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Oral History Interview with Carl Amundson, October 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carl Amundson. Amundson joined the Navy in September 1942 and received basic training at Great Lakes. Upon completion, he was assigned to an APD at Pearl Harbor that transported Marines throughout the South Pacific. He returned to the States and became a plank holder aboard the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73). After abandoning ship at the Battle of Samar, he survived 40 hours in the water despite not knowing how to swim. Amundson r… more
Date: October 24, 2007
Duration: 41 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Amundson, Carl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Murray Brown, October 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Murray Brown. Brown dropped out of high school and joined the Navy in November 1941. He was assigned to the ammunition ship USS Pyro (AE-1), on which he served for two years as a boatswain’s mate. Brown sailed throughout the Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands to Espiritu Santo. After two years on the Pyro, he was transferred to the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) as an officer in charge of the second division. In the fall of 1944, … more
Date: October 24, 2007
Duration: 48 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Brown, Murray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Feliz, October 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Feliz. Feliz was drafted into the Navy in 1943. Upon completion of signal and radio school, Feliz spent a month on an aviation crash boat before becoming a plank owner of the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), as a signalman striker. He initially sailed to Pearl Harbor and recalls anchoring directly above the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39). The Gambier Bay earned its first battle star at Saipan, where Feliz observed the action fro… more
Date: October 24, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Feliz, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with G. C. Petit, October 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with G C Petit. Petit joined the Navy in 1943. He served aboard the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) in the deck force and gunnery gang, beginning in 1944. Petit describes life aboard the ship. They were apart of task unit Taffy 3. They traveled through the Pacific, participating in battles at Saipan, the Philippines and Leyte Gulf. He provides some details of these battles, including the sinking of Gambier Bay during the Battle off Samar in … more
Date: October 24, 2007
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Petit, G. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FYE table and jack-o-lanterns at Boo Bash]

Description: Photograph of the FYE booth during the UNT Boo Bash event. There are three pumpkins with the letters "f", "y", and "e" carved into them. The table has a green tablecloth on it advertising the First-Year Experience with its logo. On top are two bowls with candy and colorful tennis balls.
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Ha, Khai
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Delta Phi Omega sign at Boo Bash]

Description: Photograph of a Delta Phi Omega sign at the sorority's booth during the UNT Boo Bash event. It is made with red Greek letters with black dots around the outside. They are resting against a purse on top of the table. The tablecloth has skulls on the border and there is a jack-o-lantern on display.
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Ha, Khai
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students being wrapped up in toilet-paper at Boo Bash]

Description: Photograph of students working at a booth during the UNT Boo Bash event. Two are being wrapped up in toilet paper to look like a mummy for a contest. The one with brown hair has the Delta Gamma sorority symbols on her cheek. The people wrapping them are wearing costumes; one has cat ears and the other is wearing a pair of butterfly wings.
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Ha, Khai
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students with candy bowl at Boo Bash]

Description: Photograph of students with a candy bowl at a booth during the UNT Boo Bash event. The one holding the bowl is wearing cargo pants, a white shirt, a cap, and sunglasses. The other is wearing a white jacket over a North Texas T-shirt.
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Ha, Khai
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Carl Amundson, October 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carl Amundson. Amundson joined the Navy in September 1942 and received basic training at Great Lakes. Upon completion, he was assigned to an APD at Pearl Harbor that transported Marines throughout the South Pacific. He returned to the States and became a plank holder aboard the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73). After abandoning ship at the Battle of Samar, he survived 40 hours in the water despite not knowing how to swim. Amundson r… more
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Amundson, Carl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Murray Brown, October 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Murray Brown. Brown dropped out of high school and joined the Navy in November 1941. He was assigned to the ammunition ship USS Pyro (AE-1), on which he served for two years as a boatswain’s mate. Brown sailed throughout the Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands to Espiritu Santo. After two years on the Pyro, he was transferred to the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) as an officer in charge of the second division. In the fall of 1944, … more
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Brown, Murray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with George Feliz, October 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Feliz. Feliz was drafted into the Navy in 1943. Upon completion of signal and radio school, Feliz spent a month on an aviation crash boat before becoming a plank owner of the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), as a signalman striker. He initially sailed to Pearl Harbor and recalls anchoring directly above the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39). The Gambier Bay earned its first battle star at Saipan, where Feliz observed the action fro… more
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Feliz, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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