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Oral History Interview with Walter Seymour, September 17, 2025

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Seymour. This interview discusses how Seymour signed up for the Navy and why he went into aviation, what he remembers of Pearl Harbor Day, what he remembers of boot camp, working on aircraft maintenance at a base near Galveston, the evolution of anti-submarine warfare, the process of making certain repairs to Grumman TBM Avengers, the explosion of a cargo ship in Texas City, and his life after the war.
Date: September 17, 2025
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
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 Walter Seymour, September 17, 2025

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Seymour. This interview discusses how Seymour signed up for the Navy and why he went into aviation, what he remembers of Pearl Harbor Day, what he remembers of boot camp, working on aircraft maintenance at a base near Galveston, the evolution of anti-submarine warfare, the process of making certain repairs to Grumman TBM Avengers, the explosion of a cargo ship in Texas City, and his life after the war.
Date: September 17, 2025
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Portrait of Walter Seymour]

Description: Photograph of Walter Seymour. The photograph is taken from the chest up in front of a cloth backdrop. Seymour is seated in a chair. He is wearing a plaid button-up shirt and a World War II veteran ball cap.
Date: September 17, 2025
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Students review a late 1920s men's smoking jacket]

Description: Photographs of UNT undergraduate students enrolled in Dr. Courtney Welch's history course focused on the 1920s and 1930s. Students visited the Texas Fashion Collection's permanent collection space in Welch Street Complex 1 to review artifacts from the 1920s, complemented by excerpts from Vogue and the Dallas Morning news to provide further context for the cultural values associated with them. In the photograph, students are reviewing a late 1920s men's smoking jacket donated by Natalie Lee.
Date: September 17, 2025
Creator: Becker, Annette
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.211227 -97.144206
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students review a mid-1920s cloche hat]

Description: Photographs of UNT undergraduate students enrolled in Dr. Courtney Welch's history course focused on the 1920s and 1930s. Students visited the Texas Fashion Collection's permanent collection space in Welch Street Complex 1 to review artifacts from the 1920s, complemented by excerpts from Vogue and the Dallas Morning news to provide further context for the cultural values associated with them. In the photograph, students are reviewing a mid-1920s cloche hat donated by Tracy Achor Hayes.
Date: September 17, 2025
Creator: Becker, Annette
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.211227 -97.144206
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students review a mid-1920s velvet clutch coat]

Description: Photographs of UNT undergraduate students enrolled in Dr. Courtney Welch's history course focused on the 1920s and 1930s. Students visited the Texas Fashion Collection's permanent collection space in Welch Street Complex 1 to review artifacts from the 1920s, complemented by excerpts from Vogue and the Dallas Morning news to provide further context for the cultural values associated with them. In the photograph, students are reviewing a mid-1920s velvet clutch coat.
Date: September 17, 2025
Creator: Becker, Annette
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.211227 -97.144206
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[1942: The Perilous Year Symposium] "1942: Crux of War"

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "1942: The Perilous Year" which explores how America responded in 1942 when faced with a world war and potential existential threat. This section of the symposium includes a lecture from the keynote speaker Jonathan Parshall, who is an acclaimed World War II published scholar and lecturer for the U.S. Naval War College. This lecture is entitled "1942: Crux of War" which describes the totality of the war … more
Date: September 17, 2022
Duration: 55 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[1942: The Perilous Year Symposium] "Experient in the Cockpit: Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II".

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "1942: The Perilous Year" which explores how America responded in 1942 when faced with a world war and potential existential threat. This section of the symposium includes a lecture from Katherine Sharp Landdeck, Professor of History at Texas Woman’s University, about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) titled "Experient in the Cockpit: Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II".
Date: September 17, 2022
Duration: 45 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[1942: The Perilous Year Symposium] " Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. Army in the Pacific War 1941-1943"

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "1942: The Perilous Year" which explores how America responded in 1942 when faced with a world war and potential existential threat. This section of the symposium includes a lecture from John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of U.S. Military History at the Missouri University of Science and Technology about the U.S Army in the Pacific War.
Date: September 17, 2022
Duration: 50 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[1942: The Perilous Year Symposium] "'I Will be Lucky to Last Six Months': Chester Nimitz in 1942"

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "1942: The Perilous Year" which explores how America responded in 1942 when faced with a world war and potential existential threat. This section of the symposium includes a lecture from WWII expert and professor of history emeritus at the US Naval Academy, Craig L. Symonds about the effective Pacific theatre command of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
Date: September 17, 2022
Duration: 43 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[1942: The Perilous Year Symposium] Panel Discussion

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "1942: The Perilous Year" which explores how America responded in 1942 when faced with a world war and potential existential threat. This section of the symposium includes a final panel discussion.
Date: September 17, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

1942: The Perilous Year [Symposium Program]

Description: Pamphlet with program for 1942: The Perilous Year, the 35th annual symposium at the National Museum of the Pacific War held on September 17th, 2022. The program lists all the events and activities held during the event, including a pre-conference dinner and tribute to James D. Hornfischer on September 16th, six different sessions, breakfast, lunch, and a happy hour reception. The program lists session one as a Welcome session and the keynote "1942: Crux of War" by Jonathan Parshall, session 2 i… more
Date: September 17, 2022
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Guadalcanal: A Name that will Endure in Honor [Video]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "1942: The Perilous Year" which explores how America responded in 1942 when faced with a world war and potential existential threat. This section of the symposium includes a lecture from internationally recognized WWII expert and author, Richard B. Frank, entitled "Guadalcanal: A Name that will Endure in Honor" which discusses the strategic situation, planning and battles related to Guadalcanal. A Q&A se… more
Date: September 17, 2022
Duration: 43 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

A Catalyst for Change: Diversity in World War II [Symposium Program]

Description: Pamphlet with program for A Catalyst for Change: Diversity in World War II, a virtual symposium held by the National Museum of the Pacific War and the Admiral Nimitz Foundation on September 17. The program lists all the events and activities held during the symposium, including a virtual trade show and seven general presentation sessions. Craig Symonds serves as the conference's moderator and Charles Bolden is the Keynote Speaker. The general sessions contain the following presentations: "A Ca… more
Date: 2021-09-17/2021-09-18
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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