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Oral History Interview with Oscar Mitchell, September 9, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Oscar Mitchell. Mitchell joined the Army in November of 1941. He completed Officer Candidate School and served as commander of an all-black engineer combat battalion. Beginning in 1943, they traveled to North Africa and Calcutta, India, and worked as drivers along the Ledo Road. He returned from India to the US, and was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: September 9, 2003
Duration: 38 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Mitchell, Oscar
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Marion Kennedy, September 9, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marion Kennedy. Kennedy joined the Army as a nurse in late 1941. She was assigned to the 20th General Hospital and traveled to India. Kennedy describes how the hospital supported the workers on the Ledo Road and later troops involved in combat. She describes how malaria was treated. Kennedy discusses the ration and supply situation. She also mentions how Chinese soldiers were fed and housed separately. Kennedy rotated back t… more
Date: September 9, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Kennedy, Marion
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Ramage, September 9, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Ramage. Ramage James D Ramage graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939. In 1943 he joined the USS Enterprise (CV-6), and became executive officer and later commanding officer of Bombing Squadron Ten (United States. Navy. Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10)), flying the SBD Dauntless dive bomber. He saw his first combat in the Battle of Kwajalein in January 1944, and participated in the attack on Truk in February and landings at Hol… more
Date: September 9, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Ramage, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mark Clement, September 9, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mark Clement. Clement was born 20 February 1925, graduated from high school in 1941, and joined the Marine Corps at age seventeen. He completed the Special Operations Capability Specialist (SOCS) training, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in mid-1944. Clement served with the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, and participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He shares vivid details of his combat experiences. Clement … more
Date: September 9, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Clement, Mark
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Bartuck, September 9, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Bartuck. Bartuck joined the Navy in 1937. He served as a coxswain aboard the USS Langley (CV-1) until it was scuttled in February of 1942, running whaleboats, motor launces and 60-foot officers’ boats. He later served aboard the YMS-9 minesweeper. He then served aboard an attack cargo ship and made the invasion in North Africa in late 1942. Beginning August of 1943, he served aboard the USS Cowpens (CVL-25). After the war Ba… more
Date: September 9, 2001
Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Bartuck, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Donovan, September 9, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Donovan. In January 1943 Donovan served as a member of the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division as it joined the ongoing battle at Guadalcanal. His unit was withdrawn in February to New Zealand, and after recuperating from widespread malaria, his battalion landed at Tarawa on the day after the initial landing. After Tarawa, Donovan recalls that members of his battalion were put ashore by the USS Nautilus onto the N… more
Date: September 9, 1994
Duration: 46 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Donovan, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arwin Bowden, September 9, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arwin Bowden. He begins by discussing his training in San Diego and New Zealand before the Battle of Tarawa. He describes being wounded in the battle, the casualties he saw and being shipped back to Pearl Harbor for treatment, then joining the battle of Saipan. He ancedotes about Japanese killing themselves rather than surrendering, eating food from a garden watered from rainwater running down from outhouses, the wages he ma… more
Date: September 9, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 58 seconds
Creator: Bowden, Arwin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Episode 48: Documenting Iraq's Missing Modern Art with Dr. Nada Shabout

Description: Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Nada Shabout, Professor of Art History and Coordinator of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative at UNT. Susan and Dr. Shabout discuss a project run by the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA) to map the teaching of Art History related areas. They also discuss various aspects of modern art in the Arab world, including coloni… more
Date: September 9, 2020
Duration: 45 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Helen Louise Dietert Orr, September 9, 2001

Description: Interview with Helen Louise Dietert Orr from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes stories of growing up on her grandfather's ranch and eventually living on her own ranch with her husband.
Date: September 9, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Orr, Helen Louise Dietert; Craig, Brenda & Bethel, Ann
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Marguerite Sammons Voges, September 9, 2000

Description: Interview with Marguerite Sammons Voges from Hunt, Texas. The interview includes her stories of growing up in Hunt, including the floods of 1932 and 1978, and the lives of farmers in Kerr County.
Date: September 9, 2000
Duration: 52 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Voges, Marguerite Sammons
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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