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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.

OAKLEY, Bill (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0822
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Ben Wheeler, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3808 at DG-40-N near Carrizozo, New Mexico; company move to Tokay, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.

PATTON, James H. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1476
His experiences as a paratrooper in the European Theater during World War II. His youth in Du Bois, Pennsylvania; attendance at Lock Haven State Teachers College, Pennsylvania; enlistment in the Army, February, 1942; basic training, Camp Croft, Spartenburg, South Carolina, 1942; Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942; volunteering…

PHILLIPS, J. O. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0550
Optometrist. His experiences while aboard the seaplane tender USS Tangier during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

SCROGGS, Jack B. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0165
College professor. His experiences as a military supervisor of German prisoners-of-war during World War II.

SHOCKLEY, Martin S. (b. 1908)

Interview ID#
OH 1052
College professor. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56.

PIERCE, Wilford (b. 1909) and Mattie (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OHB 0103
Owners and operators of Pierce’s, Denton, Texas. Wilford’s family background; experiences working at Evers Hardware; effects of Depression in Denton; description of business on Denton Square, 1920s; Mattie’s family background; her comments on farming near Blum, Texas; experiences at Texas Woman’s University; establishment of greeting card and gift…

SPENCER, Gaston R. (b. 1915)

Interview ID#
OH 0439
His experiences with the 35th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

STONE, Raymond (b. 1923)

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

RAYBURN, Eldridge L. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0499
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, 1944-45; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1945, and American air raids…

PONCÉ, Hector (b. 1970)

Interview ID#
OH 1695
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Arlington, Texas and UNT graduate student. Family history; childhood and education in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico; college experience at the University of Chihuahua; interest in broadcast journalism; transfer to UTEP; struggles to learn English; experiences with U.S.…

RODGERS, Martin J. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0752
His experiences at Fort Shafter with Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, Coast Artillery, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

ROJAS, Andres (b.1976)

Interview ID#
OH 1733
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexicanborn immigrant to North Texas, restaurateur in Krum, Texas. Childhood in a mountainous village in the state of Puebla, Mexico, and how he fulfilled his dream of coming to the U.S. to become a successful businessman/entrepreneur.

JOLY, Greg (b. 1962)

Interview ID#
OH 1790
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood in Massachusetts; early experiences with gardening; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; memories of Scott and Helen Nearing; the Good Life Center.

DUKE, Wallace “Tim” (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 1856
Retired Santa Fe Railroad agent. Childhood in rural North Texas; the Great Depression; war work at Consolidated Steel Shipyard; draft into infantry; training at Camp Howze and Camp Livingston; European Theater; push from Cologne to Altena, Germany; the Ruhr Pocket; push into Austria; V-E Day; reassignment to Pacific Theater; Philippines; post-war…

SHELTON, Keith (b. 1932)

Interview ID#
OH 1885
Journalist. Childhood in Oklahoma; family history; journalism training and career; Cold War military service in Germany; work for Dallas Times Herald; coverage of John F. Kennedy’s 1963 Texas visit and assassination; coverage of Jack Ruby’s trial; UNT journalism department; teaching journalism.

BABCOCK, Marjorie Rae Lutkins (b. 1927)

Interview ID#
OH 1762
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. Women’s Army Corps Enlisted, Keypunch Operator, Korean War-era Veteran. Childhood in Michigan; reason for enlisting; family’s reaction to enlistment; basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia; duty assignment at Governor’s Island, New York; temporary duty assignment at the Pentagon; duty assignment in Hanau…