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Oral History Interview with Francis R. Ferry, September 30, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis R. Ferry. Ferry grew up in Nebraska and taught for a year before joining the Navy in 1942. He had enrolled in the Civilian Pilot Training Program prior to enlisting. He trained on the N3N, the SNJ, the OS2U, the BT, the SBC3 and other types of aircraft. He was assigned to be a dive-bomber, flying the SB2C Helldiver. Ferry was initially assigned to VB-14 and left aboard the USS Wasp to the coast of Venezuela where he … more
Date: September 30, 2000
Creator: Ferry, Francis R.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[News Script: Plane Crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of three person who believed to be from Texas died in the crash of a light plane near Texas Oklahoma border.
Date: September 6, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan and Ernest McMillan

Description: Interview with Eva McMillan and her son, Ernest McMillan, civil rights activists in Dallas. Mrs. McMillan discusses her upbringing, home life, her affiliation with the Dallas Progressive Voters League and SNCC and her activism in Dallas. Mr. McMillan discusses his upbringing, activism, prison sentence, and affiliations with SNCC and other civil rights organizations.
Date: September 2, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Longhorn cattle]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a cattle drive from San Antonio, Texas to Topeka, Kansas.
Date: September 25, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: TCU]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between Texas Christian University and the University of Kansas at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence.
Date: September 23, 1956
Duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to A. M. Hilliard, September 15, 1917]

Description: Letter from Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to A. M. Hilliard discussing the informality of the request for permission dates for consolidation of the eleventh and twelfth districts. It is mentioned that the consolidation has been discussed the management of the company, but no formal permission has been given. The consolidation was not approved by the General Committee of the Firemen's Organization until the last meeting in Dallas during spring of 1917.
Date: September 15, 1917
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

Oral History Interview with M. L. Daman, 1973

Description: Interview with Colonel M.L. Daman, an Army veteran and a survivor of the siege of Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Daman discusses the fall of Corregidor and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942-1943), Davao Penal Colony (1943-1944), Bilibid Prison again (1945), the fall of Manila, and his liberation. Includes an appendix.
Date: September 29, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Daman, M. L., 1915-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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