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[Clipping: Four Receive Order of Fifinella Awards]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing awards given by the Order of Fifinella to benefactors of the WASP at their 30th anniversary banquet in Sweetwater, Texas. Featured is a photo of men in uniform and several uniformed WASP veterans saluting an American flag. Various other news excerpt and two advertisements are included.
Date: [1973,1975]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[List of WASP Name Changes]

Description: List of WASP members whose names changed when they married, including their class numbers and addresses. The names include: Ann C. O'Connor (Cawley), Sarah Elizabeth Lundy (Pearce), Evelyn Hilton (Laesch), Bertha Trasky (Link), Margaret Stegall (Cox), Geraldine Jordan (Hardman), Eleanor Lawry (Feeley), Geraldine Olinger (Bowen), Margery Holben (Moore), Alisa Simonson (Connolly), Jane Miller (Dyde), Mary Hearn (Nesbit), Merridee Snively (Newell), Virginia Healy (Knapp), and Selma Cronan.
Date: October 2, 1973
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973

Description: Interview with George P. Lawley, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Odessa, Texas. Lawley discusses his time with the so-called "Lost Battalion" on Java and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, including: joining the National Guard in 1940 and training, deployment for East Asia with 2nd Battallion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and his unit's capture; and his experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok in Batavia… more
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Teague, William J. & Lawley, George P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George W. McDaniel, October 23, 1973

Description: Interview with George W. McDaniel, draftsman and U.S. Marine Corps WWII veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. McDaniel discusses the fall of Wake island and capture; hell ship to China, 1942; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
Date: October 23, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McDaniel, George W., 1915-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Henry B. Stowers, May 25, 1973

Description: Interview with Henry B. Stowers, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Searight, Alabama. Stowers discusses his deployments to China in the late-1930s; duties of the Marines in China before the war; the surrender of the North China Marines in December, 1941; his experiences in internment at Woosung; internment at Kiangwang and working on the "Mount Fuji" project; and internment as coal mining labor at Hakodate.
Date: May 25, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stowers, Henry B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with J. B. Heinen, Jr., October 29, 1973

Description: Interview with J. B. Heinen Jr., an independent oilman, U. S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and a member of the "Lost Battalion." Heinen discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, including the fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; and his liberation in Bangkok.
Date: October 29, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Heinen, J. B., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with P. J. Smallwood, October 1973

Description: Interview with P. J. Smallwood, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Sherman, Texas. Smallwood recounts his experiences with the "Lost Battallion" which was captured on Java in March, 1942, and his subsequent time as a POW, including: joining the National Guard; mobilization and deployment to East Asia; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and the unit's capture; and his internment and labor at the Bicycle Camp in Batavia (Jakarta), Changi Camp in Singapore… more
Date: {1973-10-11,1973-10-25}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smallwood, P. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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