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OH 1623
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former textile mill worker. Childhood in McKinney, Texas, and education in the town’s public schools; memories of father’s cotton ginning, cotton farming, and dairy businesses; memories of Texas Textile Mill; memories of 1948 tornado; social life in McKinney.
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STARKEY, John P. (b. 1925) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1518
Engineer. His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, light cruiser USS Boise, and submarine USS Mackerel during World War II. His pre-war education and employment; enlistment in the Navy, July 8, 1942; boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois; fire control school, 1942; assignment to the training battleship Wyoming, December, 1942;…
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OH 0984
Schoolteacher. Her views concerning the significance and impact of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1946-93. Acceptance of African-American women by Texas Republicans; her political philosophy; women’s issues.
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OH 1005
Schoolteacher. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1954-91. Segregated education in Bryan, Texas; Wiley College; teaching career in segregated Dallas schools; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; transportation problems; home improvements; church activities; Civic League; the “Buy Out”; zoning problems; Interorganizational…
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STARNES, W. L. (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0186
Businessman, 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;…
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OH 1241
Journalist. His experiences concerning the Dallas, Texas, counterculture of the 1960s and his activities as editor of the underground newspaper, “Dallas Notes” His association with “Notes from the Underground” at Southern Methodist University, 1967; origins of the name “Stony Burns”; attitudes toward the Dallas Establishment; harassment by civil…
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STEIN, Paul D. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1242
Printer, member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaya, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards, 1943-45; Orio, Kyushu, 1945, and American air raids; liberation; description of damage at…
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OH 1228
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 856 in Palisades Park at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, Texas; company move to Bowie, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
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STEINSHNIDER, Alan (b. 1944) U.S. Navy Veteran

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OH 1653
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran. Childhood in Phoenix, Arizona; decision to enlist in U.S. Naval Reserves; active duty career, including service on USS Yorktown, USS Bonhomme Richard, and USS Oriskany, concluding with assignment to Naval Air Station Grand Prairie, Texas; “shellback” initiation;…
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OH 1785
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Former Mayor of Shady Shores, Texas. Childhood in Clayton, Texas; life in Dallas-Fort Worth area; Shady Shores town council; mayoral service; development of Shady Shores infrastructure and emergency service; growth of Shady Shores.
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OH 1755
For the Air America Oral History Project. Stewardess for Air America. Growing up in World War II China and Japan; family and personal views of America; brother joins Yakuza crime syndicate; first English speaking jobs; hiring and training with Air America; meeting and marrying her husband, Air America pilot Steve Stevens; working as a stewardess…
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OH 1756
For the Air America Oral History Project. Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot. Early interest in aviation and the military; serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War; early connections to Air America via other Marines; flight training with the Marine Corps; getting hired with Air America; flying the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in Laos…
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STEVENSON, Coke R. (b. 1888) Texas House of Representatives|$|Lieutenant Governor|$|Governor

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OH 0293
Former member of the Texas House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1941-46. Forty-first Legislature; prison reform; administration of Governor Ross Sterling; views on the role of the Speaker of the House in the legislative process; impressions of Governor Miriam Ferguson; Forty-second Legislature…
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OH 0875
Community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1955-90; education in segregated schools; early work experience; military service in World War II; employment at Consolidated Lloyds Insurance Company; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; description of original house floor plan; social…
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STEWART, Arthur (b. 1924) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 1665
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood experiences on a succession of Michigan farms during the Great Depression, including the Sharon Hollow Farm associated with Ford Motor Company; developing interest in aviation; work at Willow Run bomber plant assembling B-24s; enlistment in Army Air Forces; assignment to college…
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STEWART, Cleon (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0911
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, 1942-43; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Changi Jail, 1943-45; "King Rat" and black market activities; liberation.
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STEWART, Everett (b. 1915) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 0308
His experiences as a fighter pilot with the 73rd Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Additional comments by his wife, who was also there at the time.
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STEWART, Richard O. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 419th Night Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group, 13th Air Force

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OH 1364
Airline pilot. His experiences as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; influence of Charles Lindbergh’s non-stop Atlantic flight on his goal to become a pilot; basic training, Santa Ana, California, 1942; primary flight training, Dos Palos, California, 1942; basic flight…
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OH 1490
Jazz musician. His comments about the jazz scene in Fort Worth, Texas, 1950-2000. His early interest in music; his first drum set; his first professional job with the Shorty Clements Band, 1953-57; college at Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, 1957-60; his employment as a disk jockey in Cleburne, Texas, and Fort Worth; his definition of jazz…
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STEWART, William J. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0544
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; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.
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STILES, John (b. 1946) U.S. Air Force Vietnam Veteran

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OH 1909
For the Air America Oral History Project. Fighter pilot and U.S. Air Force veteran. Recounts his training as a fighter pilot during the war in Vietnam. Shares how he and a fellow pilots planes were shot down in Northern Laos and how Air America rescued them.
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STINCHCOMB, Glenn M. (b. 1927) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, VP-27

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OH 1350
Engineer. His experiences as a PB4Y-2 co-pilot during World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Decision to enlist in the Navy on May 9, 1945; acceptance in the V-5 Program for naval aviators, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1945-46; pre-flight training, Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1946; his decision to participate in the…
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OH 0880
Plumber. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 742 at Camp Shady near Mena, Arkansas; transfer to Company 4782 at Camp Flint Creek near Phillipsburg, Montana; description of camps; life in camps.
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STOCKETT, Thomas (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0678
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dale during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1887
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Trick rider and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood and family history; trick riding; performing with various stage shows; move to Weatherford; modern rodeos.
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