Oral History Interview with Preetha Ravindranath, May 9, 2017

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Interview with Preetha Ravindranath, a Bharatanatyam dancer from the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, India. Ravindranath discusses her childhood, family background, learning dance, her education, the different schools of traditional dance, effects of the digital age, changes in dance over the years and its teaching, starting a family and its impact on her, and thoughts on Indian identity. Included is a glossary of terms, and in appendix a photo of Ravindranath.
Date: May 9, 2017
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A.; Natesan, Prathiba & Ravindranath, Preetha
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John R. Leber, January 15, 1999

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Interview with John R. Leber, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who flew with the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. Leber discusses enlisting in the Air Corps, training as an aircraft mechanic and becoming a crew chief, the C-46 and the C-47, deployment to India, flying over the Himalayas, living conditions, and continued service postwar. In appendix are handwritten letters of Leber from his time overseas.
Date: January 15, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Leber, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jack Feliz, February 28, 2000

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Interview with Navy veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. The interview includes Feliz's personal experiences about being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, the sinking of the Houston, imprisonment at Serang, Java, the Changi Prison Camp, hell ship to Japan, prison camp at Ohasi, Honshu, and liberation.
Date: February 28, 2000
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Feliz, Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, June 18, 1986

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Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his background, working for Caltex in China, India, and South Africa, relations between Caltex headquarters and branch offices, the construction of the Caltex refiner at Vishakhapatnam, and the formation of Caltex East and Caltex West.
Date: June 18, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Price, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985

Interview with M. T. Harrelson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas, who was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Harrelson discusses National Guard training and operations before the war, deployment to the Pacific and diversion to Java, the Japanese invasion, surrender and initial confinement, internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and the end of the war.
Date: May 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harrelson, M. T., 1919-
System: The UNT Digital Library