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[Photograph of Students at a Denton Trade School]

Description: Photograph of a group of young men posing in a classroom. According to accompanying information, the students were in a trade school for persons returning from service. This class likley came about because of the GI Bill that was signed into law by FDR on June 22, 1944. It provided job counseling and employment services for WWII veterans, as well as training and education at approved institutions. They are identified as: Row 1 (front) -- Foy Woods, James Alexander, Wallace Hunter, James Holli… more
Date: [1946..1949]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Fred Douglas High School Football Team]

Description: Photocopy of the team portrait of the Fred Douglas High School football team during the 1940s. Identified from left to right: First Row -- William Goodnes, Lawrence Peace, L. H. Simpkins, unknown, Eddie Franklin, George Davis, Ernest Sims, Jr., Charlie Beatty. Second Row -- J. D. Stimson (left), James Whitlow (second from right). Third Row -- Bennie Gober, Billy Simpson, unknown, Luther Varner, Ponder, unknown, W. L. Kimble, E. D. Price, unknown.
Date: [1940..1949]
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987

Description: Interview with Charley Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Elmore City, Oklahoma. Pryor discusses joining the Marine Corps, operations with the North China Marines in Tsingtao, interactions with Japanese troops before the war, surviving the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30), being captured and participating in a Japanese landing on Java, thoughts on Japanese soldiers and military life, experiences working on the Burma Railway in Thailand, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Bata… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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