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Oral History Interview with Eugene Camp, October 14, 1977

Description: Transcript of audio interview with Eugene Camp, a United States Army veteran, regarding his experiences during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941, while stationed at Camp Malakole. Camp discusses receiving survivors from the minesweeper Oglala and seeing the battleship Nevada run aground.
Date: October 14, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Camp, Eugene
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Mary Elizabeth Runkles Davis

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mary Elizabeth Runkles Davis from Marfa, Texas, who contracted polio at the age of seven - She later went on to eat dinner with President Roosevelt, become Woman of the Year in 1968, and write poetry.
Date: January 1977
Creator: Sanchez, Delma
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

Oral History Interview with Thomas A. Whitehead, February 2, 1977

Description: Interview with Thomas Whitehead, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas. Whitehead discusses his experiences as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, the "Lost Battalion" captured on Java in March 1942, including: joining the National Guard; participation in the Louisiana Maneuvers; departure for the Philippines and diversion to Brisbane; assignment to Sangosari Airfield near Malang; the surrender of American forces; internment at Tanjong Priok and Bic… more
Date: February 2, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitehead, Thomas A.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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