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NAYLOR, Keith (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0072
Postal worker, 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; Chungkai, Thailand, 1944; railroad maintenance in Burma,…
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NEFF, Paul (b. 1911) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0180
Businessman. His experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1745
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Native resident of Denton, Texas. Family history; relation to the first elected official in Dallas, Texas; Denton’s First State Bank; childhood and schooling in Denton; family during the Great Depression; playing piano; the Denton Square; Pearl Harbor and the Second World War; attending the University…
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NELSON, Ralph (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1745
His experiences while aboard the submarines USS Batfish and USS Parche in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, San Diego, California, 1942; early torpedo problems; his responsibilities as a fire controlman; assignment to the Batfish, 1944; various patrols in the Luzon Strait and Makassar Strait; lifeguard duty off Palau for…
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OH 0891
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas and New Mexico; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 817 at SP-38-T in Mother Neff State Park, Texas; transfer to Lake Brownwood, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
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NEVILL, Gale E. (b. 1906) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 6th Army

Interview ID#
OH 1391
Mechanical engineer. His experiences with the Corps of Engineers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war job experiences; enlistment in the Corps of Engineers Reserve, 1933; service with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona and Colorado, 1933-34; active duty, December, 1941; assignment to Headquarters, 3rd Army, Fort Sam Houston…
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NEWBAUER, Merle (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0351
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0956
Their experiences as residents of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1955-90. Youth in East Texas; education in segregated schools; housing problems for African-Americans in Dallas; home improvements; social life; school activities; desegregation and closing of Hamilton Park Junior and Senior High Schools; flooding problems; Pacesetter; Civic League; zoning…
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OH 1861
For the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. Administrator and UNT Foundation emeritus board member. Experience as an undergraduate student at UNT; work experience; return to UNT as Director of the Professional Development Institute; UNT Foundation work; Foundation history.
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NEWTON, Davis Porter (b. 1915) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 346th Harbor Craft Company

Interview ID#
OH 1365
Attorney. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prosecuting attorney of Class C war criminals for International Military Tribunal for the Far East after World War II. Assignment to New Guinea, 1944, and legal work there; assignment to an Army tugboat and operations around Mindinao,…
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OH 1455
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. His description of buildings and families during a driving tour of Denton County, Texas.
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NICHOLAS, R. D. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0376
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1487
Stage director. His recollections of his father, the artist Perry Nichols. Growing up at the family house/studio on Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas, in the 1940s; his father’s first wife, Mary Nell Brooks; his description and identification of the arts people who visited his father’s studio; his father’s conversion of a church on Cole Avenue in…
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NICHOLS, John (b. 1916) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0405
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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NICHOLS, Loyd Dean (b. *) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1739
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. Childhood in Bonham, Texas; family life in the Great Depression; reaction to Pearl Harbor; decision to enlist in U.S. Navy; basic and advanced training; assignment as a range finder operator/electrician on the USS Drayton; Battles of Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal, San Pedro Bay, and others; strategies of…
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OH 1159
University professor. Her experiences concerning the formation and development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas, 1988-95. Early interest in women's studies; organizing the Woman's Studies Program on campus; opponents and proponents; teaching methods; views on feminism.
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NIELSEN, Eugene (b. ca. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0802
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Struggle for Corregidor; surviving the Palawan massacre, 1944.
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NINE, Kenneth C. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0798
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 27th Infantry during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; comments about the author James Jones (From Here to Eternity).
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NITCHKE, Pattie South (b. 1946)Braniff International Airways

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OH 1964
Daughter of Charles S. South, former Vice President and Administrative Head of Braniff’s Latin-American Division. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives…
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OH 0926
His experiences as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, 1926-32.
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OH 0949
Schoolteacher. Her experiences at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, 1949-69. Relationship with students; church activities; comments about Principal Fred Moore.
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OH 1610
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former employee of the Texas Textile Mill and longtime resident of McKinney, Texas. Nature of clerical work at the mill; memories of various mill products; memories of various mill employees.
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OHB 0025
Banker. Family background; boyhood work experiences; education; first job in banking; rise to bank president; early banking practices, equipment, laws; evolution of banking business; Depression; retirement and move to Denton, Texas, 1951; membership on bank boards; comments on banking in Denton through 1978; other business interests.
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OH 1237
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Brazos, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to BR-83-W in Veteran, Wyoming; reenlistment to F-2-N in Apache Creek, New Mexico; transfer to Conchas Dam near Tucumcari, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.
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NORRIS, Robinson R. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0331
His experiences at Fort Shafter with the 64th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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