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KAMPMANN, Ike (b. 1918) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 1278
Attorney. His role as the defending attorney for four Japanese soldiers accused of spying during the Philippines Campaign, 1944-45. Assignment to 6th Army Headquarters and appointment as defense attorney by General Walter Krueger; description of the trial proceedings; conviction and execution of the accused Japanese soldiers; personal doubts about…
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OH 1626
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former textile mill worker. Childhood in Van Alstyne and McKinney, Texas; his own and father’s work at Texas Textile mill; life in “mill block” housing; 1948 tornado and family’s year spent in Waco as textile mill was rebuilt; social and economic life in McKinney.
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KANAMAN, James R. (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0382
His experiences while aboard the destroyer-minelayer USS Tracy during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 2059
Elected first woman mayor of Marshall, Texas, in 1994. Her legacy of work, fund-raising and restoration efforts in Marshall and East Texas. Accomplishments include founding the Marshall Public Library, construction of the Marshall Civic Center Auditorium and the restoration of the Harrison County Courthouse. Kariel tells of her life-long…
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OH 1180
Her experiences on the homefront during World War II. Youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens;…
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OHB 0037
KASPAR, Arthur H. Chairman of the board, Kaspar Wire Works. Family background; father’s wire basket business in Shiner, Texas; expansion of business in 1920s; sales trips using Model T; addition of coat hangers to products list; development of spot welding, 1929; success of florist wire easels and swimming pool basket products; building of plant,…
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KASTER, James (b. 1933) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0274
Banker, travel agent, pilot, member of the Texas House of Representatives from El Paso, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Comments about Speaker Bill Clayton; House speakership race; committee assignments; constitutional revision; public school financing; public utilities legislation;…
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OH 0562
His experiences and personal views as the governor’s legislative liaison during the Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. His appointment as legislative liaison; comments about Governor William Clements; legislative strategy; law-and-order legislation; initiative-referendum; curriculum revision bill; redistricting; state water plan; comments about…
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OH 0085
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.
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OH 0153
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. Freshmen legislators; reform legislation; appropriations; personal legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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OH 1055
Businessman. His recollections concerning the Kaiser Permanente-Prudential Insurance company joint venture in health care.
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OH 0878
Library administrator. Her experiences as a student in the library school at the College of Industrial Arts, Denton, Texas, and her subsequent career in library administration. Early teaching career, De Leon (Jones County), Texas; library school at College of industrial Arts, 1935-38; librarian at Sabine (Texas) High School, 1935-40; librarian at…
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OH 1137
Staff member, University of North Texas. His experiences as a student at North Texas State College during the desegregation of the school, 1957-60. Comments about President J C Matthews; observations about racial matters on the college campus and the community of Denton, Texas.
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KEITH, Lawrence J. (b. 1920) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0729
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with the Marine guard detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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KELLEY, Ben (b. 1916) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0565
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; hell ship to Japan; Ohasi, Honshu, 1943; liberation.
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OH 1538
Locomotive engineer, commodities trader. His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His upper middle-class upbringing in Lubbock, Texas; his activities as a teenager; clothing fashions of the Sixties; general discussion of the music of the Sixties; comments about the…
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KELLEY, Ernest L., Jr. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, A Troop, 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard

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OH 1483
His life as a youth in northeast Texas; family experiences during the Great Depression; his long-time love of mules and horses; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard, November, 1940; mobilization of the Texas National Guard, November 18, 1940; training with horses, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1940-41; advanced training at…
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KELLEY, Jack W. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0418
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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KEMP, Albert E. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1110
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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KEMPFF, Paul (b. 1914) Royal Dutch Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0535
Veteran of the Royal Dutch Navy in the Netherlands East Indies. 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; Chungkai and Bampong, Thailand, 1944-45;…
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KENNEDY, Albert E. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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Oh 0699
Businessman, 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;…
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OH 0990
Their recollections about Texarkana, Texas, 1927-41; their careers; church activities; social organizations; their education; entertainment; local business enterprises; women in business; ethnic groups.
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KENNER, Jack W. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0513
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; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Hakodate, Sapporo, and Muroran, Hokkaido, 1942-45; liberation.
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OH 0856
Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the Library Services Department at North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1950-75.
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KENT, James (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0127
School custodian, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Base; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; copper mines at Mitzushima, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids;…
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