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[Oral History Association History Interview with Peter Olch, Second Session]

Description: Sound recording of Martha Ross interviewing Peter Olch about the history of the Oral History Association at the united services medical school in Bethesda, Maryland.
Date: September 16, 1982
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Doreen Underwood, September 16, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Doreen G. Underwood. Underwood was born in England in September of 1920. She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in August of 1940, completing clerical duties. She was stationed in England, France and Germany. Underwood was discharged in late 1945.
Date: September 16, 2003
Duration: 54 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Underwood, Doreen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ken Barden, September 16, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ken Barden. Barden joined the Navy in 1942, and was called to active duty in July of 1943. He was assigned to the Navy V-12 program, graduating around March of 1944. He then completed Midshipman’s School in June, and was commissioned in the Naval Reserve. After finishing amphibious boat training in December, he was assigned to the USS Charles Carroll (APA-28). They participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He recalls Ernie Pyle ridi… more
Date: September 16, 2000
Duration: 48 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Barden, Ken
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Brushwein, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Brushwein. Brushwein graduated from North Dakota State University ion 1939 and accepted his commission in the Army through the ROTC. When he was with the Third Infantry Division, he was a battalion adjutant working for Lieutenant Colonel Dwight Eisenhower. In 1940, he went to Hawaii and joined the 25th Infantry Division. He describes his experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor. After more training in Hawaii, he embar… more
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Brushwein, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Norma Cook, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norma Cook. Cook was born in England in 1932. During the war, she and her family lived in a village outside of Liverpool. Because they were located near an antiaircraft battery, they endured a period of constant bombardment. During air raids they hid in their living room under a steel frame provided to civilians for protection. On the mornings following bombardments, the streets were lined with children whose homes had been … more
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 20 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Cook, Norma
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert D. Graff, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Graff. After graduating from Harvard with an Economics degree in June 1941, Graff entered the Navy's V-7 Program. The Program was on board the Prairie State, a converted Spanish-American warship whose supersturcture had been removed and replaced with a barn; moored to the shore of the Hudson River at about 135th Street. After finishing the 90-day crash course, Graff opted for destroyers and was assigned to Communicati… more
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Graff, Robert D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hank Hise, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hank Hise. Hise attended the University of Texas and began flight school in 1941. He joined the Marine Corps when the war began, flying SMJs at El Toro. He was assigned to VMSB-232 in Hawaii, where he piloted TBMs and TBFs. When he first arrived at Guadalcanal, landings were hazardous on the short and narrow gravel strip flanked by palm trees. His squadron was bombed daily, and he was the only surviving pilot, though he suff… more
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 52 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Hise, Hank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with S. M. Sullivan, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with S M Sullivan. Sullivan joined the Navy Seabees in May of 1942. In the fall, he deployed to New Caledonia to help build a hospital, and later served on Guadalcanal building airfields. He contracted malaria while on Guadalcanal. In early 1945, he transferred to Saipan. He returned to the US and was discharged around late 1945.
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 24 seconds
Creator: Sullivan, S. M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Otis M. Scott, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Otis M Scott. Scott joined the Army in October of 1944. He served as a Browning Automatic Rifle gunner with the 23rd Infantry Division. In early 1945, Scott deployed to the Pacific, participating in the Cebu offensive against the Japanese during the Philippines Campaign. After the war ended, he served in the occupation of Japan. Scott returned to the US and was discharged in September of 1946.
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Scott, Otis M
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Chester Spaw, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chester Spaw. Spaw began working for the post office in Austin after graduating high school. He visited Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson at his downtown office to discuss an inclination to enlist. Johnson replied that he had similar plans, so Spaw joined the Navy in 1942. He received basic training in Virginia and was then stationed at Camp Parks as a postal clerk. He shipped out with the 14th Seabees and made a brief stopover … more
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Spaw, Chester
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Emil Matula, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Emil Matula. Matula left the Dust Bowl in 1937 with nothing more than a seventh-grade education and enlisted in the Army. By 1940, he was a machine gunner with the 35th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks. On 7 December 1941 he was awakened by the shaking of his bunk and a sounding alarm. With his sergeants missing and unable to unlock the weapons locker, Matula took an axe to the door. By March 1942, Matula was the youn… more
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Matula, Emil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Walker, September 16, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Walker. After completing his second year of college, Walker was mobilized as a member of the North Dakota Army National Guard in February 1941 and became second lieutenant of a machinegun platoon with the 164th Infantry Regiment. He felt that his training left much to be desired, due to alcoholism among his superiors. The night before they deployed to Guadalcanal, the majority of the officers in his battalion reporte… more
Date: September 16, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Walker, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Walker, September 16, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Walker. Walker was working as a mail carrier when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He enlisted in the Navy, and despite attending aviation mechanic school he was selected to be an aerial gunner. Walker was assigned to an SBD crew aboard USS Essex (CV-9), flying his first mission over Wake Island and his last over Truk. After 10 months in combat, he transferred to Florida for further training. Walker later put in to become a … more
Date: September 16, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Walker, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Gaffney, September 16, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Gaffney. Gaffney was born in San Antonio in 1923. He joined the Unites States Coast Guard in 1942. After completing training at Manhattan Beach, New York, he was assigned to USCGC North Star (WPG-59) which proceeded to station off Narsarsuaq, Greenland. He recalls leaving with a detachment of soldiers on a mission to capture and destroy a German weather station located on the coast of Greenland. He also recalls being i… more
Date: September 16, 2013
Duration: 45 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Gaffney, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Neece, September 16, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Neece. Neece was drafted into the Army in July, 1943 and had basic training in New Orleans. After basic training, Neece went to Illinois for radio school, then to Florida for radar school. He was then sent to the Pacific and joined the 864th Bomb Squadron as a radar operator. He flew out of Saipan and Okinawa prior to the war's end. When it was over, he spent a little while in Japan before going bakc to the US and being disc… more
Date: September 16, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Neece, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Food at the Margins - Encounters in a South Dallas Food Desert

