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Oral History Interview with R. V. Burgin, March 14, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with R. V. Burgin, March 14, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R.V. Burgin. Burgin was born in Marquez, Texas 13 August 1922 and joined the Marine Corps in March 1941. Completing boot camp, he went to Camp Elliott, California for training with 60mm mortars. He boarded the USS Mount Vernon (AP-22) and went to Melbourne, Australia. Upon arrival, he was assigned to K Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Eugene B. Sledge, author of With the Old Breed, served in K/3/5 with Burgin). On 1 January 1944 he landed on Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Burgin describes repelling a number of Japanese banzai charges. Burgin also describes the invasion of Peleliu and comments on the high casualty rate. Once the island was secured his unit went to Pavuvu for rest. On 1 April 1945 he landed on Okinawa. During the battle, Burgin was wounded. After being treated at a field hospital he returned to the front lines and remained there until the island was secured.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Burgin, Romus Valton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Roy Burley, March 19, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roy Burley, March 19, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Roy Burley. Burley was born in Halletsville, Texas 29 October 1923. Following his graduation from high school in San Antonio, he attended Prairie View A & M College. While in college, he served for three years in the Enlisted Reserve Corps. In May 1943 he was called to active duty and went to Camp Maxey at Paris, Texas. Selected to continue his college education, he was sent to Howard University in Washington DC. After completing one semester he was ordered to report to the 1318th Engineer General Service Regiment as a surveyor. After working on the construction of an air strip in North Carolina, he volunteered to attend Officers Candidates School. After ninety days of training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He then went to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, where he joined the 372nd Infantry Regiment as a rifle platoon leader in Company C. After the unit had set sail for Hawaii a message was received that the 372nd was deactivated. Upon arrival in Hawaii, he was assigned to the Transportation Corps and sent to the Philippines where he reported to a trucking battalion. …
Date: March 19, 2008
Creator: Burley, Roy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Notes on Dimasa phonology (open access)

Notes on Dimasa phonology

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology with special focus on vowel quality and final glottals. Includes partial index of examples across multiple Dimasa notebooks.
Date: 2009-03-10/2009-03-15
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tones and vowel length (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tones and vowel length

Handwritten notes on Dimasa with special focus on tone, vowel length, and final glottals. Includes regional word list, words with final -p and -k, and minimal pairs and triplets demonstrating vowel length distinctions in adjectival forms.
Date: 2008-03-27/2008-04
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tones, pitch, and vowel length (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tones, pitch, and vowel length

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology (tone, pitch, syllable structure) with special focus on vowel quality and final glottal stops. Includes word lists of kinship terms, body parts, natural world, animals, household items, numerals, agriculture, and transitive verbs of motion.
Date: 2009-03-07/2009-06-05
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ralph Byler, March 23, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ralph Byler, March 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ralph Byler. Byler joined the Army in early 1941. He served as the Commanding Officer of the 965th Field Artillery Battalion, in the European Theater, during the Invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded. Byler was discharged in March of 1946.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Byler, Ralph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Carey, March 23, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Carey, March 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Carey. Carey joined the Marine Corps in an officer candidate class in November of 1942. In July of 1943 he was transferred to the Navy V-12 Program, completing midshipman and landing craft school. He was stationed aboard the USS Venango (AKA-82) beginning June of 1944. In the spring of 1945 they transported cargo for the impending assault on Okinawa, carrying troops, landing craft vehicles and gear of the Army’s 82nd Signal Construction Battalion. Carey was aboard when they participated in the Battle of Okinawa, returning to the US in November of 1945. He was discharged in March of 1946.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Carey, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cecil Carlisle, March 21, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Cecil Carlisle, March 21, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Cecil Carlisle. Carlisle served in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, and graduated in January of 1943 as a Corporal. He went on to complete Officer Candidate School and became a second lieutenant. He joined the Army, the Coast Artillery, working with automatic weapons including .50-caliber machine guns and 40mm antiaircraft cannons. He was first assigned to Camp Hahn in Riverside, California where he served as a platoon commander, conducting antiaircraft gunnery and field training. From there he was transferred to complete pilot training through the Army Air Forces and received his wings in the fall of 1944. He did not go overseas, as flights were halted to England as the war was scaling down. He then flew as copilot for Navigation Training School, back and forth from Texas to Florida. He was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: March 21, 2002
Creator: Carlisle, Cecil
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cesar Chavez March] (open access)

[Cesar Chavez March]

