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Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably disch… more
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably disch… more
Date: May 23, 2015
Duration: 3 hours 7 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[News Script: Saigon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Saigon which reports that north Vietnamese forces which have seized another South Vietnamese base along the Cambodian border.
Date: May 30, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hanoi]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 22, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Telegram from Messrs. Bullis, Byrd, Donovan, Luce, and Spaatz to Harris and Ruth Kempner, May 8, 1955]

Description: Telegram sent by Messrs. Bullis, Byrd, Donovan, Luce, and Spaatz on behalf of the International Rescue Committee to Harris and Ruth Kempner, requesting donations for a fund to help support refugees fleeing North Vietnam. The telegram was sent via Western Union.
Date: May 8, 1955
Creator: Bullis, Harry A.; Byrd, Richard E.; Donovan, William J.; Luce, Henry & Spaatz, Carl
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[News Script: Senate Activity]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the senate which acts on an amendment to prohibit further military aid to South Vietnam.
Date: May 6, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Ford Tomb]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about vice president Gerald Ford who is substituted for president Nixon in traditional memorial day services.
Date: May 27, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with O. R. Sparkman, May 6, 1971

Description: Interview with O.R. Sparkman, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Stationed in China before the war, Sparkman was captured in December 1941 by the Japanese in Beijing and interned at various camps in occupied China and Korea before finishing the war at Hakodate, Japan.
Date: May 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sparkman, O. R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971

Description: Interview with Major William G. Adair, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Birmingham, Alabama. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded in December 1941, Adair was captured, survived the Bataan Death March, and interned at Cabanatuan before going to Osaka and Zentsuji, Japan for the remainder of the war.
Date: May 27, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Adair, William G.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Henry B. Stowers, May 25, 1973

Description: Interview with Henry B. Stowers, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Searight, Alabama. Stowers discusses his deployments to China in the late-1930s; duties of the Marines in China before the war; the surrender of the North China Marines in December, 1941; his experiences in internment at Woosung; internment at Kiangwang and working on the "Mount Fuji" project; and internment as coal mining labor at Hakodate.
Date: May 25, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stowers, Henry B.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James L. Kent, May 11, 1972

Description: Interview with James L. Kent, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Duncanville, Texas. Kent discusses joining the Marine Corps, being AWOL, his judicial punishment, his deployment to the Philippines at Cavite Navy Yard, the Japanese attack, his experiences in the Battles of Bataan and Corregidor, his capture, and his internment at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan #1 & 2, and Mitsushima.
Date: May 11, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kent, James L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Burton Alvin Fowler, Jr., May 8, 2002

Description: Interview with Burton Alvin Fowler, Jr., a Sergeant in the united States Army during the Vietnam War. Fowler answers questions and elaborates about his experiences during training prior to being sent to Vietnam as well as memories he has of fighting the war and the opinions he brought back with him.
Date: May 8, 2002
Duration: 18 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Espinoza, Joni & Fowler, Burton Alvin, Jr.
Partner: Lee College
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