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Oral History Interview with Eugene Kelly, July 11, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Kelly. Kelly joined the Army Signal Corps in September of 1943. He provides some details of his training. He was sent to New Guinea in the spring of 1944 and served as a replacement. He then traveled to Brisbane, Australia, working as a clerk in a Signal Corps office for one year. Kelly describes his life and work in Australia. From there he was assigned to Hollandia, then to the Philippines in May of 1945. He shares his e… more
Date: July 11, 2001
Duration: 23 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Kelly, Eugene
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Gibbons, July 11, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Gibbons. Gibbons joined the Army in January of 1943. He shares details of his training and working at a German Prison Camp in Atlanta, Nebraska through September of 1943. He then transferred to Camp Clayburn, Louisiana training as a heavy equipment repair mechanic. In May of 1945 he traveled to Okinawa, where he worked as an engineer, setting up camp and machine shops. He worked in Okinawa through the end of the war and re… more
Date: July 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Gibbons, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dean Warner, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Dean Warner. Born in Geneva, Illinois, June 30, 1922. He went to boot camp in San Diego in 1941. After boot camp he attended Radio School at the University of Colorado followed by training at Signalman School. Upon completion he was assigned to an Armed Guard crew on a Merchant Marine ship as a radioman. He spent a year and a half on merchant vessels and recalls an incident when two nearby ships in his convoy were sunk by submarines. He was next assigned to … more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 21 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Warner, Dean
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Hill, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert Hill. Born on a farm north of Des Moines, Iowa in 1922. He enlisted in the Navy at the age of 19 in 1942. He trained at the National School of Electronics in Chicago as a Radio Technician and on to Great Lakes, Illinois for basic training. After boot camp he was sent to Radioman School in Wisconsin and Signalman School in Los Angeles. He was then assigned to the Armed Guard crew aboard a merchant tanker, the SS Vermont, as a Radioman. He describes car… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 46 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Hill, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Norman Dike, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral inerview with Norman Dike. Born in Atlanta, Illinois, on April 18, 1923. Enlisted in the Navy on March 12, 1942 and was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois for recruit training. He was sent to Radioman School at the University of Idaho on May 25, 1942. Upon completion in August, as a Third Class Radioman, he was sent to Bainbridge Island, Washington to learn Japanese code. He recalls meeting Merry Miles, the second in command at SACO, at a party he gave for the SACO team at a Ch… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 44 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Dike, Norman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Clark, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert Clark. Born in Colby, Kansas Clark joined the Navy in San Diego in 1940. Before completion of the training he was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43) in Pearl Harbor. He recounts various training missions over the following months, including gunnery exercises. He recounts relaxing in the turret of one of the 14-inch guns during the morning of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked. He describes the efforts made by him and other sailors to extri… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 29 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Clark, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Allen Barrett, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with George Allen Barrett. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in January 1922, he enlisted in the Navy in January 1940. He completed Recruit Training in San Diego and was transferred to the Hospital Corps School at the Naval Hospital San Diego in April 1940. Upon graduation in July 1940, he was assigned to the Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In July 1941 he was transferred to the USS McDonough (DD 351) where he recalls that on the morning of December 7, 1941,… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Barrett, George Allen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph D. Keenan, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview of Joseph D. Keenan. Raised in Chicago, he spent two years at Notre Dame University and when the war started, volunteered for Naval Aviation duty. Following Pre-flight School at Iowa University, he attended flight training at Naval Air Station, Chicago, where he was later diagnosed with chronic air sickness. He was disenrolled and entered the V-12 program at the University of Wisconsin. Upon graduation in September 1944, he was commissioned and ordered to Fort Pi… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Keenan, Joseph D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James H. Bash, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with James H. Bash. He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 28, 1924. He enlisted in the Navy on January 19, 1943. Enrolled in the V-12 Program at the University of Virginia but did not complete the curriculum. Subsequently sent to Storekeeper Class A School in Sampson, New York and graduated as Storekeeper 3rd Class. In October 1944 volunteered and assigned to Naval Group China. He recalls the transit from Norfolk on the USS General W. A. Mann (AP-112) in a con… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Bash, James H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anne Sloan. Sloan grew up in Oregon and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1944. She spent time at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Plattsburgh, New York; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Lexington, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas before she left the service in 1946. She was at Times Square, New York City on V-E Day. After the service, she used the GI Bill to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she met her husband. She… more
Date: September 11, 2000
Duration: 2 hours 59 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Sloan, Anne
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Tom Sledge, July 11, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Sledge. Sledge volunteered for service as a bombadier and anvigator in the Army Air Corps and earned a commission. In November, 1942, Sledge received orders to go to India. Once there, his crew was attached to the 10th Air Force and flew bombing missions mainly into Burma. Sledge recalls an incident in which he bombed Japanese ships. Unbeknownst to him, the ships contained Allied prisoners of war. Sledge recalls years la… more
Date: July 11, 2001
Duration: 41 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Sledge, Tom
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Nels Farmer, June 11, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Nels Farmer. He was born in Wortham, Texas 24 December 1924 and enlisted in the Navy in 1943. Completing boot camp at San Diego, California, he was sent to Farragut, Idaho as assistant gunnery instructor. After nine months he was assigned to the USS Willard A. Holbrook (AP-44) working in various capacities. After arriving at Hollandia, New Guniea he was assigned as a machine gunner to USS PT-146 in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadro… more
Date: June 11, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Farmer, Nels
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Fred E. Lincoln, November 11, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Lincoln. Lincoln joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1941. He was assigned to the 82nd Bomb Squadron, 12th Bomb Group. He completed training in military correspondence and typing, and served as the Operations Officer for his squadron. In December, they were transferred to Sacramento, California to assist with war games aboard B-18 bombers. In the spring of 1942, they were transferred to Esler Field in Louisiana. During… more
Date: November 11, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Lincoln, Fred E
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Episode 33: Recollections of a Recording Engineer, Broadcaster, and Educator with Dr. Ed Glick

