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Oral History Interview with William Graham, December 16, 1999

Description: Interview with William Graham, businessman and Army Air Forces veteran (410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a flight engineer on a B-17 in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942; technical training at Consolidated Aircraft, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment as head of operations, Sioux Falls, Iowa, 1942-44; description of his functions as a flight engineer; his description of the … more
Date: December 16, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Graham, William
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William N. Hamilton, December 14, 1999

Description: Interview with William H. Hamilton, an attorney and Army Air Forces veteran (63rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force; 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war education, particularly at Culver Military Academy; his decision to enter the Aviation Cadet Program, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; assignment to the 67th College Training Detachment, Ouachita Bapt… more
Date: December 4, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hamilton, William N.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Shuford M. Alexander, Jr., December 2, 1999

Description: Interview with engineer and Army Air Forces veteran Shuford M. Alexander, Jr. The interview includes Alexander's personal experiences about being a fighter pilot in Italy during World War II, basic training, flight training, various assignments and transfers, Operation STRANGLE, being shot down by flak over Piacenza, and being rescued by Italian partisans. Additionally, Alexander talks about his link-up with a British A-4 Mission and his attempt to reach Allied lines, his betrayal by a German a… more
Date: December 2, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Alexander, Shuford M., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Wilbur H. Ford, November 18, 1999

Description: Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Wilbur H. Ford. The interview includes Ford's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, training, transferring to the Army Air Force from the Army, flight training, B-17 transition training, and crew training. Ford also talks about his assignment to the 401st Bomb Group, enemy flak, the highlights of his nine missions over Germany, battle damage to his plane, the Dresden raid, returning to the States, and t… more
Date: November 18, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Ford, Wilbur H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Glenn M. Stinchcomb, November 17, 1999

Description: Interview with Glenn M. Stinchcomb, an engineer and Navy veteran (VP-27), concerning his experiences as a PB4Y-2 co-pilot during World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Decision to enlist in the Navy on May 9, 1945; acceptance in the V-5 Program for naval aviators, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1945-46; pre-flight training, Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1946; his decision to participate in the Holloway Program as a midshipman, 1946; primary flight training, Naval Air… more
Date: November 17, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stinchcomb, Glenn M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with E. Benjamin Dunn, November 16, 1999

Description: Interview with E. Benjamin Dunn, a Army WWII veteran and POW from Gorham, Illinois, who was captured by the Japanese on Java with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Dunn discusses training in the Army, transfer to 2-131 and deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and being captured, experiences in internment in Batavia and later Changi Prison Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, and liberation.
Date: November 16, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dunn, E. Benjamin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard Mulberry, Jr., November 15, 1999

Description: Interview with Richard Mulberry, Jr., a Marine Corps veteran (VMSB-243), concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Flight training, Opa Locka Naval Air Station, Florida, 1941-42; meeting and courting his future wife; advanced flight training, Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida, 1942; decision to take his commission with the Marine Corps; assignment to VMSB-243, Santa Barbara Naval Air Station, California, 1942; character sketches of indiv… more
Date: November 15, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Mulberry, Richard, Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 1999

Description: Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, Army veteran, special agent, and member of the White House Security Detail for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The interview includes Crumbling's personal experiences about education and employment before entering the military, basic training, various assignments, and being appointed to the White House Security Detail at President Lyndon B. Johnson's LBJ Ranch. Additionally, Crumbling talks about relations between the military and civilian law enforcement author… more
Date: November 13, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crumbling, Warren D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James N. Hall, November 10, 1999

Description: Interview with James N. Hall, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Burkburnett, Texas. Hall discusses joining the Air Force from college, basic training, classification, flight training, the P-47, fighter tactics, deplyoment to Le Culot Airfield in Belgium, his first mission, briefings and intelligence, Air Support Parties, close air support, flak, bomber escort, air-to-air encounters, casualties, logistics, German civilians, crash landings, V-E Day, and return to civilian life.
Date: November 10, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, James N.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert H. Flatley, October 27, 1999

Description: Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran Robert H. Flatley. The interview includes Flatley's personal experiences about being a P-38 pilot in the Pacific Theater during the World War II, basic training, flight training, P-38 training, various assignments and missions, and the destruction of forty-seven locomotives. Flatley also talks about various missions to targets in the Philippines, activities between combat missions, postwar military activities in the Philippines, and … more
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Flatley, Robert H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harry Bradford Urey, Jr., October 14, 1999

