0:01:59 Family life
0:04:45 Growing up in a railroad depot and World War II
0:07:34 Railroad work and telegraphy in father’s time
0:09:38 First job as a grocery clerk, the “extra board” and railroad seniority
0:11:45 Interstate Commerce Commission
0:17:22 Morse Telegraph Club
0:26:12 First transcontinental telegraph line
0:23:17 Train dispatching and overcoming communication limits
0:28:39 Telegraphy demonstration
0:35:23 Guglielmo Marconi and wireless telegraphy]]>
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Rockbridge, USS Santa Barbara in River Section 35, the USS Garcia, the USS Wisconsin, and the USS Blue Jacket. Sloane achieved the rank of Captain and earned a Purple Heart, Bronze Star with V Device, Legion of Merit, Combat Action Award, and Navy E Ribbon.

This oral history interview was conducted by Carli Van Zandt on March 5, 2014. Interview topics include Sloane's background, joining the Navy, the USS Rockbridge, Officer Candidate School (OCS), the Vietnam War, Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando, the Grinder, the USS Blue Jacket, airbases in Central Florida, the simulation industry, and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project.]]>
0:02:52 Background
0:01:58 Enlistment and USS Rockbridge
0:05:44 Officer Candidate School
0:08:20 Graduation
0:09:53 Repair Division Officer
0:11:22 Vietnam War
0:18:09 Other assignments
0:21:52 Wife and children
0:24:18 Naval Training Center Orlando
0:27:11 Daily life and training at NTC Orlando
0:32:31 Advanced training at NTC Orlando
0:33:51 Central Florida airbases
0:35:39 Simulation industry
0:37:01 Hardest aspect, proudest moment, and memories from NTC Orlando
0:42:51 Leaving the Navy and keeping in touch with friends
0:45:22 Lessons learned, the lasting legacy of NTC Orlando, and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project]]>
Sloane, Richard T.. Interviewed by Carli Van Zandt, March 5, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0014912, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Sloane, Richard T.. Interviewed by Carli Van Zandt, March 5, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0014912, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Hancock, the Vietnam War, the Naval Reserves, Operation Desert Shield, and Operation Desert Storm.]]> 0:00:33 Background
0:01:45 Enlistment
0:02:50 Boot camp and USS Hancock
0:05:55 Vietnam War
0:09:22 Naval Reserves and going back to school
0:10:23 Liberty and awards
0:12:48 Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm
0:14:43 Off-duty activities
0:16:07 Keeping in contact with other sailors, injuries, and September 11th
0:17:31 Civilian life
0:18:55 Lessons learned from the Navy
0:19:20 Closing remarks]]>
Holtz, Alan R.. Interviewed by Jared Grossi, November 13, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0016189, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Holtz, Alan R.. Interviewed by Jared Grossi, November 13, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0016189, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>

This oral history interview was conducted by Mary Hughes Young on April 1, 2014. Interview topics include Levine's background, his enlistment in the Air Force and drafting into the U.S. Army, basic and advanced training, being stations in Europe, getting married voerseas, returning to the U.S. after being discharged, and his life as a civilian afterward.]]>
0:00:32 Background
0:02:38 Draft and enlistment
0:06:42 Basic training at Lackland Air Force Base
0:10:06 Sharpshooting and career assignment
0:13:52 Advanced training at Amarillo Air Force Base
0:21:16 Assignment in Europe
0:26:55 Relationships with other servicemen and assignments
0:30:15 Getting married overseas
0:31:09 Rank and discharge
0:33:30 Life after service
0:36:28 Treatment from civilians
0:37:29 How service affected civilian life
0:39:15 Closing remarks]]>
Levine, Lawrence Paul. Interviewed by Mary Hughes Young. April 1, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0014898, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Levine, Lawrence Paul. Interviewed by Mary Hughes Young. April 1, 2014.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>

This interview was conducted by Judy Scherer on April 1, 2014. Interview topics include McGuire's background and family, his college education, join the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), Whiteman Air Force Base, McCoy Air Force Base, duties as a procurement officer and a contract administrator, the Defense Contract Administration Services, serving in Bangkok during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (USAFOSI), the Rock Island Arsenal, military retirement, U.S.-Thailand relations, and his many travel experiences.]]>
0:02:33 College years
0:03:06 Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps and Whiteman Air Force Base
0:04:42 McCoy Air Force Base
0:05:42 George Washington University, Defense Contract Administration Services, and Bangkok, Thailand
0:07:05 U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
0:14:55 Assignments in the United States
0:15:33 Bangkok and Mom Rajawongse Seni Promoj
0:21:45 Duties as a Contract Administrator
0:23:24 Interesting people and stories from Thailand
0:28:06 Communicating with family
0:30:23 Communicating with Thais
0:35:50 Visiting South Korea with his wife
0:39:42 Closing remarks]]>
McGuire, George G. Interviewed by Judy Scherer, April 1, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> McGuire, George G. Interviewed by Judy Scherer, April 1, 2014.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> Vietnam War Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Bernadou, USS Hugh W. Hadley, USS Brownsonn, and USS Fiske. Boffi also took part in the Allied Invasion of Sicily, the Battle of Anzio, and the Battle of Okinawa. He received a Purple Heart, among other awards, and achieved the rank of 1st Class Machinist. This interview was conducted by Luis Santana Garcia at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Topics discussed in the oral history include Boffi's background, his enlistment, fighting in Italy, the construction of the USS Hugh W. Hadley and its subsequent destruction, serving in the Pacific Theater, leaving the Navy, his medals and citations, and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project.]]> 0:00:30 Background and family
0:02:00 Entry into service
0:08:30 First days of service
0:12:37 Invading Italy as an American of Italian heritage
0:14:30 Experience during the battles in Italy
0:19:30 USS Hugh W. Hadley construction, training, and the Pacific Theater
0:23:23 Typical day and recreational activities
0:25:30 Life after service
0:27:50 Medals, citations, and values learned
0:29:42 VIDEO SKIPS
0:30:00 Future of the Lone Sailor Memorial Project
0:31:43 Closing remarks]]>
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Museum of Seminole County History in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:04:15 Working at the Wilson-Maier Furniture Company
0:07:21 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:07:22 Working at the Wilson-Maier Furniture Company
0:07:48 Working at Florida Fashions and the Family Loan Company
0:07:48 Getting married, divorced, and remarried
0:12:32 Life in Sanford
0:14:11 Growing up during the Great Depression
0:14:11 Post-World War II prosperity
0:16:31 Greater Orlando area
0:17:59 Working for the tax collector
0:21:54 Walt Disney World
0:26:50 Working at the Sanford Civic Center
0:28:28 Husband's career in the railroad industry
0:35:19 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:35:19 Husband, children, and grandchildren
0:38:49 Battle with cancer
0:43:54 Closing remarks]]>
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