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Oral History Interview with Howard Sweeney, December 12, 2007
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard J. Sweeney. Sweeney was born in Eureka, Kansas 17 December 1917 and graduated from high school in 1937. He tells of hopping freight trains and working as an iterate worker until drafted into the US Army 21 February 1941. He was sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky for training and joined the 6th Armored Regiment. He participated in maneuvers in North and South Carolina using broom sticks for guns and telephone poles for artillery pieces due to the acute shortage of weaponry. He trained as a tank driver in medium tanks and was assigned to Company A, 27th Artillery, 1st Armored Division. In April 1942 the company boarded the SS Sea Train Texas landing in Belfast, Ireland. The company, equipped with M4 Sherman tanks, went to Oran, North Africa and two weeks later traveled to Algeria by LST. He tells of being in a night attack and his tank being hit by artillery fire, killing the gunner and putting the tank out of commission. Later, during the Battle of Kasserine Pass, his tank was disabled as it ran out of fuel and ammunition. The crew abandoned the tank and walked until they came to a secured area. The 1st Armored Division landed at Naples, Italy and Sweeney tells of participating in the assault of Monte Cassino. He discusses incidents involving friendly fire while at Anzio and recalls conversations he had with Ernie Pyle. After the surrender of Germany, Sweeney returned to the United States by plane and was discharged 14 July 1945
Joseph A. Sweeney Interview
No full textJoseph A. Sweeney was born in 1892 in the stony hills of western New York. As a young man, he was greatly influenced by conservationists such as Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot. As a young college graduate he was hired to do development work at Toledo's Woodlawn Cemetary. He worked with Frank Eurich, who later became a leader of the nature world here in Toledo. After enlisting and serving with the Navy Seabees during WWII, Mr. Sweeney returned to Toledo and became the city forester in 1946. He retired in 1962, and died on May 25, 1972
Patrick Sweeney Interview, 1 July 2014
No full textThis interview was conducted as part of the CSU 50th Anniversary Commemoration. Patrick Sweeney is the Chief Senior Advisor in the Office of Government Relations. A member of the state legislature beginning in 1967 representing Cleveland, Sweeney was a staunch supporter of CSU during its early development and continues to contribute to the university in his current role at present. Along with the role that he has played in CSU, Sweeney has been a long time advocate of the arts, supporting both Playhouse Square and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of which he is a trustee. In this interview Sweeney relates how CSU has developed from its inception, relating many of the specific examples of his personal involvement and impact on the university. In describing his 40+ years of association with CSU Sweeney details the debates about where CSU would be located, his relationship with Governor Rhodes, the circumstances surrounding the construction of the Convocation Center (Wolstein Center), his advocacy for CSU in the legislature, and the CSU basketball exploits during the 1980s among other topics
Gordon Sweeney Personal Papers
No full textGordon Sweeney was a missionary and patrol officer who worked extensively in Arnhem Land from the early 1930s.
His attached 1939 'Report of Patrol in Junction Bay, Liverpool River and Tomkinson River Areas, July-August 1939' is divided into: 1. Diary of Patrol 2. Notes on each tribal group 3. Other notes 4. Possible station sites and economic resources 5. Notes on the Patrol with suggestions re future patrols 6. Map (please note that there is no map as specified in Report). An original copy of this report is at the National Archives of Australia NAA: A659, 1939/1/15261 Sweeney, Gordon - Patrol report on West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Sweeney compiled a 'List of Major Developments in Aboriginal Policy and Welfare 1930-1960' and wrote a report, 'Ref. Aborigines - Policy and Development in the NT 1930-1960' which comprise some of his recollections of this period in Northern Territory Aboriginal Affairs and are also attached to this story.Wells, Samanth
Patrick Sweeney Interview, 1 July 2014
No full textThis interview was conducted as part of the CSU 50th Anniversary Commemoration. Patrick Sweeney is the Chief Senior Advisor in the Office of Government Relations. A member of the state legislature beginning in 1967 representing Cleveland, Sweeney was a staunch supporter of CSU during its early development and continues to contribute to the university in his current role at present. Along with the role that he has played in CSU, Sweeney has been a long time advocate of the arts, supporting both Playhouse Square and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of which he is a trustee. In this interview Sweeney relates how CSU has developed from its inception, relating many of the specific examples of his personal involvement and impact on the university. In describing his 40+ years of association with CSU Sweeney details the debates about where CSU would be located, his relationship with Governor Rhodes, the circumstances surrounding the construction of the Convocation Center (Wolstein Center), his advocacy for CSU in the legislature, and the CSU basketball exploits during the 1980s among other topics
Sweeney-Gates, Sue
No full textSue Sweeney-Gates, a New York native, discusses life in Mississippi as a Queer woman. Moving to Mississippi to attend the University of Mississippi, Sweeney-Gates created the LGBT legal symposium program as a student. She talks about her experiences with the social and political climate in Mississippi, and meeting her husband, a Transgender man, during her time here. Despite some of the struggles with living in Mississippi, Sweeney-Gates also highlights the progress she witnessed in Mississippi and nationally that made life a little easier for LGBTQ+ folks
Oral History Interview with William J. Sweeney
No full textWilliam J. Sweeney, U.S. Army, 24th Infantry Division, NATO Expedition Force.
William Sweeney was in Germany & Laos during the Vietnam War. He sustained a spinal cord injury and spent many months in Chelsea Naval Hospital. He spoke about the conditions and his experience at Chelsea Naval Hospital.https://vc.bridgew.edu/vhp_stories/1011/thumbnail.jp
Agape Latte with Sr. Mary Sweeney:
No full textSr. Mary Sweeney, S.C., of Boston College's Campus Ministry shares a Lenten Agape Latte with the BC community
Khali Sweeney talks about his relationship with Detroit
No full textKhali Sweeney speaks about his relationship with Detroit for Marcus Lyon's i.Detroit project. Sweeney shares his rocky childhood, and how he became a mentor at "Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program", helping children in the same position he was in
H. C. Sweeney, 1890
No full textCarte-de-visite portrait of Henry Charles Sweeney (attended Norwich University 1887-1889) in 1890, from a disassembled Alpha Sigma Pi photograph album; identified as "H. C. Sweeney, April 11, 1890, Frederick Md." on back of photograph
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