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Oral History Interview with Jack Owen, July 23, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Owen. Owen was born in Lufkin Texas in 1926. He went to Texas A&M for a year after high school then joined the Navy after turning 18 in 1944 and trained at San Diego in June. In December, he was in the commissioning crew of USS Colusa (APA-74). Owen recalls hauling wounded from Iwo Jima back to Pearl Harbor aboard the Colusa before heading for Australia to repatriate American sailors whose ships had sunk. When the war e… more
Date: July 23, 2020
Creator: Owen, Jack
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clarence Griffith, July 28, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence Griffith. Griffith was born in Granbury Texas in 1913. He worked as an electrician and volunteered for service in the Navy in 1943. He served with the Seabees in the 76th Naval Construction Battalion and went to Guam during the invasion. While there, his outfit built power stations.
Date: July 28, 2020
Creator: Griffith, Clarence
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[TBAAL - Two Sisters in Gospel Concert: 2 of 2]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Two Sisters in Gospel Concert held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre in Dallas, TX on May 7, 2007. The concert features gospel performances from featured artists Myrna Summer and Sara Jordan Powell, and a choir. The audio is the second tape in the series.
Date: July 2, 2022
Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Black Thinkers: From Table to Action: Cultural Discourse: 1 of 2]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Black Thinkers: From Table to Action - Cultural Discourse" event. The event feature a roundtable discussion about the Bible while the participants eat dinner. Included amongst the speakers is featured artist John Paul Batiste. This is the first of two audios.
Date: July 2, 2022
Duration: 31 minutes 53 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Black Thinkers: From Table to Action: Cultural Discourse: 2 of 2]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Black Thinkers: From Table to Action - Cultural Discourse" event. The event feature a roundtable discussion about the Bible while the participants eat dinner. Included amongst the speakers is featured artist John Paul Batiste. This is the second of two audios.
Date: July 2, 2022
Duration: 20 minutes 01 second
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - 14-Hour Film Feast with Lisa Gay Hamilton]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 14-Hour Film Feast: A Closeup On Beah Richards - Film Talk with Filmmaker Lisa Gay Hamilton, held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre in Dallas, TX. The audio starts with the showing of the film, followed by discussion over the content.
Date: July 2, 2022
Duration: 22 minutes 02 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - "Believe" concert]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Believe" Concert held on February 22-23, 2013 as part of the PYA Series. The concert featured numerous gospel performances accompanied by an organ, drums and choir.
Date: July 2, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 05 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Neil Elder, July 6, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Neil Elder. Elder joined the Navy in 1940. He completed Radio Communications School, and served as an Aviation Radioman. He flew scout missions in the Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft, catapulted from USS Portland (CA-33). He participated in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Savo Island, the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. Elder returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: Elder, Neil
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 Walter Gallagher, July 21, 2022

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Gallagher. Gallagher joined the Navy after quitting high school and trained in aviation ordnance. In May, 1944 he was assigned to USS Franklin (CV-13) where he would arm dive bombers. Gallagher describes an injury he sustained while loading bombs as well as various enemy attacks on the Franklin, including a kamikaze. He was aboard when the Japanese bombed the Franklin in March, 1945. Gallagher recalls the attack and was or… more
Date: July 21, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Gallagher, Walter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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