Oral History Interview with Philip Mounger, September 3, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Philip Mounger, September 3, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Philip Mounger. Mounger joined the Marine Corps in September 1942 and received basic training in San Diego. He was a field bugler before being reassigned to radio school. He received further training, specializing in a complex voice radio that was difficult to tune. Because it was used in tanks, he then went through tank school at Jacques Farm, where he befriended Navajo code talkers. Soon after, easy-to-use radios were installed in tanks, so Mounger was sent to the 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, as an FM radio operator. The radio he carried weighed about 35 pounds and required Mounger to wear his field pack in the front, which ended up saving him from a direct shell explosion on Iwo Jima. The two men accompanying him were killed by the blast, while Mounger was wounded by shrapnel to his heart. He was declared dead at the station hospital but managed to survive until being transported to a hospital ship. Once at the Navy hospital on Guam, a doctor improvised a device to remove fluid from Mounger’s lungs, a procedure that would be repeated several times, even after he …
Date: September 3, 2009
Creator: Mounger, Philip
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1 (open access)

Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1

The Cancer Genome Atlas Network recently cataloged recurrent genomic abnormalities in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). We describe a robust gene expression-based molecular classification of GBM into Proneural, Neural, Classical, and Mesenchymal subtypes and integrate multidimensional genomic data to establish patterns of somatic mutations and DNA copy number. Aberrations and gene expression of EGFR, NF1, and PDGFRA/IDH1 each define the Classical, Mesenchymal, and Proneural subtypes, respectively. Gene signatures of normal brain cell types show a strong relationship between subtypes and different neural lineages. Additionally, response to aggressive therapy differs by subtype, with the greatest benefit in the Classical subtype and no benefit in the Proneural subtype. We provide a framework that unifies transcriptomic and genomic dimensions for GBM molecular stratification with important implications for future studies.
Date: September 3, 2009
Creator: Verhaak, Roel GW; Hoadley, Katherine A; Purdom, Elizabeth; Wang, Victoria; Qi, Yuan; Wilkerson, Matthew D et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 2009 (open access)

Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Rio Grande City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 3, 2009
Creator: Roberts, Kenneth
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Philip Mounger, September 3, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Philip Mounger, September 3, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Philip Mounger. Mounger joined the Marine Corps in September 1942 and received basic training in San Diego. He was a field bugler before being reassigned to radio school. He received further training, specializing in a complex voice radio that was difficult to tune. Because it was used in tanks, he then went through tank school at Jacques Farm, where he befriended Navajo code talkers. Soon after, easy-to-use radios were installed in tanks, so Mounger was sent to the 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, as an FM radio operator. The radio he carried weighed about 35 pounds and required Mounger to wear his field pack in the front, which ended up saving him from a direct shell explosion on Iwo Jima. The two men accompanying him were killed by the blast, while Mounger was wounded by shrapnel to his heart. He was declared dead at the station hospital but managed to survive until being transported to a hospital ship. Once at the Navy hospital on Guam, a doctor improvised a device to remove fluid from Mounger’s lungs, a procedure that would be repeated several times, even after he …
Date: September 3, 2009
Creator: Mounger, Philip
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 2009 (open access)

The New Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 3, 2009
Creator: Russell, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 301, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 2009 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 301, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 2009

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 3, 2009
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History