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SPECHT, Lyle (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division

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OH 0928
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Guadalcanal, 1942-43; Tarawa, 1943; and Okinawa, 1945.
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OH 2031

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Anne Speckhard is a psychologist who has written on post-abortion stress syndrome, and she has also done research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and on violent extremism. This interview focuses on her work on post-abortion stress, especially in the…

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SPEER, Russell (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Quartermaster Corps

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OH 1510
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His education and youth in South Texas; enlistment in the Army, September, 1942; assignment to the Courts-Martial Section, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-44; Officer Candidate School, Fort Lee, Virginia, 1944; Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, 1944; assignment to…
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OH 0102
Attorney. Observations on the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1920-71. Cotton farming; Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan; experiences as an attorney; gambling; development of the Aransas County Airport; oil exploration; housing subdivisions; Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission; hurricanes; agriculture; property values…
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SPENCER, Gaston R. (b. 1915) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0439
His experiences with the 35th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SPENCER, Thomas (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0484
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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-…
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SPILLMAN, Pat Y. (b. 1924) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 316th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

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OH 1319
Architect. His experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment into the Aviation Cadet Program, February, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; flexible…
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OH 2050
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Margaret Spinelli is a psychiatrist who specializes in postpartum depression and psychosis, neonaticide, and infanticide. She discusses her career in nursing and then switch to psychiatry, her work as an expert witness, her work in interpersonal psychotherapy. She…
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OHB 0042
BEAL, L. J. General sales manager, Spoetzl Brewery. Family and educational background; history of brewery and recollections of founder Kosmos Spoetzl; management of brewery by Celie Spoetzl; experiences as salesman for brewery; lobbying activities during Texas Legislative sessions; sale of brewery to Bill Bigler, 1966; packaging of beer; sale of…
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SPRINGER, John J. (b. 1919) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 0334
His experiences with the 741st Ordnance Company at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1222
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas and Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at White Rock Lake, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
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STAFFORD, Allen E. (b. 1916) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, L Troop, 124th Cavalry

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OH 1327
His experiences as a demolitions expert in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Education in West Texas; his work as an oil well shooter in the West Texas oil fields, 1930s; enlistment in the Army, 1941; assignment to the 12th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, 1941-43; transfer to the 124th Cavalry and assignment to…
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STALEY, Joseph S. (b. 1919) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 0195
His experiences with the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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STANBROUGH, Jess (b. 1918) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0658
Physicist, businessman, 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; construction and operation of secret radio at Bicycle Camp; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu, 1942-43…
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STANLEY, Henry (b. 1920) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0140
Postal worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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OH 0144
Postal worker, Army Air Forces veteran (454th Ordnance Squadron in Savannah, GA; later to become a part of the 464th Ordnance, 27th Bomb Group, Far East Air Force), survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O'Donnell, 1942;…
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OH 1623
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former textile mill worker. Childhood in McKinney, Texas, and education in the town’s public schools; memories of father’s cotton ginning, cotton farming, and dairy businesses; memories of Texas Textile Mill; memories of 1948 tornado; social life in McKinney.
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STARKEY, John P. (b. 1925) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1518
Engineer. His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, light cruiser USS Boise, and submarine USS Mackerel during World War II. His pre-war education and employment; enlistment in the Navy, July 8, 1942; boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois; fire control school, 1942; assignment to the training battleship Wyoming, December, 1942;…
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OH 1005
Schoolteacher. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1954-91. Segregated education in Bryan, Texas; Wiley College; teaching career in segregated Dallas schools; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; transportation problems; home improvements; church activities; Civic League; the “Buy Out”; zoning problems; Interorganizational…
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OH 0984
Schoolteacher. Her views concerning the significance and impact of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1946-93. Acceptance of African-American women by Texas Republicans; her political philosophy; women’s issues.
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STARNES, W. L. (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0186
Businessman, 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; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45;…
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OH 1241
Journalist. His experiences concerning the Dallas, Texas, counterculture of the 1960s and his activities as editor of the underground newspaper, “Dallas Notes” His association with “Notes from the Underground” at Southern Methodist University, 1967; origins of the name “Stony Burns”; attitudes toward the Dallas Establishment; harassment by civil…
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STEIN, Paul D. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1242
Printer, member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaya, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards, 1943-45; Orio, Kyushu, 1945, and American air raids; liberation; description of damage at…
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OH 1228
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 856 in Palisades Park at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, Texas; company move to Bowie, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
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STEINSHNIDER, Alan (b. 1944) U.S. Navy Veteran

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OH 1653
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran. Childhood in Phoenix, Arizona; decision to enlist in U.S. Naval Reserves; active duty career, including service on USS Yorktown, USS Bonhomme Richard, and USS Oriskany, concluding with assignment to Naval Air Station Grand Prairie, Texas; “shellback” initiation;…
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