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Retellings of traditional narratives by elders

Shangchrek Tholung narrated the Raalngam story, Arthluk and Raangchal. The second story of Raapaa by Shetphong Sankhil. The third story by Swamy Tholung Ksen the story Arthluk and Raangchal.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of traditional story about Arthluuk and Raangchel

Recording of Shangchrek Tholung reciting a popular traditional narrative. Collected at Swamy Tholung's house who introduces the event and asks questions of the narrator.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of plants and their uses

Sumshot Khular and Anudon Sankhil talk to Shobhana in their garden about uses of plants growing around the garden. The leaves used for wrapping and packing food packs in the Lamkang culture called Nthil arnaa. The uses of banana leaves, base, stem and fruits and its health benefits.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about baskets

Recording of Sumshot Khular explaining and showing different types of traditional baskets. The discussion takes place in Swamy Tholung Ksen's workroom.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of household and buildings

Recording of Swamy Tholung Ksen's family members as they move from the house to outdoor work area to demonstrate how to weave.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Raapa

Recording of the Raapa Story by Stephon Sankhil. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of names and descriptions of vegetation in a kitchen garden

Recording of Sumshot Khular and Donnu Sankhil naming and describing various plants and vegetables in Thamlakhuren. She describes how they are plucked and used as medicine and also a food items.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Interview about work

Sumshot Khular and Toni Khullar discuss what to talk about and Sumshot suggests some topics, one of them being work.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about a work house

A visit to Swamy Tholung's house and work area. Here the family keeps a loom, various traditional baskets, and grain.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Ong Mang ngo-Lamloon Laa and retelling of Arthluuk Leh Raangchel

Recording of Sankhil Khungwar Rengtingnu singing lamloon laa ong mang ngo at Thamlapokpi village. In the second part Swamy Tholung Ksen tells the story of Arthluuk leh Raangchel. This story has some significance on the relationship between the Lamkangs and the English.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of medicinal plants

Audio recording of companion video of Shobhana Chelliah talking with Anudon Sankhil in her garden.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of nouns

Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil discuss nouns in Lamkang with Shobhana Chelliah and David Peterson.
Date: February 1, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul Morabith, February 2, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Paul Morabith, February 2, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Morabith. Morabith was working as a machinist when he was drafted in July, 1942. He could have been deferred, but went into the Army Air Forces when he was called. He trained as a mechanic on B-26s. Eventually, he switched to aerial gunnery and went to England in April, 1944. He flew 32 combat missions, starting in France prior to D-Day. Morabith recalls returning to base on two engines and the crew contemplating whether to try for Sweden or home. He provides many details about his experiences flying combat missions as a tail gunner in a B-17 over Europe. He finished his tour in August, 1944 and returned to the US. After some rest, Morabith was scheduled to go to the Pacific and join a B-29 outfit, but the war ended. He was discharged early in September.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Morabith, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Mazoch, February 5, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Mazoch, February 5, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Mazoch. Mazoch was drafted into the Army in August, 1942 and was attached to the 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. He joined the unit on New Guinea after the Battle of Buna. He also participated in the invasion of the Philippines. Mazoch has considerable help relating his story from his daughter.
Date: February 5, 2016
Creator: Mazoch, Charles L
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bruce Greig, February 1, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Bruce Greig, February 1, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bruce Greig. Greig enlisted in the reserves and was called to active duty with the Army Air Forces in February 1943. He was sent to radio school and then radar school. Greig served stateside before being sent to Saipan as a part of a service group for the 73rd Bomb Wing. He describes the conditions on Saipan and how the airbase grew. Greig describes how he worked in a shop and specialized in a black box that was a part of early airplane radar units. He was then sent to Guam and eventually back to the US where he was discharged in February 1946.
Date: February 1, 2016
Creator: Greig, Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Marten, February 4, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Bill Marten, February 4, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Marten. Marten joined the Merchant Marine in November 1943. He started as a fireman working as a water tender in the engine room. Marten describes some of his service on tankers crossing the Atlantic. He details an incident where he witnesses another tanker in his convoy explode after it was hit by a torpedo. Marten took part in 12 voyages and eventually left the Merchant Marine in 1948.
Date: February 4, 2016
Creator: Marten, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Gage, February 1, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Joe Gage, February 1, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joe Gage. Gage joined the Navy during the war and was trained as a pharmacist’s mate. He was stationed in North Carolina and was then assigned to LCI-1074. Gage describes the journey from Michigan, down the Mississippi River, and on to New Guinea. He took part in landings at Leyte with Filipino guerillas. Gage also discusses landing Australian troops in Borneo. He describes how an LCI would beach and then extract itself. Gage left the service in December 1945.
Date: February 1, 2016
Creator: Gage, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harley Wright, February 18, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Harley Wright, February 18, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harley Wright. Wright volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in January 1942. He trained in Wichita Falls as an aircraft mechanic and then served as an instructor after aircraft engine specialist school. Eventually, Wright was assigned to Lowry Field in Denver where he became the base aircraft inspector. He spent the rest of the war there and recalls several experiences. He was discharged in December, 1945. After the war, Wright wrote technical manuals and extension course books for Air University and other entities.
Date: February 18, 2016
Creator: Wright, Harley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arlie Ray Horn, February 19, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Arlie Ray Horn, February 19, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arlie Ray Horn. Horn was drafted into the Army in July 1943 and trained at Camp Wolters before being shipped overseas to England where he trained with the Special Forces and was attached to the 29th Infantry Division. He landed at Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944 (D-Day). Horn was wounded three different times. After the war ended, Horn returned to the US in October, 1945.
Date: February 19, 2016
Creator: Horn, Arlie Ray
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Hall, February 10, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Richard Hall, February 10, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Hall. Hall joined the Navy in June, 1943, having passed tests to be eligible for the V-12 program. Once in, he elected to try for flight training and passed those tests. He began flight training in January, 1944, earning his commission and wings in April, 1946. He discusses aspects of his flight training, including qualifying for carriers. One of his first assignments was ferrying aircraft from various places to Norfolk where they were overhauled. He went on a cruise aboard the USS Leyte (CV-32) where he made a dead-stick carrier landing one day. When the Korean War started, he was assigned to VA-155 and went to Korea in early 1953. Hall shares several anecdotes from his military career before he retired in 1963.
Date: February 10, 2016
Creator: Hall, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Connolly, February 5, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Connolly, February 5, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Connolly. Connolly joined the Navy in mid-1943. He served as a Hospital Corpsman. In mid-1944, he was assigned to St. Albans Naval Hospital in New York. In early 1945, Connolly served aboard the USS Repose (AH-16). They served as a base hospital ship in Shanghai and later Tsingtao, China, supporting the occupation forces in northern China. He received his discharge in May of 1946.
Date: February 5, 2016
Creator: Connolly, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Irene Johnson, February 7, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Irene Johnson, February 7, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Irene Johnson. Johnson was born in 1917 in Iowa. She speaks of life during the Great Depression. Johnson graduated from high school around 1935, and attended one year of college in Kansas. Around 1939, she moved to Dallas, and worked in the office of a construction company, building housing for training pilots. After the war began, she joined the Women’s Army Corps. Johnson provides details of her service, including uniforms, housing and her office work completed at an airfield, tracking locations of pilots.
Date: February 7, 2016
Creator: Johnson, Irene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Herlin, February 15, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Herlin, February 15, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Herlin. Herlin joined the Navy in the fall of 1942. Beginning in late 1943, he served as a Radioman First Class with Composite Squadron Twelve (VC-12) aboard the USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76). He later transferred to the USS Card (CVE-11). Herlin served with the hunter-killer groups completing offensive operations against German submarines in the Atlantic and North Africa. He continued his service after the war ended through early 1954.
Date: February 15, 2016
Creator: Herlin, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joseph Nix, February 15, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Joseph Nix, February 15, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Nix. Nix joined the Army Air Forces around early 1942. He served as a CG-4A glider pilot with the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron. They worked from base 464 in England. They dropped paratroopers in the invasion of Italy and during Operation Market Garden. He received his discharge around late 1945, though remained in the reserve until 1978.
Date: February 15, 2016
Creator: Nix, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History