OH 0387
Farmer-rancher-businessman. His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Budget surplus; appropriations; highway bill; public school financing; Peveto bill and property taxation; government reorganization; House-Senate relations; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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OH 0477
His personal views and experiences during the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Treasury surplus; sentiment for tax relief; influence of Proposition 13 in California; gubernatorial politics; homestead exemptions; taxation on agricultural land; Peveto bill; “Filthy Fifty.”
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OH 0485
Farmer-rancher-businessman. His personal views and experiences as Speaker during the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Decision to seek third term as speaker; relationship with Governor William Clements; House organization; Budget Execution Act; reduction of state bureaucracy; zero-based budgeting; reduction of taxes; appropriations; school finance bill;…
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OH 0567
His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-seventh Legislature. Effects of elections of 1980; effects of Brilab; House rules; selection of committee chairs; initiative-referendum; interest rates; state water plan redistricting; law-and-order legislation; his political future.
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OH 0284
His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Early political career; personal political philosophy; quest for the house speakership; personal observations of former Speakers Byron Tunnell, Ben Barnes, Gus Mutscher, Rayford Price, Price Daniel, Jr.; appointment of committee chairs; disposition of budget surplus…
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CLAYTON, Margaret (b. 1917)Anderson-Clayton Funeral Homes, Inc. and Anderson-Clayton Burial Association, Terrell, Texas

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OHB 0067
Secretary-treasurer, Anderson-Clayton Funeral Homes, Inc. and Anderson-Clayton Burial Association, Terrell, Texas. Family background; John Clayton’s involvement in Terrell funeral business, 1921; merger of Anderson Undertaking Company and Muckleroy-Clayton Company, 1926; officers of company; expansion into Mesquite, Texas, 1935; establishment of…
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CLEERE, Duane (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1125
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Hoe in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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