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OH 0862
Clerk. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Youth in East Texas; employment in Dallas; African-American housing problems; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home maintenance and improvements; transportation problems; social organizations; Hamilton Park School; church activities; Interorganizational Council and other…
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OH 0831
Businessman, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Konin, Poland; pre-Nazi anti-Semitism; internment in Jewish Ghetto in Ostrowiec, Poland, 1939-42; Polish Partisans; gun-running activities; sabotage activities; Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, 1944; black market activities; liberation.
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JAEGER, Edward P (b. 1942) U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, Medical Corps.

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OH 1165
Insurance executive, businessman, Army veteran (17th Field Hospital and 67th Evacuation Hospital). His letters written to his wife from An Khe and Qhi Nhon, Republic of Vietnam, during 1968-69.
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OH 1238
His experiences during the Vietnam War as a medical supply officer with the 17th Field Hospital (An Khe) and the 67th Evacuation Hospital (Qui Nhon), 1968-69, as related in tape-recorded letters to his wife, Elizabeth Pierce Jaeger. Plans for having children; future personal financial planning; racial tensions and Black Power activities; shopping…
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OH 1239
His experiences during the Vietnam War as a medical supply officer with the 17th Field Hospital (An Khe) and the 67th Evacuation Hospital (Qui Nhon), 1968-69, as related in tape-recorded letters to his parents, Edward F and Alice P Jaeger. Chronicle of his departure for Vietnam; description of Vietnamese village life and culture; assignment to the…
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OH 1282
His letters from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Jaeger, during 1969 when he was stationed in Vietnam. [Transcripts of audiotapes.]
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JAGOE, Joe (b. 1913)Jagoe Abstract Company; Lewisville Fishing Barge

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OHB 0083
Owner and operator, Jagoe Abstract Company, Denton, Texas and co-owner, Lewisville Fishing Barge, Lewisville, Texas. Family background; history of Carroll’s abstract business and Jagoe Abstract Company; history of Denton courthouses; origins of First Mondays in Denton; Denton Transportation, 1920s; comments on father’s experiences operating…
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JAMES, Houston (b. 1924) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0600
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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JAMES, Lester Lee (b. 1924) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1740
Experiences in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Crescent City during the World War II; early years in Texas and California; work experience as a skilled tradesman in Nevada and Utah prior to military service; drafted into U.S. Navy and conflict with religious affiliation as Seventh Day Adventist; shipboard life and duties while on an amphibian…
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OH 0985
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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OH 1459
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. His reminiscences about life and families in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1908. Identification of land and property owners; comments about Vaughn Town; identification of African-American settlements; comments about Jackie Davis Cemetery; his description of land and property during a driving tour…
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JAMISON, Alonzo (b. 1918) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0003
College professor, farmer-­stockman, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas House of Representatives; House speakerships in general; lobbyist activities.
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OH 0010
His experiences and personal views on the Sixtieth Legislature; activities on House Education Committee.
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OH 0032
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. Appropriations; revenue bills; comments about budget-making process; legislature’s relationship with Governor John Connally; liquor legislation; urban-rural conflict.
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OH 1644
For the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. Pastor of Fort Worth’s All Saints Catholic Church. Childhood in Waco, Texas; education in Waco schools, at Saint Francis University and institutions in Spain and Italy; career in Mexico; decision to return to Texas to lead All Saints’ parish; demographics of parish and needs of…
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JENKINS, Floyd (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0594
His experiences while aboard the auxiliary repair ship USS Rigel during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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JENNY, Thomas (b. 1930) U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps

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OH 1916
For the Air America Oral History Project. Memories of growing up in Pittsburgh and Miami. First thoughts on becoming an aircraft pilot and joining the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. Transitioning form the Navy to the Marine Corp and joining active duty squadrons. Years spent flying for Pan-America before joining Air America. Flight and rescue…
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OH 1139
Her experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Lufkin, Texas; joining the CCC; employment as a clerk with CCC East Texas Headquarters office in Lufkin, Texas; transfer to CCC North Texas District Headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas; description of headquarters; life in headquarters.
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OH 1769
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Cuban-born immigrant to Garland, Texas. Childhood in Cuba as a second generation Spanish-Korean; escape from Communism via boat; refugee experience in Guantánamo Bay; first memories of the U.S.; transition to American life; move to Texas; comparison of life in Cuba to life in America; effects…
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OH 1200
Army veteran and his German war bride. His experiences in the European Theater during World War II while attached to SHAEF; her experiences as a German civilian before and during World War II. His original assignment to K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division; transfer to Headquarters Command, SHAEF, as head of the officer's mess, 1944; comments…
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JOHNSEN, Kenneth G. (b. 1920) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 426th Air Force Band

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OH 1372
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Army Air Forces, 1940; acceptance in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1941; his resignation from the Aviation Cadet Program during basic flight training as the result of the death of a close friend in a plane crash; assignment to the 426th Air Force band, Waco,…
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JOHNSON, Albert (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0263
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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JOHNSON, Donald (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0266
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1574
African-American alumnus of North Texas State College. Memories of childhood in “Near North” Dallas and South Dallas, Texas, including bombing of African-Americans’ homes in newly desegregated South Dallas; early education in all-black schools, including Lincoln High School, in Dallas; experience at Texas Southern University; two years’ service in…
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JOHNSON, Eddie Bernice (b. 1934) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0218
Nurse, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. Early life in a segregated society; early political activities; campaign for the Texas House of Representatives, 1972; Black Caucus; Women’s Caucus; reform legislation; appropriations;…
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