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BREEDLOVE, Isaac D. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0674
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 35th Infantry during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BRUTON, Cicero H. (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 0893
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His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life; segregated education; employment with Texas and Pacific Railroad, Universal Freight; children; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; college at Prairie View; shopping; church activities; social activities; Civic…

CALHOUN, Drue (b. 1910)

Interview ID#
OHB 0027
Pioneer distributor of automatic gasoline nozzles. Early work experiences in Gordon, Texas; employment with Self Motors in Denton, 1925; experiences as service station owner and operator during the Great Depression; Air Force career; problems of service station business; discovering, entering automatic nozzle business; methods of financing and…

CHANDRASEKAR, Kirthica (b. 1973)

Interview ID#
OH 1693
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to suburban Carrollton, Texas. Childhood and education in Bangalore, Madurai, and other locations throughout India; 1994 arranged marriage to a family friend living in New Jersey; first impressions of the U.S.; enrollment in Rutgers University M.A. program in statistics;…

CLEMENT, Aubrey L (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1236
Automobile mechanic. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Paris, Texas and Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1814 in Linden, Texas; company move to Duncan, Arizona; company move to Fredonia, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.

COTTER, M. J. (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0568
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

CRUMBLING, Warren D. (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OH 1343
Special agent (U. S. Army Criminal Investigation Division), member of the White House Security Detail for President Lyndon B. Johnson. His stateside experiences during World War II and his postwar military and civil service careers. Education and employment before entering the military; decision to join the Army, March 10, 1934; basic training at…

DAVIS PURITY BAKERY. Joint interview with Mrs. Anne Davis (b. 1918) and Don Davis (b. 1938)

Interview ID#
OHB 0033
DAVIS, Anne. Founder (with husband Jack T. Davis) of Davis purity Bakery, Denton, Texas. Family background; Depression; purchase of purity Bakery; early learning experiences; equipment; products; commercial and institutional accounts; business fluctuations; sugar crisis; pricing; typical workday; credit policies. DAVIS, Don. Son of founder of…

DITTO, Lanson B. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1360
Clothier. His experiences in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II. Education; enlistment in the Navy V-7 Program, 1940; midshipman training, 1940-41; assignment to the USS Langley, 1941; pre-war duty in the Philippines; coming of war and combat around the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-42; sinking of…

EARTHMAN, Jim (b. 1935)

Interview ID#
OH 0099
Mortician, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations; redistricting; personal…

ERICKSON, Stacy (b. 1968)

Interview ID#
OH 1203
Her experiences with the Women's Studies Program and women's issues at the University of North Texas, 1992-1996. Exposure to women's issues as an undergraduate at West Texas A & M University; intertwining of her feminism and vegetarian beliefs; decision to enter the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas; influence of Dr.…

FICKLIN, Frank W. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0691
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; Changi Jail, 1944; liberation.

FOSQUE, John D. (b. 1911)

Interview ID#
OH 0661
Executive. Educational background; employment in Haiti with Texaco; transfer to Caltex; marketing activities of Caltex (India), 1936-41; service in the China-Burma India Theater during World War II; postwar Caltex (India) marketing strategies; partition of India; refinery at Vishakhapatnam; relationship between home office (New York) and field…

GARRISON, J. B. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0057
Automobile salesman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Guam and capture; Zentsuji, Japan, 1942; Osaka, 1942-44, and American air raids; liberation.

GLENEWINKEL, John (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0207
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Dobbin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

GREEN, John Plath (b. 1910)

Interview ID#
OH 0182
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Attorney. His experiences as the officer in charge of the liberation of American and other Allied prisoners-of-war in Japan at the end of World War II.

HAFFER, Don (b. 1955)

Interview ID#
OH 1270
Psychologist. His experiences in clinical psychology and behavioral medicine.

HANNA, Robert W. (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0424
His experiences as an ordnance man at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

HAUGH, Mervin E. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 1298
His experiences as a tank commander in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Europe during World War II. Prewar induction and training, Fort Benning, Georgia; North Africa landings, November, 1942; his role as a tank commander; evolution of tank tactics; invasion of Sicily, July, 1943; transfer of 2nd Armored Division to England, December, 1943;…

HERSH, Authella (b. 1907)

Interview ID#
OH 1217
Copper craftswoman. Her reminiscences and childhood memories of her brothers, the architect O’Neil Ford, and the cabinetmaker Lynn Ford. Childhood games and construction projects; amateur theatrical presentations; design and construction of the Little Chapel in the Woods, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, by the National Youth…

HOLSTON, William O. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1380
His experiences as a navigator on a B-24 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training, Miami Beach, Florida, 1942-43; College Training Detachment, Southwestern University, Memphis, Tennessee, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center…

HUNT, AL J. (b. 1911)

Interview ID#
OH 0881
Truck driver. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1806 at Turner Falls, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp.

JAMES, N. Jesse (b. 1914)

Interview ID#
OH 0985
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

JONES, Jay (b. 1922) and Frances (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OHB 0061
JONES, Jay. Family background; effects of Depression in McAlester, Oklahoma; employment with C. & S. Hardware, Dallas, 1950; experiences managing and co-owning C. & S. Hardware; opening of Denton Center Hardware, 1963; business competition in Denton; development of Jay’s Hardware in Dallas and sale of business, 1975; description of a full…

KEMP, Albert E. (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1110
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.