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[Wesley Phelps interview with Charolette Taft, August 18, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded during August 18th, 2022 in Glorieta, New Mexico. Phelps interviews Charolette Taft on her experiences as a Dallas spokesperson and activist in the 1970s during the emerging women's rights movement. Taft speaks on her involvement in the custody case of Mary Jo Risher, a lesbian woman who lost custody of her young son to her ex-husband. She continues to discuss her experiences running the Routh Street Women's Clinic in Da… more
Date: August 18, 2022
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Josh Prager, August 18, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 18th, 2022 in Maplewood, New Jersey. Phelps interviews author Joshua Prager on his research over Roe v. Wade and the involvement of lawyer Henry McCluskey in the life of Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe. Prager discusses Henry McCluskey's identity as a gay man, his roll connecting Norma McCorvey to her lawyer Linda Coffee, his legal career, and his murder in 1973. They continue to discuss newspaper cove… more
Date: August 18, 2022
Duration: 29 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Norman Riggsby, March 18, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Norman Riggsby. Riggsby was drafted into the Army in October of 1943. He served as a bugler at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. In January of 1944, he was deployed to Scotland, then England, and assigned to the 29th Infantry Division, 175th Infantry Regiment. Riggsby trained on the anti-aircraft guns. He participated in the invasion of Normandy, landing at Omaha Beach. He describes the events and combat of this day, and how he got wou… more
Date: March 18, 2021
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Riggsby, Norman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Episode 34: The New Athletes - College Varsity Esports with Dylan Wray

Description: Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dylan Wray, Esports Coordinator of the Varsity Program at UNT. Susan and Dylan discuss the transformation of videogame tournaments, associated business models, and the integration of various career fields into the world of Esports.
Date: March 18, 2020
Duration: 38 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Episode 21: Dr. Krisstal Clayton

Description: Interview with Dr. Krisstal Clayton for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan interviews Dr. Krisstal Clayton of the Department of Psychology at UNT. In a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Clayton talks with Susan about her collaborations with law enforcement professionals, clinicians, criminal offenders, and victims' advocates to educate students about the many roles psychology plays in the American legal system. Dr. Clayton also explains how she got involve… more
Date: September 18, 2019
Duration: 31 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan & Clayton, Krisstal
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Episode 18: Susan Supak

Description: Interview with Susan Supak for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. For the final episode of Season 1 of our podcast, Susan assumes the guest role as Jordan Williams interviews her about her remarkable career and her experience working with OLLI at UNT. Susan shares stories about her work as a spokeswoman for the Army, including how her duties took her inside the Soviet Union as our nation pursued an arms reduction agreement near the end of the Cold War. Susan also talks about … more
Date: April 18, 2019
Duration: 25 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan & Williams, Jordan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Baumbach, March 18, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Baumbach. Baumbach joined the Marine Corps in November of 1942. Beginning around mid-1943, he served as a Radioman with the First Armored Amphibious Battalion, Company D. In January of 1944, they deployed to Kauai, Hawaii. They participated in the battles of Kwajalein, Guam and Okinawa. Baumbach returned to the US and received his discharge in December of 1945.
Date: March 18, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Baumbach, Joseph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bart Semerero, October 18, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bart Semerero. Semerero joined the Army Air Forces in 1943. He completed bombardier training. Beginning in April of 1944, he served aboard a B-17 with the 326th Base Unit. He was transferred to Florida to completed additional training, where he was stationed when the war ended. He continued his service after the war ended, serving with occupying forces in Germany, receiving his discharge in 1947.
Date: October 18, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Semerero, Bart
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Diefenderfer, October 18, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Diefenderfer. Diefenderfer joined the Army in March of 1943. He completed the Army Specialized Training Program, and joined the 1299th Engineer Combat Battalion. In June of 1945 they traveled to Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan. He worked as a surveyor and for an officer, transporting him for various tasks during the Japanese occupation. He shares a number of anecdotal stories regarding his time overseas. Diefenderfer r… more
Date: October 18, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Diefenderfer, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alfred Keeler, September 18, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred Keeler. Keeler joined the Navy in July of 1943. In November, he served as a Radio Operator with the 2nd Marine Division, during the Battle of Tarawa. In 1944, Keeler traveled aboard the USS Bushnell (AS-15) to Midway, where he continued to work as a radio operator on the island. Beginning late 1944, he served in communications with Admiral Nimitz headquarters in Hawaii. He was a passenger aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41)… more
Date: September 18, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Keeler, Alfred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Don Stinson, August 18, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Don Stinson. Stinson was born in 1923 and briefly tells of his childhood. He joined the Army Air Forces in October 1942. He was selected for flight training and tells of the various air fields and aircraft on which he learned to fly. After receiving his commission in 1943, he was assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group. Stinson describes the difficulty in piloting a C-47 due to his size. Soon after organizing, the group was outfit… more
Date: August 18, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Stinson, Don
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017

