Military Service | Oral History

Military Service

OH 1482

Her reminiscences as the wife of General Olinto Barsanti, 1942-1973. Their courtship in San Antonio; her coping with various assignments to Europe, Japan, and Washington, DC; child-raising; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division; his diagnosis of stomach cancer and his death, May, 1943.

OH 0235

Her experiences at Tripler General Hospital, Fort Shafter, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0898

His experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Nursing school at Lubbock Methodist Hospital, 1955; enlistment in Army, 1969, and anesthesia training at Fitzsimons general Hospital, Denver, Colorado; assignment to Vietnam, 1969; 95th Evacuation Hospital, Da Nang; medical cases and responsibilities; functions as special services officer; treating North Vietnamese wounded; after-effects of Vietnam.

OH 0243

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

OH 1333

Attorney. Tape-recorded letters from the Republic of (South) Vietnam to his wife and son in Denton, Texas. Topics include: troop morale; interrogation of enemy POWs; spot reports concerning information given by POWs and detainees; personal love poetry; miscellaneous personal family matters; future plans in civilian life; queries about his son; future job aspirations.

OH 1353

His experiences in the Pacific Theater; and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.

OH 1460

A combination of interviewing and reading from his personal correspondence about his pre-World War II experiences with the U.S. Asiatic Fleet (1937-1940) and his later experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

OH 1674

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Childhood and education in Athens, Tex.; decision to enlist in U.S. Army; family’s tradition of military service; basic training at Ft.