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Oral History Interview with Steve Weiner, October 14, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Steve Weiner. Weiner graduated from high school in 1935 and attended UCLA for a period of time before graduated from the University of Pittsburg. He entered the cadet training program in 1940 and was sent to Randolph Field in San Antonio. Upon washing out of the program, he was assigned to the 86th Observation Squadron as communications officer at Bellows Field, Hawaii. He recalls 7 December 1941 when a B-17 bomber crash lan… more
Date: October 14, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Weiner, Steven
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Rudd, October 14, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Rudd. Rudd joined the Army Air Forces in October of 1942. He completed Radio School and served as a Radio Operator with the 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group. In January of 1944, the group deployed to England. In June, during the Normandy campaign, they released gliders over Cherbourg, France and carried troops, weapons, ammunition and other supplies for the 82nd Airborne Division. In August through Dec… more
Date: October 14, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 01 second
Creator: Rudd, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jerry Mason, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jerry Mason. Mason joined the Army Air Forces in December 1942 and received basic training in Lincoln, Nebraska. He played reveille during training, which helped distinguish him from the other recruits and secure him a spot in fighter pilot training. After learning to fly the P-38 and P-39, he was sent to New Guinea and the Philippines, where he flew as Cy Homer’s wingman in the 80th Fighter Squadron, the Headhunters. He was… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 54 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Mason, Jerry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Glenn Hope, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glenn Hope. Hope joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 and received flight training in Texas and Oklahoma in PT-19s and AT-6s. Upon completion, he was assigned to a P-40 squadron on Oahu. He was transferred to Port Moresby with the 80th Fighter Squadron, flying P-39s. The only advantage they had over Zeros was horsepower, so when Hope later became a flight instructor he taught pilots evasive maneuvers consisting of shallow dive… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 41 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Hope, Glenn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jim Davenport, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Davenport. Davenport was born 3 March 1925 in San Antonio, Texas. Graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the US Army Air Forces in September 1943 and received his basic training at Amarillo, Texas. After basic training he was sent to Iowa State Teacher College for three months to improve his skills in mathematics and sciences in preparation for entry into the Cadet program. Upon completion of pre-flight training … more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 47 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Davenport, Jim
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Neil O’Keefe, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J N O’Keefe. O’Keefe joined the Army Air Forcess in early 1942 and received basic training at Keesler Field. He graduated as a pilot in November 1942 and was stationed at a replacement training detachment when the war ended. He was sent to Japan in 1948, flying P-51s out of Itazuke. While there, he flew over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see the remnants of the atomic blast. In April 1950 he flew ground support missions in Korea… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: O'Keefe, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hugh Shoults, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugh Shoults. Shoults joined the Army Air Forces in March 1944 and received basic training in Amarillo. Upon completion of radar maintenance school, he trained radar navigators and bombardiers for the invasion of Japan. After the war ended, he worked on the flight line, maintaining radios, until his discharge in June 1946. He was called to active duty during the Korean War as a maintenance officer at Fairchild. In 1951 he be… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Shoults, Hugh
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Swartz, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Swartz. Swartz joined the Army Air Forces in April 1945 and received basic training at Sheppard Field. He was discharged as an aviation cadet after the war ended and embarked on a civilian career in various technologies, including television, radio, and broadcast equipment. After working as a ground radio operator for American Airlines, he enlisted in the Air Force and graduated as a pilot in September 1949. He was on… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 49 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Swartz, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lloyd D. Handschy, October 14, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Lloyd Dane Handschy. Handschy went to high school and college with John Glenn in New Concord, Ohio. They learned to fly together. Handschy joined the Marine Corps and went to pilot training at Pensacola. When he finished there, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and continued training in single engine aircraft. When he went overseas in 1943, he was assigned to VMF-213 and they went to the Solomon Islands. He describes aerial combat versus Japanese pilot… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 59 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Handschy, Lloyd Dane
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Young, October 14, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Young. Young was drafted into the Navy in 1944 and trained at Great Lakes. After training, he reported to Hawaii and was assigned aboard the USS Kaskaskia (AO-27). While aboard, he worked in the galley and helped operate the captain’s gig. When the war ended, Young elected to get out of the Navy and was discharged.
