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OH 1706
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Family history; birth, childhood, and education in Weatherford; 1961 enlistment in U.S. Army; service at various stateside bases; career in banking industry; changes in Weatherford economy.
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GODBOLD, Bryghte D. (b. 1914) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0123
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Wake Island and capture; Wosung Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942; Kiangwang, Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
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OH 1724
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas; chef, maintenance director for 2011 Cedar Springs building. Born in Durango, Mexico; early life with family in agriculture in the 1960s; educated in Mexico; crossed the border illegally by swimming the Rio Grande, walked 80 miles and worked various jobs;…
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OH 1021
His experiences while employed by the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana, Texas, during World War II and the postwar years. Move from Akron, Ohio; construction of plant; safety procedures; Bond drives; housing and transportation adjustments; social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana.
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GOLDEN, Lorra (b. 1973) U.S. Army OIF Veteran

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OH 1777
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Army Sergeant, Petroleum Supply Specialist (92F), Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood in Gainesville, Texas; adoption of nephew; enlistment at thirty-two; challenges of being a non-traditional soldier; being openly gay in the military; experiences in combat; diagnoses and treatment of PTSD;…
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GOMEZ, Joaquin (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0241
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 24th Division during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1562
Hair stylists, community volunteers/activists. His youth working in the cotton fields and gins of South and West Texas; his decision to go to barber school, 1957; his marriage to Guadalupe (“Lupe”), 1960; decision to move to Denton, Texas, 1964; her decision to attend beauty school; their activities with Immaculate Conception catholic Church in…
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OH 2103

Mexican American community organizer and political activist in Fort Worth. History of Dallas’ “Little Mexico” community, family history, experiences in Dallas’ segregated public schools, the U.S. Navy, the University of Houston, and Texas Christian University. Decision to settle in Fort Worth. Founding of Fuerza de los Barrios organization,…

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OH 1921
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. His reflections on growing up in El Salvador during that country’s civil war (1980 – 1992), including curfews, restrictions to electricity and water, access to medical care. Education and starting a career as a journalist/photographer. 2001 earthquake and decision to obtain temporary protective status…
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GONZALEZ, Jose (b. 1931) U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, Nurse Corps

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OH 1191
Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71; assignment to the 24th Evacuation Hospital; base entertainment; recreation off-base; his being awarded the Bronze Star; relationship between doctors and nurses; morale; getting leave to come home to attend family wedding; contacts with Vietnamese civilians; attitudes toward the war…
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OH 2022
Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S.; immigrant rights activist, and anthropology professor with expertise in immigrant communities from Guanajuato, Mexico, in the U.S. Childhood and education in Mexico City; decision to pursue a career in the field of political anthropology; decision to open the Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies; work with…
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OH 0997
Her reminiscences about Texarkana, Texas, 1925-50. Her mother’s political and social activities; relationships with African-Americans; early education; business enterprises; social organizations; family life.
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GOOD, William O. (b. 1916) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0447
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 98th Antiaircraft Regiment, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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GOODWIN, James (b. 1917) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0584
His experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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GORDON, Crayton R. (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0383
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, 1942-43; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1943; Changi Jail, Singapore, 1943-45; liberation.
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GORDON, Ernest (b. 1916) British Army WWII Veteran, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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OH 1071
Physician. His experiences and recollections as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after the fall of Malaya.
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OH 2037
Ignaz Gorischek shares his experience being “paid to play” for over forty years as a visual merchandiser in the world of fashion retail. Trained in fashion illustration, Gorischek transitioned into “three-dimensional storytelling” in smaller retail environments before transitioning to Burdines in Florida and then spent decades at the downtown…
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GORMAN, Carl (b. ca. 1927) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 1048
His experiences as a Navajo code talker with the 2nd Marines on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan; creation of the Navajo code.
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GOSSELL, Lloyd (b. 1923) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, A Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division

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OH 1394
His experiences during the assault on Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945. Enlistment and boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1942; jungle training on New Caledonia, 1942-43; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1943; combat on Bougainville, 1943-44; return to the States to help form the 5th Marine Division;…
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GOSSETT, Ed (b. 1902) U.S. Congressman

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OH 0120
Attorney, former U.S. Congressman from Wichita Falls, Texas, 1938-51, federal judge. Early law career; his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1936; his successful campaign for Congress in 1938 against ardent pro-New Dealer W. D. McFarlane; comments about the New Deal; his personal political philosophy; congressional committees; inner-workings…
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OH 1616
For the Eastland County African American Women’s Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Eastland, Texas. Experiences regarding rural life, racial segregation, and race relations in Eastland County, Texas; early childhood in a farming family in Elmo, Texas; family’s move to town of Eastland; decision to move to Los Angles, Cal., in search of…
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GOWEN, George (b. 1917) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0933
His experiences aboard the destroyer Chevalier during the Battle of Vella Lavella in January 1943; his naval career after World War II.
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GRABINSKI, Louis (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0393
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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GRACE, Arthur R. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0394
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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GRAHAM, Bette C. (b. 1920)Liquid Paper Corporation

Interview ID#
OHB 0010
Founder, Liquid Paper Corporation. Her secretarial background; development of Liquid Paper formula; developing the organization and marketing approach; growth of organization, markets, product lines, technology; uniqueness of her philosophy and structure of company and profits stemming from her personal views of life as practitioner of Christian…
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