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YOUNG, Robert C. (b. 1916) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1314
His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Prewar work experience; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942; pre-flight training, West Texas State Teachers College, Canyon, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Wickenburg, Arizona, 1942; basic flight training, Lancaster, California, 1943;…
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YOUNG, ScottUS Army, ROTC Instructor

Interview ID#
OH 1945
UNT ROTC Instructor. Third generation Army. Experiences as student ROTC cadet at University of Florida. Afghanistan deployment. Experiences in three tours in Kuwait, Iraq and Baghdad. Growth as a platoon leader.
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YOUNG, Thomas R. (b. 1932) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 463rd Bomb Group, 774th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1320
Artist. His experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training, Miami Beach, Florida, January, 1943; primary flight training, Mira Loma Air Base, Oxnard, California, 1943; basic flight training, Mirana, Arizona, 1943; advanced flight training, Marfa, Texas, 1943-44; B-17 training, Roswell…
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Interview ID#
OH 0623
His recollections concerning ranching in the early days of Orange County, California; Basque customs and folkways.
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Interview ID#
OH 0915
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Ranger, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to F-8-N at Sandia Park near Albuquerque, New Mexico; camp move to Monticello, New Mexico; reenlistment to Fort Griffin near Albany, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
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ZAIS, Henry (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0232
His experiences with the 47th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Interview ID#
OHB 0082
A university of North Texas Ph.D. Dissertation written by Tommy W. Stringer and based upon oral history interviews; history of Jews and discrimination against them in Tsarist Russia; Zhid; shtetl; immigration difficulties; immigration policies of the united States; arrival of Sam Zalevsky in Texas, 1910; Jewish communities in Texas; Ku Klux Klan…
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ZALMAN, Rudolph P. (b. 1911) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0335
His experiences while ashore at home in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (He was actually attached to the repair ship USS Medusa).
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ZANCA, John R. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0732
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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ZANGARI, Samuel (b. 1915) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 24th Infantry Division

Interview ID#
OH 0062
Postal clerk. His experiences with the 24th Infantry Division at Ala Moana Crater during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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ZETT, Christopher R. ( b.1916) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0374
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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