Poellnitz, Dinah. Interview transcript. April 5, 2023.
Art -- Study and teaching
Art galleries -- nonprofit
Artists, Black
Community Engagement
COVID-19 (Disease) and the arts
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Hill Street Country Club -- California -- Oceanside
Women artists
Transcript of oral History Interview of Dinah Poellnitz on April 5, 2023. Interview discusses Dinah Poellnitz’s community engagement within the city of Oceanside through art. In particular, the interview focuses on Poellnitz's involvement in the founding of the Hill Street Country Club art gallery in Oceanside, CA. Poellnitz discusses how to navigate through the art community as a Black woman, emphasizing the importance of equity and inclusion. Poellnitz also discusses operating her gallery during the pandemic, and future aspirations.
Dinah Poellnitz
California State University San Marcos University Library
Riccardo Savo
https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
English
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Oceanside (Calif.)
San Diego (Calif.)
Vista (Calif.)
Poellnitz, Dinah. Interview April 5, 2023.
Community engagement
Oral History Interview of Dinah Poellnitz on April 5, 2023. Interview discusses Dinah Poellnitz’s community engagement within the city of Oceanside through art. In particular, the interview focuses on Poellnitz's involvement in the founding of the Hill Street Country Club art gallery in Oceanside, CA. Poellnitz discusses how to navigate through the art community as a Black woman, emphasizing the importance of equity and inclusion.
Beacham, Dora. Interview Transcript, November 1, 2024.
United States. Marine Corps
United States. Marine Corps—Non-commissioned officers
Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2014
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island
United States. Marine Corps—Military occupational specialties
Victim advocates
United States. Marine Corps. Advanced Infantry Training Battalion
Educational benefits—United States
Women soldiers
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
Molly Marine (Symbolic figure)
Hispanic Americans
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
Master Sergeant Dora Beacham served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Operation Enduring Freedom. Beacham was part of Combat Service Support Group 1 and the 11th Marine Regiment. She was deployed to Camp Fallujah, Iraq from January to August of 2004. As a Hispanic woman from a small town, Beacham reflected on how military service shaped her life and provided important opportunities. In this oral history interview, she described her family, education, and life lessons from military service.
Dora Beacham
Jason Beyer
Adel Bautista
Marilyn Huerta
In copyright
Hondo (Tex.)
South Carolina
Norfolk (Va.)
Twentynine Palms (Calif.)
Iraq
California
Texas
Idaho
New York
San Marcos (Calif.)
Fallujah (Iraq)
Beacham, Dora. Interview November 1st, 2024
Luevano, Dora. Interview transcript, November 6, 2025.
Pacific Bell Telephone Company
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)
California State University, San Bernardino
Palomar College
Dora Luevano served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was stationed at Camp Pendleton during the Vietnam War. Luevano worked in a warehouse and office, processing deceased servicemembers, collecting their personal effects, and writing letters to their family and loved ones. Luevano described her strict upbringing, immigration to the U.S. as a child from El Salvador, and decision to enlist in the Marine Corps. Luevano was forced out of military service for getting married and having a child, and she reflected on the harsh expectations and regulations that affected women in military service. She spoke about her 60-year marriage to her husband, whom she met in the Marine Corps, and their life together after military service. Luevano described how her civilian life was shaped by her upbringing, religion, military service, education, professional career, business ownership, and husband’s recent passing.
Dora Luevano
Vietnam
San Salvador (El Salvador)
El Salvador
United States
San Francisco (Calif.)
Fallbrook (Calif.)
Las Vegas (Nev.)
Palm Desert (Calif.)
Indio (Calif.)
Palm Springs (Calif.)
Philippines
Luevano, Dora. Interview November 6th, 2025
New York (United States)
Labrado, Ed. Interview transcript, November 17, 2025.
United States. Army
United States. Army—Officers
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Cold War
University of California, Santa Barbara
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
United States. Army. Army, 3rd
United States. Army. Armored Division, 6th
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (United States)
Camp Roberts (Calif.)
M1 rifle
World War, 1914-1918
Korean War, 1950-1953
M14 rifle
M16 rifle
Fort Gordon (Ga.)
Fort Monmouth (N.J.)
Cryptography
Missiles
Fort Ord (Calif.)
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Noncommissioned officers
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Warsaw Pact (1955-1991)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bank of America, National Association
Nike Hercules missile
Nuclear weapons
Ramstein Air Base (Germany)
Kennedy, John F., 1917-1963—Assassination
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
United States. Army—Deserters
Nuclear warfare
Deterrence (Strategy)
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Edwin Joseph Labrado Jr. was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was deployed in Europe during the Vietnam War. Labrado was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where he graduated from UCSB and completed the Army's four-year ROTC program. After graduation, he was assigned to the Army Signal Corps and later deployed to Europe. In Europe, he served as a battalion signal officer for a Nike Hercules missile battalion that had nuclear warheads. Some of his other responsibilities included communications training, military funeral honors, and the inspection of firing batteries. In this oral history interview, Labrado reflected on the Cold War, the US anti-Vietnam War movement, and how Americans treat veterans after military service.
Ed Labrado
Europe
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Georgia
New Jersey
Monterey (Calif.)
Oakland (Calif.)
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Germany (East)
Germany (West)
Korea
Isla Vista (Calif.)
France
Germany
Ukraine
Nagasaki (Japan)
Labrado, Ed. Interview November 17th, 2025.
Williams, Elmer Royce. Interview transcript, November 8, 2024.
United States--Armed Forces--Veterans
Air pilots, Military -- United States. Navy
United States. Navy
Air combat
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
Elmer Royce Williams is a retired United States naval aviator, nationally lauded for his solo dogfight against seven Soviet pilots during the Korean War. Since his time in service, he has been increasingly recognized for his achievements. He was awarded the Navy Cross in 2023 and has been nominated for the Medal of Honor. In his 2024 interview, Williams described that transformative moment in his life and how it affected the Korean War. He also discussed his childhood, military enlistment, and military training. Approaching 100 years old at the time, Williams reflected on how religion, family, community, civilian work, and veterans' organizations shaped his life after service.
Elmer Royce Williams
Justin Gans
Wilmot (S.D)
Africa, North
Little Falls (Minn.)
Ortonville (Minn.)
Panama
Escondido (Calif.)
Hawaii
Williams, Elmer Royce. Interview November 8th, 2024
United States -- Armed Forces -- Veterans
Wilmot (S.D.)