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Oral History Interview with Joseph Hazen, April 19, 2013

Description: Interview with Joseph Hazen, Marine veteran and Air America fixed-wing pilot, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Hazen's personal experiences at Navy flight training, peace-time Marine Corps, and flying for Air America. Hazen talks about interactions with the "Customer," also known as CIA case officers, his interaction with the Hmong, various missions, his transfer to Southern Air Transport, rumors about Air America, and his thoughts on U.S. involvement in Southeas… more
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Date: May 6, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Hazen, Joseph
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Oral History Interview with Howard Baxter, May 22, 1991

Description: Interview with businessman Howard Baxter about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Baxter discusses his childhood near Aubrey, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas (Company 2896); description of camp; life in camp.
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Date: May 22, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Baxter, Howard
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Oral History Interview with Russell E. Dougherty, May 24, 2004

Description: Interview with Air Force veteran General Russell E. Dougherty, former commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command. The interview includes Dougherty's personal experiences with General Curtis LeMay. Dougherty speaks about LeMay's uncanny judgment, organizational talents, and penchant for discipline, as well as his handling of people in his command, and the Soviet military's assessment of LeMay. The interview includes an appendix with "A General's Perspective: Leadership in the Cold War," written… more
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Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Dougherty, Russell E.
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Oral History Interview with John T. Chain, May 10, 2004

Description: Interview with Air Force veteran John T. Chain. The interview includes Chain's perspectives as commander of the Strategic Air Command, his comments about leadership, and his personal relationships with General Curtis LeMay.
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Date: May 10, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Chain, John T.
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Oral History Interview with Toni Lewis, May 14, 2013

Description: Interview with Toni Lewis, U.S. Air Force veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral history Project. Lewis discusses her childhood, decision to enlist in 1976, experiences as a woman in the service, experiences with the Veterans Administration, and opinions about changing roles for women in the U.S. military.
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Date: May 14, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Lewis, Toni
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Oral History Interview with Charles Weldon Burgoon, May 23, 2012

Description: Interview with Charles Weldon Burgoon, life-time Denton resident and owner of Weldon's Saddle Shop. The interview includes Burgoon's experiences as a child in Denton, his genealogy, and Denton city and country history. Burgoon gives details about area rodeos, schooling in Denton, his summer job mowing lawns, experience with country living, and other various jobs including leather-working and tooling. He talks about the lack of shotgun shells and metal bathtubs during the Second World War, the c… more
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Date: May 23, 2012
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Burgoon, Charles Weldon
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Oral History Interview with Thomas S. Prentice, May 31, 1979

Description: Interview with Thomas S. Prentice, a United States Army veteran from Richardson, Texas, discussing his experience stationed at Fort Kamehameha during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941. Prentice provides details about his background, training, and impressions of the pre-attack period as well as of the attack itself.
Date: May 31, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Prentice, Thomas S.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Marvin Robinson, May 25, 1982

Description: Interview with Marvin Robinson, a veteran of the United States Marines from Handley, Texas. Robinson discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his cruiser, the USS Houston, was sunk off the coast of Java in the Sunda Strait in 1942.
Date: May 25, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Robinson, Marvin
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Oral History Interview with Alvin O. Berg, Jr., May 14, 2005

Description: Interview with Alvin O. Berg, Jr., World War II-era Army Air Forces veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans History Project. The interview includes Berg's personal experiences of childhood and education, enlisting in the Army Air Forces, training as an aviation cadet and service at various stateside bases, fighting in the Pacific theater, having a postwar career in minor league baseball, returning to service during the Korean conflict, and having a career as a pilot for American Air… more
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Date: May 14, 2005
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Berg, Alvin O., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Gloria Denmon, May 12, 1988

Description: Interview with Gloria Denmon, a community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Denmon discusses life in a segregated society, her decision to join the Fellowship, early meetings, voter registration drives, street paving in the African American section of Denton, social activities of the Fellowship, the desegregation of public schools, the tutoring program, and the activities of African Americ… more
Date: May 12, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & Denmon, Gloria, 1941-
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Oral History Interview with Robert Bluntzer, May 30, 1969

Description: Interview with Robert Bluntzer, a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas. Bluntzer discusses growing up near Round Lake and Robstown, homeseekers and subdivision of ranches in the area in the 1900-10s, social life and recreation in the area, politics, law enforcement, his family history and Bluntzer, Texas, local preservation efforts, sports, and Third Awakening revivalists. Before the interview is a fragment of a conversation between Bluntzer, Stephens, and an unnamed attorney about local history a… more
Date: May 30, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Bluntzer, Robert
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Oral History Interview with Wilhelmina Delco, May 15, 2006

Description: Interview with Wilhelmina R. Fitzgerald Delco, former member of the Texas House of Representatives (D-Austin). The interview includes Delco's personal experiences about childhood and education, marriage to Exalton A. Delco, Jr., being involved in community issues, running for the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, her 1974 election to the Texas House of Representatives seat representing Travis County, and serving as Speaker Pro Tem of the House. Additionally, Delco speaks abo… more
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Date: May 15, 2006
Creator: Moye, Todd & Delco, Whilhelmina
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