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

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OH 0513
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; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Hakodate, Sapporo, and Muroran, Hokkaido, 1942-45; liberation.
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OH 0856
Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the Library Services Department at North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1950-75.
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KENT, James (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0127
School custodian, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Base; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; copper mines at Mitzushima, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids;…
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KERESEY, Richard E. (b. 1916) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, Patrol-Torpedo Boat Squadron 5

Interview ID#
OH 1302
Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Educational background; entry into the Navy, 1941; Northwestern Midshipman School, 1941; Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center, Melville, Rhode Island, 1942; operations around the Solomon Islands, 1943; New Georgia Campaign, 1943; accounts of individual exploits of his…
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KERNS, James T. (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0316
His experiences while aboard a motor launch in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941.
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KERR, Baine P. (b. 1919) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions

Interview ID#
OH 0947
Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Guadalcanal, 1942-43; machine gun wound at Guadalcanal; Tarawa, 1943; Kwajalein, 1943; Saipan and Tinian, 1944; assignment to legal office at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
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OH 1855
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas; Civil/structural engineer and businessman. Childhood in Shiraz, Iran; coming to America at fourteen by himself; living with extended family in Texas; adjusting to America and learning English; parents’ escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution;…
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OH 1684
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Iranian-born immigrant to suburban Allen, Texas. Family history; memories of Iran; decision to immigrate to the U.S. in 1978; first impressions of the U.S.; opinions about the Iranian Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini; education at the University of Oklahoma; career in information…
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OH 1480
Her recollections while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, August 30-September 1, 1969, in Lewisville, Texas. Her early interest in popular music, particularly The Beatles; her rejection of middle-class cultural values; influence of the Vietnam War on young people; her decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; her…
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OHB 0022
Founders, owner, and operators of Kibler Office Supplies, Denton, Texas. KIBLER, Morris. Family background; early work experience, education; work as youth in Texas Legislature; Air Force, college teaching careers; office machine salesman; purchase of own business; growth and expansion; comments on self-employment. KIBLER, Lillian. Family…
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OH 1803
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Congolese-born immigrant to Denton, Texas. Childhood in Congo; differences in the school system; travelling around Africa; Congolese culture; moving to the DFW area; differences in food; attending historically black Wiley College; black community in Marshall, Texas; differences between…
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KIEHNE, Rudy (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1355
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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KILBORN, Allen S. (b. 1914) U.S. Army Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0834
His experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Iowa; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2726-V near Winterset, Iowa; reassignment to Company 783 in Leon, Iowa; reassignment to Company 1742 in Tarkio, Missouri; company move to Gallatin, Missouri; transfer to Company 3773-V in…
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KILDAY, Paul (b. 1900)U.S. Congressman

Interview ID#
OH 0004
Attorney, judge, former U.S. Congressman from San Antonio, 1939-49. Neutrality legislation; selective service legislation; Lend-Lease; conscientious objectors; atomic bomb; demobilization; Marshall Plan; Truman Doctrine; creation of Atomic Energy Commission; Unification Act of the Armed Services; creation of Department of Defense; campaign for…
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KILLGO, Carlton J. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0109
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Shooting down of bomber by German fighter. Planes over Magdeburg, 1944; capture by civilians; imprisonment and interrogation near Frankfurt; Stalag Luft 4; Grostichow, East Prussia, 1944; Stalag Luft 1, Barth, 1945; liberation…
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KILMER, Robert B. (b. 1919) U.S. Army Air Force WWII Veteran, 547th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1433
His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences with the French Resistance and as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. His educational background; his reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, April, 1942; basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary…
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OH 1874
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteaders and simple life advocates. Childhoods; early experiences with gardening and the outdoors; decision to homestead in Maine; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life.
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OH 2101 v.1

Kimble, Betty. The Bolivar Oral History Project. Through her paternal line, Kimble is the great granddaughter of blacksmith and freedman Thomas Cook Sr. and his wife, Lethia Perry. Cook’s blacksmith shop was the focus of an archeological excavation in 2021 (Bolivar Archeological Project). During her interview, Kimble shares her recollections of…

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OH 2101 v.2

Kimble, Betty. The Bolivar Oral History Project. Through her paternal line, Kimble is the great granddaughter of blacksmith and freedman Thomas Cook Sr. and his wife, Lethia Perry. Cook’s blacksmith shop was the focus of an archeological excavation in 2021 (Bolivar Archeological Project). In this second interview with the Bolivar Oral History…

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OH 0709
Homemaker, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early educational experiences in East Texas; Tennyson Miller and Abner Haynes, their impact on the desegregation of North Texas State College; her personal experiences as a student at North…
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OH 1903

KIMBLE, Betty J.: For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; family background; educational and professional background; Denton’s American Legion Senior Center; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; Denton desegregation; experiences with discrimination and segregation; continued discrimination after…

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OH 1822
For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Long-time Denton resident. Childhood in Denton; involvement in various activities, including the Senior Center and church; history of Quakertown; Denton during segregation; the Denton Square; fading communal memory of Quakertown; changes in Denton since integration; changes in the…
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OH 2102

Kimble, Timothy. The Bolivar Oral History Project. Through his paternal line, Kimble is the great great grandson of blacksmith and freedman Thomas Cook Sr. and his wife, Lethia Perry. Cook’s blacksmith shop was the focus of an archeological excavation in 2021 (Bolivar Archeological Project). In this interview with the Bolivar Oral History…

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KINDL, Clarence W. (b. 1916) U.S.Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0641
His experiences at Wheeler Field with the 46th Fighter Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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