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Oral History Interview with Ornell H. Balzer, September 4, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Ornell H. Balzer, September 4, 2003

Interview with Ornell Balzer, beginning with the evolution of her career at M.D. Anderson. She recounts how she moved to Houston after graduating from nursing school and her return to M.D. Anderson. Ms. Balzer then details her memories of time spent working at Baker Estate and her interactions with colleagues and patients.
Date: September 4, 2003
Creator: Balzer, Ornell H. & Brunet, Lesley Williams
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2003-03-12 – Symphony Orchestra

Ensemble concert performed at UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center Winspear Hall.
Date: March 12, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphony Orchestra.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-10-08 – Chamber Orchestra

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.
Date: October 8, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Chamber Orchestra.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-11-24 – Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall. Conducted by Mee-Ah Lo, Eun Young Park, and Stacy Weill in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree. Conducted by Ai Kuang Sun in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 24, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Chamber Orchestra.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Earl Smyth, Jr., October 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Earl Smyth, Jr., October 20, 2003

Interview with Earl Smyth, Jr., a serviceman during World War II. He discusses his time aboard the USS Saratoga at the Battle of Midway and at Guadalcanal, where the ship sustained two torpedo attacks. He saw Pearl Harbor three days after the attack.
Date: October 20, 2003
Creator: Bryk, Clarence & Smyth, Earl, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with E. R. Dolinar, April 5, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with E. R. Dolinar, April 5, 2003

Interview with E.R. (Ed) Dolinar, a serviceman with the U. S. Navy during World War II. He discusses going to boot camp, torpedo school and submarine school. He was on the SSN Stingray as a torpedo crewman that offloaded supplies and guerillas in the Philippines. It picked up stranded Japanese sailors and transported them to Australia. The Stingray was then decomissioned. He was then part of a crew that studied and stripped captured German submarines, and he discusses the differences between the U-boats and the US submarines. He also discusses the Bolomen, Filipino guerillas who fought the Japanese during the occupation. He also talks briefly about his experience of being hit with depth charges and gives his opinions on General MacArthur and President Truman.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: Bryk, Clarence & Dolinar, E. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003

Interview with Peter Chu regarding his experiences in China during World War II. Peter's son Alan Chu also participates in this interview. Peter Chu discusses the Japanese occupation in Nanking (Nanjing), China in 1937 when he was 10 years old.
Date: November 1, 2003
Creator: Nichols, Chuck & Chu, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Chris Walker, February 11, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Chris Walker, February 11, 2003

Interview with Chris Walker, a carpenter during World War II. He discusses working as a carpenter in the Marines at Camp Pendleton and on Tinian and Saipan. He was present at Okinawa and in Nagasaki after Japan surrendered. He also tells stories about generals, his colonel, rations, and friendly fire. He describes some of the memorabilia he kept.
Date: February 11, 2003
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Walker, Chris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003

Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Cox, William G. & Hill, David Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ed Carseth, August 6, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Ed Carseth, August 6, 2003

Interview with Ed Carseth, a pilot during World War II. He discusses an early interest in aviation and earned his pilot's license through the Civilian Pilot Training program. He spent a year as an instructor before joining the Air Transport Command. Through 1944 he delivered aircraft to Australia before being assigned to Myitkyina, Burma. He speaks of living conditions at Myitkyina. He flew materials over the Himalaya Mountains (the Hump) from Burma to Kunming, China. Carseth relates anectdotes about General Claire Chennault, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and a squadron mate who kept a baboon.
Date: August 6, 2003
Creator: Metzler, Ed & Carseth, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003

Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date: January 21, 2003
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ensemble: 2003-02-13 – Baroque Orchestra and Collegium Singers

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: February 13, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Baroque Orchestra.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-04-15 – Collegium Musicum Ensembles

Early music ensembles concert presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall.
Date: April 15, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-08-01 – Opera Theatre

Opera presented at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Date: August 1, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-08-02 – Opera Theatre

Opera presented at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Date: August 2, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-08-03 – Opera Theatre

Opera presented at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Date: August 3, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-08-05 – Opera Theatre

Opera presented at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.
Date: August 5, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-10-25 – Opera Theater

An opera performance at the UNT Lyric Theater at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Date: October 25, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Division of Vocal Studies. Opera.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-04-16 – Symphony Orchestra

Ensemble concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.
Date: April 16, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphony Orchestra.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-09-24 – Symphony Orchestra

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.
Date: September 24, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Symphony Orchestra.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Mellon, August 22, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Mellon, August 22, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Mellon. Mellon joined the Army in March of 1944. He was assigned to the 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division, and participated in active duty through France and into the Siegfried Line in December. They continued their combat duty into Germany, and served on occupation duty after the war ended. Mellon returned to the US and was discharged in October of 1945.
Date: August 22, 2003
Creator: Mellon, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harry Miller, June 23, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Harry Miller, June 23, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and oral interview with Harry Miller. Born 11 September 1922 in Winamac, Indiana, Miller graduated from high school in 1940. Called into the Army in 1943, he took basic training at Fort Hamilton, New York. After fifteen weeks of basic he was assigned to the 13th Major Port Battalion. He was stationed at Perth Amboy, New Jersey and worked long hours loading ammunition and other supplies for overseas shipment. He then went aboard a troop ship and landed at Plymouth, England. There, he was involved in unloading military supplies. Sometime after June 1944, he was pulled from the port battalion and assigned as a replacement with the 29th Infantry Division, 115th Infantry Regiment. He recalls of being in combat at Brest, France and the drive to the Elbe River. Miller also recalls his regiment being confronted by 10,000 Germans surrendering to the Americans to avoid capture by the Russian Army. After Germany surrendered, he was sent to Bremen, as a company clerk. In 1946, he returned to the United States and was discharged.
Date: June 23, 2003
Creator: Miller, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Reid Misenheimer, September 6, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Reid Misenheimer, September 6, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Reid Misenheimer. Misenheimer was born in Augusta, Arkansas 8 May 1922 and attended North Georgia College for two years before entering the Army in 1945. He took basic training at Smyrna Army Airfield, Tennessee, and was placed into a guard squadron after completing training. He recalls being transferred into the Army Specialized Training Program and being sent to the Citadel where he received training in basic engineering. The program was terminated and he was transferred into the infantry and sent to Fort Bragg, Kentucky for infantry basic. At the end of infantry training, he was transferred into the artillery and once again took basic training. Upon completion, he was sent to a 155mm Long Tom artillery unit at Brownsville, Texas and was assigned as a mechanic in the headquarters battalion. In January 1945 he went aboard a troop transport bound for La Havre, France. He relates various experiences in France. He returned to the United States in 1946 and received his discharge at Fort Bragg.
Date: September 6, 2003
Creator: Misenheimer, Reid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Henry Mooi, August 6, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Henry Mooi, August 6, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Mooi. Mooi joined the Navy in January of 1945. He served aboard USS Cabot (CVL-28). He served on fire watch duty. Mooi remained aboard the Cabot through the end of the war, and they provided air cover during the Japanese surrender on USS Missouri (BB-63).
Date: August 6, 2003
Creator: Mooi, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History