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BUCK, J. W. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0279
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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OH 0299
Highway construction worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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BUGBEE, Karl A. (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0098
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, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ashio, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.
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BULL, Harcourt G. (b. 1909) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0130
Tax consultant, Army 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, 1942-43; Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, 1943-45; liberation.
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OH 1531
Salesperson. Her experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. Her Mexican-American family values; her use of drugs and alcohol in high school; her attitudes toward the Vietnam War; hippie activities at Allen’s Landing in Houston, Texas; conflicts between rednecks and hippies; her…
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BUMGARNER, John R. (b. 1912) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 1073
Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; liberation.
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BUNCH, William P. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0091
Businessman, Army veteran, survivor of the Bataan campaign. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Clark Field; fall of Bataan and capture; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Yawata steel mill, Honshu; Miyazu, Honshu, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
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OH 2128

Denton musician. Childhood growing up in a family of musicians; background playing in bands and decision to attend UNT to study music. Denton DIY music scene and punk scene, history of local house venues.

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OH 2117

Campus missionary intern of the Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) at UNT and UNT alumna. Childhood and education in Tolar, Texas, and decision to attend UNT. Involvement in BSM, experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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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

Burkhard, Joy: 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…

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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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