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Oral History Interview with Robert L. (Bob) Groves, April 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Grove. He discusses joining the Marine Corp, shipping out to New Zealand before landing on Guadacanal a few days after the invasion started there, then going to Tarawa, getting malaria, returning to Hawaii for more training before going to fight on Saipan, getting hit by shrapnel and shot in the leg. He describes battle conditions, getting caught in storms abroad ships crossing the Pacific, returning to the states after … more
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: Groves, Robert L. (Bob)
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Owen Fluckey, August 21, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Owen Fluckey. He discusses his childhood and family and what led him to join the US navy. He describes his experiences in bootcamp at the Great Lakes Training Station in Indiana and his time in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two.
Date: April 21, 2004
Creator: Fluckey, Owen; Tombaugh, John B. & Meter, Peggy Van
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

SAR-DAR groups meet at the Head Craig House in McKinney

Description: Document about the McKinney chapter of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Date: April 10, 2004
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society. McKinney Chapter No. 63.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Meeting at John Abston grave at Lake Lavon

Description: Document about the McKinney chapter of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Date: April 10, 2004
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society. McKinney Chapter No. 63.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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