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SORY, Henry W. (b. 1922) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Bombing Squadron VMB-433

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OH 1418
Public school administrator. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. His decision to join the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Civilian Pilot Training Program, Sherman, Texas, 1941-42; pre-flight training, Grand Prairie Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942-43; basic and advanced flight…
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OH 2153

Lorena Soto recounts her life through her memories of food. Her earliest food memories include those involving a nanny named Guadalupe who cooked meals for the family. Lorena also remembers becoming aware of her body through food shame. As she has gone through life she has tried to re-learn how to enjoy food.

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SOUCY, Lee B. (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1017
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SOVIK, Paul Anthony (b. 1920) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 1736
Experiences with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II; family life and childhood in Ohio; enlistment with Marine Corps following bombing of Pearl Harbor; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and New River (now Camp Lejeune), North Carolina; deployment to the Pacific Theater aboard the USS John Ericcson and pre-…
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SPANGLER, R. S. (b. 1909) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Coast Artillery

Interview ID#
OH 0221
His experiences when caught on the number one tee at the Schofield Barracks Golf Course during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SPARKMAN, O. R. (b. 1921) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Legation Guard Detachment, Tientsin

Interview ID#
OH 0075
Truck driver. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war legation duty at Peking and Tientsin, North China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
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OH 0988
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Missouri; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1733 in Ava, Missouri; description of camp; life in camp.
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OH 0047
Insurance executive, banker, farmer. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Cotton farming; banking; Mexican-Anglo relations; small town social life.
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OH 0050
Homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Sinton-Portland, Texas, 1910-30. Agrarian life.
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SPECHT, Floyd (b. 1916)Duke and Ayres Company

Interview ID#
OHB 0081
District manager, Duke and Ayres Company, Denton, Texas. Family background, description of Vashti, Texas, community and farming experiences; comments on work baling hay and harvesting wheat; employment with Cabell’s Ice Cream and the Baker Hotel while attending Burns Business College, Dallas, 1935; comments on Depression in Vashti and Dallas;…
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SPECHT, Lyle (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division

Interview ID#
OH 0928
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Guadalcanal, 1942-43; Tarawa, 1943; and Okinawa, 1945.
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OH 2031

Speckhard, Anne: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Anne Speckhard is a psychologist who has written on post-abortion stress syndrome, and she has also done research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and on violent extremism. This interview focuses on her work on post-abortion stress,…

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SPEER, Russell (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Quartermaster Corps

Interview ID#
OH 1510
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His education and youth in South Texas; enlistment in the Army, September, 1942; assignment to the Courts-Martial Section, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-44; Officer Candidate School, Fort Lee, Virginia, 1944; Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, 1944; assignment to…
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OH 0102
Attorney. Observations on the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1920-71. Cotton farming; Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan; experiences as an attorney; gambling; development of the Aransas County Airport; oil exploration; housing subdivisions; Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission; hurricanes; agriculture; property values…
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SPENCER, Gaston R. (b. 1915) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0439
His experiences with the 35th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SPENCER, Thomas (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0484
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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-…
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SPILLMAN, Pat Y. (b. 1924) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 316th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

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OH 1319
Architect. His experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment into the Aviation Cadet Program, February, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; flexible…
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OH 2050

Spinelli, Margaret: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Margaret Spinelli is a psychiatrist who specializes in postpartum depression and psychosis, neonaticide, and infanticide. She discusses her career in nursing and then switch to psychiatry, her work as an expert witness, her work in interpersonal…

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OHB 0042
BEAL, L. J. General sales manager, Spoetzl Brewery. Family and educational background; history of brewery and recollections of founder Kosmos Spoetzl; management of brewery by Celie Spoetzl; experiences as salesman for brewery; lobbying activities during Texas Legislative sessions; sale of brewery to Bill Bigler, 1966; packaging of beer; sale of…
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SPRINGER, John J. (b. 1919) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 0334
His experiences with the 741st Ordnance Company at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1222
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas and Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at White Rock Lake, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
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STAFFORD, Allen E. (b. 1916) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, L Troop, 124th Cavalry

Interview ID#
OH 1327
His experiences as a demolitions expert in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Education in West Texas; his work as an oil well shooter in the West Texas oil fields, 1930s; enlistment in the Army, 1941; assignment to the 12th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, 1941-43; transfer to the 124th Cavalry and assignment to…
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STALEY, Joseph S. (b. 1919) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 0195
His experiences with the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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STANBROUGH, Jess (b. 1918) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0658
Physicist, 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; construction and operation of secret radio at Bicycle Camp; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu, 1942-43…
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STANLEY, Henry (b. 1920) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0140
Postal worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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