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Oral History Interview with Paul R. Nixon (open access)

Oral History Interview with Paul R. Nixon

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul R. Nixon. Nixon grew up in Kenya. After reporting for duty in Nairobi, he enlisted in the Army at 20 in Eritrea. He was assigned as an engineer near Cairo, Egypt. While on guard duty, he saw Faruk I, King of Egypt. His work involved mostly civil engineering. He won a trip to Palestine. After visiting, he then traveled through Iran and Iraq by plane to assist in building an airport in Dhahran, Arabia. Although VJ Day occurred while the work was still being laid out, the team still went forward with the work. The surveying team had to move out of the ARAMCO facilities when ships brought the construction team to the future airport. Then the surveying team went to a location halfway between Cairo and Dhahran, Duwaid, to built another emergency airport. He is sent by land back to Dhahran so that he can be a guide for the return trip. Then Nixon returned to Cairo. From Cairo he traveled to Alexandria, then to France and Belgium. He was assigned to Bad Neuheim and became a chaplain's assistant. He was discharged at Fort Dix, New …
Date: unknown
Creator: Nixon, Paul R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Annie Belle Emery Bright, Frances Marion Allen, and Sheila Emery Allen on Mediterranean cruise photograph album] (open access)

[Annie Belle Emery Bright, Frances Marion Allen, and Sheila Emery Allen on Mediterranean cruise photograph album]

Photograph album chronicling Annie Belle Emery Bright, Frances Marion Allen, and Sheila Emery Allen's Mediterranean cruise trip. The women visited ruins, religious sites, and public markets. Places visited include Serbia, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jerusalem, Turkey, Greece, and Spain. Most of the photographs are labeled with typed strips of paper.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clippings from 'Achik Songbad' Volume 4, Number 12, March 30, 1956] (open access)

[Newspaper Clippings from 'Achik Songbad' Volume 4, Number 12, March 30, 1956]

Newspaper clipping covering global events in Russia, the United States, Egypt, Japan, the United Kingdom, China, and Turkey, as well as regional news from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Date: March 30, 1956
Creator: Marak, N. N.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dr. Hook] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dr. Hook]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dr. Lucyle Hook, the Dean of the American College for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey, visiting Texas to give an address to the Women's Group of the Dallas Council on World Affairs.
Date: January 5, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chopine

Antique chopine or clog hand carved of wood two inches high w/ top of platform decorated with mother of pearl inlay - three straps or thongs missing. Difficult to date, but came into style in Turkey and India in the 16th century.
Date: 1900/1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cyprus] (open access)

[News Script: Cyprus]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a new crisis which is brewing over the situation in Cyprus.
Date: August 10, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Armour exists] (open access)

[News Script: Armour exists]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Fort Worth Armour and company which closes its operation after seventy five years of residency.
Date: August 9, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cyprus] (open access)

[News Script: Cyprus]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Geneva peace talks which remain stalled and preparations are underway for a possible resumption of fighting on Cyprus.
Date: August 11, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tel Aviv] (open access)

[News Script: Tel Aviv]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Greek radio broadcast which was heard in Tel Aviv claims that two Turkish war planes have been downed over Cyprus.
Date: August 14, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ankara] (open access)

[News Script: Ankara]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Turkey' s prime minister Ecevit who says that the Turkish Greek Cyprus negotiations who have become critical.
Date: August 13, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cyprus] (open access)

[News Script: Cyprus]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about NATO which is missing a member nation and Greece pulling out of the defense alliance.
Date: August 14, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cyrpus] (open access)

[News Script: Cyrpus]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about heavy fighting which is reported on Cyprus and Turkish forces which have apparently captured the Greek Cypriot controlled broadcasting station in Nicosia.
Date: August 14, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: APB 218] (open access)

[News Script: APB 218]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the united states which has warned Greece and Turkey that their military aid from the U. S will be cut off if they go to war.
Date: August 14, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tenth summary] (open access)

[News Script: Tenth summary]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about government of Cyprus which fled from the capital city Nicosia.
Date: August 16, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: American bar association] (open access)

[News Script: American bar association]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about American bar association which has narrowly approved a resolution endorsing conditional amnesty for Vietnam draft evaders.
Date: August 16, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cyprus negotiations] (open access)

[News Script: Cyprus negotiations]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about united nations diplomats who says that Geneva cease fire accord probably will be examined at a closed meeting of the security council.
Date: July 31, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cyprus] (open access)

[News Script: Cyprus]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the foreign ministers of Greece, Turkey and Britain who agreed to what was called a provisional solution to end the military confrontation on Cyprus.
Date: July 29, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Noahs ARK] (open access)

[News Script: Noahs ARK]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the leader of a religious commune in East Texas who is leaving the country.
Date: July 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tease] (open access)

[News Script: Tease]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an East Texas religious leader who leaves in search of Naoh' Ark.
Date: July 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Frankston] (open access)

[News Script: Frankston]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a group of Texas led by non- denominational minister Tom Croster who leaves for mount Ararat in Turkey and a search for Noah' s Ark.
Date: July 5, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Noah' a ark] (open access)

[News Script: Noah' a ark]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a group of Texans who is led by a non denominational minister from Frankston are on their way to Turkey in search of what is believed to be Noah' s Ark.
Date: July 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Noah' s Ark] (open access)

[News Script: Noah' s Ark]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a group of Texans who are on their way to Turkey to verify the discovery of what is believed to be Noah' s Ark.
Date: July 5, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Warren funeral] (open access)

[News Script: Warren funeral]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the senate who has voted to cut off military and economic aid to Turkey and other opium growing country's failing to prevent diversion of the drug to illicit markets.
Date: July 11, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cyprus] (open access)

[News Script: Cyprus]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus who is reported dead.
Date: July 15, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library