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Oral History Interview with Fred Faiz, July 2, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Faiz. Faiz was raised on a ranch and had good relations with neighboring Japanese-American farmers before the war. In 1939, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, with whom he worked until being drafted into the Army in March 1941. He was assigned to the First Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss. When his unit phased out horse-drawn Howitzers and transitioned to driving jeeps, Faiz was sent to Louisiana, where he trained… more
Date: July 2, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Faiz, Fred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Philip Nelson, September 2, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Philip Nelson. Nelson enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and attended midshipmen's school at Northwestern University. There he learned Morse code and semaphore signaling. Upon completion, he received landing craft training at Camp Pendleton. In the Pacific, most of his duty was on LSTs and LSDs. Equipped with rockets at Kwajalein, a mechanical mishap resulted in his ship's friendly rocket fire on a nearby vessel. At the invasion o… more
Date: September 2, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Nelson, Philip
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[A Fromholz Studio Album]

Description: Audio reel from the Steven Fromholz Papers recorded during the Kiwi - Demo in MacAdams Brothers Studios, in Austin, Texas. Tape includes 1) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, 2) Southbound, 3) Be With Me, 4) Beer Bottle Blues, 5) Mexican Jail Break, 6) Dancin' Shoes, 7) Easy Mornin' Riser, 8) Gold Star, 9) Highway Robbery, 10) He Believes, 11) Brand New Mornin' Blues, 12) Lady's Choice, 13) Sheila's Lullaby, 14) Be With Me and 15) Worry No More. Notes include "Stills Medley" and "Feets Don't Fail Me." more
Date: August 2, 1976
Duration: 51 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: MacAdams Brothers Studios, Austin
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Frummox - Live at KNUS]

Description: Audio reel from the Steven Fromholz Papers recorded during Frummox Live at KNUS on a Ampex 341 Recording Tape 7" Reel.
Date: April 2, 1971
Duration: 20 minutes 02 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Preservation conference - audio presentations by guest panelists]

Description: Sound recording of an unidentified lecturer during a preservation conference hosted by Texas Historical Commission and Preservation Texas Alliance. Side B: Oral history of Elizabeth Jones Tanner recording reminiscences, Margaret Hayes recording. Tanner talks about her childhood and community.
Date: January 2, 1995
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 21 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history, interview with Edward Head]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Edward Dale. Interview conducted by Addison Downey.
Date: April 2, 1977
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Use of Oral History in Dramatic Audiovisual Productions

Description: Sound recording of William Weaver from the National Park Service - Pendleton Woods, Oklahoma Living legends Program speaking during the Oral History Association Eighth Annual Colloquium.
Date: November 2, 1973
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Melvin Schmidt, December 2, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Melvin N. Schmidt. Schmidt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 4 March 1926. Expecting to volunteer for the Navy when he turned 18, he ended up joining the Marines on 1 June 1944. Boot camp was at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. From there he went up the coast to Camp Pendleton for advanced infantry training. Training completed, Schmidt sailed for the Western Pacific in November, 1944. With brief stops … more
Date: December 2, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Schmidt, Melvin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[Jim Marrs - KTAR 620AM]

Description: Audio cassette from the Jim Marrs collection. A radio program with Frank Baranowski on the Kennedy assassination and the aftermath. KTAR 620AM (Phoenix, Arizona). Baranowski also mentions a book published by Jim Marrs, "Crossfire." The program also includes an interview with Marrs.
Date: May 2, 1993
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Retrieval of Date in Oral History Collections

Description: Sound recording of Allan Meckler and Ann Travis giving speeches on the topic of Retrieval of Date in Oral History Collections during the 8th Annual Oral History Association Colloquium at the John F. Kennedy Library in Columbia Point, Boston.
Date: November 2, 1973
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Felix Ysturiz, August 2, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Felix Ysturiz. Ysturiz joined the Merchant Marine in January of 1943. He trained to serve as a Radio Officer. In 1943, he served as a radioman aboard the SS Oliver Wendell Holmes. They traveled to Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands transporting cargo for the Navy, including PT boats and Seabee construction materials. Around mid-1944 through 1945, Ysturiz served aboard a C-2 ship, transporting cargo for the Ar… more
Date: August 2, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 59 seconds
Creator: Ysturiz, Felix
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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The Role of Interviews in Documenting White House Decisions