Description: Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Ed Glick, Emeritus Professor of Television Production, Law and Regulation, and Educational Telecommunications in the Department of Media Arts at UNT. Susan and Dr. Glick discuss his service in World War II, and the various paths of his career starting in the 1940s that led him to broadcasting.
Date: March 11, 2020
Duration: 31 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Episode 17: Jordan Williams

Description: Interview with Jordan Williams for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan speaks with Jordan Williams, Communications Specialist for UNT Lifelong Learning & Community Engagement. Jordan shares a little bit about his background and discusses his work for OLLI at UNT and the UNT Retiree Association.
Date: April 11, 2019
Duration: 17 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan & Williams, Jordan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Willadene Hines, February 11, 1976

Description: Interview with Willadene Hines, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her life growing up in Baytown.
Date: February 11, 1976
Duration: 38 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Peace, William K. & Hines, Willadene
Partner: Lee College
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Raz on the Braz

Description: Audio recording of Raz on the Braz by Steven Fromholz, 2001. Sticky note: Live Recording. Printed for CD: Raz on the Braz, 8-11-01. Disc #5. 1. Intro/Everybody's Goin' on the Road. 2. Bears. 3. "Red Velvet Love Thong." 4. If I Couldn't Get to the River. 5. A Guest In Your Heart. 6. I Gave Her a Ring. 7. "BS..Weak joke time" (3:00). 8.The old Home Place. 9. Late Nite Neon Shadows. 10. The Man With the Big Hat. 11. I'd Have to be Crazy. 12. Texas Trilogy: 1. Daybreak. 2. Trainride. 3. Bosque Coun… more
Date: August 11, 2001
Duration: 54 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Fromholz, Steven
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Dale Carpenter, August 11, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 11th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. In this interview, Phelps and Professor of Law Dale Carpenter discuss the history of the supreme court case Lawrence v. Texas. Carpenter discusses the events in the case which led to the end of sodomy laws in Texas. He covers the incidents which occurred prior to the case, leading to the arrests of John Lawrence and his partner Tyron Garner. Carpenter, additionally, discusses the ro… more
Date: August 11, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with W. B. Brown, III and S. W. Brown, October 11, 2016

Description: Interview with Werdna Burton Brown, III ("Pinky"), and Spencer Whitewood Brown, both alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. Pinky and Spencer share their memories of growing up in Kerrville in the 1940's and 50's.
Date: October 11, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 24 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Brown, Werdna Burton, III & Brown, Spencer Whitewood
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, November 11, 2015

Description: Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, a retired professor from Kerrville, Texas. He recalls his time as an Air Rescue Medic in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, as well as his time as a professor at a few different universities, some of which were in foreign countries.
Date: November 11, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Luther, Joseph Neal
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Buck A. Young, October 11, 2001

Description: Interview with Buck A. Young, a radar bombardier in the US Air Force. He answers questions about his time in the military during WWII and the Vietnam War.
Date: October 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Siman, Michael & Young, Buck A.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002

Description: Interview with Phillip Patton, an aircraft mechanic in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about life before the war, his experiences overseas, and returning home post-war.
Date: April 11, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Elterman, Dora & Patton, Phillip
Partner: Lee College
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