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GORDON, Crayton R. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0383
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, 1942-43; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1943; Changi Jail, Singapore, 1943-45; liberation.

GRIFFIN, Owen (b. 1903)

Interview ID#
OHB 0075
Owner of auto repair business, Denton, Texas. Family background; experiences moving from Georgia to Texas, 1919; description of work and education near Homer and Royston, Georgia; description of Denton, 1919; employment with Acme Brick; part-time work as auto mechanic and work in will Evers’s pecan Orchard, 1922; full-time employment as auto…

HALE, L. Dewitt (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0442
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Budget surplus; highway appropriations; teacher retirement bill; Texas Monthly’s ratings of legislators; public school financing; ad valorem taxation; Peveto Bill.

HARRAL, Hilma (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0861
Librarian. Her experiences as a student in the library school at Texas State College For Women, Denton, Texas, during the late 1930s and early 1940s; her professional career as a librarian.

HAYNIE, John (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 1555
His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. His youth in West Texas during the Great Depression; his education in Cisco and Mexia, Texas; his early interest in the cornet and the influence of Robert L. Maddox; enrollment at Texas Tech, 1942; induction into the Army, May 20, 1943; assignment to the 76th Infantry Division Band, Fort…

HILL, William D. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0588
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

HOUSENFLUCK, Thomas (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0751
His experiences while aboard the submarine Narwhal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

IRICK, Clifton (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1445
His random reminiscences about life in Pilot Point, Texas, 1920-1987. Effects of the Great Depression on his family and Pilot Point; description of businesses in downtown Pilot Point; gardening, butchering, and food preservation; race relations; local entertainment; civic organizations; identification of long-time families in the area; discovery…

JOHNSON, Donald (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0266
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

JUSTIN, Joe (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 1077
His recollections of the founding and operations of the Nocona Boot Company and its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Early history of company; style changes and marketing techniques; his appointment as plant manager, 1951; “Urban Cowboy” craze; decision to quit, 1957; reemployment, 1974; Ms. Enid’s illnesses and effect on company operations;…

KHAMMASH, Susan (b. 1951)

Interview ID#
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…

KOPERNIAK, Sigismund (b. ca. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1478
A personal diary detailing his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Spence during World War II. Launching of the Spence and sea trials off Portland, Maine, January, 1943; shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February, 1943; escort duty in the Atlantic and Caribbean, March, 1943; convoy duty in the Casablanca, French Morocco, area, April-May,…

LEACH, Carlos (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1466
Dentist. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) co-pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1941-42; enlistment in the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; pre-flight training, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1942; primary flight training, Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; basic…

LOVELESS, Marvin (b. 1898)

Interview ID#
OHB 0056
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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…

MATLOCK, Sidney C. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0555
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; railroad maintenance work in Burma, 1944; Phet Buri, Thailand, 1945;…

McGREGOR, Malcolm (b. 1892)

Interview ID#
OH 0007
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Attorney, former state legislator. Experiences as a liberal in Texas Legislature, 1954-64; his race for U.S. Congress, 1964.

MILLER, Gerald E. (b. ca. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0954
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to USS Richmond; Komandorski Island action; Aleutians Campaign; post World War II naval career.

MORK, Lauren (b. 1979)

Interview ID#
OH 1611
For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Instructor for Outward Bound wilderness program in Redford, Texas. Experiences growing up in rural Pennsylvania; love of the outdoors; interactions with people of Redford; opinions regarding shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr., and activities of U.S. Border Patrol.

NEFF, Paul (b. 1911)

Interview ID#
OH 0180
Businessman. His experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

TAYLOR, Odis (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1171
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sculpin in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sculpin, 1941; his responsibilities as a radioman; various patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and in the South China Sea, 1942-44; lifeguard duty off Japan for downed airmen, 1944-45.

TOTTEN, Ernie (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0226
His experiences with the Detachment Quartermaster Corps at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

VINADO, Daniel (b. 1959)

Interview ID#
OH 1690
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Venezuela-born immigrant to suburban Lewisville, Texas. Family history; parent's immigration from Spain to Venezuela; childhood and education in Caracas, including Simon Bolivar University; career with Schlumberger oil services company and as an industrial business owner; marriage; election of…

WEHNER, Robert J. (b. 1941)

Interview ID#
OH 0940
His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1968-70. Assignment to 22nd Surgical Medical Battalion, Chu Lai; treatment of battle casualties and illnesses; camp life; treatment of civilian casualties and illnesses; lasting effects of Vietnam experience.

WILLETT, Hollis J. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1001
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Pauline, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a forestry camp near Flagstaff, Arizona; reenlistment to Company 4842 at DG-41-N in Lake Arthur, New Mexico; company move to Carlsbad, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.

WOODS, Eugene K. (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 1120
His experiences while aboard the destroyer-minesweeper USS Trever during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.