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Oral History Interview with Robert A. Heym, August 19, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert A. Heym, August 19, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Robert A. Heym. When Heym finished high school in 1943 he went into the Army Air Force. He was in pilot training in Arkansas, but was caught doing dangerous aerial stunts and was washed out and sent to radio school in South Dakota. Upon completing that, he was assigned to a B-24 crew as a radio operator in Topeka, Kansas before heading overseas in April, 1944. Heym describes a few missions, being attacked by German fighters, fellow crewmembers getting killed and crash landing. Heym was attached to the 450th Bomb Group in the 15th Air Force and was stationed in Manduria, Italy. In June, 1945 Heym came home aboard the USS Wakefield (AP-21). He was discharged and attended the University of Detroit after the war using his G.I. Bill.
Date: August 19, 2011
Creator: Heym, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Myer, August 19, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with James Myer, August 19, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Myer. Myer joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He served as a flight engineer and waist gunner on a B-24 bomber in the 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 489th Bomb Group, 846th Bomb Squadron. While in the European theater, Myer was stationed at Halton Field in Halesworth, England. On 31 July 1944, during his 31st and final mission, he was shot down and captured by the Germans. Myer was taken to Stalag Luft IV in Poland. From 6 February to 26 April 1945 he participated in a forced march for an estimated 550 miles back to Germany as the Russians advanced from the east, known today as the Black Forest Death March. He provides details of the POW camp and forced march. He was discharged in September of 1945.
Date: August 19, 2009
Creator: Myer, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip Grau, August 19, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Phillip Grau, August 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Phillip Grau. Grau entered the Army Air Forces in October, 1941 after having studied radio and telegraph operation. He did well enough to be an instructor before going overseas. In 1944, Grau went to Dacca, India. Once there, Grau served as a radio operator aboard cargo planes flying aviation gasoline over the Himalaya Mountains to airfields in China. He had over 1500 hours flight time and shares several anecdotes about flying the Hump. Shortly after the war ended, Grau headed home and was discharged in November 1945.
Date: August 19, 2005
Creator: Grau, Phillip S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jack Gilbreath, August 19, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jack Gilbreath, August 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Gilbreath. Born in 1925, he was drafted into the Marine Corps in 1943. As a member of a mortar team in the 4th Division, he first saw military action on Roi-Namur. He describes a mortar and his role on a mortar team. He relates an incident in which LSTs, including his own USS LST-39, caught fire and exploded in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He describes action on Saipan, including landing; combat; friendly fire; Japanese Banzai attacks; and civilian suicides. He also recounts an incident on Saipan in which the Japanese soldiers used civilians to draw fire in order to locate U. S. military positions at night. He talks about living conditions on Saipan after the invasion and mentions radio broadcasts of Tokyo Rose. After the invasions of Saipan and Tinian, he went to Hawaii to prepare for the invasion of Iwo Jima. He talks about seasickness and refueling an LST while at sea en route to Iwo Jima. He describes landing and combat on Iwo Jima. He sustained a shrapnel wound, but was treated and sent back to his unit. He speaks about the living conditions in various …
Date: August 19, 2005
Creator: Gilbreath, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/19/1964 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/19/1964

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Wagner's Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, Smetana's Moldau, Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and an interview with David Hall.
Date: August 19, 1964
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of language attitudes and domains of use, part 2

Lalvarmawi, a female speaker of Ṭhiek from Retzawl village, gives consent for recording her and responds to questions posed by Emmanuel Tuolor about her life and family in general, her position in Retzawl village, and her attitude towards Ṭhiek. She expresses her pride in Ṭhiek as her mother tongue, and her desire to preserve it.
Date: August 19, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of language attitudes and domains of use, part 1

Lalvarmawi, a female speaker of Ṭhiek from Retzawl village, gives consent for recording her and responds to questions posed by Emmanuel Tuolor about her life and family in general, her position in Retzawl village, and her attitude towards Ṭhiek. She describes her experience helping with the translation of a Hmar song into Ṭhiek that was shared on YouTube, explaining that she does what she can to preserve the language.
Date: August 19, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of language attitudes and domains of use

Thangsuokhup Tuolor gives consent for recording him and responds to questions regarding himself, his family, his attitude towards Ṭhiek, domains of language use, and what he wants for the future of Ṭhiek. He says Ṭhiek is commonly spoken in Retzawl village.
Date: August 19, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of language attitudes and domains of use

Agape Ṭhiek, a female speaker of Ṭhiek from Retzawl village, gives consent for recording her and responds to questions about herself and her family, her choice of language in a social context, and her attitude towards Ṭhiek in relation to Hmar. She describes her hopes for the future of Ṭhiek and points out certain steps taken by the community in Retzawl village to promote the language.
Date: August 19, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Joseph V. Tuolor

Joseph V. Tuolor introduces himself and his family. He speaks about the Ṭhiek language in general and the need to preserve and document it. He also mentions how he speaks the language as much as possible, particularly outside the home domain.
Date: August 19, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of transitive clauses transcript

Elicitation of transitive clauses

Joseph V. Tuolor responds to English prompts with Ṭhiek translations as part of an elicitation session on pronouns and person-indexation markers in transitive sentences.
Date: August 19, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of language attitudes and domains of use

Robert Pakhuongte, a male speaker of Ṭhiek from Retzawl village, describes his position in Retzawl village, his family, language attitudes, and domains of language use. He explains that, despite not belonging to the Ṭhiek clan, he speaks Ṭhiek because his family has lived in Retzawl village for generations. He stresses the importance of preserving the language, stating that if a language lives, the tribe lives as well.
Date: August 19, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library