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Oral History Interview with Abner Aust, March 19, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Abner Aust, March 19, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Abner Aust. Aust joined the Army Air Forces in September 1941 and completed flight school in April 1943. He was assigned to Venice, Florida, as an instructor, often receiving extra runway duty on account of his mischievous acrobatics. In October 1944, he joined the 506th Fighter Group, 457th Fighter Squadron, as flight commander. Upon familiarizing himself with the P-51, he flew his first missions out of Tinian, moving next to Iwo Jima. While escorting B-29s, he sometimes broke away to lead his group of eight fighters to strafe opportunistically. He is credited with five victories, the last of which occurred on 10 August 1945, distinguishing him as the last fighter ace of World War II. Aust then served in the Air Force and participated in the Vietnam War. Just before his retirement, he worked at Bolling Air Force Base to develop the F-15. After all of his experience in fighters, his favorite plane is the P-40N.
Date: March 19, 2013
Creator: Aust, Abner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Bearden, March 25, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Bearden, March 25, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Bearden. Bearden was in the Texas National Guard when Japan started the war. He was in the 144th Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division and trained at Camp Bowie. His unit went to Fort Lewis in Washington to guard the coast. Bearden then joined the paratroopers and trained at Fort Benning in August, 1942. Bearden speaks a lot about parachute infantry training. He went to England in December, 1943. He jumped into Normandy on 6 June 1944. Around D+5, Bearden was captured by German soldiers. Liberated by Russians in January, 1945, Bearden headed east and eventually reached Moscow, then Odessa, where he was repatriated. He returned to San Antonio and was discharged in July, 1945.
Date: March 25, 2013
Creator: Bearden, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Bishop, March 13, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Bishop, March 13, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Bishop. Bishop was born in January of 1927. He graduated from high school in 1944, at the age of 17. He provides vivid recollections of life during wartime, with bomb drills, blackouts and living in a farming community in Wellington, Kansas. After graduation, Bishop worked for the US Department of Agriculture, and later served as an Emergency Wartime Carrier Clerk with the US Post Office. When he turned 18 in January of 1945, Bishop applied to join the Army, though was classified as 4-F and sent back home where he continued working for the Post Office.
Date: March 13, 2013
Creator: Bishop, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013

Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, whose husband's ancestors were Texas Hill Country settlers, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Starkey discusses her husband's family history. She also talks about coming to Kerrville for a job with her family.
Date: March 28, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Starkey, Ethel Baker
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Stewart Elder, March 28, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Stewart Elder, March 28, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stewart Elder. Elder joined the Navy V-5 Program in 1942 and received his wings in November of 1944. He provides details of his flight training and the various of types of planes he flew. He was placed in a replacement squadron in Hawaii four months before the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan in August of 1945. They completed additional training exercises in Hawaii, and after the surrender he returned home. He completed over 1,000 hours of flying during operational training and additionally in the Ready Reserve. He was discharged around December of 1945.
Date: March 28, 2013
Creator: Elder, Stewart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charter for the ARM Climate Research Facility Science Board (open access)

Charter for the ARM Climate Research Facility Science Board

The objective of the ARM Science Board is to promote the Nation’s scientific enterprise by ensuring that the best quality science is conducted at the DOE’s User Facility known as the ARM Climate Research Facility. The goal of the User Facility is to serve scientific researchers by providing unique data and tools to facilitate scientific applications for improving understanding and prediction of climate science.
Date: March 8, 2013
Creator: Ferrell, W
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eugene Ganske, March 10, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eugene Ganske, March 10, 2013

The National museum of the Pacific War presents an ortal interview with Eugene Ganske. Ganske attempted to join the Navy but wopund up in the Marine Corps instead in May 1944. He trained as an anti-aircraft gunner and eventually was sent to Tinian to guard B-29s. He also deployed to Okinawa after the invasion. After the war, Ganske went to CHina with the First Marine Division.
Date: March 10, 2013
Creator: Ganske, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final Report for DOE grant DE-FG02-07ER64432 "New Grid and Discretization Technologies for Ocean and Ice Simulations" (open access)

