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FORD, Wilbur “Bill” H. (b. 1917) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

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OH 1386
His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, March, 1942, and basic training at Abilene, Texas; transfer to the Army Air Force, 1943; College Training Detachment, Cedar City, Utah, 1943; primary flight training, King City, California, 1943; basic flight training, Lemoore, California, 1943-44…
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FORRY, Alfred (b. 1925) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 362nd Battalion, 91st Infantry Division

Interview ID#
OH 1261
Foundry worker. His experiences as a member of the 91st Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Induction into the Army, 1943; basic training at Fort Hood; advanced training in the California mountains; troopship to Oran and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to the 362nd Battalion, 91st Infantry Division; small…
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FORSMAN, Melfred L. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0521
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; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; solitary…
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FORT, Robert L. (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1093
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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FORTENBERRY, George E. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Medical Detachment, 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 1551
College professor. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His attendance at various schools in Texas and Oklahoma during the Great Depression; decision to join the Texas National Guard, 1940; basic cavalry training, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1940; assignment as a clerk to the veterinary section; assignment to Fort…
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FOSQUE, John D. (b. 1911)Caltex Petroleum Corporation

Interview ID#
OH 0661
Executive. Educational background; employment in Haiti with Texaco; transfer to Caltex; marketing activities of Caltex (India), 1936-41; service in the China-Burma India Theater during World War II; postwar Caltex (India) marketing strategies; partition of India; refinery at Vishakhapatnam; relationship between home office (New York) and field…
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Interview ID#
OH 0015
His involvement in the Rainey controversy while a graduate assistant at the University of Texas, 1944-45.
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Interview ID#
OH 0706
Realtor, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; desegregation of public places in Denton; desegregation of housing in Denton; desegregation of public schools; tutoring program and Denton Christian…
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FOUTS, Alan A. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1424
His experiences while assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent service aboard the submarine USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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FOWLER, F. W. (b. 1915)C. R. Fowler Hardware

Interview ID#
OHB 0060
Owner and operator, C. R. Fowler Hardware, and mayor, Krum, Texas. Family background; origins of Denton County Library; school experiences in Krum; experiences in Dallas during Depression; employment at father’s hardware store in Krum, 1933; effects of Depression on Krum; effects of World War II on hardware business; phase-out of farm implement…
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Interview ID#
OH 0018
Journalist. His early career as a reporter; impressions of Martin Dies; Shivers gubernatorial campaign of 1950; his experiences as appointments secretary to Governor Allan Shivers; observations of Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.
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FOX, Jerome “Jake” D. (b. 1925) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1512
His experiences as an OS2U Kingfisher gunner aboard the cruiser USS Detroit in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth on a ranch in West Texas; his decision to enlist in the Navy, June, 1943; boot camp at San Diego, California, 1943; aerial gunner school at Naval Air Station, Modesto, California, 1943; assignment to the OS2U crew…
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Interview ID#
OH 2042
Experiences as a North Texas student (BA, Aquatic Biology, 1964; MA Aquatic Biology/Microbiology, 1966), including involvement in Denton’s civil rights movement, experiences as a PhD student at UNC (Applied Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1971) and professor at UNC, experiences with water treatment and wastewater treatment.
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OH 1720
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Columbian-born oral surgeon living in Irving, Texas. Family Background; childhood experiences in Cali, Colombia; father kidnapped by guerilla group; college and dental school in Bogota; playing on the college soccer team; residency in guerilla-dominated portion of Colombia; educational…
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OH 1836
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Long-time LGBT activist. Childhood in New York City; coming out; awareness of sexuality; self-identification; lesbian community in 1960s and 1970s; discrimination; activism; move to Dallas; Dallas LGBT community and history; AIDS crisis in Dallas; continued AIDS activism.
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OH 2028
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Wanda Franz is a developmental psychologist and an anti-abortion activist, who has been involved in that work since the 1970s. She was president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) for twenty years, between 1991-2001. In this interview she speaks especially…
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OH 0131
Farmer-rancher. His observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1920-70. Summer vacations; ranch experiences; hurricane of 1942; tourism; local hotels and saloons; sports.
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OH 0515
Labor official. His experiences as a member of the Dallas council of AFL-CIO. Early experiences in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at Dallas Power and Light; union steward in Meter Service Division, 1958; union president, 1960; union business manager, 1962-65; secretary-treasurer, Dallas AFL-CIO, 1965-79; problems of labor…
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OH 1213
Farmers-ranchers. Comments about Denton and Denton County, Texas, 1924-86. Farm and ranch life; North Texas State Normal School; North Texas Fair; comments about various residents of Denton.
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FREEMAN, Frederick R. (b. 1925) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Platoon, E Company, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division

Interview ID#
Oh 1338
Accountant. His experiences as a combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1943; his selection for the ASTP program and schooling at Northeastern University, 1944; cancellation of the ASTP program and his transfer to the 26th Infantry Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1944; advanced…
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FREEMAN, L. Vinson (b. 1923) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 83rd Infantry

Interview ID#
OH 1863
Administrator. Childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; draft into infantry; basic training; deployment to the European theater; Battle of the Bulge; attending University in France; return stateside; post-war life; veterans group involvement.
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OH 1054
College professor. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56.
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Interview ID#
OH 0603
Attorney, environmentalist. Texas Water Plan; Trinity River Project; general comments concerning water resource planning in Texas; Trinity Improvement Association; Trinity River Authority; his philosophy on conservation and environmentalism.
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FUJITA, Frank (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard)

Interview ID#
OH 0059
Artist, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), 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 Surabaja, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards; Tokyo, 1943-45;…
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OH 0058
Artist, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His secret diary that he kept as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
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