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Scouting, Volume 77, Number 3, May-June 1989

Description: Bi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: June 1989
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

[Funeral Program for Timothy Nicholson, February 9, 1989]

Description: Funeral program for CMSgt Timothy Nicholson, born April 3, 1919. The funeral was held Thursday, February 9, 1989 at Second Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. S. H. James. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas. Includes a newspaper clipping.
Date: February 9, 1989
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

[Funeral Program for Daisy Bilton, September 13, 1989]

Description: Funeral program for Sister Daisy Bilton, born April 21, 1919 and died September 8, 1989. The funeral was held Wednesday, September 13, 1989 at Zion Star Baptist Church, officiated by Joe Webb, Sr. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Southern Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: September 13, 1989
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

Oral History Interview with Herbert R. Morris, May 8, 1989

Description: Transcript of an interview with Herbert Morris, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Morris discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: May 8, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Morris, Herbert R., 1919-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Roy Eschmann, February 23, 1989

Description: Interview with Roy Eschmann, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eschmann discusses joining the Army, basic training, assignment to Schofield Barracks and the 25th Infantry Division, his duties and daily life, Japanese friends on Hawaii, preparation for war, guard duty on the night of December 6/7th, the morning of the attack and shooting at Japanese aircraft, patrols afterwards and fear of invasion, rumors, and later service.
Date: February 23, 1989
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Eschmann, Roy L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Philip Brodsky, December 11, 1989

Description: Interview with Philip Brodsky, a pharmacologist, a civil servant, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Brodsky discusses the Japanese bombing of Nichols Field, the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Palawan Island (1942-1944), the hell ship to Formosa (1944), and his liberation.
Date: 1989-12-11/1989-12-13
Creator: Burlage, George & Brodsky, Philip
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with E. F. Howard, April 8, 1989

Description: Interview with E. F. Howard, a Army WWII veteran from Haines, Arkanas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Howard discusses entering the service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, the facilities and daily life there, the lead up to war, events of December 7th, 1941, and service, injury, and discharge afterwards.
Date: April 8, 1989
Creator: Smith, Melinda & Howard, E. F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Paul E. Papish, January 30, 1989

Description: Interview with Paul E. Papish, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Denver, Colorado, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Papish discusses joining the Navy in 1939 and training, assignment to the Houston and operations in the Pacific, the start of war and initial engagements, the Battle of the Java Sea, getting sunk at Sundra Strait, surviving on a raft and reaching shore on Java, capture, initial internment, transfer to and experiences in Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Chang… more
Date: January 30, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Papish, Paul E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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