DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY AUDIOVISUAL DEPARTMENT World War II Participants Video Oral History Interviews EL-VOH-WWII-1 Interviewee: Robert Charles Bracken; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Laura Daniella Hauge Date of Interview: January 14, 1997 Format: VHS TRT: 1:19:35 Subjects: Battle of the Bulge; POW camp. This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-2 Interviewee: Don Raley; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Jack Ford Date of Interview: unknown Format: VHS TRT: 0:17:46 Subjects: European Theater of Operations. This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-3 Interviewee: Genevieve Boyce; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: J. Wilford Boyce Date of Interview: January 26, 1997 Format: VHS TRT: 0:39:31 Subjects: Army; Fort Benning, Georgia; New Guinea; Philippines This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-4 Interviewee: John G. Waddell; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Ryan Sears Date of Interview: unknown Format: VHS TRT: 0:15:27 Topics discussed: Medic in Philippines. This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-5 Interviewee: Bill Hyatt; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Travis Rakes Date of Interview: unknown Format: VHS TRT: 0:15:43 Subjects: European Theater of Operations. This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-6 Interviewee: Jack Stephenson; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Jon Stacy Date of Interview: unknown Format: VHS TRT: 1:09:38 Subjects: The 2nd Division; D-Day; wounded. This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-7 Interviewee: William L. Ruggles; Interviewer: Joy Russell Date of Interview: unknown Format: VHS (Picture quality is poor) TRT: 0:29:53 Subjects: This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-8 Interviewee: Lucy W. Rimbach; Talihira, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe L. Todd Date of Interview: May 14, 1999 Format: VHS (Picture quality is poor) TRT: 0:29:04 Subjects: EL-VOH-WWII-9 Interviewee: Betty Cramp; Gale, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:08:15 Subjects: Pearl Harbor; tin cans; home front; rationing and air raid drills. This interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. Interviewee: Frank Henry; Philadelphia, Mississippi Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:16:08 Subjects: Camp Blandin; Florida; European Theater of Operations; concentration camps. This interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. Interviewee: Rosalie Byers Imotochey; Sulfur, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:24:13 Subjects: Pearl Harbor; Douglas Aircraft; home front; Hiroshima. This interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. Interviewee: Lewis H. Swindler Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 1:01:12 Subjects: USS Saratoga; average onboard ship; Australia. This interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. EL-VOH-WWII-10 Interviewee: Charles B. Laughlin; Helotes; Texas & Don Robertson; Wagoner, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:26:23 Subjects: War effort; V-J Day; 82nd Airborne. This interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. Interviewee: Mose Parris Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:19:50 Subjects: Louisiana maneuvers; boot camp at Great Lakes; USS Mount Vernon; USS Oklahoma. Interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. Interviewee: Cecil James; Fort Gobson, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:16:17 Subjects: North Africa; Korea. This interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. Interviewee: Jeff Bean; Claremore, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 10, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:24:52 Subjects: Coast Guard; German POWs; security at Panama Canal; Korea. This interview was conducted at the Chilocco Indian School reunion. EL-VOH-WWII-11 Interviewee: William F. White; Kingfisher, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:38:14 Subjects: CCC program; enlistment in the Navy; USS Tucson; Horoshima; hurricane. EL-VOH-WWII-12 Interviewee: Henry Starr Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: 1999 Format: VHS TRT: 0:13:41 Subjects: Interviewee: Joe Smith Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: 1999 Format: VHS TRT: Subjects: Interviewee: Atha Meig; Park Hill, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 