Texas Oral History Collection - 12 Matching Results
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- Oral History Interview with R. N. Isacksen, May 9, 1979
- Interview with R. N. Isacksen, a United States Navy veteran from Des Moines, Iowa. Isacksen discusses his experiences aboard the seaplane tender the USS Tangier during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1978.
- Oral History Interview with Karl Johnson, December 9, 1978
- Interview with Karl Johnson, a United States Navy veteran from Burlington, Iowa. Johnson explains his experiences and recollections aboard the target battleship the USS Utah during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with B. D. Fillmore, October 9, 1973
- Audio interview with B. D. Fillmore, a veteran of World War II from Dallas, Texas, regarding his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after being captured on the island of Java in 1942. Fillmore discusses his transfer to several different camps as a part of the "Lost Battalion."
- Oral History Interview with Emil T. Beran, December 9, 1978
- Interview with Emil T. Beran, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Louis, Missouri. Beran gives his experiences and impressions of being stationed aboard the destroyer the USS Allen during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Henry N. Bergel, December 9, 1978
- Interview with Henry N. Bergel, a United States Navy veteran from North Saint Louis, Missouri. Bergel discusses his experiences aboard the destroyer the USS Schley during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977
- Interview with Phillip Daffron, a Army WWII veteran from Plano, Texas. Daffron discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 including his education and entry into service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 1940, training in field artillery, events during the day of the attack at Schofield Barracks and Punchbowl Crater, subsequent events on Oahu, and some details about his service afterwards.
- Oral History Interview with Frank Fujita, November 9, 1970
- Interview with Frank Fujita, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas. Fujita recounts his experiences as a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "the Lost Battalion"), including: joining the Guard and deploying to East Asia; diversion to Brisbane and assignment to Malang, Java; repelling a Japanese infantry assault; attempted evasion of Japanese forces before being captured; and internment and labor at Surabaja, Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and Omori Camp in Tokyo. Fujita recorded his POW experiences in an encrypted diary.
- Oral History Interview with Blanche Duplantis February 9, 1976
- Interview with Blanche. DuPlantis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include 1923 through post World War II: Baytown in the 1920's and 1930's, the effect of World War II, banking business, the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church.
- Oral History Interview with Phyllis Busch, October 9, 1979
- Interview with Phyllis Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her early life and family background, including a description of tent city, Horace Mann school, 1923, the picture show in Pelly, and her religious and community life in Cedar Bayou.
- Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, February 9, 1976
- Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include 1923 through post World War II: Baytown in the 1920's and 1930's, the effect of World War II, banking business, the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church.
- Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, September 9, 1977
- Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences as a member of the 65th Legislature. Agnich talks about budget surplus, highway appropriations, public school financing, the Peveto bill, and personal legislation.
- Oral History Interview with Sterling Edwards, May 9, 1974
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Sterling Edwards. The interview includes Edwards' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 407th Signal Aviation Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a narrative and letters.