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BURCH, John O. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0422
His experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BURGE, Jack (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0427
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; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo…
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OH 0805
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Terrell, Texas and Tyler, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Maydelle, Texas; transfer to a camp in Lindale, Texas; camp move to Marshall, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
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OH 1771
Life-time Denton resident and business owner. Childhood in Denton, Texas; genealogy; Denton city and country history; area rodeos; schooling in Denton; summer job mowing lawns; country living; various jobs; leather-working and tooling; lack of shotgun shells and metal bathtubs during the Second World War; courtship of wife and marriage; Cowboy…
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OH 1878
For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. DREAM Team activist. Immigration to Colorado at two years old; life as undocumented; family’s decision to leave Mexico; involvement in the North Texas DREAM Team; activism; DACA.
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BURK, Volnie S. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0097
Survivor of the siege at Fort Hughes near Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of fort Hughes and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 194²-43; Bilibid Prison, 1943-44; fall of Manila, 1945; liberation.
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OH 2063
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Joy Burkhard is a maternal mental health advocate, working on behalf of women with postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and related diagnoses. Burkhard is founder and executive director of the nonprofit 2020 Mom (the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health).…
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BURLAGE, George (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0063
Civil servant, Marine Corps veteran, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1943-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hasakura and Sendai, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.
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BURNS, Estel G. (b.1921) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 1703
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. World War II veteran and B-17 pilot. Childhood and education in Bates County, Missouri; family history; farm life in the Great Depression; 1942 enlistment in Army Air Corps; basic training; training for aviation mechanics at Sheppard Field, Texas; radio school in Sioux Falls, S.D.; acceptance into pilot…
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BURNS, George (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0176
Postal worker, farmer, 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; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
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BURNS, Jonathan (b. 1915) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard

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OH 0545
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; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Moji, 1944-45; A-bomb damage at Nagasaki; liberation.
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BURRIS, Charles W. (b. 1917) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0657
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; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Fukuoka, Kyushu, 1945; liberation.
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BUSBY, Anna Urda (b. 1912) U.S. Army WWII Nurse

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OH 0470
Her experiences at Tripler General Hospital, Fort Shafter, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BUTTERWORTH, Cecil A. (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0592
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1206
Her reminiscences and experiences concerning the Gainesville (Texas) Community Circus, 1930-1954. Founding of the circus; comments about founder A. Morton Smith; her initial participation as a clown, 1939; clown performances; circus training; “Seven Dwarfs” act; auditioning; making of costumes; demise of the circus.
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OH 0253
His experiences as a former Denton County, Texas, whiskey maker.
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OH 1209
His experiences producing whiskey during Prohibition in Denton County, Texas.
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BUZZO, Dan (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1245
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; Tamuan and Tamuang, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45;…
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OH 2060

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Nancy Byatt is a perinatal psychiatrist, and director of the UMass program Lifeline for Family Center and also the program Lifeline for Moms. The interview centers on her work as the founder of The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for…

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BYNUM, Angela (b. 1977) U.S. Army OIF Veteran

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OH 1677
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in California and Gatesville and White Settlement, Texas; decision in enlist in U.S. Army; basic training and advanced training as motor transport operator at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri; inability to withstand Airborne training at Ft. Benning, Georgia; postings in…
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BYNUM, Ben (b. 1943)Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0137
Public relations consultant, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations;…
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OH 0156
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. Freshmen legislators; reform legislation; appropriations; insurance legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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OH 0304
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. House Speakership race; committee appointments; public school financing; public utilities legislation; constitutional revision; insurance legislation; personal legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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BYRD, John H. (b. 1921) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran, 457th Bombardment Squadron, 8th Air Force 457th Bombardment Squadron, 8th Air Force

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OH 1118
His experiences and recollections while serving as radio operator in the 8th Air Force in England during World War II.
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