Description: Lecture given Monday, September 16, 2013, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Hunger is in our backyard. Food deserts are an important issue in modern America. Discover the state of hunger in America, the food desert situation and policies aimed at solutions."
Date: September 16, 2013
Duration: 42 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Wall, David; Farrell, Kirk & Dennis, Jenny
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Odd Man Out - What It’s Like to Be Gay and Christian

Description: Lecture given Monday, September 16, 2013, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Church conversations about homosexuality often focus on theology and politics while neglecting the real people with the most at stake in the debate. Hear one student's reflections on his experiences as a sexual minority in Churches of Christ and at Abilene Christian University."
Date: September 16, 2013
Duration: 44 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Bailey, Brent
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Oral History Interview with Howard Brooks, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Brooks. Brooks joined the Navy in September 1939. He was assigned to the USS Houston (CA-30) and became an electrician’s mate. Brooks describes several Japanese air attacks including one that killed most of his damage-control party. He describes the battles of the Java Sea and Sunda Strait. Brooks discusses abandoning ship and seeing her sink. He describes his capture, seeing the Lost Battalion arrive at the prison ca… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 38 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Johnson, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Johnson. Johnson was born on 23 December 1921 in Mitchell, Missouri. Rather than risk getting drafted, he enlisted in the Marine Corps on 16 December 1939. His first duty was with the 15th Marine Artillery Regiment in San Diego. The 15th Marines was disbanded and the personnel sent to Pearl Harbor. Johnson was assigned to the 1st Marine Division Defense Battalion, eventually sent to fortify Wake Island, arriving there i… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Creator: Johnson, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with W. F. Needham, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with W.F. Needham. Needham entered the Navy through the V-5 training program in March 1944. The program was shutdown in March 1945 and he was sent to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Needham was trained as a corpsman and stationed at a Navy hospital in Seattle for the remainder of the war. He describes some of the work that he performed and the types of patients he treated. Needham describes escorting a wounded ser… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Needham, William F.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jay Summers, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jay Summers. Summers joined the Texas National Guard in 1937. His unit was mobilized and he became a supply sergeant. Summers was sent Java at the beginning of the war and became a prisoner of war soon after. He describes the locations that they were sent and the work performed. Summers was a part of the POW workforce that was sent to Burma to build a railroad which included a bridge over the River Kwai. He describes the har… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 17 seconds
Creator: Summers, Jay
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Williams, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with William Williams. Williams joined the Navy in December 1941. After electrician’s training, he operated a film projector for recruits at San Diego before being assigned to the USS Cheleb (AKA-138). While aboard the Cheleb, Williams participated in a few invasions: Tarawa, the Marshall Islands. He was transferred to the USS Benevolence (AH-13). After the war, Williams stayed in the reserve and was recalled to active duty for the Ko… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Williams, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Henry J. Williams, September 16, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry J Williams. Williams joined the Naval ROTC at the University of Texas in 1941 and was called to active duty in February 1943. He received amphibious training in Maryland and was sent to England in April 1944 as an assistant officer on LCT-474. He landed on Utah Beach under fire and pulled out after unloading tank destroyers and self-propelled artillery. The next day, he carried troops and cargo to the beach. By the thi… more
Date: September 16, 2006
Duration: 33 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Williams, Henry J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Doug Aitken, September 16, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Doug Aitken. When the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, Aitken was nineteen and in college in California. He remained in college, earned his degree and was commissioned an ensign upon finishing school in 1944. He then went to radar school and trained for a position in the combat information center (CIC) of a destroyer. He soon reported aboard the USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) in San Diego and headed for the Pacific. Soon, the Hadley was escorting other ships to… more
Date: September 16, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Aitken, Doug
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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