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Oral History Interview with Robert Jagers, February 9, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Jagers. Jagers joined the Navy in June 1942 and received basic training at Great Lakes. He attended signalman and quartermaster school there and received amphibious forces training in Maryland. Upon completion, he was assigned to an LST sent to North Africa, where Jagers was treated for appendicitis in a hospital that was bombed daily. He rejoined his unit for landings at Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio. At Normandy, his L… more
Date: February 9, 2008
Duration: 41 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Jagers, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hugh Sheffield, February 9, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugh Sheffield. Sheffield joined the Navy when he was 17 years old. He received basic training in Jacksonville and attended electrician’s mate school in Mississippi. Upon completion, was sent to the New Hebrides and then Guam, performing general duties such as digging ditches. At Subic Bay he was taught to engineer an LCVP, in preparation for the invasion of Japan. His crew was a mixture of inexperienced seamen, aviation rad… more
Date: February 9, 2008
Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Sheffield, Hugh
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Ley, February 9, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Ley. Ley was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1925. When he completed boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, he then trained as a radio operator. In April 1943 he completed his training and was assigned to the USS Murphy (DD-603). In March 1944 they took on provisions and sailed to Londonderry, England. On 5 June 1944 the ship put to sea to lay a smoke screen during the Normandy landings. On D-Day, the ship … more
Date: February 9, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Ley, John J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stephen Carlson, February 9, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stephen Carlson. Carlson joined the Navy in 1941. He attended the US Naval Reserve Midshipman’s School and was commissioned in November of 1942, and traveled to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In December he went aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41). They supported the liberation of the Aleutian Islands in May of 1943. In November, they bombarded Makin. In September of 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, they assisted in defeating the Jap… more
Date: February 9, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Carlson, Stephen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas F. Jordan, February 9, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas F. Jordan. Jordan joined the Navy on 8 December 1941. He was assigned to the USS Wichita (CA-45) and worked as a deck seaman. Jordan describes convoy duty, traveling in foggy conditions, and a collision between two British ships. He mentions an incident detailing how the ship was segregated. Jordan discusses taking part in the invasion of North Africa and trading fire with French ships at Casablanca. He then describes… more
Date: February 9, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 42 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Jordan, Thomas F.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam McDowell Junkin, February 9, 2016

Description: Interview with Sam McDowell Junkin, a past president of Schreiner College and Presbyterian minister, from Kerrville, Texas. Junkin gives a brief history of his life, including growing up in Kerrville, his time at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary School, serving as a Presbyterian minister, and serving as the president of Schreiner College.
Date: February 9, 2016
Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Junkin, Sam McDowell
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, February 9, 1976

Description: Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include 1923 through post World War II: Baytown in the 1920's and 1930's, the effect of World War II, banking business, the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Date: February 9, 1976
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Maroney, James C. & DuPlantis, Blanche
Partner: Lee College
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Marguerite Oswald at Love Field

Description: Audio recording of interviews with Marguerite Oswald, Ralph Bunche, Clinton Anderson, Arthur "Red" Motley, and Don January.
Date: February 9, 1964
Duration: 16 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history, interview with Dandy Kirksey]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Dandy Kirksey. Interview conducted by Addison Downey.
Date: February 9, 1977
Duration: 1 hour 15 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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