Oral history interview with Thomas W. Nance, 2003 March 24.

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Oral history interview with Thomas W. Nance, 2003 March 24.

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Interview with Thomas W. Nance, an Army veteran (E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard), concerning his experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His boyhood in Dallas, Texas; school activities; the Great Depression in Dallas; his enlistment in the Texas National Guard, October 15, 1940; horse cavalry training and maneuvers at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, and Fort Clark, Brackettsville, Texas; duty along the U.S.-Mexico border after the Pearl Harbor attack; Noumea, New Caledonia, August, 1942; decision to make the 112th a dismounted cavalry unit; duty on Woodlark Island, June-December, 1943; creation of a regimental combat team with the 112th Cavalry and the 148th Field Artillery on Goodenough Island; invasion of New Britain, December 15, 1943; combat around Arawe, New Britain, in coordination with the 158th Infantry Battalion and a tank company of the 1st Marine Division; his serious wounds from Japanese machine gun fire on Arawe; evacuation to the States and spending one year in a body cast at Ashburn General Hospital, McKinney, Texas; additional recuperation in VA hospitals; his postwar activities with the 112th Cavalry Association.

73 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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The Texas National Guard, the state militia, was mobilized by the federal government in November 1940. These troops fought during World War II in battles in Italy and France. From the description of Texas National Guard records, 1943-1945. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38417572 Bulk of the collection consists of general files (1918-1961), the medical records and notes of Dr. G. Schilling (1903-1919), records and notes pertaining to the 36th Division (1...