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SMITH, R. G. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0462
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SMITH, Rufus W. (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 1st Separate Marine Battalion

Interview ID#
OH 0788
Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after his capture on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, 1942; his account of the Palawan Massacre, 1944.
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OH 1395
Missionary. A portion of his unpublished autobiography, “In God’s Hands,” depicting the experience of his family as civilian internees of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II.
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OH 1060
His recollections of the Progressive Era in Texarkana, Texas. Memories of grandparents and parents; ethnic groups; education and teachers; boarding houses and hotels; downtown businesses; his mother’s business activities; church activities.
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SMITH, William I. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1540
Farmer. His experiences aboard the escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His rural background in West Texas; his decision to join the Navy, in 1943; boot camp and fireman’s school, San Diego, California, 1943; assignment to the USS Kadashan Bay, 1943; shipboard routine; the assault on Peleliu, September 14,…
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OH 0829
Businessman, community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-90. Early work experience; service during the Korean War; positions with Lawyers Title Insurance Company; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, 1959; public transportation problems; flooding problems; shopping; deed restrictions; Interorganizational…
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OH 0814
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Garland and Wylie, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 869 in Farmersville, Texas; camp move to Kaufman, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
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SMYTH, T. L. (b. 1913) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0754
His experiences with the 55th Coast Artillery at Fort Ruger during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SNELSON, Harry H. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0333
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Cummings during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SNIDER, Bennie G. (b. 1926) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1441
Banker. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth and education in Denton, Texas; decision to join the Navy, February 3, 1944; boot training and electrical engineering school, San Diego, California, 1944; assignment to the aircraft carrier USS Hancock, July, 1944; a description of his duties aboard the Hancock; assignment…
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SNYDER, Jacob W. (b. 1923) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 8th Antiaircraft Battalion

Interview ID#
OH 1310
Cabinetmaker. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Experiences in the Civilian Conservation Corps; employment as a machinist in south Florida, 1941-42; entry into the Marine Corps, February, 1943; boot camp experiences at Parris Island, South Carolina; training with 40-millimeter antiaircraft guns, New River, North Carolina…
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Interview ID#
OH 0132
Banker. Observations on the settlement and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1935-72. Subdivisions and residential developments; Canoe Lake Corporation; tourism; early hotels and motels; duck hunting; Aransas National Wildlife Refuge; shrimping; shipbuilding; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; hurricanes; views on community growth;…
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SORENSON, Kristen James (b.1920) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1686
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. Childhood and education in Spring Green, Wisconsin; decision to enlist in U.S.Army following 1940 high school graduation; Army Air Forces basic training at Wheeler Field, Hawaii; advanced training in aircraft maintenance at Wheeler, Bellows, and Hickam Fields, Hawaii; social life on base; Pearl Harbor…
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OH 1757
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; first experience in Plano, Texas at age seventeen; second experience in Plano, Texas as a live-in nanny; move to Abilene, Texas; return to Mexico with husband; return to Plano as an illegal immigrant; difficulties with illegal…
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OH 1758
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; experiences during first visit to the U.S.; illegally crossing the border to live in Dallas, Texas; experiences with a coyote; experiences as an undocumented person; experiences with discrimination in the U.S.; thoughts on the DREAM…
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SORY, Henry W. (b. 1922) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Bombing Squadron VMB-433

Interview ID#
OH 1418
Public school administrator. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. His decision to join the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Civilian Pilot Training Program, Sherman, Texas, 1941-42; pre-flight training, Grand Prairie Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942-43; basic and advanced flight…
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SOUCY, Lee B. (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1017
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SOVIK, Paul Anthony (b. 1920) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1736
Experiences with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II; family life and childhood in Ohio; enlistment with Marine Corps following bombing of Pearl Harbor; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and New River (now Camp Lejeune), North Carolina; deployment to the Pacific Theater aboard the USS John Ericcson and pre-…
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SPANGLER, R. S. (b. 1909) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Coast Artillery

Interview ID#
OH 0221
His experiences when caught on the number one tee at the Schofield Barracks Golf Course during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SPARKMAN, O. R. (b. 1921) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Legation Guard Detachment, Tientsin

Interview ID#
OH 0075
Truck driver. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war legation duty at Peking and Tientsin, North China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
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OH 0988
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Missouri; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1733 in Ava, Missouri; description of camp; life in camp.
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OH 0047
Insurance executive, banker, farmer. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Cotton farming; banking; Mexican-Anglo relations; small town social life.
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OH 0050
Homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Sinton-Portland, Texas, 1910-30. Agrarian life.
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SPECHT, Floyd (b. 1916)Duke and Ayres Company

Interview ID#
OHB 0081
District manager, Duke and Ayres Company, Denton, Texas. Family background, description of Vashti, Texas, community and farming experiences; comments on work baling hay and harvesting wheat; employment with Cabell’s Ice Cream and the Baker Hotel while attending Burns Business College, Dallas, 1935; comments on Depression in Vashti and Dallas;…
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SPECHT, Lyle (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division

Interview ID#
OH 0928
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Guadalcanal, 1942-43; Tarawa, 1943; and Okinawa, 1945.
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