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Oral History -- Heather Hays

Description: This article is a short biography of news anchor Heather Hays describing her education and career, as well as her perspectives on technology and social media in relation to journalism.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Hooi-Rodriguez, Nicole
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

Oral History Interview with Heather Hays, November 29, 2018

Description: Interview with Heather Hays discussing her childhood and inspiration to go into journalism, as well as her education and highlights from her career as a news anchor. She also discusses winning Miss Hawaii in 1992 and how it affected her career path, as well as her perspectives on technology and social media.
Date: November 29, 2018
Creator: Hooi-Rodriguez, Nicole & Hays, Heather
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

Oral History Interview with Alvin W. Hall, March 13, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvin W Hall. Hall graduated from the Naval Academy in June of 1942. He was commissioned as ensign and assigned to the USS Texas (BB-35). Hall participated in convoy duty and the North African invasion. He then served aboard the USS Quincy (CA-71) as senior officer of turret 2, participating in the battles of Normandy and Cherbourg, and the invasion of Southern France. Hall then returned to the US to complete flight training and … more
Date: March 13, 2014
Creator: Hall, Alvin W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alvin W. Hall, March 13, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvin W Hall. Hall graduated from the Naval Academy in June of 1942. He was commissioned as ensign and assigned to the USS Texas (BB-35). Hall participated in convoy duty and the North African invasion. He then served aboard the USS Quincy (CA-71) as senior officer of turret 2, participating in the battles of Normandy and Cherbourg, and the invasion of Southern France. Hall then returned to the US to complete flight training and … more
Date: March 13, 2014
Duration: 54 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Hall, Alvin W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Alvino Mendoza, May 27, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvino Mendoza. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1944. He trained to be a member of the amphibious forces at Camp Wallace in Galveston, Texas. Mendoza traveled through the Pacific aboard the USS St. George (AV-16). He participated in the Battle of Okinawa in March through June of 1945, where his ship was hit by a kamikaze. Once the war ended, Mendoza was sent to Japan with occupation forces. While there, he came into contact with a Jap… more
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: Mendoza, Alvino
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alvino Mendoza, May 27, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvino Mendoza. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1944. He trained to be a member of the amphibious forces at Camp Wallace in Galveston, Texas. Mendoza traveled through the Pacific aboard the USS St. George (AV-16). He participated in the Battle of Okinawa in March through June of 1945, where his ship was hit by a kamikaze. Once the war ended, Mendoza was sent to Japan with occupation forces. While there, he came into contact with a Jap… more
Date: May 27, 2010
Duration: 3 hours 8 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Mendoza, Alvino
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Tor… more
Date: March 31, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Solis, John G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Tor… more
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Solis, John G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Andrew Firm, February 26, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Andrew Firm. Firm joined the Navy in June 1942 and only received 28 days of training before boarding the light cruiser USS Montpelier (CL-57). As a gunner’s mate, his first duty was greasing the guns while the Montpelier patrolled The Slot around Guadalcanal. During island bombardments, he added special tips to shells that would clear trees from the beachheads. In the blazing heat of the Marianas, he was stunned to see a war… more
Date: February 26, 2009
Duration: 55 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Firm, Andrew
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Andrew Firm, February 26, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Andrew Firm. Firm joined the Navy in June 1942 and only received 28 days of training before boarding the light cruiser USS Montpelier (CL-57). As a gunner’s mate, his first duty was greasing the guns while the Montpelier patrolled The Slot around Guadalcanal. During island bombardments, he added special tips to shells that would clear trees from the beachheads. In the blazing heat of the Marianas, he was stunned to see a war… more
Date: February 26, 2009
Creator: Firm, Andrew
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Haynes, September 19, 2001

Description: Interview with Major General Frederick Haynes, a Marine WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Haynes discusses growing up, becoming an officer in the Marine Corps, being a small arms instructor, assignment to the 28th Marines and training for combat, various experiences fighting the Battle of Iwo Jima, and reflections on battle.
Date: September 19, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Haynes, Frederick E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William J. Fisk, December 26, 1996

Description: Interview with William J. Fisk, a Navy veteran (VPB-123), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the crew of a PB4Y-2; his unauthorized participation in a combat mission out of Okinawa over the Sea of Japan; battle damage to his plane; description of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from aerial observations after the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date: December 26, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Fisk, William J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Leo Nugent, October 5, 1996

Description: Interview with Leo Nugent, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Hickam Field with the 11th Bombardment Group during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a photocopied data sheet on the 11th and 5th Bomb Groups [1 leaf]
Date: October 5, 1996
Creator: Blanchette, Scott & Nugent, Leo B.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hollis G. Duell, May 22, 1996

Description: Interview with Hollis G. Duell, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sargo in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sargo, 1941; his responsibilities as a yeoman; early war patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines; transfer to the Submarine Division Commander's Office, Pearl harbor, 1944; postwar duty in the Submarine Service.
Date: May 22, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Duell, Hollis G.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard Grissom, May 9, 1996

Description: Interview with Richard Grissom, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Tirante in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1944; his training as an electrician's mate; qualification examination; assignment to the Tirante, 1945; various patrols around the Japanese home islands.
Date: May 9, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Grissom, Richard
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Norman Benedict, May 7, 1996

Description: Interview with Norman Benedict, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as an engineering officer with Submarine Division 46 and Submarine Division 106 in the Pacific Theater while stationed at Pearl Harbor during World War II. Assignment to the USS Cuttlefish, 1941; transfer to the Engineering and Repair Department, Pearl Harbor, 1942, as a division engineer; comments about submarine maintenance, repair, and modernization.
Date: May 7, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Benedict, Norman
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ralph W. Nelson, April 18, 1996

Description: Transcript of an interview with Ralph W. Nelson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS Batfish and USS Parche in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, San Francisco, California, 1942; early torpedo problems; his responsibilities as a fire controlman; assignment to the Batfish, 1944; various patrols in the Luzon Strait and Makassar Strait; lifeguard duty off Palau for downed airmen; transfer to the Parche, 1945.
Date: April 18, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Nelson, Ralph W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John L. Dillingham, December 15, 1995

Description: Interview with John D. Dellingham, a Navy WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Dellingham discusses his experiences aboard the USS Hull at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his decision to join the Navy, training, assignment to the Hull, work and life on the ship, operations prior to December 7th, the crew's reaction to the attack and performance in the battle, operations afterwards, and his service later in the war.
Date: December 15, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillingham, John L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert M. Allen, October 14, 1995

Description: Interview with Robert Allen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while temporarily assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (His permanent assignment was aboard the aircraft tender USS Avocet. He was attending signalman school at the Submarine Base).
Date: October 14, 1995
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Allen, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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["Toussaint: Angel Warrior of Haiti" theatrical performance]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the performance of "Toussaint: Angel of Warrior of Haiti" held over the weekend of February 18th-20th, 1994. The footage show two black male actors in costume performing on a stage with a backdrop flat of a stone building.
Date: February 1994
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 40 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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