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OK, USA: A Musical Guide Book to the States: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

Description: The last of the U.S. Army Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" to be published, "OK, USA" is a musical revue on the theme of U.S. soldiers returning to the United States and finding it finding it as foreign and exotic as any country overseas because they have been away and living under extreme circumstances for so long. Like the other "Blueprint Specials," this show includes a complete script (multiple copies this time); a conductor's score and complete set of instrumental parts; a sample program… more
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, June 22, 1988

Description: Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, a Army WWII veteran from Butler, New Jersey, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Rodgers discusses joining the Army and training, assignment to coastal artillery at Fort Shafter, operations there, work in communications, alerts, life in the peacetime Army, the morning of December 7th and reaction to the attack, handling communications at battalion HQ, the aftermath and following days, and his subsequent service in the Pacific War. In appendix is a letter by … more
Date: June 22, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rodgers, Martin J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Russell J. Hampson, December 15, 1976

Description: Interview with Russell J. Hampson, an Army WWII veteran from West Orange, New Jersey. Hampson discusses his experience during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including joining the Army in 1940, being stationed at Schofield Barracks, the events of the attack, and operations on Oahu afterward.
Date: December 15, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hampson, Russell J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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