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

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OH 0499
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, 1944-45; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1945, and American air raids…
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REA, M. L. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0517
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; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45, and American air raids…
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OH 1807
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Retired statistics professor, former Dallas Gay Alliance board member, and longtime activist in the Dallas LGBT community. Police harassment of the Dallas gay community; Village Station arrests; coming out in the late 1970s; Dallas Gay Alliance; childhood in the United Kingdom; travels in the Middle East…
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READ, Louis B. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0138
Businessman, survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Shinagawa Prison Camp, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation .
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REAS, John C. (b. 1917) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1252
Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the Houston,1942; capture and imprisonment in Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma- Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Rat Buri Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
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OH 1950

Political activist, journalist and author. Former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributing publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. Childhood memories and early experiences of his father’s newspaper…

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OH 1950 v.2

Part Two interview: Political activist, journalist and author. Former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributor to publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. Childhood memories and…

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OH 1997
Professor emeritus of the UNT Political Science department, native of Czechoslovakia and survivor of the Nazi and Soviet invasions of that country, and political activist. Childhood experiences in Prague, Sobotka, and other Czech towns; parents’ political involvements; family’s experiences in World War II and Soviet invasion; perceptions of…
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REDDIG, B. S. (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0446
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 21st Infantry during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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REDIN, Harley (b. 1919) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Marine Bombing Squadron VMB-433

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OH 1422
Educator. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot n the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Graduation from North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas, 192; enlistment in the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Civilian Pilot Training, 1942; primary flight training, Grand Prairie Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942;…
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OH 2171

Discussion with Sydney Reece regarding her experience in the mental health industry. The conversation includes her journey into the field, the impacts of a global pandemic on the practice, and the lasting effects of that event on the industry and general population.

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OH 0920
Political consultant. Her role in the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1967-93. Volunteer campaign work; political director of John Tower’s senatorial campaign, 1978; activities with Texas Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs; evolving role of women in political campaigns; decision to become a political consultant; her conservative…
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REED, James V. (b. 1924) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0812
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Minnesota; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Big Fork, Minnesota; description of camp; life in camp; joining the Marine Corps; 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater.
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OH 0720
Community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Life in a segregated community; desegregation of North Texas State College; desegregation of public schools and the tutoring program; Fred Moore School; typical meeting of the group; paving of streets in…
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OH 1638
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. Former resident of Denton’s historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood and long-time Denton resident. Childhood in Quakertown; family history; family’s forced move out of Quakertown to Solomon Hill neighborhood of Denton; race relations in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women’s Fellowship; family…
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REED, Raymond D. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1850
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Civil rights activist, former Dallas City Councilmember, and longtime Dallas ISD employee. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; involvement in Dallas NAACP’s Youth Council with Juanita Craft; civil rights activism; life during segregation; desegregation in Texas schools and at the University of North Texas;…
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REESE, Seldon D. (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0426
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, and American…
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REICHLE, Grover (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0495
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, 1944-45; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
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REID, David (b. 1961) U.S. Navy OIF Verteran

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OH 1673
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Childhood in Savannah, Georgia; education at Valdosta State College; acceptance to U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate school; training at Pensacola, Florida; missions in North Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean regions; assignment to Beeville Naval…
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REISINGER, Edward L. (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 4th Signal Company, 4th Infantry Division

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OH 1312
His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Depression era odd jobs; decision to join the Army, July, 1940; Fort Benning, Georgia, 1940-41, and assignment to the 4th Signal Company; Camp Gordon, Georgia, 1941-1943; Camp Gordon Johnson, Florida, 1943, for amphibious training; his marriage to Margaret Lilly, Christmas Eve, 1942; his…
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OH 1454
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Realtor. Her reminiscences concerning rural life in the area of Tioga,Texas, 1917-1987. Changing demographics of the area; rising land values; comments about long-time residents of the area; a description of life on her family home place; revivals; medicine shows; home remedies; virtues of small-town…
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RETZLOFF, Henry (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0452
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station withthe Base Transportation Department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941.
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OH 0604
Businessman. His experiences as a member of the football teamduring the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
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OH 1792
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Musicians, artists, and simple life advocates. Childhoods; influences on life philosophies; discovery of the Nearings and the Simple Life; interest in homesteading; residency at the Good Life Center.
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