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[Alex Haley Dinner Speech]

Description: Sound recording of of Alex Haley's dinner speech from the 7th Annual Oral History Colloquium held at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium dining room, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Alex Haley is author of "Roots' and 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.'
Date: November 10, 1972
Duration: 30 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Establishing an OH Program

Description: Sound recording of a round table discussion from the 7th Annual Oral History Colloquium held at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Thomas L. Charlton is listed on the tape.
Date: November 10, 1972
Duration: 31 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Cataloging, Services, and Using the Collection

Description: Sound recording of a round table discussion from the 7th Annual Oral History Colloquium held at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Gary L. Shumway is listed on the tape.
Date: November 10, 1972
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Your Equipment

Description: Sound recording of a round table discussion from the 7th Annual Oral History Colloquium held at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. B. Lumpkin is listed on the tape.
Date: November 10, 1972
Duration: 53 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Legal problems in OH

Description: Sound recording of a round table discussion from the 7th Annual Oral History Colloquium held at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Joseph Romney and William Weinberg are listed on the tape.
Date: November 10, 1972
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Black History, Oral History, and Genealogy

Description: Sound recording of Alex Haley's conference presentation at the Seventh National Colloquium on Oral History at the Thompson Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Haley is the author of 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' and 'Roots.'
Date: November 10, 1972
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Transcribing, Editing, and Indexing