12, 1999 Format: VHS TRT: Subjects: Trip to France; victory ship; Metz, France; radio; Statue of Liberty. EL-VOH-WWII-13 Interviewee: Glen Murray; Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: November 11, 1999 Format: VHS (Picture quality is poor) TRT: 1:01:53 Subjects: Gunnery school; parachute training; POW camp; how men escaped from camp. Interviewee: Mary Louis Nichols; Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: November 2, 1999 Format: VHS (Picture quality is poor TRT: 0:11:37 Subjects: Shorthand & typing; V-E Day EL-VOH-WWII-14 Interviewee: M.D. Wickware; Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: November 2, 1999 Format: VHS (Picture quality is poor) TRT: 0:36:11 Subjects: Drafted; 17th Airborne Division; Fort Bragg. Interviewee: Ples Davis; Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: November 2, 1999 Format: VHS (Picture quality is poor) TRT: 0:51:03 Subjects: Louisiana Maneuvers; USS Uraguay; trip to Europe; North Africa; invasion of Sicily; Korea. EL-VOH-WWII-15 Interviewee: James William Stapleton; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joey McNair Date of Interview: January 9, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:54:24 Subjects: 97th Infantry. This interview was conducted as part of the Harold and Mildred Todd Scholarship. EL-VOH-WWII-16 Interviewee: Johanna Van Veen; Purcell, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:53:37 Subjects: Dutch underground; saving a pilot; Statue of Liberty. Interviewee: Sidney M. Metcalf; Purcell, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:35:19 Subjects: Los Angeles recruiting office; mobile radar unit; Hawaii to Guam; USO; Iwo Jima; Hiroshima. EL-VOH-WWII-17 Interviewee: Pauline Rodke; Paoli, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:16:01 Subjects: Homefront; blackouts; Eisenhower. Interviewee: Laura Thompson Calvert Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:13:25 Subjects: Home front; victory gardens; rationing; writing to soldiers; Naval base at Purcell. Interviewee: Wes Cavnar; Byars, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 1:24:08 Subjects: Gunnery school; USS Riddle; shakedown cruise; Pearl Harbor; Iwo Jima; Okinawa. EL-VOH-WWII-18 Interviewee: Carolyn Breeden; Purcell, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:19:46 Subjects: Rationing; USO. Interviewee: Joyce A. Rex; Purcell, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:07:11 Subjects: Writing. Interviewee: Laura Standerfer; Purcell, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:11:41 Subjects: Sheetmetal wokers; USO; Douglas Aircraft. Interviewee: Opal Kerbo Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0;14:01 Subjects: Interviewee: Cecile Dobelbower; Purcell, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: February 29, 2000 Format: VHS TRT: 0:11:05 Subjects: Homefront; rationing; paper drives; war mother; clothes. EL-VOH-WWII-19 Interviewee: Gene Haff; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: May 25, 2000 Format: 8mm TRT: 1:52:01 Subjects: EL-VOH-WWII-20 Interviewee: Bert Benear; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: May 28, 2000 Format: 8mm TRT: 1:12:37 Subjects: Air Corps; Flight Training; 526th Squadron, 86th Fighter Bomb Group; Italy EL-VOH-WWII-21 Interviewee: Howard Morrison; Bartlesville , Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: May 28, 2000 Format: 8mm TRT: 1:23:37 Subjects: Navy; North Africa; England; D-Day; Naval Ammunition Depot, McAlester, Oklahoma Additional Material: Copies of Current and WWII-Era Portraits EL-VOH-WWII-22 Interviewee: Lyle Russell; Ocholata, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: May 21, 2000 Format: 8mm TRT: 0:13:28 Subjects: Battle of the Bulge; 106th Division; POW EL-VOH-WWII-23 Interviewee: Pat Frank Kilpatrick; Jennings, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: May 4, 2000 Format: 8mm TRT: 0:42:56 Subjects: Pacific Theater; USS Purdy EL-VOH-WWII-24 Interviewee: John Blue; Bartlesville, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: May 13, 2000 Format: 8mm TRT: 1:09:33 Subjects: CCC; Army; Basic Training – Camp Swift, Texas; 146th Engineers; France; D- Day; Omaha Beach; Belgium; Battle of the Bulge Additional Material: Copies of Current and WWII-Era Portraits EL-VOH-WWII-25 Interviewee: Robert Barrigan; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Interviewer: Joe Todd Date of Interview: June 14, 2000 Format: 8mm TRT: 1:06:35 Subjects: USS Tangler; Pearl Harbor Additional