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Oral History Interview with John H. Owen, February 7, 1977

Description: Interview with John H. Owen, U.S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Owen discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and his li… more
Date: February 7, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Owen, John H., 1922-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Cathy Hartman, December 7, 2015

Description: Interview with Cathy N. Hartman, the Associate Dean of the University of North Texas Libraries before her retirement in December 2015. She discusses her education and her career as an academic librarian, particularly working with government information and digital preservation.
Date: December 7, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Moye, Todd & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Paul Bunch, December 7, 1971

Description: Interview with Paul Bunch, a New Mexico National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Atlanta, Missouri. Bunch served in I Troop, 111th Horse Cavalry, which became F Battery, 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft); he recounts going to the Philippines before the war in 1941, his action during the bombing of Clark Field on December 8th, the fight for Bataan, and his capture and internment at Camp O'Donnell, after which he was held at Cabanatuan #2, Bilibid Prison, and then Yodagawa Steel Mill, Osaka, … more
Date: December 7, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bunch, William Paul
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972

Description: Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date: April 7, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984

Description: Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon concerning her experiences as a rancher and rodeo performer in Nocona, Texas. Salmon discusses her family background; her work as an extra on a movie western in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; her marriage to Bryant Roach; her employment as a trick rider for Joe Miller's 101 Ranch in Oklahoma; the Miller Brothers' wild west shows; her rodeo tour in Europe in 1914; and her participation in Tom Burnett's European tour in 1924. She also talks about her marriage to Fre… more
Date: November 7, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Salmon, Ruth Scantlin Roach, 1896-1986
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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