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Oral History Interview with Rural Boyd, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rural Boyd. Boyd joined the Navy in February 1942 and received basic training in San Diego. He attended aviation machinist school in Chicago. Upon completion, he was assigned to Corpus Christi and then United States. Navy. Carrier Air Service Unit 1 (CASU-1), where he took care of PB4Ys as they came in for landings. He went aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in January 1944 and worked in the pump room on the seventh deck down.… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 35 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Boyd, Rural
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ivan Haselby, July 21, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ivan Haselby. Haselby joined the Army in July of 1944. He completed Officer Candidate School and served as a first lieutenant in the First Cavalry Division, Eighth Cavalry Regiment. He worked at Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas through May of 1945. Beginning in July, he was deployed to Japan and served with the occupation forces. He was stationed in the Chiba Prefecture, occupying and investigating schools. Haselby returned t… more
Date: July 21, 2003
Duration: 39 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Haselby, Ivan
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Hutton, July 29, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Hutton. Hutton joined the Navy in late 1943. After basic training, Hutton went to hospital corpsman school, all at Great Lakes. He then went to Sampson Navy Hospital to serve as a neuropsychiatric technician. He then went to Guam before being assigned to the USS Relief (AH-1). He went to China aboard the ship with the First Marine Division after the war ended. On the return trip, Hutton had several liberated POWs as … more
Date: July 29, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Hutton, Charles E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James C. Chandler, July 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James C Chandler. Chandler joined the Marine Corps in the spring of 1943. He was assigned to the 1st Armored Amphibian Battalion. Chandler participated in the battles of Guam and Okinawa. He returned to the US and was discharged in December of 1945
Date: July 22, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Chandler, James C
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Neil McBride, July 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Neil McBride. McBride was born in Crossingville, Pennsylvania on 20 November 1920. Graduating from high school in 1938, he attended the University of Oklahoma for two years before joining the Navy. After completing five weeks of boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois he was sent to Pier 92 in New York City where he remained until the USS PC-470 was launched in June 1942. Following the shakedown cruise,… more
Date: July 10, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: McBride, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Morton Wood, July 3, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Morton Wood. Wood was studying Mechanical Engineering and serving in the ROTC unit at Virginia Tech when World War II began. He completed college, then Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps beginning June of 1944. He was assigned to the 66th Infantry Division (the Black Panther Division), 264th Infantry Regiment and was given command of the 3rd Platoon. He traveled to Engla… more
Date: July 3, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Wood, Morton
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Clevenger, July 16, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Clevenger. Clevenger was born in Fulton County, Indiana in May 1925 and enlisted in the Marine Corps in March 1944. Following boot camp and communications training in January 1945, he embarked aboard the USS Meriwether (APA-203) in San Diego and sailed to Pearl Harbor. He boarded another troopship in Hawaii and sailed to Saipan. Clevenger then boarded USS LST-641 bound for Okinawa. During that transit the LST sailed … more
Date: July 16, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Clevenger, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Fred Faiz, July 2, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Faiz. Faiz was raised on a ranch and had good relations with neighboring Japanese-American farmers before the war. In 1939, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, with whom he worked until being drafted into the Army in March 1941. He was assigned to the First Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss. When his unit phased out horse-drawn Howitzers and transitioned to driving jeeps, Faiz was sent to Louisiana, where he trained… more
Date: July 2, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Faiz, Fred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Rudolph Fanska, July 5, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudolph Fanska. Fanska was drafted into the Marine Corps in 1943. He mentions his first landing at Cape Gloucester. Fanska then took part in the landing at Peleliu and describes how he was wounded and the treatment he received on a hospital ship. He also served at Okinawa and earned a Silver Star. Fanska was wounded in the leg and describes lengthy recovery. He was discharged in 1946.
Date: July 5, 2007
Duration: 26 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Fanska, Rudolph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with A. J. Dunn, July 13, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with A J Dunn. Dunn joined the Navy in 1940 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Oglala (CM-4) at Pearl Harbor. On the morning of 7 December 1941, he was returning from liberty when the attack began. Unable to find his ship, he jumped aboard the USS Mugford (DD-389) just as it was getting underway. After seven days of patrols, he returned to the harbor and was transferred to the US… more
Date: July 13, 2011
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Dunn, A. J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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["Bethune" sound tape 1 of 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during sound show tape of 'Bethune,' by Steve Carter. The one-women show featured actress Esther Rolle and was hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on July 12-14, 1991. The tape includes well recorded music of Esther Rolle and another with a deep voice singing sections of the score.
Date: July 1991
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Robert Zeller, July 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Zeller. Zeller was born in Fulton County, Indiana on 14 July 1924. Soon after graduating from high school he joined the Army Air Forces. After indoctrination training, he was sent to the Carey Jones School of Aeronautics in Newark, New Jersey. There he had four weeks of training on aircraft engines. He was then sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri where he was subjected to six weeks of basic training. On 6 October 194… more
Date: July 1, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Zeller, Robert L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Zeno King, July 1, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Zeno P. King. King was born in Mexia, Texas in 1919. After graduating from a military school in 1936 he accepted a music scholarship at Southern Methodist University. He entered the Army on 5 February 1942 at Victoria, Texas and played in the post band until he was accepted into the Army Music School at Fort Myer, Virginia. He was made a warrant officer and assigned as the leader of the 83rd Infantry Division band. He formed… more
Date: July 1, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: King, Zeno
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Vernal Bracken, July 1, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Vernal Bracken. Bracken joined the Army Air Forces in mid-1943. He served as a B-26 bombardier with the 320th Bomb Group, 444th Bomb Squadron, completing 25 combat missions over France and Germany. He continued his service after the war, retiring in 1970.
Date: July 1, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Bracken, Vernal
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John McKillican, July 1, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John McKillican. McKillican was born in Burbank, California. Quitting high school, he worked at a ranch until he joined the Navy at seventeen years old. He was sent to Farragut, Idaho for eight weeks of boot training followed by sixteen weeks at the Navy Signal School at San Diego. He then reported to Oceanside, California where he joined a ten man communication team assigned to the 5th Marine Division. After three months of… more
Date: July 1, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: McKillican, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Barrington Bluetell, July 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barrington Buetell. Buetell grew up in Georgia and was drafted when he turned 18 in 1944. He trained in Georgia before being shipped to Europe in early 1945. He was attached to a headquarters company and recalls liberating a concentration camp at Mulhausen, Austria. When th ewar ended, Buetell rotated back to tUS where he enrolled in college. While there, he completed the Air Force ROTC course and was commissioned just prior… more
Date: July 1, 2006
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Bluetell, Barrington
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[Oral history interview with Martha and Doug Puryear, part 1]

