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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Ruff, October 7, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Ruff, October 7, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Kenneth J. Ruff. Ruff joined the Army Air Forces while attending college in Missouri in 1942. He describes all the places he trained as a pilot, from Texas to Wisconsin and Oklahoma. He eventually was selected to be a flight instructor. He ferried one aircraft to Australia and when he returned, he went to Reno, Nevada for more flight training. Upon completion, Ruff ferried an airplane to India via Brazil and Africa. Once he arrived in India, his job then consisted of flying material in C-46 transport planes over "the Hump" to China. He flew 72 missions from India to China over the Himilaya Mountains. Ruff shares several experiences of his while flying in China and India. After the war, while Ruff was in the Reserves, he was recalled to fly supplies to German citizens in the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949). Ruff spent 20 years in the Air Force after WWII.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Ruff, Kenneth J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Ruff, October 7, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Ruff, October 7, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Kenneth J. Ruff. Ruff joined the Army Air Forces while attending college in Missouri in 1942. He describes all the places he trained as a pilot, from Texas to Wisconsin and Oklahoma. He eventually was selected to be a flight instructor. He ferried one aircraft to Australia and when he returned, he went to Reno, Nevada for more flight training. Upon completion, Ruff ferried an airplane to India via Brazil and Africa. Once he arrived in India, his job then consisted of flying material in C-46 transport planes over "the Hump" to China. He flew 72 missions from India to China over the Himilaya Mountains. Ruff shares several experiences of his while flying in China and India. After the war, while Ruff was in the Reserves, he was recalled to fly supplies to German citizens in the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949). Ruff spent 20 years in the Air Force after WWII.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Ruff, Kenneth J.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Essiac? and Flor-Essence? herbal tonics stimulate the in vitro growth of human breast cancer cells (open access)

Essiac? and Flor-Essence? herbal tonics stimulate the in vitro growth of human breast cancer cells

