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OH 1785
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Former Mayor of Shady Shores, Texas. Childhood in Clayton, Texas; life in Dallas-Fort Worth area; Shady Shores town council; mayoral service; development of Shady Shores infrastructure and emergency service; growth of Shady Shores.

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OH 1755
For the Air America Oral History Project. Stewardess for Air America. Growing up in World War II China and Japan; family and personal views of America; brother joins Yakuza crime syndicate; first English speaking jobs; hiring and training with Air America; meeting and marrying her husband, Air America pilot Steve Stevens; working as a stewardess…

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OH 1756
For the Air America Oral History Project. Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot. Early interest in aviation and the military; serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War; early connections to Air America via other Marines; flight training with the Marine Corps; getting hired with Air America; flying the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in Laos…

STEVENSON, Coke R. (b. 1888) Texas House of Representatives|$|Lieutenant Governor|$|Governor

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OH 0293
Former member of the Texas House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1941-46. Forty-first Legislature; prison reform; administration of Governor Ross Sterling; views on the role of the Speaker of the House in the legislative process; impressions of Governor Miriam Ferguson; Forty-second Legislature…

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OH 0875
Community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1955-90; education in segregated schools; early work experience; military service in World War II; employment at Consolidated Lloyds Insurance Company; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; description of original house floor plan; social…

STEWART, Arthur (b. 1924) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 1665
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood experiences on a succession of Michigan farms during the Great Depression, including the Sharon Hollow Farm associated with Ford Motor Company; developing interest in aviation; work at Willow Run bomber plant assembling B-24s; enlistment in Army Air Forces; assignment to college…

STEWART, Cleon (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0911
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, 1942-43; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Changi Jail, 1943-45; "King Rat" and black market activities; liberation.

STEWART, Everett (b. 1915) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 0308
His experiences as a fighter pilot with the 73rd Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Additional comments by his wife, who was also there at the time.

STEWART, Richard O. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 419th Night Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group, 13th Air Force

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OH 1364
Airline pilot. His experiences as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; influence of Charles Lindbergh’s non-stop Atlantic flight on his goal to become a pilot; basic training, Santa Ana, California, 1942; primary flight training, Dos Palos, California, 1942; basic flight…

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OH 1490
Jazz musician. His comments about the jazz scene in Fort Worth, Texas, 1950-2000. His early interest in music; his first drum set; his first professional job with the Shorty Clements Band, 1953-57; college at Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, 1957-60; his employment as a disk jockey in Cleburne, Texas, and Fort Worth; his definition of jazz…

STEWART, William J. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0544
Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.

STILES, John (b. 1946) U.S. Air Force Vietnam Veteran

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OH 1909
For the Air America Oral History Project. Fighter pilot and U.S. Air Force veteran. Recounts his training as a fighter pilot during the war in Vietnam. Shares how he and a fellow pilots planes were shot down in Northern Laos and how Air America rescued them.

STINCHCOMB, Glenn M. (b. 1927) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, VP-27

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OH 1350
Engineer. His experiences as a PB4Y-2 co-pilot during World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Decision to enlist in the Navy on May 9, 1945; acceptance in the V-5 Program for naval aviators, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1945-46; pre-flight training, Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1946; his decision to participate in the…

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OH 0880
Plumber. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 742 at Camp Shady near Mena, Arkansas; transfer to Company 4782 at Camp Flint Creek near Phillipsburg, Montana; description of camps; life in camps.

STOCKETT, Thomas (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0678
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dale during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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OH 1887
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Trick rider and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood and family history; trick riding; performing with various stage shows; move to Weatherford; modern rodeos.

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OH 1847
For Richard Rafes’s dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former TCOM Director of Development and Curator of Special Collections. Professional background; creation of TCOM.

STONE, Preston E. (b. 1916) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0498
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; Nakhom Pathon, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.

STONE, Raymond (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0757
His experiences while aboard the destroyer repair ship USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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OH 2062

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Susan Dowd Stone is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialization in perinatal mental health, and a past-president of Postpartum Support International (PSI). She discusses her own training and career path, how she became involved in PSI, Depression After…

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OH 1199
His reminiscences about his youth while residing in Denton, Texas, 1902-71; Boy Scouts activities, 1917-1930; other playtime activities; early descriptions of Texas Woman's University; family's emigration from Scotland, 1890; physical description of Denton, 1915-30.

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OH 2032
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Stotland is a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Her research has focused on issues of reproduction and psychiatry especially around abortion. she was also the 135th President of the American Psychiatric Association,…

STOWERS, Henry B. (b. 1911) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Embassy Guard Detachment, Peking

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OH 0148
Journalist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in 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.

STRANGE, Luther G. (b. 1913) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1140
His experiences with Headquarters Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.