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Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition Dallas Mayor and City Council Election Candidate Screenings, Bill Nelson, Dallas Jackson, Roy Williams, Ronnie Le Rouge, Tom Williams, and Bill McCalpin, February 25th, 1987

Description: A recording of a candidate screening of Bill Nelson, Dallas Jackson, Roy Williams, Ronnie Le Rouge, Tom Williams, and Bill McCalpin who are being interviewed during their run for Dallas City Council positions in 1987. Each candidate has three minutes to make an opening statement, and twelve minutes to answer follow up questions from the audience on clarification on where the candidates stand on certain topics and their answers to six survey questions answered beforehand.
Date: February 25, 1987
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Executive Council Meeting]

Description: Sound recording of Oral History Association Members conducting an executive council meeting.
Date: February 25, 1968
Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Merle Miller speaks at the 10th Annual Oral History Colloquium]

Description: Sound recording of Merle Miller speaking at the 10th Annual National Colloquium at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C..
Date: October 25, 1975
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Rewards and Responsibilities: Talk on the Accomplishments, Limitations, Status, and Potential of Oral History

Description: Sound recording of Charles W. Morrissey giving a talk titled "Talk on the Accomplishments, Limitations, Status, and Potential of Oral History" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.
Date: October 25, 1979
Duration: 59 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Announcements During the First National Oral History Colloquium]

Description: Sound recording of James V. Mink, Evelyn Eggeman, and Everett T. Moore giving introduction speeches and announcements during the 1st National Oral History Colloquium.
Date: September 25, 1966
Duration: 59 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Practical Advice on Planning and Conducting Oral History Interviews, the Nature of Human Memory, and Legal and Ethical Issues

Description: Sound recording of John Neuenschwander giving a talk titled "Practical Advice on Planning and Conducting Oral History Interviews, the Nature of Human Memory, and Legal and Ethical Issues" at the 14th National Workshop of Oral History, Oral History Institute, Murray State University.
Date: October 25, 1979
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Practical Information on Recording, Transcribing, and Playback Equipment, Both Audio and Video

