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Oral History Interview with Joseph Brown, March 15, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Brown. Brown was born in 1925. In 1942, at age seventeen, he joined the US Navy. Following his training as an Electricians Mate he was assigned to USS LST-47 and he tells of participating in the Operation Overlord, at Omaha Beach, as well as Operation Dragoon. He also tells of being at Okinawa and witnessing attacks by kamikazes. Brown returned home after the war ended.
Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Brown, Joseph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Brown, March 15, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Brown. Brown was born in 1925. In 1942, at age seventeen, he joined the US Navy. Following his training as an Electricians Mate he was assigned to USS LST-47 and he tells of participating in the Operation Overlord, at Omaha Beach, as well as Operation Dragoon. He also tells of being at Okinawa and witnessing attacks by kamikazes. Brown returned home after the war ended.
Date: March 15, 2021
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Brown, Joseph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Gravestone photograph of married couple Charles Weldon Burgoon and Joy M. Burgoon]

Description: Photograph of Charles Weldon Burgoon and his wife Joy M. Burgoon as a young couple posing for the camera outdoors at what appears to be a field, which the creator states is the Burgoon Roping Arena on east McKinney Street in Denton, Texas. The black and white photograph included on his gravestone shows Charles standing in front of a wooden post that holds up a wire fence. Joy M. Burgoon is standing to the left of Charles behind the wire fence and is holding onto the top portion of the fence. Ch… more
Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Spooner, Pam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.208918 -97.060768
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Gravestone marker of married couple Charles Weldon Burgoon and Joy M. Burgoon]

Description: Photograph of Charles Weldon Burgoon and his wife Joy M. Burgoon's gravestone marker located at Trinity Cemetery in Denton, Texas. The red granite gravestone reads "Burgoon" in all capital serif and light brownish pink letters with Charles' name ("Weldon") and birth and death dates ("Mar. 2, 1930 - Sept. 18, 2018"), as well as Joy's name ("Joy M.") and birth date ("Nov. 15, 1932")to the left of Charles'. The gravestone sits atop another stone base, which is a rectangular.
Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Spooner, Pam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.208918 -97.060768
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Gravestone marker and photograph of married couple Charles Weldon Burgoon and Joy M. Burgoon]

Description: Photograph of Charles Weldon Burgoon and his wife Joy M. Burgoon's gravestone marker located at Trinity Cemetery in Denton, Texas. The red granite gravestone reads "The Cowboy and the Lady" in all capital serif and white letters with a black and white oval shaped photograph of the couple centered above the text. The photograph shows Charles and Joy as a young couple posing for the camera outdoors at what appears to be a field, which the creator states is the Burgoon Roping Arena on east McKinne… more
Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Spooner, Pam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.208918 -97.060768
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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