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Oral History Interview with Searcy Griffin, July 20, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Searcy Griffin. Griffin joined the Navy in 1942. In October he was assigned to the USS Bull (DE-693). They traveled to Bermuda, Aruba and Northern Ireland. In May of 1943 Griffin was assigned to the minesweeper USS Scuffle (AM-298). In mid-1944 they transported supplies for a convoy to Pearl Harbor, swept mines in French Frigate Shoals, escorted a convoy to Eniwetok and arrived at Leyte in December of 1944. In January of 1945 the… more
Date: July 20, 2006
Creator: Griffin, Searcy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Searcy Griffin, July 20, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Searcy Griffin. Griffin joined the Navy in 1942. In October he was assigned to the USS Bull (DE-693). They traveled to Bermuda, Aruba and Northern Ireland. In May of 1943 Griffin was assigned to the minesweeper USS Scuffle (AM-298). In mid-1944 they transported supplies for a convoy to Pearl Harbor, swept mines in French Frigate Shoals, escorted a convoy to Eniwetok and arrived at Leyte in December of 1944. In January of 1945 the… more
Date: July 20, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Griffin, Searcy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Lipscomb County Cemeteries

Description: This book has information on each of the nine Lipscomb County cemeteries: Heart Cemetery, Kiowa Cemetery, View Point Cemetery, Darrouzett Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Fairmont Cemetery, Lipscomb Cemetery, St. John's Cemetery, and Higgins Cemetery; each section includes information about the origins of the cemetery with deeds and certificates, an index of the persons buried in the cemetery, a list of the information on each of the headstones in the cemetery, and a list of the veterans buried in … more
Date: April 2006
Creator: Kraft, LaVaun
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

"Between the Creeks"

Description: Compiled transcriptions of newspaper articles written by Gwen Pettit about the local history of Allen, Texas. The articles are organized by topic, including land & prairie, Indians, cattle trails, Republic of Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, churches, schools, Sam Bass, late 1800s, Civil War, early 1900s, holiday stories, founding families, early roads, early Lucas, early Fairview, H&TC Railroad, photos & sketches, poems, and other articles.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Pettit, Gwen
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Major language families maps and descriptions]

Description: A list of languages used around the world with short descriptions of where each is used and the number of people who use it broken down into the different dialects and regional variants. There are also two maps that detail where the languages are spoken with different colors.
Date: July 24, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Aquifers of the Gulf Coast of Texas

Description: This report represents the proceedings of a conference held on February 16, 2006, at the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi campus regarding Texas Gulf Coast aquifers.
Date: February 2006
Creator: Mace, Robert E.; Davidson, Sarah C.; Angle, Edward S. & Mullican, William F., III
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Please Pass the Salt: Using Oil Fields for the Disposal of Concentrate from Desalination Plants

Description: The purpose of this report is to show that oil and gas fields can physically and chemically accept concentrate from desalination plants, and to recommend changes to statute and rules that would allow the disposal of concentrate in oil and gas fields.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Mace, Robert E.; Nicot, Jean-Philippe; Chowdhury, Ali H.; Dutton, Alan R. & Kalaswad, Sanjeev
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Register, Volume 31, Number 2, Pages 209-346, January 13, 2006

Description: A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: January 13, 2006
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Frederick Brown, November 10, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frederick Brown. Brown was born 7 January 1921. In 1942, he was drafted into the US Army and underwent basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He was then sent to San Luis Obispo, California for advanced training. Upon completion of the training, his division was sent to New Guinea. He was assigned to the 6th Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Regiment, G Company as a platoon scout and point man. He also recalls a kamika… more
Date: November 10, 2006
Creator: Brown, Frederick
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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