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Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 1970

Description: Interview with George Burlage, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Visalia, California. Burlage was stationed in the Philippines before the war and fought at Corregidor in 1942 before his capture by the Japanese, after which he was interned at Camp Cabanatuan #3 in Central Luzon, Las Pinas airfield near Manila, and Moji, Japan.
Date: November 18, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Burlage, George
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973

Description: Interview with Charley L. Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Lubbock, Texas, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Pryor discusses the sinking of the Houston, his capture, experiences in imprisonment at Serang, Java, experiences at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
Date: 1972-11/1973-02
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pryor, Charley L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Fred Rousseau, November 22, 1976

Description: Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Fred Rousseau. The interview includes Rousseau's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Base Fire Department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: November 22, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rousseau, Fred
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Eddie L. Hornsby, November 8, 1979

Description: Interview with Eddie Hornsby, a Navy WWII veteran from Coleman County, Texas. Hornsby discusses his experiences aboard the USS San Francisco during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including jobs worked in the 1930s, joining the Navy, boot camp, assignment to the San Francisco, operations aboard the ship and exercises, the morning of the attack, and events of the following night.
Date: November 8, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hornsby, Eddie L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 14, 1977

Description: Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal views concerning the development of water resources in Texas.
Date: November 14, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Description: Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 30, 1979

Description: Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences about being a member of the 66th Legislature. Agnich talks about his relationship with Governor William Clements, appropriations, tax relief, the Peveto bill, consumer legislation, "Killer Bees," and the split primary.
Date: November 30, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank Fujita, November 9, 1970

Description: Interview with Frank Fujita, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas. Fujita recounts his experiences as a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "the Lost Battalion"), including: joining the Guard and deploying to East Asia; diversion to Brisbane and assignment to Malang, Java; repelling a Japanese infantry assault; attempted evasion of Japanese forces before being captured; and internment and labor at Surabaja, Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp… more
Date: November 9, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Fujita Jr., Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 1970

Description: Interview with Roy Allen, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Denton, Texas. Allen served during the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, after which he fought with Filipino guerrillas until his capture by Japanese forces in mid-1942. He was interned at the Del Monte Plantation, Mindanao, and later at Yokkaichi, Japan.
Date: November 4, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Robert & Allen, Roy
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971

Description: Interview with Loren Brantley, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Daingerfield, Texas. Brantley discusses being stationed in Shanghai before the war, his experience in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked on December 8th, the Battle of Corregidor, and his internments at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, and a coal mine near Nagasaki.
Date: November 19, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brantley, Loren H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank A. Hoke, November 24, 1971

Description: Interview with Frank A. Hoke, banker and attorney. The interview includes Hoke's personal experiences about being an employee of the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Hoke talks about mortgage buying, loan amortization, insurance, home improvements, accounting procedures, politics and patronage, taxes and appraising, foreclosures, and loan servicing.
Date: November 24, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hoke, Frank A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973

Description: Interview with George P. Lawley, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Odessa, Texas. Lawley discusses his time with the so-called "Lost Battalion" on Java and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, including: joining the National Guard in 1940 and training, deployment for East Asia with 2nd Battallion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and his unit's capture; and his experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok in Batavia… more
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Teague, William J. & Lawley, George P.
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

Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Scantlin, November 8, 1985

Description: Interview with Clarence and Nona Scantlin, business-owners from Forth Worth, Texas. The Scantlins discuss their respective family histories and upbringing, their marriage, Clarence's work with Sandegaard's and Adam's grocery store and A&P Tea Company, starting his own grocery business, how the grocery and meat market were run, finances, quitting the grocery business, opening a business in furniture refinishing, how it was ran, and retirement.
Date: November 8, 1985
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Scantlin, Clarence & Scantlin, Nona
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Nolan Albarado, November 15, 1987

Description: Interview with Nolan Albarado, a Army WWII veteran from Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Albarado discusses his experiences at Schofield Barracks, Oahu during the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the Army and training, assignment to Schofield Barracks, life and operations there, liberty, the stockade, and later service in the war.
Date: November 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Albarado, Nolan
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Paul Decker, November 14, 1987

Description: Interview with Paul Decker, a United States Navy veteran from Maurepas, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS California.
Date: November 14, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Decker, Paul
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lawrence Varnell, November 12, 1987

Description: Interview with Lawrence Varnell, a United States Navy veteran from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Maryland.
Date: November 12, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Varnell, Lawrence
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Henry de Coligny, November 13, 1987

Description: Interview with Henry de Coligny, a United States Navy veteran from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at the Ford Island Naval Air Station.
Date: November 13, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & de Coligny, Henry
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Garland Romagosa, November 15, 1987

Description: Interview with Garland Romagosa, a United States Navy veteran from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS California.
Date: November 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Romagosa, Garland
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John R. Zanca, November 14, 1987

Description: Interview with John R. Zanca, a United States Navy veteran from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Honolulu.
Date: November 14, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Zanca, John R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James Womack, November 14, 1987

Description: Interview with James Womack, a United States Navy veteran from Naples, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Saint Louis.
Date: November 14, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Womack, James
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James Cook, November 14, 1987

Description: Interview with James Cook, a United States Navy veteran from Monroe, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the repair ship USS Rigel.
Date: November 14, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cook, James
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, November 15, 1987

Description: Interview with Edward Jones, a survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date: November 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Edward
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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