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[Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. S. Dilworth, September 14, 1945]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. S. Dilworth discussing the heads of the Todd Dry Dock Company in Galveston which consist of L. R. Lawder, E. N. Smith, and L. E. Breese and informing Dilworth that if he needs more information to write Kempner and Kempner will see what he can find on the company.
Date: September 14, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mike Jacobs, November 26, 1989

Description: Interview with Mike Jacobs, a Holocaust survivor from Konin, Poland. Jacobs discusses his family background and growing up in Konin's Jewish community, the growth of antisemitism, attending an integrated school, the German invasion and occupation, moving to the ghetto and life inside, collaborators and Jewish police, hostages, moving to a smaller ghetto, losing his family to Treblinka, working with Polish partisans, escaping the ghetto and working from Ostrowiec concentration camp, engaging in … more
Date: November 26, 1989
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Jacobs, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Thomas Moorer, October 1, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Moorer. Moorer grew up in Alabama and received a principal appointment to the Naval Academy in 1929. He shipped out on the USS Enterprise (CV-6) after going into aviation training in 1935. He flew the PBY. After World War II starts, in the Pacific Ocean near Australia, during a reconnaissance mission, he was shot down by the Japanese and managed to get himself and his seven crewmates all out alive. Then the ship he wa… more
Date: October 1, 2000
Creator: Moorer, Thomas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 21.351196 -157.980152
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Breckenridge Garrison, September 18, 1970

Description: Interview with Brack Garrison, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Amarillo, Texas, accompanied by Nita Boynton. Garrison details his experiences defending Guam in the Japanese invasion of December 1941, and his subsequent surrender and internment in Japanese POW camps at Zentsuji and Osaka.
Date: September 18, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Garrison, John Breckenridge (Brack)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970

Description: Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date: July 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Moss, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Roy G. Armstrong, October 15, 1980

Description: Interview with Roy Armstrong, an Army 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. Armstrong 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 and Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1943), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1… more
Date: October 15, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Armstrong, Roy G., 1919-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lawrence Brown, March 13, 1974

Description: Interview with Lawrence Brown, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Decatur, Texas. Brown was a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment (the "Lost Battalion"): he recounts working during the Depression; mobilization; deployment to the Philippines and diversion to Brisbane after December 7th, 1941; arrival at Sangosari, Java; the Japanese invasion and American surrender; experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, several w… more
Date: March 13, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brown, Lawrence
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Charles W. Burris: April 1984 & May 1985

Description: Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran and survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burris discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), and his liberation.
Date: {1984-04-05,1985-02-21,1985-05-14,1985-05-31}
Creator: Cruz, Richard A. (Richard Alan) & Burris, Charles W., 1917-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jack Kenner, April 4, 1980

Description: Interview with Jack Kenner, an Army 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. Kenner talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), Hakodate, Sapporo, and Muroran, Hokkaido (1942-1945), and his liberation.
Date: April 4, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kenner, Jack W., 1920-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with L. B. Smith, February 20, 1989

Description: Interview with L. B. Smith, a Army WWII veteran from Magnolia, Mississippi, who was present at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Smith discusses entering the Army and training, events prior to the attack, the morning of December 7th and the bombing of Schofield Barracks, the aftermath and defensive preparations, and his later service in the Pacific Theater.
Date: February 20, 1989
Creator: Cruse, Stephen & Smith, L. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris, March 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner discussing how the Belgian mission bought no cotton, the classifications of cotton in Texas and an offer to Spain for a thousand bales of cotton, along with other points of interest, such as Harris' automobile policy, the conditions at Sugar Land
Date: March 2, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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