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Oral History Interview with Shuford M. Alexander, Jr., December 2, 1999

Description: Interview with engineer and Army Air Forces veteran Shuford M. Alexander, Jr. The interview includes Alexander's personal experiences about being a fighter pilot in Italy during World War II, basic training, flight training, various assignments and transfers, Operation STRANGLE, being shot down by flak over Piacenza, and being rescued by Italian partisans. Additionally, Alexander talks about his link-up with a British A-4 Mission and his attempt to reach Allied lines, his betrayal by a German a… more
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Date: December 2, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Alexander, Shuford M., Jr.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 2004

Description: Interview with Army veteran Harlan W. Crouse, including personal experiences about combat in the Philippines during World War II, the Japanese surrender in Yokohama Harbor, and being present during the post-war U.S. occupation of Japan.
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Date: July 2, 2004
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Crouse, Harlan W., 1926-
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[Typed version: Letter from Carolyn R. Itri to Nicholas C. Soviero, July 2, 1944]

Description: Typed version: A love letter from Carolyn R. Itri to her future husband, Nicholas C. Soviero. The letter reads, "How is my honey feeling today?" The letter continues with details on weekly mass, biking with friends in the neighboring areas and parks, going to the boardwalk by the beach, and how going places breaks up the days but seeing soldiers with their sweethearts makes Carolyn miss him even more. The letter closes, "In the meantime keep smiling & take care of yourself." Written July 2nd a… more
Date: July 2, 1944
Creator: Itri, Carolyn R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Thomas A. Whitehead, February 2, 1977

Description: Interview with Thomas Whitehead, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas. Whitehead discusses his experiences as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, the "Lost Battalion" captured on Java in March 1942, including: joining the National Guard; participation in the Louisiana Maneuvers; departure for the Philippines and diversion to Brisbane; assignment to Sangosari Airfield near Malang; the surrender of American forces; internment at Tanjong Priok and Bic… more
Date: February 2, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitehead, Thomas A.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: Carswell brass]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a change in command at Carswell Air Force Base. Major General John B. Montgomery will replace Major General Sam Anderson, who is leaving the base for Korea.
Date: April 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter to Major Olinto M. Barsanti, August 2, 1944]

Description: A confidential letter addressed to Major Olinto M. Barsanti, from Leslie V. Dix, Major, A. G. D., Asst. Adj. General. The letter is in regards to the Silver Star being awarded to Olinto M. Barsanti, for gallantry in action during a counter-attack of the enemy in the vicinity of le Soulaire, France.
Date: August 2, 1944
Creator: Dix, Leslie V.
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[Generals Orders - Eighth United States Army]

Description: Generals orders from the desk of Major General Leven C. Allen, typed up by R. L. Butt, Jr. The orders are in regards to the men awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, Air Medal - Award and the Commendation Ribbon. Lieutenant Colonel Olinto M. Barsanti has been awarded the Silver Star, for gallantry in action during a counter-attack of the enemy in the vicinity of Inje, Korea.
Date: August 2, 1951
Creator: Butt, R. L., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Hilda Rubinstein Green, January 2, 1990

Description: Interview with Hilda Rubinstein-Green, a Holocaust survivor from Memel, East Prussia (now Klaipėda, Lithuania). Green discusses growing up in Memel, the Jewish community, her family background, Hitler, fleeing to Krottingen, returning to Memel to destroy valuables so the Germans couldn't take them, moving to Kovno, having a sympathetic German officer as a tenant, moving to the ghetto, life there, executions, labor, suicides, internment at Stutthof, her mother's declining health, a forced march … more
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Date: January 2, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Rubinstein-Green, Hilda
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[Letter from Carolyn R. Itri to Nicholas C. Soviero, July 2, 1944]

Description: A love letter from Carolyn R. Itri to her future husband, Nicholas C. Soviero. The letter reads, "How is my honey feeling today?" The letter continues with details on weekly mass, biking with friends in the neighboring areas and parks, going to the boardwalk by the beach, and how going places breaks up the days but seeing soldiers with their sweethearts makes Carolyn miss him even more. The letter closes, "In the meantime keep smiling & take care of yourself." Written July 2nd and posted July 3… more
Date: July 2, 1944
Creator: Itri, Carolyn R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Keith Naylor, April 2, 1971

Description: Interview with Keith Naylor, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Vernon, Texas, who was captured with 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") on Java by the Japanese. Naylor discusses joining the Guard, deployment to the Pacific and the war's start, operations at Malang on Java, the American surrender, experiences in internment at Tanjung Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, work on the Burma Railway, internment at Chungkai an… more
Date: April 2, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: London explosion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a world war || bomb which exploded in the eastern district of London.
Date: August 2, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Robert Taylor, 1974-1975

Description: Interview with Robert Taylor, Protestant chaplain for the U.S. Army and survivor of the Bataan campaign. The interview includes Taylor's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Taylor talks about the Fall of Bataan and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila, American air raids in Manila, hell ship to Japan, Fukuoka Prison Camp, and liberation by Soviet troops.
Date: November 2, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, Robert
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Joe Allison, March 2, 1996

Description: Interview with Joe Allison, a Navy veteran and a company transportation executive, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Date: March 2, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Allison, Joe
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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