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Oral History Interview with Arthur Griffin, February 16, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Griffin. Griffin joined the Navy in late 1942. He served as an aircraft navigator in the Pacific Theater. He volunteered for the Marine Corps and became a second lieutenant. He was assigned to a 5-man squadron and a C-47 at an airfield in La Tontouta, New Caledonia. They were part of the South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command (SCAT). SCAT provided rapid transport of personnel and cargo, including munitions, food, repla… more
Date: February 16, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Griffin, Arthur
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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Episode 6: Dr. Andrew Torget

Description: Interview with Dr. Andrew Torget for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan has a wide-ranging discussion with Andrew Torget, Associate Professor in UNT's History Department. She and Dr. Torget discuss why it's important for us to learn about history, how he recently made history by teaching the world's longest history lesson, and his connection to the recent discovery of a safe full of documents that reveal the presumed-lost history of the Galveston City C… more
Date: January 16, 2019
Duration: 21 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan & Torget, Andrew J., 1978-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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