Recording of Baladev Moshahary discussing future plans.

Recording of Pinksta Islary discussing an experience at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.

This is a recording of Jikuraj Brahma discussing personal information.

Recording of Jugami Basumatary discussing the hostels at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.

This is a recording of Pinksta Islary describing a personal hobby.

Recording of Baladev Moshahary describing some traditional foods of the Boros.

Recording of Baladev Moshahary describing festivals celebrated by the Boros.

Recording of Ignicious Basumatary discussing hobbies.

Recording of Bakhna Basumatary discussing his hobbies.

Recording of Bilian Boro introducing themselves and describing interests.

Recording of Ignicious Basumatary discussing the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.

Recording of Baladev Moshahary giving an account of the marriage system in the Boro community.

Recording of a personal narrative by Baladev Moshahary.

Recording of a personal narrative by Jugami Basumatary.

Recording of Baladev Moshahary discussing traditional Boro food.

Recording of a personal narrative by Kanish Brahma.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Laughery. Laughery joined the Navy in June of 1943. He served as Seaman 2nd Class aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573), assisting the 20mm gunner and working in the fireroom as a Water Tender 1st Class. They survived 11 encounters with Japanese defenses at Bougainville, Tarawa, New Guinea, Kwajalein, Guam, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Laughery was discharged in April of 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Russell J Judah. Judah joined the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, New York, in 1944. He graduated in August of 1945. He was immediately commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, serving mostly in the Philippines and occupied Japan. He traveled aboard the SS Mission Loreto (1944), a type T2 tanker. Judah was discharged in March of 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Melvin Pratt. Pratt joined the Navy in April of 1944. He served as Seaman 3rd Class with the gunnery gang aboard the minesweeper USS Strength (AM-309). In December, they arrived in Pearl Harbor, and began training in preparation for the Iwo Jima invasion. On 16 February 1945, they began sweeping off Iwo Jima to clear the way for the invasion fleet. In late March, they assisted in clearing the approaches to the beaches off Okinawa for the impending assault. After the war ended, they participated with occupation forces in Japan, sweeping mines around Sasebo. He received his discharge in May of 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John W. Smith III. Jean assists with the interview. Smith was born 15 February 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He speaks about his father’s participation with the Manhattan Project. Smith’s father, John W. Smith II, was an electrician and completed contract work for the government at Huntsville Arsenal in Alabama, Oak Ridge in Tennessee and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Smith recalls traveling with his family each time his father was relocated for work. He was 12 years old when the war in the Pacific started, and he shares memories of life in the US as a child during wartime. He served in the Navy from 1946 through 1947, then entered the Air Force. He was assigned as a navigator with the 764th Bombardment Squadron, 461st Bombardment Wing. He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, retiring in 1970.

This is a talk on MTB-MLE and efforts by the Boro community.

This is an elicitation of Mankiyali verb paradigms based on English sentences used as prompts. The speakers are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male).

This is a talk about the educational initiatives of the Bathou Educational Foundation.

Recording of an elicitation of various nouns in Mankiyali, covering semantic domains such as professions, weather and food. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).