Description: Transcript of an interview with Harry Bradford Urey, Jr., a mechanical engineer and Army Air Forces veteran (454th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group, 9th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-26 pilot in the European Theater during World War II.
Date: October 14, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Urey, Harry Bradford, Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Fiske Hanley, October 13, 1999

Description: Transcript of an interview with Fiske Hanley, an aeronautical engineer and Army Air Forces veteran (398th Bomb Squadron, 504th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force), concerning his experiences during World War II, including as a flight engineer aboard B-29s in the Pacific Theater and as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.
Date: October 13, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hanley, Fiske, II
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Archivos de Laredo: Documents for the History of Laredo

Description: Translation and summaries of materials from the Laredo Archives, held by St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; the documents contain information related to the history of Laredo, including religion, political life, ordinances and laws, education, military life, and land questions.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Wood, Robert D.
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

Emissions Inventory Questionnaire Package, 1999

Description: Report by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission on the Emissions Inventory Questionnaire Package, including general information, new accounts, updates, blank forms, and other relevant information.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Technical Analysis Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Harold L. Jones, September 30, 1999

Description: Interview with Harold L. Jones, Army Air Forces veteran (351st Bomb Group, 508th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 co-pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-flight training, Maxwell Field, Alabama, 1943; primary flight training, Bennettville, South Carolina, 1943; basic flight training, Shaw Field, South Carolina, 1943; advanced flight training, Atlanta, Georgia, 1943; forming of his crew; bomber training, Sioux City, Iowa, 1943; his personal as… more
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Harold L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Earl Sharp, September 28, 1999

Description: Interview with Earl Sharp, Army Air Forces veteran (533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Air National Guard (154th Observation Squadron), 1939; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; pre-flight training, Maxwell Field, Alabama, 1942; primary flight training, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1942; basic flight training, Newport, Arkansas, 1942; advanced f… more
Date: September 28, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sharp, Earl
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jordan R. Uttal, September 27, 1999

Description: Interview with Jordan R. Uttal, businessman and Army Air Forces veteran (2nd Air Division Headquarters, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a statistics control officer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war education and business experience in the dairy industry; entry into the Army, December 29, 1941; Air Forces Administrative Officer Candidate School, 1942; training as a statistical control officer at Harvard Business School under Robert McNamara, 1942-43; application… more
Date: September 27, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Uttal, Jordan R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lee Weber, September 23, 1999

Description: Interview with Lee Weber, a Marine Corps veteran (F Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division), concerning his experiences at Guadalcanal and Tarawa in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Prewar work experience with the United Fruit Company in Honduras; decision to join the Marine Corps Reserve, 1939, and assignment to a machine gun company in the 15th Battalion; call to active duty, October, 1940, and assignment to H Company at San Diego; his work as H Company armor… more
Date: September 23, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Weber, Lee
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

University of North Texas Schedule of Classes: Fall 1999

Description: Schedule of classes at the University of North Texas for the Fall semester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: University of North Texas. Registrar.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with George E. Jones, September 16, 1999

Description: Interview with George E. Jones, Army Air Forces veteran (576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans. Basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1942; basic flight training, Greenville, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Waco, Texas, 1942; bomber training, Davis… more
Date: September 16, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, George E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

The personal papers of George E. Jones: 576th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force, September 16, 1999

Description: Interview with George E. Jones, Army Air Forces veteran (576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force). Miscellaneous documents, including portions of his flight log from missions to France and Germany, 1944; printed accounts of his capture and experiences as a prisoner-of-war in Germany, 1944-45.
Date: September 16, 1999
Creator: Jones, George E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, September 13, 1999

Description: Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, Army Air Forces veteran (326th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment into the Aviation Cadet Program, February, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; flexible gunnery school, Eagle Pass, Texas, 1943; b… more
Date: September 13, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Spillman, Pat Yates
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999

Description: Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, libe… more
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Seidel, Robert
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William E. Cooper, September 7, 1999

Description: Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran William E. Cooper. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about being a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater, pre-flight and flight training, various assignments, and dropping supplies by parachute to prisoners-of-war. Cooper also talks about living on Guam, mechanical weaknesses of the B-29, his descriptions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima from the air after the dropping of the atomic bombs, his disappointment with not being ab… more
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cooper, William E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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