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Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001

Description: Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. It includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date: April 25, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
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Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001

Description: Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. The transcript includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date: February 23, 2003
Creator: Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College

[News Script: Last POW]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the release of Army Captain Robert White, the last known prisoner of war of the Vietnam War, to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines.
Date: April 1, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: POWs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return of prisoners of war to Air Force bases in the United States as a part of “Operation Homecoming.”
Date: April 2, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Clyde C. Childress, February 8, 1972

Description: Interview with Clyde C. Childress, an Army WWII veteran who served with Filipino guerrillas. Childress discusses joining the army, deployment to the Philippines before the war, the Japanese invasion, forming guerrilla groups, operations and survival on Mindanao, and the Allied invasion and liberation. In appendix are a congressional recognition of Childress and others guerrillas' service in the war, an autobiographical account written by Childress, and a series of action briefs reporting the gu… more
Date: February 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972

Description: Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date: September 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Portrait of Leroy Shifflett in Uniform]

Description: Portrait of Leroy Shifflett wearing his dress uniform and hat. The text on the bottom of the photograph contains information about his troop group, birth and death dates as well as the location of his death: "Leroy Shifflett Co. B. Glider Infantry Born May 17, 1923 Killed Feb. 17, 1945 Vicinity of Ft. McKinley, Philippines Islands."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of Staff Sergeant Sie S. Edwards by a Fountain]

Description: Photograph of Staff Sergeant Sie S. Edwards standing in his uniform in front of a large fountain. The text on the bottom of the photo contains information about his rank, birth and death dates, and names of his immediate family members: "S/Sgt. Sie S. Edwards Born Sept. 4th, 1909 Died in a jap prison camp in the Phillippines on June 18th, 1942 He was a member of the 93rd Bombardment Squad and was a secret bombsite specialist. He was survived by wife, Marge Edwards and Parents Mr. and Mrs. S. … more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Portrait of Sergeant Ollie Dismuke]

Description: Portrait of Sergeant Ollie Dismuke wearing his military uniform. The text on the bottom of the picture contains information about his rank, birth and death dates/location: "Sgt. Ollie Dismuke 6th [Armored] Div. Born Nov. 27th, 1923 Killed March 25th, 1945 at Luzon."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Portrait of Willie Pietzsch in Uniform]

Description: Portrait of Willie Pietzsch of the 185th Infantry 8th Army. The text on the bottom of the picture contains information about his birth and death, as well as when he was buried: "Born May 17, 1919 Killed Feb. 15, 1945 At Luzon, Philippines Island Buried Nov. 3rd, 1948."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

Oral History Interview with J. L. Sherman, March 4, 1976

Description: Interview with J. L. "Smokey" Sherman, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Ponder, Texas. Sherman discusses joining the Army in 1940, going to the Philippines and being stationed on Corregidor, the siege and fall of the island, his escape from capture and time as a guerrilla, surrender, and experiences in internment at Cabanatuan and Kobe.
Date: March 4, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sherman, J. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Pyle Wrote Life Story in Blood With GI's He Loved, Says Closest Friend Who Encouraged His Career

Description: Newspaper article about the death and legacy of Ernie Pyle, a war correspondent who was recently killed in the war. Included is a cartoon depicting a typewriter next to a helmet with initials "E.P." and a caption that reads "'Brave Man:' Bill Mauldin, the soldiers' favorite artist, has drawn a cartoon in memory of Ernie Pyle, the soldier's favorite correspondent."
Date: April 23, 1945
Creator: Miller, Lee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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