Description: Sound recording of a round table discussion from the 7th Annual Oral History Colloquium held at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. W. Baum is listed on the tape.
Date: November 10, 1972
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Bill Freeman, November 10, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Freeman. Freeman was born in Chapman, Kansas on 5 September 1922. Upon enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1942, he was sent to Maxwell Air Force Base, Georgia for basic training. He tells the various training planes he flew prior to receiving his commission. Upon graduation he was sent to Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington where he began on the job training as the co-pilot of a B-17 bomber. Freeman recalls his various… more
Date: November 10, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Freeman, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Schaefer, November 10, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Schaefer. Schaefer was 11 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. While in high school, Schaefer worked part-time and contributed the entirety of his wages to the household. He accumulated war savings stamps, participated in bond drives, and collected scrap metal to support the war effort. His family supplemented their meat rations by raising rabbits. In 1950, he joined the Air Force, with a professional background in… more
Date: November 10, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Schaefer, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frederick Leiby, November 10, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frederick Leiby. Leiby was born in Pennsylvania in 1923 and worked in a defense plant after finishing high school in 1941. in 1942, he passed the aviation cadet exam and was called up for active duty in January, 1943. He trained as a navigator at Selman Field, Louisiana for eight months before flying a new B-17 to North Africa. From there, Leiby went to Forge, Italy to join the 99th Bomb Group. He was shot down on his 39th m… more
Date: November 10, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Leiby, Frederick
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Deverl Goode, November 10, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Deverl Goode. Goode was born in 1922 and joined the Army after one semester of college. He received basic training at Camp Wolters and landed on Leyte in 1944 with the Americal Division. He was sent to Cebu as a scout. Cut off behind enemy lines for several days, he subsisted on bananas, wild potatoes, and rainwater. He spent several months on Negros Island using a flamethrower to clear caves of enemy holdouts; one cave turn… more
Date: November 10, 2007
Duration: 51 minutes 01 second
Creator: Goode, Deverl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Garland John Robinson, November 10, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Garland John Robinson. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Robinson joined the Army Air Corps. Having already earned a Bachelor of Arts, he was interested in becoming a mechanic and was assigned to the so-called 3rd Attack Group, 89th Squadron as an assistant engineering officer. Stationed on a racetrack in Australia, Robinson maintained B-17s and socialized with locals. He transferred to a group in New Guinea, where he worke… more
Date: November 10, 2009
Duration: 3 hours 19 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Robinson, Garland John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stanley Holzhauer, November 10, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Stanley Holzhauer. Holzhauer joined the Navy in late 1943 and received basic training at Farragut. Upon completion of signal school, he was assigned to a beach party with the USS Hansford (APA-106), assisting the 27th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division. He was trained in hand-to-hand combat at Camp Pendleton before deploying to Iwo Jima, where he landed in the sixth wave. On the way in, a shell went through his tank and exp… more
Date: November 10, 2011
Duration: 45 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Holzhauer, Stanley
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John McKelfresh, November 10, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John McKelfresh. McKelfresh joined the Navy soon after the war began, leaving behind his career as a schoolteacher. Upon completion of officer training at Northwestern, he was assigned to the USS Hansford (APA-106) as assistant navigator and legal officer. In reviewing ingoing and outgoing mail, he consoled the many recipients of Dear John letters. He also had to let go of a highly skilled navigator who committed the indiscr… more
Date: November 10, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: McKelfresh, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Sberro, November 10, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Sberro. Sberro was born 12 November 1923 in New York City. At an early age the family moved to Miami, Florida where he graduated from high school. In January 1943, he was drafted into the Army Air Forces and took basic training in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After three months he was sent to Seymour Johnson Airfield, North Carolina to attend airplane mechanic school. After completing the course, he went to Chanute Fiel… more
Date: November 10, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Sberro, Joseph E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Walter Autry, November 10, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Autry. Autry joined the Navy in 1941. In 1944, he traveled to New Guinea, serving aboard as a cook. He later worked as a Machinist Mate and Chief Engineer aboard an LCI. He participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Philippines Campaigns. Autry served with occupation forces in Tientsin, China. He returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945.
Date: November 10, 2010
Duration: 49 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Autry, Walter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Seserino Calderon, November 10, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Seserino Calderon. Calderon was drafted into the Army in September, 1942 and trained in California. He was trained and assigned to the 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division and sent to Guadalcanal in late 1942. He served as a 60mm mortar man. After a brief invasion of Munda to take an airfield, Calderon enjoyed some rest at New Zealand before the invasion of the Philippines. His unit landed at Lingayen Gulf on Luzo… more
Date: November 10, 2014
Duration: 46 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Calderon, Seserino
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clifford Kantz, November 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clifford Kantz. Mrs. Marion Kantz assists with the interview. Kantz entered the US Army Air Forces October 1941. He received training at Sheppard Field, Texas and served as a flight officer flying B-24s. He went on to Fort Benning and served as a C-47 pilot. Kantz became an aircraft commander in the 100th Troop Carrier Squadron, towing and dropping gliders and paratroopers. They were stationed in Nottingham, England. When th… more
Date: November 10, 2015
Duration: 37 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Kantz, Clifford
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Irvine, November 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth L. (Liz) Irvine. Irvine was born 5 July 1927 in Baguio, Philippine Islands, where her parents were teachers. They lived most of the time in Manila, until the outbreak of WWII, at which time they were imprisoned in 1942 by Japanese forces in Santo Tomas Internment Camp for the next three years, until liberation in early 1945. After the war ended in 1945, she and her parents moved to the United States. Liz shares intimate… more
Date: November 10, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Irvine, Elizabeth
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Yvonne Goodier Charles, November 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Yvonne Goodier Charles. Charles was born 10 September 1926 in Silver City, New Mexico. In November of 1933, her father was offered a mining job in Manila, Philippines and their family moved. In early 1942, after the outbreak of WWII, Charles and her family were imprisoned by Japanese forces in Santo Tomas Internment Camp, where they remained until their liberation in early 1945. Charles shares intimate details of their experience… more
Date: November 10, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes
Creator: Charles, Yvonne Goodier
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Knight, November 10, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James O., Cotton, Knight. Knight joined the Army in July of 1943. He served as Technician Fourth-Class with the 3197th Engineer Pipeline Detachment, Combat Engineers. They were deployed to New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, operating a tank farm that pumped gasoline for military planes and vehicles. He then served on Emirau Island for 13 months, where their job was to cut the supply line of the Japanese base located 80 miles from their … more
Date: November 10, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Knight, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Officer, November 10, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Officer. Officer joined the Navy in May of 1944. He completed radar school in Point Loma, California. In April of 1945 he went to the New Hebrides Islands, and served aboard a transport ship as a radar operator. He then traveled to Auckland, New Zealand where he went aboard the submarine chaser USS PC-588. His crew traveled around New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Tulagi and the Marshall Islands looking for submarines. He describe… more
Date: November 10, 2017
Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Officer, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975

Description: Interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of Baytown, Texas beginning in 1921 when the town was named Pelly. Mageors explains living in town during the early days of Baytown as being very tough, and also discussing the ferry boat and Herring's Drug Store.
Date: November 10, 1975
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Knight, Karen & Mageors, Ruth, 1902-
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Clifford Warren, November 10, 1987

Description: Interview with Clifford Warren, a veteran of World War II spending 3 1/2 years in captivity following the Battle of Corregidor. Warren answers many questions regarding his participation in World War II and shares his experiences of being held prisoner in Japanese prison camps.
Date: November 10, 1987
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Warren, Clifford
Partner: Lee College
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