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KITTS, William Wayne (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1723
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare veteran of World War II. Childhood and family history in Sulphur Springs, Texas, college at the University of Texas during the Depression, and musical background. Enlistment in the U.S. Navy shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor, midshipman school in New…

KLAVENESS, ALF (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OH 1472
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Petroleum engineer, geophysicist. His career in the oil exploration business; his service aboard the destroyer USS Benham in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His family’s shipbuilding business in Norway; his parents’ emigration to the United States; his experiences working aboard tankers; college at Louisiana State University, 1934-38; his…

KLEIMAN, Karen (b. 1954)

Interview ID#
OH 2035

Kleiman, Karen: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Karen Kleiman is a clinical social worker and maternal mental health therapist. She founded the Postpartum Stress Center in Pennsylvania in 1988. Kleiman has written and co-written several books on motherhood, postpartum health, and therapy. These…

KLEIN, Frank (b. 1938)

Interview ID#
OH 0655
Business executive. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.

KLINE, Frederick H. (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 1218
His experiences as a photographic laboratory technician in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Technical training at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado, 1942; Air Force Photo-Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1943; voluntary duty with the Flying Tigers, Kunming, China, 1943; flying "The Hump"; assignment to 14th Air Force…

KLINGENBERG, Elmo (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OHB 0074
President and general manager, Fort Worth Stockyards Company, Fort Worth, Texas. Family background; dairy farming in Washington County, Illinois; experiences teaching in one-room school, Washington County, 1935; military service during World War II; employment with United Stockyards Corporation and placement as management trainee at Fort Worth…

KLOEPPEL, Lawrence S. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0770
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KNIFFIN, Willard (b. 1896)

Interview ID#
OH 0215
Financial advisor. His reminiscences about the family of former New Mexico Senator Bronson Cutting, including his parents, sister, aunts, and uncles.

KNIGHT, Douglas F. (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0413
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; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1942-44; liberation.

KOGER, James (b. 1926)

Interview ID#
OH 1590
Remembrances of childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; decision to enroll at University of Oklahoma; being drafted in 1945; training in Army Corps of Engineers; service in postwar occupation of Japan; decision to return to University of Oklahoma; career as aviation engineer with General…

KOLBERT, Byron (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0411
His experiences at Bellows Field with the 86th Observation Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KOOKER, Jean (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 0711
Teacher, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; integration of public schools; desegregation of public eating places; establishment of Denton Christian Preschool; street paving in the African-American…

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,…

KORAN, Stephen (b. 1913) and Flora Belle (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 0236
Veteran and his wife. Their experiences at Wheeler Field (he as a member of the 86th Observation Squadron) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KORBA, John (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0644
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KOTRLA, Hubert E. (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 0321
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Bagley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KOURETAS, Nick (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0327
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KOURY, George (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0125
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; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Nichols Field, 1943-44; hell ship to Formosa, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Prison Camp No. 7, northern Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.

KRANZ, Eugene (b. 1933)

Interview ID#
OH 1614
For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA Mission Control flight director. Early childhood and education in Toledo, Ohio; Air Force career; career with NASA, including flight control missions in Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station and Space Shuttle programs, with particular attention to Skylab’s challenges; NASA’s institutional…

KRIER, Jennifer Leia (b. 1977)

Interview ID#
OH 1789
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Air Force Major, Logistics Planning Officer (21R), Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran. Childhood in Nebraska; reasons for joining the Air Force; experiences in the University of Nebraska ROTC program and tech school; memories of September 11th attacks while in tech…

KROHN, Sidney F. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0339
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KRUCKMAN, Laurence (b. 1943)

Interview ID#
OH 2068

Kruckman, Laurence: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Laurence (Larry) Kruckman discusses his work as an anthropologist and as an postpartum depression/perinatal mental health advocate. He discusses early support group work he began in Chicago and Milwaukee in the 1970s, including the Latina group…

KRUSE, Ed F. (b. 1928)

Interview ID#
OHB 0059
Chairman of board, president, general manager, and treasurer, Blue Bell Creameries, Brenham, Texas. Family background; history of Brenham Creamery Company; work in creamery as boy; description of cream churning process; closing of butter manufacturing operation, 1958; work as route supervisor for Swift Ice Cream Company, 1949, and Blue Bell…

KSIAZKIEWICZ, Marzena (b. ca. 1971)

Interview ID#
OH 1801
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Polish-born immigrant to Lewisville, Texas. Her family; moving to the United States; childhood in Poland; communism and martial law in Poland; post-communist Poland; impressions of America; cleaning service in New Jersey; move to Texas; post-9/11 changes in America; personal relationship with…

KUHN, John (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0346
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with Patrol Wing Two during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.