Final Report for DOE grant DE-FG02-07ER64432 "New Grid and Discretization Technologies for Ocean and Ice Simulations"

The work reported is in pursuit of these goals: high-quality unstructured, non-uniform Voronoi and Delaunay grids; improved finite element and finite volume discretization schemes; and improved finite element and finite volume discretization schemes. These are sought for application to spherical and three-dimensional applications suitable for ocean, atmosphere, ice-sheet, and other climate modeling applications.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Gunzburger, Max
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the 4th Concept Detector (open access)

Development of the 4th Concept Detector

For the support of a new technology high energy collider ("4th") for potential use at a new lepton collider. In addition, support for dual-readout calorimetry, CERN RD52.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Hauptman, John M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Glynn Hull, March 7, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Glynn Hull, March 7, 2013

The National museum of the Pacific War presents an ortal interview with Glynn Hull. Hull grew up on a farm in Iowa during the Depression. Hull entered the Army Air Forces in January 1943. He trained as a navigator. He was then assigned to a B-17 in the 551st Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb GRoup and went to England in 1944. Hull discusses a few missions and other experiences. On one mission, Hull had to bail out and became a prisoner of war. He shares several anecdotes and experiences about being a POW in Germany.
Date: March 7, 2013
Creator: Hull, Glynn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clyde Jauer, March 15, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Jauer, March 15, 2013

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Clyde Jauer. Jauer joined the Navy in January 1945 and trained at San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Terror (CM-5) in June. Jauer recalls a few anecdotes about life aboard ship. By the time he reached Okinawa, the island was secure. He also spent some time in Sasebo after the war and shares a few anecdotes. After the war, he made several trips from the Mainland to Hawaii and back repatriating troops. Jauer was discharged in July, 1946.
Date: March 15, 2013
Creator: Jauer, Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Glenn Kyzer, March 1, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Glenn Kyzer, March 1, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Glenn Kyzer. Kyzer was attending Auburn University when he signed up for the Army Air Forces in March, 1943. He was eventually selected for pilot training. He was commissioned and earned his wings in April, 1944. He learned to fly B-24s before being shipped to Italy and joining the 737th Bomb Squadron, 454th Bomb Group in December 1944. Kyzer recalls several missions in detail over Germany, Italy, Austria, etc. He flew 28 total combat missions. He was discharged in November, 1945 after flying back to the US.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Kyzer, Glenn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sidney Lanier, March 21, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney Lanier, March 21, 2013

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Sidney Lanier. Lanier recalls growing up and working during the Depression. He entered the Navy in March, 1943 and trained in San Diego. With training complete, Lanier reported to PC-1230 at New Orleans. They travelled to New Caledonia and stayed on station there for about a year before heading to Peleliu. At Peleliu, Lanier was assigned to the USS ATR-33 but travelled considerably before reaching his new ship in New Caledonia. He was discharged in January 1946.
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Lanier, Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Project Summary: Offshore Drilling Industry and Rig Construction Market in the Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: Offshore Drilling Industry and Rig Construction Market in the Gulf of Mexico]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies for 'Offshore Drilling Industry and Rig Construction Market in the Gulf of Mexico.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART schedules minor service changes (open access)

DART schedules minor service changes

News release about minor DART bus route and schedule adjustments.
Date: March 11, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's new CNG bus on display at 2013 DFW Auto Show (open access)

DART's new CNG bus on display at 2013 DFW Auto Show

News release about he previewing of DART's new low-floor, compressed natural gas buses at the DFW Auto Show.
Date: March 11, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Earth Hour means more than just lights off at DART (open access)

Earth Hour means more than just lights off at DART

News release about DART's plan to turn off all non-essential lights at its headquarters building for one hour as part of the Earth Hour environmental awareness campaign.
Date: March 11, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eyes are Smiling as DART Prepares for St. Patrick's Day Parade (open access)

Eyes are Smiling as DART Prepares for St. Patrick's Day Parade

News release about DART transportation options to a St. Patrick's Day parade in Dallas.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Metcalf, March 15, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Metcalf, March 15, 2013