This article deals with a march commerating Cesar Chavez Day at a school in Fort Worth. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ciudadania (open access)

Ciudadania

This article describes the intense emotions that people felt as they became citizens of the United States during a naturalization ceremony in Arlington. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clinica Albert Galvan] (open access)

[Clinica Albert Galvan]

The article deals with the Clinica Albert Galvan which provides health services mostly to lower income and undocumented patients. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Gala dinner] (open access)

[Gala dinner]

This article deals with the dinner and crowning of a beauty queen at the gala event held by the Federation of Zacatecans of Fort Worth. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 26, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[High school air rifle team] (open access)

[High school air rifle team]

The accomplisments of a Fort Worth High School air rifle team are detailed. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[John Peter Smith Public Health Forum] (open access)

[John Peter Smith Public Health Forum]

Representatives from John Peter Smith Hospital participate in a public health forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Tarrant County. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 9, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Organization helps the low income elderly in Dallas] (open access)

[Organization helps the low income elderly in Dallas]

This article and photo deal with the non-profit organization The Voice of the Elderly. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 20, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Protest march in Dallas] (open access)

[Protest march in Dallas]

This article deals with an immigration protest march organized by Citizens Network that took place in Dallas. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 27, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veneran a San Martín de Porres (open access)

Veneran a San Martín de Porres

This article deals with the Fraternity of St. Martin de Porres that holds monthly worship meetings. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 20, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Zacatecan of the year] (open access)

[Zacatecan of the year]

This article deals with the honor that will be bestowed on Antonio Lozano Hiojosa by the Federation of Zacatecas of Texas. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: March 24, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond Cheney, March 7, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond Cheney, March 7, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Raymond Cheney. Cheney enlisted in the Army Air Forces in September of 1942. He completed radio school and served in Australia, New Guinea and Los Negros Island. He provides some details of his work and travel experiences. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: March 7, 2005
Creator: Cheney, Raymond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I (open access)

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I

This report summarizes a case study which investigated how climate change may affect the transportation sector in the United States.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Across-Shelf Larval, Postlarval, and Juvenile Fish Collected at Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and a Coastal Rock Jetty West of the Mississippi River Delta] (open access)

[Project Summary: Across-Shelf Larval, Postlarval, and Juvenile Fish Collected at Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and a Coastal Rock Jetty West of the Mississippi River Delta]

Summary describing the work completed at Coastal Fisheries Institute, Louisiana State University for "Across-Shelf Larval, Postlarval, and Juvenile Fish Collected at Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and a Coastal Rock Jetty West of the Mississippi River Delta." It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Coastal Fisheries Institute, Louisiana State University
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Air Quality and Dispersion Meteorology over the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Measurements, Analyses, and Syntheses] (open access)

[Project Summary: Air Quality and Dispersion Meteorology over the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Measurements, Analyses, and Syntheses]

Summary describing the work completed at Coastal Studies Institute for "Air Quality and Dispersion Meteorology over the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Measurements, Analyses, and Syntheses." It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: March 2000
Creator: Coastal Studies Institute
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arnold Cole, March 15, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arnold Cole, March 15, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arnold Cole. Cole was born in Beulah, North Dakota 9 October 1924. Joining the Navy in January 1942 he attended boot camp at Farragut, Idaho then was assigned to the Hospital Corps School. Upon completing training, he went to Camp Elliott, California to join the Fleet Marine Force as a combat medic with the 5th Marine Division, 26th Marine Regiment. On 19 February 1945 he was in the third wave of the invasion of Iwo Jima. He mentions the high casualty rate suffered during the invasion and he recalls that the corpsmen removed any type of markings indicating they were medical personnel in an effort to thwart the efforts of Japanese snipers to single them out. Cole was on Iwo Jima for thirty-three days before being severely wounded. After receiving initial treatment at the battalion aid station he was put aboard the USS Queens (APA-103) and taken to Guam. He was taken off the ship on a gurney, identified with a green toe tag (dead) and placed in the morgue. A morgue attendant heard him moaning and contacted medical personnel. He was taken to the hospital and given …
Date: March 15, 2007
Creator: Cole, Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Ike and Alice Delery Walton, March 15, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Ike and Alice Delery Walton, March 15, 2008

Interview with John Ike Walton, a musician who has been inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Walton talks about his music career, briefly talks about music and LSD, and music culture in general. Mr. Walton's wife, Alice Delery Walton is present for the interview and inserts comments from time to time.
Date: March 15, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Walton, John Ike & Walton, Alice Delery
System: The Portal to Texas History