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Oral History Interview with Melvin Fenoglio, July 19, 2000

Interview with Navy veteran Melvin Fenoglio, educator and farmer-rancher. The interview includes Fenoglio's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, and the Iwo Jima and Okinawa Campaigns. Fenoglio also talks about early family history, his pre-war education, his acceptance in the V-7 Program, failing out of the Midshipman School and transferring to the U.S. Naval Training Center, yeoman training, gunnery practice off the Hawaiian Islands, his personal observations of… more

Date: July 19, 2000

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fenoglio, Melvin

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank Curre, Jr., April 19, 2002

Interview with Navy veteran Frank Curre Jr. The interview includes Curre's personal experiences about joining the Navy, boot camp, being aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, and his subsequent experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Additionally, Curre talks about pre-war shipboard life and training exercises, his activities during the attack on Pearl Harbor, aftermath of the attack, his transfer to the yard minesweeper YMS-102 at Breme… more

Date: April 19, 2002

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Curre, Frank, Jr.