The National museum of the Pacific War presents an ortal interview with James Metcalf. Metcalf joined the Navy in December 1942 and attended aviation ordnance school in Oklahoma after basic training. Afterward, Metcalf was assigned as a gunner in Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) and went aboard USS Franklin (CV-13) in January 1944. Metcalf flew raids on Guam, Peleliu, Okinawa, Formosa, and Iwo Jima while with VT-13. He was aboard the Franklin in March when it was attacked and severly damaged. He returned with the ship to the US.
Date: March 15, 2013
Creator: Metcalf, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flow Modifications and Geomorphic Thresholds in the Lower Brazos River: Final Report (open access)

Flow Modifications and Geomorphic Thresholds in the Lower Brazos River: Final Report

Report on the results of a study "to identify potential thresholds with respect to geomorphic changes in response to changes in flow regime and sediment supply, and estimate the degree of flow change necessary to result in exceedance of the thresholds" (p. 7) in the lower Brazos River from Waco, Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Philips, Jonathan D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur Powell, March 12, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur Powell, March 12, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Powell. Powell was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on 3 November 1924. Upon graduating from high school he entered the US Army. After completing basic training in Amarillo, Texas, he was selected to enter flight training at Cedar City, Utah. In the middle of his training, the program was cancelled. Boarding USS Mitchell (APA-114) he spent thirty-nine days at sea before arriving at Bombay, India. There he was assigned to the 148th Replacement Battalion where he participated in the processing of troops to and from the China-Burma-India Theater. He returned to the United States in 1946 aboard the merchant ship, Marine Cardinal, and was discharged shortly after his return to the US.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Powell, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
ARM Lead Mentor Selection Process (open access)

ARM Lead Mentor Selection Process

The ARM Climate Research Facility currently operates more than 300 instrument systems that provide ground-based observations of the atmospheric column. To keep ARM at the forefront of climate observations, the ARM infrastructure depends heavily on instrument scientists and engineers, also known as Instrument Mentors. Instrument Mentors must have an excellent understanding of in situ and remote-sensing instrumentation theory and operation and have comprehensive knowledge of critical scale-dependent atmospheric processes. They also possess the technical and analytical skills to develop new data retrievals that provide innovative approaches for creating research-quality data sets.
Date: March 13, 2013
Creator: Sisterson, DL
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nevin Sledge, March 1, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Nevin Sledge, March 1, 2013

The National Museumn of the Pacific War presents an interview with Nevin Sledge. Sledge joined the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in April 1942 after some Civilian Pilot Training prior to the outbreak of war. Upon completion of flight training, he became an instructor at Corpus Christi before deploying to the Pacific with Marine Transport Squadron 253 (VMR-253). Sledge shares several anecdotes about his time in the Pacific from Guam, Ulithi, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Sledge, Nevin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Snellen, March 8, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Snellen, March 8, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James R. Snellen. Snellen was born 27 September 1926 in Bullitt County, Kentucky. He joined the Navy in April 1944 and went to Great Lakes Naval Training Center for boot camp. He then went to Fort Pierce, Florida for amphibious training as radioman and gunner on LCVPs. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Cofer (APD-62). At Leyte, Snellen saw the USS Mahan (DD-364) and the USS Lidde (APD-60) get hit by kamikazes. Afterwards, he boarded the stricken Lidde and scooped body parts over the side. While landing infantry on Mindoro, he observed the USS Nashville (CL-43) get hit by a kamikaze. In recalling one landing, in which the LCVP got stuck on a reef, Snellen saw the soldiers wading toward shore as a mortar round hit among them, killing them all. He also worked with underwater demolition teams at Borneo and tells of an attack on his ship during which crew shot down two Japanese planes. When Japan surrendered, the Cofer led six hospital ships through mine fields using a Japanese pilot arriving at Wakayama, Japan on 11 September. Upon departing, they sailed to Nagasaki and …
Date: March 8, 2013
Creator: Snellen, James
System: The Portal to Texas History