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HALL, Tip (b. 1922) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

Interview ID#
OH 0618
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature. Speaker Gib Lewis and financial disclosure; appointment to the Appropriations Committee; appropriations and taxes; comments about Governor Mark White; teacher pay; personal legislation.
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HALLIDAY, Robert V. (b. 1918) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0532
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HALLORAN, Raymond F. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Force WWII Veteran, 878th Bomb Squadron, 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1250
Businessman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Navigator training in Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas; assignment to Saipan, 1944; his B-29 shot down over Tokyo, January, 1945; capture and interrogation by Japanese army personnel; beatings and torture; solitary confinement in Tokyo at the "The Stables"; Tokyo…
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HALVORSEN, Gail (b. 1920) U.S. Air Force Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1910
U.S. Air Force veteran. Trained with the Royal Air Force and was a pilot during the Berlin Airlift. Stationed in Tempelhof. Children’s reaction to the parachutes. Commander at Tempelhof.
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HAMBLIN, Foster B. (b. 1924) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Bombing Squadron VMB-433

Interview ID#
OH 1469
Agricultural specialist. His experiences as a radar technician in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His prewar education; decision to enlist in the Marine Corps, 1942; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, 1942; radar school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 1942-43; primary radar training at Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1943;…
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HAMILTON, William N. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 5th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1352
Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war education, particularly at Culver Military Academy; his decision to enter the Aviation Cadet Program, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; assignment to the 67th College Training Detachment, Ouachita Baptist College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas,…
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Interview ID#
OH 2088

UNT alumnus (class of 2021). The interview was created to accommodate a comparison of the collegiate experience of UNT’s African American students during 2018-2021 with the experiences of African American students of the 1950s and 1960s.

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HAMMOND, J. W. (b. 1914) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0192
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Medusa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HAMPSON, Russell J. (b. 1918) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0354
Realtor. His experiences as an ordnance man at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HANCOCK, John L. (b. ca. 1916) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 259th Field Artillery Battalion

Interview ID#
OH 1494
A personal written account of his experiences in the European Theater during World War II, entitled “Third Reich Finale as Witnessed by John L. Hancock, 259th Field Artillery Battalion.” Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; Battle for the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, 1945; Buchenwald Concentration Camp; temporary occupation duty in…
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HANCOCK, Victor (b. 1923) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1709
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Coquilla, Oregon, Ketchikan, Alaska, and Hayward and San Francisco, California; family’s difficulties in the Great Depression; work as a shoeshine boy and newspaper delivery boy; father’s work with the WPA; expulsion from school; move to Los Angeles and graduation from high…
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HANKS, Vernon (b. 1908) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, USS Wright

Interview ID#
OH 1294
His experiences as a Navy chaplain in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early career in the ministry; the coming of war and his decision to join the Chaplain Corps; Navy Chaplaincy School, Norfolk, Virginia, 1942; stateside duties, Cherry Point, North Carolina, and Bunker Hill, Indiana, 1942-43; his views of a chaplain’s role and…
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HANLEY, Fiske (b. 1920) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 398th Bomb Squadron, 504th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1335
Aeronautical engineer. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Enrollment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1943; basic training at Boca Raton, Florida, 1943; Yale University Technical School, 1943; his selection for training as a flight engineer; Boeing Flight Engineer School, Seattle, Washington, 1944; B-29 Flight…
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HANLEY, Joseph (b. 1900) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0200
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Rigel during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HANNA, Robert W. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0424
His experiences as an ordnance man at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HARD, Ilo (b. 1923) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0510
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; Singapore, 1944-45; liberation.
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Interview ID#
OH 0728
Homemaker, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early experiences in segregated society; segregation and racism in Denton, Texas; early meetings of the Fellowship; social activities of the Fellowship; street paving in the African-American…
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HARDIN, James W. (b. 1920)Jim Hardin’s Paint and Wallcovering

Interview ID#
OHB 0048
Owner and operator, Jim Hardin’s Paint and Wallcovering, Denton, Texas. Family background; employment with Esler paint and Paper Company, Denison; promotion to assistant manager and outside salesman; effects of Depression in Denison; comments on union activities in Denison; military service in World War II; experiences in hanging wallcovering;…
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HARDING, Warren G. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0524
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HARDWICK, James C. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1231
Engineer. His experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HARGENS, George (b. 1911)Caltex Petroleum Corporation

Interview ID#
OH 0663
Executive. Education and early work experience; employment with standard oil of California; early marketing experience; OPA Advisory Committee, 1942-46; postwar domestic marketing strategies; transfer to Caltex, 1957; establishing Caltex (Germany) markets; construction of Frankfurt refinery; decision to leave Caltex, 1963.
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HARGROVE, John (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 18th Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1263
His experiences as a radioman aboard a B-26 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in 1940 and stateside training; assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron; antisubmarine patrols off the West Coast of the U. S. in early 1942; trans- Pacific island hopping from Hawaii to Australia, 1942; bombing and reconnaissance missions out…
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Interview ID#
OH 1023
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Hutto, Texas and Pflugerville, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3809 at Camp SCS-6-T in Pflugerville, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
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Interview ID#
OH 1268
Factory worker. His experiences as a civilian defense worker at Philadelphia Gear Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. Growing up in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; effect of the Great Depression on family life; attendance at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media, Pennsylvania for training as a patternmaker; employment…
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HARPOOL, Tom (b. 1918)Harpool’s Seed, Inc. and Harpool Fertilizer Company

Interview ID#
BOH 0069
President of Harpool’s Seed, Inc. and Harpool Fertilizer Company, Denton, Texas. Family background; farming in Hebron, Texas; move to Denton, 1928; father’s activities as cotton, grain, and wool buyer; employment at North Texas State Teachers College book bindery; purchase of cotton, wool, and seed business, 1942; education in Hebron and Denton;…
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