World War II | Oral History

World War II

OH 1345

Factory worker. Her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II.

OH 1232

His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. First assignment to the battleship USS West Virginia and his experiences during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to the antiaircraft cruiser USS San Juan, 1942; naval battles around Guadalcanal; Battle of Savo Island; assignment to the destroyer USS Wedderburn, 1944; Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944; Pacific typhoons; Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations, 1945.

OH 1072

Her experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Santo Tomas, Manila, 1942-43; Los Banos, 1943-45

OH 1331

His experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Helena and during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his experiences aboard the Helena and the antiaircraft cruiser Reno in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

OH 0159

Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; 1942-43; Davao Penal Colony, 1943-44; Bellbird Prison, 1945; fall of Manila and liberation.

OH 0852

Businessman, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Frankfort am Main, Germany; inflation during the Weimar Republic; pre-Nazi discrimination; anti-Semitism during the early Hitler years, 1933-38; emigration to the United States, 1938; induction into the U.S. Army, 1943; experiences during the occupation of Germany; meeting his future wife in Brooklyn; lasting effects of the Holocaust.

OH 1024

Her experiences while employed by the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana, Texas, during World War II and the postwar years. Hiring procedures and job assignments; safety precautions; social activities; swing shifts; race relations; relationships between male and female workers; social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana.

OH 1707

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas. Family history; birth, childhood, and education in Collin County, Texas; farm life in the Great Depression; World War II service in U.S. Navy; education at UNT under the GI Bill; career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, concluding with Weatherford ISD; marriage to Betty Jo Hallett; integration of Weatherford schools; school-building program; career as CEO of Weatherford Chamber of Commerce.

OH 1451

His experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II.