Date: October 14, 2015
Duration: 41 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Young, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hoyt Richardson, October 14, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hoyt Richardson. Richardson left pharmacy school to join the Navy in 1942. Upon completion of corpsman training, he treated soldiers with PTSD. One of his unofficial duties was helping Eleanor Roosevelt with her parrots. Upon transferring to Bethesda as a pharmacist's mate, Richardson had the occasion to chat with FDR, who was receiving physical therapy. He deployed to New Guinea, specializing in the prevention of tropical d… more
Date: October 14, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Richardson, Hoyt
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clarence Wolgemuth, October 14, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence Wolgemuth. Wolgemuth joined the Army Air Forces in September 1942 and received basic training at Fort Meade. He received flight training in California and Arizona. He was sent to Port Moresby in April 1944 and crash landed in a jungle while on a training mission there. Natives took him in until he was rescued by his unit four days later. While there, he contracted malaria, experiencing his first symptoms several mon… more
Date: October 14, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Wolgemuth, Clarence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Harold Garty, October 14, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Harold Garty. Garty joined the Marine Corps in July 1941, receiving basic training in San Diego. He was assigned to the antiaircraft division of the 4th Defense Battalion, stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He was peeling potatoes at the mess hall when the first air raid started. Throughout the war, Garty’s battle station was loading fuse pots, and he describes in detail the teamwork involved in firing a… more
Date: October 14, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Garty, Richard Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Shivley, October 14, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Shivley. Shivley joined the Navy when he was fourteen years old in August, 1944. After boot camp, Shivley went to radio operator school then aerial gunnery school. He then reported aboard USS Franklin (CV-13) in February 1945 and attached to Air Group 5. He flew in torpedo bombers as a radioman. He was aboard when the Franklin was attacked on 19 March. He rode the ship back to Hawaii and volunteered for duty aboard anothe… more
Date: October 14, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Shivley, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Mesko, October 14, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Mesko. Mesko joined the Marine Corps in June of 1935. He completed Officers Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia, graduating as a second lieutenant. He was assigned to the 5th Marine Regiment of the Fleet Marine Force. Mesko traveled aboard USS Wisconsin (BB-64), and participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He continued his service after the war ended, and retired as lieutenant colonel in January of 1965.
Date: October 14, 2002
Duration: 35 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Mesko, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Lori Montgomery, October 14, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 14th, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Phelps interviews Lori Montgomery over her involvement with the murder case of Tommy Lee Tremble and John Griffin as a police reporter in 1988. She speaks on an interview conducted with Judge Jack Hampton, the Dallas criminal district court judge criticized for his lenient sentencing of Richard Bednarski, murderer of Tremble and Griffin. Montgomery discusses homophobic comments m… more
Date: October 14, 2022
Duration: 38 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Beah Richards Workshop Day 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during on the second day of the Beah Richards workshop at the "One In Mission" A Convocation on the Relationship of the Black Church and the Arts event. Beulah Elizabeth Richardson professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress on stage, screen, and television. The audio quality is very low and it is hard to hear what Beah Richards is saying in the beginning, audio at some points will be loud with workshop attendees la… more
Date: October 14, 1978
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 48 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Dallas Convention Center expansion report city council briefing]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Dallas city council meeting concerning the expansion of the Dallas Convention Center on October 14th, 1987. The tape includes two tracks of noisy and intelligible audio.
Date: October 14, 1987
Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds
Location: 32.773926 -96.801732
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Ending of "Black Women Speaks" featuring Beah Richards]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded on October 14th 1978 at the "One In Mission: The Relationships of the Black Church and the Arts" conference. The tape covers the end of Beah Richards one women show "Black Woman Speaks".
Date: October 14, 1978
Duration: 47 minutes 27 seconds
Location: 32.689905 -96.815214
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["One In Mission" church and arts conference Sunday beginning program]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during on Sunday of the "One In Mission: The Relationships of the Black Church and the Arts" conference. The tape includes two sides of audio. Side A covers the beginning program and side B covers the general assembly.
Date: October 14, 1978
Duration: 47 minutes 06 seconds
Location: 32.689905 -96.815214
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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