Description: Oral history interview with Martha and Doug Puryear, parents of Duane Puryear, who died from complications of AIDS. Topics covered include: the couple's childhoods, how they met, and their careers and family life. The majority of the interview concerns Duane Puryear's life and legacy.
Date: July 30, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Testa, Nino
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with C. B. Slaughter, July 1, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with C B Slaughter. Slaughter was born in 1920, and joined the US Army Air Forces in January of 1942. He served as a C-47 pilot in the 5th Air Force in Townsville, Australia. He was transferred to the Air Transport Command. He made flights between Australia and New Guinea and New Caledonia. He returned to the US in mid-1944, and was assigned to a glider unit at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas, where he remained through the end of the w… more
Date: July 1, 2015
Duration: 53 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Slaughter, C. B.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[Oral history, Hal L. Bridges interview, 1 of 2]

Description: Audio recording of oral history with Hal L. Bridges. Interview conducted by Thad Sitton.
Date: July 14, 1977
Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Azadian, Dee & Sitton, Thad
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Fromholz Unedited]

Description: Audio reel from the Steven Fromholz Papers. Tape includes 1) Never Made Love in a Meadow, 2) Write Your Mother, 3) Every Knows I Did It, 4) A Little More Holy, 5) Rest Area Waltz, 6) Hearts and Flowers: Swan Song, 7) The Angel, 8) Circus Song, 9) We Are Not Alone, 10) We Are Not Alone.
Date: July 13, 1976
Duration: 48 minutes 23 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Fromholz - Unedited Version]

Description: Audio reel from the Steven Fromholz Papers, an unedited album version. Contains 1) Mexican Waltz, 2) Strange Day, 3) SCA - Going Junky, 4) Loving Friend, 5) Buzzard Blues, 6) Yellow Cab, 7) Beatrice, 8) Purple Song, 9) Hold On, 10) Never Made Love in a Meadow, 11) Think About the Mountains, 12) Heroes.
Date: July 13, 1971
Duration: 37 minutes 04 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Showdown at the Hoedown (Master Mix)]

Description: This audio recording documents musicians, craftspeople, and attendees at the fourth annual Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree in Smithville, Tennessee. The recording includes interviews and musical performances.
Date: July 1975
Duration: 57 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Donald Chipman Audio: Jim Myers and Ernie Stautner]

Description: Audio recording of Donald E. Chipman interviewing with Jim Myers and Ernie Stautner. Myers was an American football line coach with the Dallas Cowboys. Myers passed away on July 17, 2014. Stautner was a German-American professional American football coach and defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys.
Date: July 7, 1969
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: Chipman, Donald E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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