People diagnosed with cancer often self-administer complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) to supplement their conventional treatments, improve health, or prevent recurrence. Flor-Essence{reg_sign} and Essiac{reg_sign} Herbal Tonics are commercially available complex mixtures of herbal extracts sold as dietary supplements and used by cancer patients based on anecdotal evidence that they can treat or prevent disease. In this study, we evaluated Flor-Essence{reg_sign} and Essiac{reg_sign} for their effects on the growth of human tumor cells in culture. The effect of Flor-Essence{reg_sign} and Essiac{reg_sign} herbal tonics on cell proliferation was tested in MCF-7, MDA-MB-436, MDA-MB-231, and T47D cancer cells isolated from human breast tumors. Estrogen receptor (ER) dependent activation of a luciferase reporter construct was tested in MCF-7 cells. Specific binding to the ER was tested using an ICI 182,780 competition assay. Flor-Essence{reg_sign} and Essiac{reg_sign} herbal tonics at 1%, 2%, 4% and 8% stimulated cell proliferation relative to untreated controls and activated ER dependent luciferase activity in MCF-7 cells. A 10{sup -7} M concentration of ICI 870,780 inhibited the induction of ER dependent luciferase activity by Flor-Essence{reg_sign} and Essiac{reg_sign}, but did not affect cell proliferation. Flor-Essence{reg_sign} and Essiac{reg_sign} Herbal Tonics can stimulate the growth of human breast cancer cells through ER mediated as well …
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Kulp, K S; Montgomery, J L; McLimans, B; Latham, E R; Shattuck, D L; Klotz, D M et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pete Lanchak, October 7, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Pete Lanchak, October 7, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Peter Lanchak. Lanchak joined the Army in 1939 and was sent to Panama to serve in a coastal artillery battery. He enjoyed riding in airplanes and volunteered for duty as a crewman or as a gunner on the various aircraft stationed where he was. Eventually, after the war started, he was shipped to India in 1942. Once he arrived in India, Lanchak began participating in missions over Rangoon and eventually flew over the Himalaya Mountains to China. After 47 missions, Lanchack was shipped back to the US in late 1943. When he returned, he served as an aerial gunnery trainer at Colorado Springs and in Idaho.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Lanchak, Peter
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nikolas Erdely, October 7, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Nikolas Erdely, October 7, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Nicholas Erdely. Erdely was born in Tolick, West Virginia. He lived in a coal mining town where everything was controlled by the mining company. He joined the Army Air Corps in September 1940 and took basic training at Chanute field, Illinois. After completing radio operator school he boarded a ship bound for Bombay, India. Upon his arrival he went to Assam, where he was assigned to the 759t9h Signal Aircraft Warning Company. He walked three days to get to a signal aircraft warning site. The site was so remote, all supplies had to be dropped by airplanes. Erdely describes the living conditions they endured. The purpose of the eleven man team at the site was to observe and report by radio any aircraft in the vicinity. After seven months the team was relieved and went to Lahore, India. Then they traveled to a remote location in the mountains of northern Burma where they stayed another seven months. The team traveled to Calcutta where they boarded C-46 to fly to Fort Meade, Maryland. Soon after arriving, in the United States, Erderly was discharged.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Erdely, Nikolas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Leroy Fisher, October 7, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leroy Fisher, October 7, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leroy Fisher. Fisher enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In Long Beach, California he studied the workings of a C-47, then trained in towing gliders with the C-47, and then worked with paratroopers. He served as a flying crew chief and his job was to pre-flight the airplane every morning. In 1943 he flew over India and Burma dropping off supplies to the troops. He was a part of the 10th Army, and in the Air Forces 1st Combat Cargo Group, 3rd Squadron. His squadron supported the British 14th Army by dropping supplies. He also went into Kunming, China, transporting supplies to Foochow. He discusses how the British operated and how they utilized their troops. He shares some stories of working with Merrill’s Marauders, and dropping supplies to them. After the war he studied chemical engineering.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Fisher, Leroy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nikolas Erdely, October 7, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Nikolas Erdely, October 7, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Nicholas Erdely. Erdely was born in Tolick, West Virginia. He lived in a coal mining town where everything was controlled by the mining company. He joined the Army Air Corps in September 1940 and took basic training at Chanute field, Illinois. After completing radio operator school he boarded a ship bound for Bombay, India. Upon his arrival he went to Assam, where he was assigned to the 759t9h Signal Aircraft Warning Company. He walked three days to get to a signal aircraft warning site. The site was so remote, all supplies had to be dropped by airplanes. Erdely describes the living conditions they endured. The purpose of the eleven man team at the site was to observe and report by radio any aircraft in the vicinity. After seven months the team was relieved and went to Lahore, India. Then they traveled to a remote location in the mountains of northern Burma where they stayed another seven months. The team traveled to Calcutta where they boarded C-46 to fly to Fort Meade, Maryland. Soon after arriving, in the United States, Erderly was discharged.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Erdely, Nikolas
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Leroy Fisher, October 7, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Leroy Fisher, October 7, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leroy Fisher. Fisher enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In Long Beach, California he studied the workings of a C-47, then trained in towing gliders with the C-47, and then worked with paratroopers. He served as a flying crew chief and his job was to pre-flight the airplane every morning. In 1943 he flew over India and Burma dropping off supplies to the troops. He was a part of the 10th Army, and in the Air Forces 1st Combat Cargo Group, 3rd Squadron. His squadron supported the British 14th Army by dropping supplies. He also went into Kunming, China, transporting supplies to Foochow. He discusses how the British operated and how they utilized their troops. He shares some stories of working with Merrill’s Marauders, and dropping supplies to them. After the war he studied chemical engineering.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Fisher, Leroy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pete Lanchak, October 7, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Pete Lanchak, October 7, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Peter Lanchak. Lanchak joined the Army in 1939 and was sent to Panama to serve in a coastal artillery battery. He enjoyed riding in airplanes and volunteered for duty as a crewman or as a gunner on the various aircraft stationed where he was. Eventually, after the war started, he was shipped to India in 1942. Once he arrived in India, Lanchak began participating in missions over Rangoon and eventually flew over the Himalaya Mountains to China. After 47 missions, Lanchack was shipped back to the US in late 1943. When he returned, he served as an aerial gunnery trainer at Colorado Springs and in Idaho.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Lanchak, Peter
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2005 (open access)

The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2005

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: San Antonio College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2005 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 2005

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Vercher, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
DON-0084, and DON-0084A - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation) (open access)

DON-0084, and DON-0084A - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation)

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: DON-0084, and DON-0084A - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation). Contains C6, C7, and C8 data.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DON-0069 - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation) (open access)

DON-0069 - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation)

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: DON-0069 - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation). Contains C5, C6, C7, and C8 data.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
DON-0067A - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation) (open access)

DON-0067A - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation)

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: DON-0067A - Scenario (Not Candidate Recommendation). Contains C5, C6, and C7 data.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library