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LEWIS, Gibson (b. 1936) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0509
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature. Biographical information; personal political philosophy; comments about Speaker Bill Clayton; work as chairman of the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee; pari-mutuel betting; local bills;…
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OH 0554
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-seventh Legislature. Elections of 1980; his quest for the House speakership; initiative-referendum; interest rates; tax relief; state water plan; redistricting; law-and-order issues; property tax legislation.
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LEWIS, Harold (b. 1917)Caltex Petroleum Corporation

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OH 0667
Executive. Education; employment with Standard Oil of California; early experiences in refinery construction; transfer to Caltex; assignment to Bahrain; refinery construction in Australia (Boral, Ampol); refinery construction in Japan; relations between Caltex and Nippon Oil; military fuel oil contracts; postwar refinery expansion; Caltex East;…
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LEWIS, Toni (b. 1956) U.S. Air Force Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 2024
For the Women Veterans Oral history Project. U.S. Air Force veteran. Childhood in New York and New Jersey; decision to enlist in the USAF in 1976; experiences in basic training at Lackland AFB, at technical school at Keesler AFB, at Offutt AFB, at Tinker AFB, and remote tour to Osan Air Base, South Korea, and the Philippines; experiences with…
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LILEKS, Vernon A. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0402
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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LINDBERG, Charles W. (b. 1920) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division

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OH 1224
His experiences during the battle for Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Experiences with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal, 1942-43, and Bougainville, 1943; integration into the newly formed 5th Marine Division, 1944; assignment as a flamethrower man; descriptions of and comments about…
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LINDQUIST, Theodore (b. 1923) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Marine Bombing Squadron VMB-433

Interview ID#
OH 1473
Aircraft worker. His experiences as an aerial gunner in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth during the Great Depression; enlistment in the Marine Corps, September, 1942; boot camp, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1942; aviation mechanics school, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, 1943; gunnery school, Hollywood,…
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OH 1491
Copy of his flight log book listing activities as a PBJ (B-25) gunner in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Gunnery training in the States, 1944; flight from the West Coast to Green Island; bombing missions to New Ireland, Kavieng, and New Britain; night missions, strafing missions, and air-sea rescue missions; comments about…
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OH 2071
Immigration, Philippines, and food memories. His experiences immigrating to America from the Philippines. Childhood and food memories in Philippines; immigration to America; school years in San Francisco, California; American foods; interest in fitness and personal training; American pop culture influences; Texas; consequence and value of foods…
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LITTMAN, Walter (b. 1919) Afrika Korps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0847
His experiences as a German prisoner-of-war in the United States during World War II. Surrender of the Afrika Corps, 1943; internment at Mexia, Texas, 1943-44; Dermott, Arkansas, 1945; Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1945; repatriation.
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OH 1799
For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Small business development specialist and Denton resident. Childhood as an Army brat; move to Denton; Denton in the 1980s and 1990s; Denton culture; community and economic development; work as a certified business development specialist; Denton’s minority communities; Quakertown.
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LOCKWOOD, Randolph (b. 1913) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0250
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1812
For the For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Long-time Denton resident and Denton Convention and Visitors Bureau employee. Family and early childhood in Kansas City, Missouri; family’s move to Dallas; college in Denton; career in Dallas-Fort Worth area; Denton attractions; Denton history; African American life in Denton.
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OH 2148

Hugo Loera reflects on his relationships to food. As someone who enjoys cooking for others, he attributes his cooking skills to his mother. Following her passing, Hugo sees food as a way to keep her memory alive. He further reflects on the role of weight, body image, and health in his evolving relationship with food.

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LOFTIS, Randy (b. 1954)UNT Mayborn School of Journalism

Randy Loftis, M.A., Lecturer in the UNT Mayborn School of Journalism, is an award-winning journalist with over thirty years of experience as an environmental and investigative reporter. His career path has afforded him a profoundly unique perspective on environmental awareness, environmental justice, and environmental policymaking in North Texas.…
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OH 2012
UNT alumna whose college education began in 1956 and concluded in 2011. Childhood and education in Dallas and New York City; love of piano and musical education; decision to become one of the first African American students at North Texas; experiences as a college student, including racist incidents on campus, and as a boarder in Southeast Denton…
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OH 1642
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. Descendant of Quakertown homeowners. Experiences of his father, John Logan, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton; experiences while attending segregated schools in Denton; career in U.S. Air Force and communications industry and as a…
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OHB 0026
Owner and operator of Logan’s Shoe Repair, Denton, Texas. Family background; early work experiences; work as youth in shoe repair shops; thoughts about an African-American man in white business world; employment at North Texas State University library and Morrison Milling Company; going into business for himself; experiences with financial…
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LONG, Clifton (b. 1919)Tex Tan Western Leather Company

Interview ID#
OHB 0043
Vice-president and general sales manager, Tex Tan Western Leather Company, Yoakum, Texas. Family background; comments on Depression in Yoakum; experiences in Army and as prisoner-of-war of Germans during World War II; employment as assistant personnel manager and salesman for Tex Tan; product line; sale of business to Charles Tandy and company…
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OH 1817
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Businessman and long-time Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Cambridge, England; first realization of being gay; being gay in the post-World War II Royal Air Force; immigration to the U.S. in 1956; Texas gay rights movement; Human Rights Foundation; activism in the Dallas LGBT community; rejection of…
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OH 2149

Antonio Eliaz Lopez recalls the role of food throughout his life. Antonio begins in his childhood during the late 1960s and early 1970s. From there, he elaborates on his time serving as a cook in Austin, Texas at Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change during the 1990s. Finally, he reflects on his life in the food industry and living on the…

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LOVELADY, Choice B. (b. 1920) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0415
His experiences at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OHB 0056
Business manager, Texas Woman’s University; owner and operator, Marvin Loveless Photography Studio, Denton, Texas; and owner and operator, Denton Mini Warehouses, Denton, Texas. Family background; farming in West Texas; employment as secretary to president, Texas Woman’s University, 1922; experiences as secretary to Board of Regents and business…
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LOWE, John (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0436
His experiences while aboard the tanker USS Neosho during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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LOWRY, Cameron (b. 1979) United States Army, Texas National Guard

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OH 1914

Member of the United States Army. Reasons for joining. Experiences at the New Mexico Military Institute. What it was like being stationed in Kuwait. Missions with the Texas National Guard. ROTC recruiter at the University of North Texas.

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