Description: Sound recording of Justin L. Kestenbaum giving a talk titled "Practical Information on Recording, Transcribing, and Playback Equipment, Both Audio and Video" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at the Oral History Institute at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.
Date: October 25, 1979
Duration: 44 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Robert Meyer, June 25, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert W. Meyer. Meyer was born in Olympia, Washington on 3 September 1924. After graduating from high school in 1942, he was drafted into the Army on 15 May 1943. He was placed into the Army Specialized Training Program. Following 13 weeks of basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, he was sent to the University of Alabama for 3 months of specialized training. He was accepted for flight training, but returned to the infantr… more
Date: June 25, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 41 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Meyer, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Franklin Pomroy, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral history with Franklin Pomroy. Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Pomroy, aged 17, joined the US Marine Corps. After completing boot camp he was sent to Camp Lejeune and assigned to H Company 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He presents a riveting narrative of combat conditions, death, destruction, jungle diseases and man’s inhumanity to man that he witnessed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Pel… more
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Pomroy, Franklin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lyall Dean, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lyall Dean. Dean was born in Westchester, New York on 19 October 1918. He attended Deerfield Academy prior to attending Union College until June 1941. Joining the US Marine Corps 2 February 1942 he attended boot camp at Parris Island. He went to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina for additional training at which time he was assigned to the 1st Marine Division, H Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. He recalls boarding the … more
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Dean, Lyall
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stephen Boykin, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stephen Boykin. Boykin joined the Marine Corps in August of 1940. In 1942, he was in the second wave entering the Guadalcanal Campaign, where he was severely wounded by a grenade. In early 1943, after being hospitalized, he was sent back to the US for one year of physical therapy. Boykin received a medical discharge in early 1944.
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Boykin, Stephen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Whitney Jacobs, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Whitney Jacobs. Born in 1922, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 1942. He was assigned to the First Division and sent to Wellington, New Zealand where they prepared to go to Guadalcanal. He mentions the dock workers strike. He describes his experiences as a machine gunner on Guadalcanal. He recounts his actions during the Battle of the Tenaru River for which he was awarded the Navy Cross. He shares an anecdote about … more
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 39 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Jacobs, Whitney
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leo Schmittgens, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Leo Schmittgens. Schmittgens joined the Marine Corps in April of 1944. He completed training as an 81mm mortar man, and served with the 1st Marine Division. He traveled to Guadalcanal and Ulithi for additional training, and participated in the Battle of Okinawa. They remained on the island through the end of the war. He was discharged in April of 1946.
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 51 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Schmittgens, Leo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arthur Pendleton, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Pendleton. Pendleton joined the Marine Corps in 1940. In 1942, he deployed to Fiji and then New Guinea for additional combat training. They participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign. He provides vivid details of his time on Guadalcanal, including living, working and combat conditions. They also participated in the Battle of Cape Gloucester. He was discharged in January of 1946.
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Pendleton, Arthur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Young, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Young. Upon completion of boot camp, Young was assigned to H company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He landed on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. He describes the slow progress through the jungle, the shortages of water and of being bombed, strafed and shelled every day. He describes the battle of the Tenaru River and the high casualties inflicted upon the Japanese as they made numerous banzai charges.… more
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Young, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Michael Silan, January 25, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Michael Silan. Silan joined the Marine Corps in February of 1943. He trained as an airplane mechanic, and provides details of his training, including the type of airplanes and engines he worked on. In December of 1943 he traveled to New Caledonia aboard the USS Mintaka (AK-94), and shares experiences of his travels. He was assigned to Marine Scout Dive Bomber Squadron 241 (VMSB-241), and served as a Marine plane captain. In the s… more
Date: January 25, 2002
Duration: 2 hours 58 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Silan, Michael
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Theron MacKay, September 25, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Theron MacKay. MacKay was born in Providence, Rhode Island 13 July 1924 and joined the Navy in June 1943. After completing boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois, he was sent to Solomons, Maryland for amphibious training. He received four weeks of training in the duties of each member of a boat crew in various types of large landing craft and graduated as a qualified Coxswain. He then went aboard the US… more
Date: September 25, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: MacKay, Theron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mal Garcia, October 25, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mal Garcia. Garcia joined the Navy in 1941 and received basic training in San Diego. He was assigned to USS Argonne (AG-31) where he served as a radioman striker. During the attack on Pearl Harbor he assumed duty as coxswain of a whaleboat, transporting injured survivors to the dock. He also helped to rescue men trapped inside USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Garcia gives details of radio communication protocol, including codes and fre… more
Date: October 25, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Garcia, Mal
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Lewis, April 25, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Lewis. Lewis joined the Navy in July 1939 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Breese (DM-18) where he worked in the engine room. He participated in neutrality patrols and survey trips along the Pacific coast. Ten days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, his ship reported sighting a Japanese submarine outside Pearl Harbor. During the attack, he saw the USS Utah (BB-31) rol… more
Date: April 25, 2001
Duration: 51 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Lewis, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Tucker, March 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Tucker. Tucker joined the Navy in January of 1945. Beginning in the spring, he served as Storekeeper Third-Class aboard USS Remey (DD-688). They went through a typhoon close to Okinawa and provided shore bombardment in Alaska. They were docked on the coast of Japan when the Japanese surrendered. Tucker recalls Japanese officials from the city of Ōminatoa surrendering aboard the destroyer, and signing a peace treaty. They ret… more
Date: March 25, 2003
Duration: 33 minutes
Creator: Tucker, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Andrew Pate, July 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Andrew Pate. Pate joined the Army in February of 1945. He completed training with the Army Chaplain Corps. Pate served as a Stockade Chaplain at Fort Lewis in Washington, where he remained through August. From August of 1945 through the spring of 1946, Pate was assigned as Chaplain to Nichols Air Base in Manila, Philippines and Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, Japan. He returned to the US and was discharged in June of 1946.
Date: July 25, 2003
Duration: 53 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Pate, Andrew
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James D. McLaughan, May 25, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James D McLaughan, following another interview from 2001. McLaughan joined the Army Air Forces after completing three years of college at Cal Poly. He was stationed at Hamilton Field as a pilot with the 70th Fighter Squadron when the war broke out. He participated in the Yamamoto mission and notes that Rex Barber, who got the kill, always charged into a fight, and that Admiral Halsey sent two cases of fine whiskey to the squ… more
Date: May 25, 2008
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: McLaughan, James D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Art Goethe, June 25, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Art Goethe. Goethe dropped out of high school after contracting tuberculosis. Upon recovery, he worked as a roofer at the Army barracks. In 1942, he enlisted in the Navy, with his parents’ permission. Despite his abbreviated education, he scored well on examinations and went on to radio school. He transferred in and out of many outfits as a radioman, working on a wooden sub-chaser, an LTA blimp, and an airship rescue unit be… more
Date: June 25, 2008
Duration: 40 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Goethe, Art
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Virgil Lewis, February 25, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Virgil Lewis. Lewis joined the Navy in October 1943 and received basic training at Davisville. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Seabees and received further training at Port Hueneme. He landed on Guadalcanal in February 1943 and worked as a truck driver, transporting work crews to Henderson Field and Fighter Strip Number Two. He recounts one especially intense air raid and the heroic acts performed by fellow soldiers.… more
Date: February 25, 2009
Duration: 48 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Lewis, Virgil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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