Description: Interview with Waynne Rogers, a rancher from Harper, TX near Kerrville. Rogers talks about family, his work ranching and shearing sheep and goats, his past education at Tivy High School and undergraduate metallurgical engineering degree, and different positions he held as an engineer.
Date: October 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Rogers, Waynne
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Ray Smith, August 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ray Smith. Smith joined the Army in April, 1943 and trained asa combat medic. He wasassigned to the 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. He landed with the division on Bougainville. Smith was wounded on the fifth day at Bougainville and was evacuated. He returned to his unit and was with them when they landed on Luzon in the Philippines. He shares anecdotes from combat expeiriences on Luzon and in Manila. Ray earned t… more
Date: August 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Smith, Ray
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew tr… more
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Tucker, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Tucker. Tucker was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. He went to aircraft armament school at Buckley Field, Colorado and aerial gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. He was then assigned to a B-25 crew training in Columbia, South Carolina. He served as a tail gunner. He provides detail of his activities and lessons in training. In December of 1944 his crew received orders to go overseas to India. His crew joi… more
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leon Stath, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leon Stath. Stath joined the Navy and volunteered for submarine duty in 1944. After finishing sound school and torpedo school, he was sent to the Pacific and assigned aboard the submarine tender USS Howard W Gilmore (AS-16) at Subic Bay. He also served on submarine skeleton crews ferrying subs as well as aboard USS Requin (SS-481) when Slade Cutter commanded. When the war ended, Stath took his discharge in late 1945.
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Stath, Leon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Philip and Mary Elizabeth Wales, March 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Philip and Mary Elizabeth Wales. Wales graduated from medical school in 1943. He was stationed at Ulithi and had some interaction with the island natives. When the war ended, Wales accepted his discharge and began practicing medicine in San Antonio. Mrs. Wales joined the Army Nurse Corps, graduated as a nurse and went to work in Galveston. They met after the war and married.
Date: March 18, 2017
Duration: 52 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Wales, Philip & Wales, Mary Elizabeth
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Smith, January 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard, Rick, Smith. Smith was born in El Paso, Texas in October of 1939. His parents were Arden Smith and Winnie Mae Wilson Smith, formerly Hagee. Winnie is the older sister of Michael Hagee, President and CEO of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation. Arden died in 1945, and Rick’s grandparents came to live with he and his mother. Bob Hagee, Michaels’s father, had property north of Fredericksburg, Texas, close to Boot Ranch today. Rick… more
Date: January 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Smith, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Thorney, November 18, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Thorney. Thorney was in the NROTC at Northwestern University when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was commissioned in September 1944, a year early, and sent to Florida for training in antisubmarine warfare. He was eventually assigned as the executive officer aboard USS PGM-2, a motorized patrol gunboat, in the Solomon Islands. Thorney recalls operating mostly at night around the Rabaul area interdicting Japanese su… more
Date: November 18, 2016
Duration: 50 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Thorney, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Riggs, November 18, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Riggs. Riggs joined the Navy in March 1943 and trained at San Diego. He was then assigned as a parachute rigger in Torpedo Squadron 40 (VT-40) aboard the USS Suwannee (ACV-27) in February, 1945. He was aboard when the Suwannee participated in the Okinawa invasion. After the war, Riggs stayed in the Active Reserves until 1985, retiring as a master chief.
Date: November 18, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Riggs, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with A. B. Bell and R. A. Bell, October 18, 2016

Description: Interview with Arthur Baker Bell and Robert Alan Bell, alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. The Bell brothers recount their memories of the public Cascade Swimming Pool, Robert's time as a university swimmer, Arthur's hitchhiking trip to Alaska, and their community activities that have occurred since their retirement.
Date: October 18, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Bell, Arthur Baker & Bell, Robert Alan
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Robert J. Gettelfinger, September 18, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert J Gettelfinger. Gettelfinger joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1942. He completed Cadet School in San Antonio. He served as a C-46 pilot and was deployed to Chabua, India in 1943. He recalls flying the Hump, transporting fuel, munitions and supervisory staff to Kunming, China. Gettelfinger also completed missions to Burma. He returned to the US in November of 1944 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He continu… more
Date: September 18, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Gettelfinger, Robert J
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arthur Wages, August 18, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Wages. Wages joined the Navy in February 1943 and trained at Great Lakes and then attended quartermaster school in Rhode Island. When he got overseas to New Caledonia, he was assigned to the USS Washington (BB-56) in late 1943. He was aboard when the Washington was involved in a collision at sea. After a brief home leave and repairs, Wages returned to the ship and participated in the action at the Mariana Islands, the Pala… more
Date: August 18, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Wages, Arthur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hubert Kosub, August 18, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hubert Kosub. Kosub continues his original conversation which was recorded in 2014 (Oral History # 04158). He relates his experience aboard USS Lyra (AK-101) as it escorted a group of floating dry docks when they sailed from the US to the Admiralty Islands. He tells of the construction and purpose of docks. Kosub was discharged in late 1945.
Date: August 18, 2016
Duration: 38 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Kosub, Hubert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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