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RICH, John (b. 1917) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 4th Marine Division

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OH 1363
Journalist. His experiences as a Japanese language interpreter/interrogator in the Pacific Theater during World War II; and his observations as a journalist while covering the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Pre-war career in journalism; U.S. Navy Japanese Language School, University of Colorado, 1942-43;…
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RICHARDSON, Iliff D. (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1284
His experiences as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Assignment to patrol-torpedo boats in the Philippines,1941; orders from General Douglas A. MacArthur to establish a clandestine radio network to maintain communications with Commander Southwest Pacific after his evacuation from Corregidor; his role in plotting…
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OH 2017
For the Geezle Oral History Project. NTSC alumnus, football player, and member of the Geezles Fraternity. Childhood and public-school education in Dallas and Garland, TX; experiences as a high school football player and recruitment to North Texas in 1956; experiences with the North Texas freshman and varsity football teams; decision to join…
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RICHARDSON, Milroy B. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 1463
His experiences at Wheeler Field with the 6th Pursuit Squadron, 18th Fighter Group, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1470
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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OH 0712
Schoolteacher, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Segregation in Denton; desegregation of the schools and public facilities in Denton; early meetings of the Fellowship; social activities; programs; street paving in the African American…
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OH 1906

RIDDLESPERGER, Carol: For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; memories of the Great Depression and World War II; educational and professional background; ethnicities in Texas in the 1950s and 1960s; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; segregation; Denton civil rights activism; Denton desegregation;…

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RIGGLEMAN, Thomas D. (b. 1926) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1065
Engineer. His experiences aboard the destroyer USS McGowan in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Everyday life aboard ship; Iwo Jima; Okinawa and kamikazes; operations off northern Japan, 1945.
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OH 0982
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in North Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1814 at Camp G-136-A in Duncan, Arizona; company move to Camp G-173-A in Fredonia, Arizona; Company 3892 at Camp NP-8-C in Grand Junction, Colorado; description of camps; life in camps.
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RILEY, Howard (b. 1914) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0454
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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RIPP, William (b. 1934)Braniff International Airways

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OH 1965

Ripp, William: Dispatch Clerk to Assistant Manager to Shift Manager for Dispatch. 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 and family members. Content…

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OH 1749
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Lebanese-born immigrant to Lewisville, Texas. Life in pre-Civil War Lebanon; life during the Lebanese Civil War; preconceptions of America; move to Oxford, England, en route to College Station, Texas; attending Texas A&M University; citizenship process; difficulty with American expressions…
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ROBERSON, James (b. 1926) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1169
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sailfish in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1942; his responsibilities as a motor machinist’s mate; qualification examinations; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands and in the South China Sea; lifeguard duty off the Mariana Islands for downed…
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ROBERTS, Charles H. (b. 1914) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0384
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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ROBERTS, Charles H. (b. ca. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1201
His experiences with the Marine Guard Detachment at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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ROBERTS, Charles Stanly, Jr. (b. 1911)Roberts, Sanford, and Taylor Hardware

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OHB 0105
Chairman, acting president, and chief executive officer, Roberts, Sanford, and Taylor Hardware, Sherman, Texas. Family background; establishment of hardware business in Sherman, 1881; incorporation of business, 1897; employment as warehouser and truck driver for hardware wholesale company; description of store inventory; father’s appointment as co…
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ROBERTS, Jefferson D. (b. 1911) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 0147
Businessman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi Germany during World War II. Shooting down of bomber, 1944; capture and interrogation near Frankfurt; Heidekruge, East Prussia, 1944; prison camp near Berlin, 1944; forced march from Nurnberg to Moosberg, 1945; prison camps at Nurnberg and Barth;…
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ROBERTS, John (b. 1917) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran; U.S. Air Force Veteran

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OH 1293
His experiences concerning his association with General Roger Ramey, 1937-57. Operations against Rabaul in the Pacific Theater during World War II; atomic bomb tests at Kwajalein and Eniwetok, 1946 (Project CROSSROADS); relationship between Ramey and Fort Worth, Texas, promoter Amon Carter; his personal and professional relations with Ramey; Ramey…
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OH 0716
Public school administrator. His experiences concerning the desegregation of the Hamilton Park, Texas, school and the establishment of the Pacesetter program. Educational background and administrative positions held; federal desegregation guidelines; establishment of attendance zones; role of H.E.W.; closing of Hamilton Park High School; decision…
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OH 1809
For Richard Rafes’s dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former Executive Director of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association. Professional background; creation of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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OH 0697
Teacher, community leader. Her experiences concerning the desegregation of the Hamilton Park, Texas, schools and integration with the Richardson Independent School District.
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OH 0817
Community leaders. Their experiences as residents of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Desegregation of the Hamilton Park School; decision to purchase a home in Hamilton Park; transportation problems; work experiences and racism; Band Parents Club; church activities; PTA activities; Hamilton Park Civic League; interorganizational council and…
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ROBERTSON, Naipo (b. 1922) U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 28th Infantry

Interview ID#
OH 0220
His experiences while home on pass in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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ROBINSON, Anna (b. 1922) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, WAC

Interview ID#
OH 1676
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II veteran. Childhood and education in Fort Worth; decision to drop out of high school to play professional softball; decision to enlist in Women’s Army Corps in 1944; basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia; clerical training at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, and Ft. Meade,…
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ROBINSON, Gregory (b. 1966)Braniff International Airways

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OH 1966

Robinson, Gregory: Son of former Braniff CFO, Neal Robinson. 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 and family members. Content includes personal…

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