Oral history interview with Francis Wiese, 2006 June 16.

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Oral history interview with Francis Wiese, 2006 June 16.

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Interview with Francis Wiese, a World War II veteran and north Texas business owner, concerning his remembrances about childhood in Lindsay, St. Joe, and Gainesville, Texas; being drafted into U.S. Air Force; training at various stateside bases and overseas service in China-Burma-India and Pacific theaters as top-gunner in a B-29 crew; decision to enter jewelry business and purchase Kinne's Jewelers in Gainesville, Texas. Appendix consists of photos (two leaves), a brief bio (one leaf), and a chart identifying the crew in one of the photographs (one leaf).

41, [5] leaves : facsims, ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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