Description: Sound recording of Dann Fenn, Jr., Joe Frantz, Henry Graff, James Hagerty, Richard Kirkendall, and Robert Weaver speaking under the topic of the role of interviews in documenting white house decisions. Recorded during the 8th Annual Oral History Colloquium at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts.
Date: November 2, 1973
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history, Betty Maynard interview]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Betty Maynard. Interview conducted by Judith Eakin.
Date: March 2, 1977
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Tom Ellison, March 2, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom D. Ellison. Ellison was born 14 August 1925 in Sierra Blanca, Texas. He joined the Navy in September 1942. After 12 weeks of boot camp at the Farragut Naval Training Center, Idaho, he went for 21 weeks of aircraft maintenance training in Norman, Oklahoma, and 4 weeks of air gunnery training in Purcel, Oklahoma. This was followed by more maintenance and gunnery training at NAS Jacksonville. Next it was to NAS Oceana, Virg… more
Date: March 2, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Ellison, Tom
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[Oral history, interview with Carlene Hemphill]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Carlene Hemphill. Interview conducted by Addison Downey.
Date: April 2, 1977
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Placido Lozano, June 2, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Placido Lozano. Lozano joined the Navy in October of 1943. He completed Radio School. He was assigned to a Landing Craft Infantry participating in the Battle of Saipan in June of 1944. He was later stationed aboard a carrier in the Pacific. Lozano was assigned as a radioman to a Douglas SBD Dauntless divebomber. The pilot taught Lozano how to fly and they flew cover for the carrier in the Philippine Sea. He also participated in t… more
Date: June 2, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Lozano, Placido
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Sloan, March 2, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles William Sloan. Sloan joined the Navy in mid-1942. He completed torpedo school in San Diego, California. He landed in Noumea, New Caledonia in January of 1944, then transferred to Tulagi where he worked in a torpedo shop, conducting inspections on Mark 15 torpedoes and preparing them to go aboard submarines and destroyer escorts. Sloan served as Third-Class Torpedoman, working specifically on torpedo engines, air flaps, af… more
Date: March 2, 2021
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes
Creator: Sloan, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Leach, September 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Leach. Leach joined the Navy in August, 1942 and after training attended diesel engine school in Missouri. After amphibious training at Little Creek, Virginia, Leach headed for Kentucky to join the crew of USS LST-78 in May 1943. In November, USS LST-78 was in on the invasion of Makin. Later, he made the landing at Kwajalein in early 1944. They spent a lot of time running supplies to Guam. In February, 1945, Leach retu… more
Date: September 2, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Leach, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Alberding, June 2, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Alberding. Alberding joined the Army Air Forces in January of 1943. He completed navigation training, and also worked in the photo lab printing publicity photos of cadets. He completed radio school in April of 1944 in Traux Field, Madison, Wisconsin. He worked in the Headquarters unit, 456th Squadron, as a radio mechanic on B-29s. He remained in the US throughout the war and was discharged in January of 1946.
Date: June 2, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Alberding, Kenneth
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mary Elaine Jones, November 2, 2016

Description: Interview with Mary Elaine Adamek Jones, who worked as a labor and delivery nurse, got her doctorate of philosophy in cultural anthropology from Southern Methodist University, and directed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Texas at Arlington before retiring after 25 years. She also taught nursing for 13 years at the University of the Incarnate Word in Kerrville. The interview details her father's career as an accomplished saddle maker, her education, and career, and … more
Date: November 2, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jones, Mary Elaine Adamek
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Warren Elder, November 2, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Elder. Elder joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1941. In March, he deployed to the Philippines, and was stationed at Clark Field. After the attack on the Philippines, Elder served as a gunner in defending Bataan and Corregidor, surrendering to the Japanese in May of 1942. He was captured and held a prisoner of war at Bilibid Prison and Cabanatuan Camp, until liberated in early 1945. He returned to the US, and contin… more
Date: November 2, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 01 second
Creator: Elder, Warren
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George William Ogden, May 2, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George William Ogden. Ogden joined the Navy in February of 1942. He completed Officer Candidate School, and trained with amphibious landing vehicles. Beginning in early 1943, he served as a Communications Officer aboard the USS LST-172. They traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Bora Bora, Samoa, New Hebrides, New Caledonia and Guadalcanal. They assisted the Marines in preparation for the Battle of Okinawa. He continued his service after t… more
Date: May 2, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Ogden, George William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stan Martin, October 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stan Martin. Martin was born in New Zealand, and joined the Territorial Army, the New Zealand Navy, around 1941. He worked as a Radarman, and served at radar posts around the Port of Auckland and Wellington. He was later assigned to the Royal Navy, and served aboard a British ship. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He became involved with the 2nd Marine Division Association and helped these veterans reconnect with those w… more
Date: October 2, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Martin, Stan
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Raymundo Martinez, March 2, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Raymundo Martinez. Martinez was drafted in the Army in November of 1941. He served as a Technical Sergeant in the 807th Engineer Battalion for four years. From 1942 to 1944 Martinez was assigned to the Aleutian Islands. During this time, he recalls much combat, casualties, preparing graves for fallen soldiers and a Japanese plane being gunned down during a dog fight. He was then assigned to Hawaii and provides some details of lif… more
Date: March 2, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Raymundo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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