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Oral History Interview with William Ellis, September 17, 1988

Description: Interview with William Ellis, a United States Navy veteran from Denison, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the naval supply vessel USS Antares. It includes an Appendix with more details recording the history of the vessel.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ellis, William
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Glennon Ryan, September 16, 1988

Description: Interview with Glennon Ryan, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Louis, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Ford Island Naval Air Station as a member of the Assembly and Repair Division.
Date: September 16, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ryan, Glennon
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William Tucker, September 25, 1985

Description: Interview with William Tucker, a business executive from Boston, regarding his experiences working for Caltex Petroleum Corporation, their refinery construction and expansion during World War II and after the war, the oil industry, and Caltex in India, Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, and South Africa.
Date: September 25, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tucker, William
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George Hargens, December 14, 1985

Description: Interview with George Hargens, a former Caltex executive from San Francisco, California, to discuss his experiences working for Standard Oil during the Great Depression, his transfer to Caltex and establishment of the German market, work as a director of several oil companies, and leaving Caltex.
Date: September 14, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hargens, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985

Description: Interview with Darwin "Mac" McMillan, a long-term employee of Caltex from California, discussing his background, employment with Texaco and Standard Oil, the history of Caltex and his work as an executive there, his various assignment experiences in China the Philippines, Germany, India, and South Africa, and the oil market.
Date: September 16, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003

Description: Interview with Robert O. Andrews, a businessman and United States Army Air Force veteran from Jean, Texas, regarding his experience in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses enlistment, training, assignments including his overseas assignments in India and Burma, reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his postwar career.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Senator Betty Andujar, September 6, 1979

Description: Interview with Senator Betty Andujar, a Republican Texas state legislator from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Andujar discusses her experiences attending the 66th Legislative Session of the Texas Senate, including her impressions of the Republican Party in Texas, the demographics of the district she represents, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion rights, the State Affairs committee, taxes, and legal cases.
Date: September 6, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Andujar, Betty, 1912-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, September 7, 1979

Description: Interview with Senator Ike Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses his experiences attending the 66th Legislative Session of the Texas Senate, including thoughts on Governor Briscoe and Governor Clements, the appropriations bill, tax relief, and public school finance.
Date: September 7, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, September 7, 1977

Description: Interview with O. H. ("Ike") Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Texas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Harris discusses the budget surplus, appropriations, the highway bill, public school financing, his personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: September 7, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, September 19, 1975

Description: Interview with Walt Parker, a builder, farmer-rancher, and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton. Parker discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also talks about the selection of Bill Clayton as speaker of the House, committee appointments, the constitutional revision, public school financing, public utilities legislation, and his personal legislation.
Date: September 19, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walter E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972

Description: Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date: September 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Breckenridge Garrison, September 18, 1970

Description: Interview with Brack Garrison, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Amarillo, Texas, accompanied by Nita Boynton. Garrison details his experiences defending Guam in the Japanese invasion of December 1941, and his subsequent surrender and internment in Japanese POW camps at Zentsuji and Osaka.
Date: September 18, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Garrison, John Breckenridge (Brack)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Nathan Donsky, September 11, 1982

Description: Interview with Nathan Donsky, a business-owner from Dallas, Texas. Donsky discusses his family history, his upbringing, first job as a secretary, running small businesses in San Angelo and Forsan, Texas, founding Goren & Donsky's Pawn Shop, how he married his wife, expanding the business, starting Nathan's Jewelers, family happenings, company finances, and business partnerships and relations.
Date: September 11, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Donsky, Nathan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Sykes, September 27, 1971

Description: Interview with Mr. C. S. Sykes, a US Army WWII veteran from Ardmore, Oklahoma, and his wife, from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Both were on Oahu on December 7th, 1941, and witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They discuss the peacetime army, being stationed at Schofield Barracks, living on Kawailoa Beach, events prior to the attack, and events during the attack on Oahu.
Date: September 27, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Sykes, C. S. & Sykes, Mrs. C. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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