Oral History Interview with Eugene N. Fithian, February 4, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eugene N. Fithian, February 4, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene N. Fithian. Born in 1925, he joined the Navy in 1943. He describes basic training and living conditions in Great Lakes, Illinois. Following basic training, he was assigned to the Navy Overflow Annex from Treasure Island where he worked in the fleet post office becoming a Mailman, Third Class. He was then assigned to the destroyer, USS Farenholt (DD-491). On the Farenholt, he became a cook and was assigned as a leader on a 20mm and later a 40mm anti-aircraft gun. He shares an anecdote about becoming seasick within two hours after sailing out from San Francisco. He describes screening operations for the landings on Kwajalein and Guam and carrier fleet operations in the Philippine Island area and Peleliu. He comments on the kamikazes, rescuing downed pilots and survivors of damaged or sunken ships, bombarding shore targets and carrier operations in the Sakishima Gunto. He shares a story of taking pictures of the Japanese generals on Okinawa on their way to the peace talks in Manila. After arriving in South Carolina, he was transferred to the USS Caperton (DD-650) prior to its decommissioning. He was discharged from …
Date: February 4, 2013
Creator: Fithian, Eugene
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 10, Ed. 1 Monday, February 4, 2013 (open access)

The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 10, Ed. 1 Monday, February 4, 2013

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 4, 2013
Creator: San Antonio College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview (open access)

Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview

This report discusses the federal financial reporting -- defined here as the process of recording retrospective executive department-level financial and performance information -- may provide both a snapshot of the government's financial health at a given moment in time, as well as an accounting of its financial performance over a given time frame.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Levine, Meredith A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of solvation descriptors for terpene hydrocarbons from chromatographic measurements (open access)

Determination of solvation descriptors for terpene hydrocarbons from chromatographic measurements

This article discusses the determination of solvation descriptors for terpene hydrocarbons from chromatographic measurements.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.); Gola, Joelle R. M.; Gil-Lostes, Javier; Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Cometto-Muñiz, J. Enrique
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank E. Cook, February 1, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Frank E. Cook, February 1, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert L. Cook, speaking for his deceased brother Frank E. Cook. Cook served with the National Guard. He was assigned to Panama working as a patrol boat guard. In early 1943, Cook served as Executive Officer aboard PT-170 in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 10. While traveling from Panama to Noumea, on 3 August 1943, Frank and his crew were caught in a crossfire with the Japanese and Frank died 5 August.
Date: February 1, 2013
Creator: Cook, Frank E
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Merle Volding, February 22, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Merle Volding, February 22, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Merle Volding. Volding was born 19 December 1923. He joined the US Army Signal Corps around late 1941. He completed extensive training as a radar technician at the School of Engineering at the University of Iowa. He then completed further engineering and cryptography training through the Army’s Specialized Training Program (ASTP). Around late 1944 through the end of the war, he worked in the SOPAC message center on New Caledonia. He shares details of life on the island. He returned to the US and received his discharge in February of 1946.
Date: February 22, 2013
Creator: Volding, Merle
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Brown, February 22, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Brown, February 22, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Brown. Brown was drafted into the Marines in March of 1944 and served in the 2nd Marine Division. He traveled to Eniwetok and Okinawa. In Okinawa his job was to help service the planes. They also traveled to the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan. He was discharged in March of 1946.
Date: February 22, 2013
Creator: Brown, Robert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 2013 (open access)

Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Hondo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 21, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 2013 (open access)

Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Hondo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 28, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 2013 (open access)

The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Seagoville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 28, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 2013 (open access)

The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Seagoville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 7, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 2013 (open access)

The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Seagoville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 14, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments (open access)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

This report discusses the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which bans all nuclear explosion and was in 1996 adopted by the U.N. General Assembly but rejected by the U.S. Senate in 1997. This report discusses the Obama Administration's stated goal of pursuing U.S. ratification of the CTBT, although the Administration has mainly focused on securing Senate consent to ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). This report also discusses other nuclear weapons-related issues as well as the long history of nuclear testing.
Date: February 15, 2013
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments (open access)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

This report discusses the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which bans all nuclear explosion and was in 1996 adopted by the U.N. General Assembly but rejected by the U.S. Senate in 1997. This report discusses the Obama Administration's stated goal of pursuing U.S. ratification of the CTBT, although the Administration has mainly focused on securing Senate consent to ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). This report also discusses other nuclear weapons-related issues as well as the long history of nuclear testing.
Date: February 12, 2013
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry Zapalac, February 4, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Henry Zapalac, February 4, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Zapalac. Zapalac joined the Navy in February 1941 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Alameda Naval Air Station for ordnance training. While there, he serviced PBYs that were used in flight training. His first assignment in the Pacific was loading ammunition onto an island near Tarawa. He suffered a bout of malaria while there. At Saipan he flew patrols, dropping rafts and supplies to stranded troops. He stayed on Saipan several years, doing odd jobs until he was transferred to Corpus Christi, where he ran the movie projector. Zapalac was discharged in 1947 and became an appliance repairman.
Date: February 4, 2013
Creator: Zapalac, Henry
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valley Mills Progress (Valley Mills, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 2013 (open access)

Valley Mills Progress (Valley Mills, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Valley Mills, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 7, 2013
Creator: Grear, Mark
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 163, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 163, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 20, 2013
Creator: Gonzalez, Terrie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 24, 2013 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 24, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 24, 2013
Creator: Reddell, Valerie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waste Not, Want Not: Analyzing the Economic and Environmental Viability of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Technology for Site-Specific Optimization of Renewable Energy Options (open access)

Waste Not, Want Not: Analyzing the Economic and Environmental Viability of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Technology for Site-Specific Optimization of Renewable Energy Options

Waste-to-energy (WTE) technology burns municipal solid waste (MSW) in an environmentally safe combustion system to generate electricity, provide district heat, and reduce the need for landfill disposal. While this technology has gained acceptance in Europe, it has yet to be commonly recognized as an option in the United States. Section 1 of this report provides an overview of WTE as a renewable energy technology and describes a high-level model developed to assess the feasibility of WTE at a site. Section 2 reviews results from previous life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of WTE, and then uses an LCA inventory tool to perform a screening-level analysis of cost, net energy production, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and conventional air pollution impacts of WTE for residual MSW in Boulder, Colorado. Section 3 of this report describes the federal regulations that govern the permitting, monitoring, and operating practices of MSW combustors and provides emissions limits for WTE projects.
Date: February 1, 2013
Creator: Funk, K.; Milford, J. & Simpkins, T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Prevninger, February 14, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Prevninger, February 14, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Prevninger. Prevninger was drafted into the Army in June of 1944. He was trained as a tanker and eventually became a gunner on a Stuart tank and was later transferred to a Sherman tank. Prevninger describes crossing the Rhine and advancing across Germany. He discusses how they handled German prisoners at the end of the war. Prevninger served in the occupation and was eventually discharged.
Date: February 14, 2013
Creator: Prevninger, Robert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 2013 (open access)

The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: February 21, 2013
Creator: Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 2013 (open access)

De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 2013

Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 21, 2013
Creator: Kestner, Laura
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training Programs (open access)

Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training Programs

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Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 180, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 180, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 7, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History