The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Murphy. Murphy joined the Navy in late 1942. After boot training at Great Lakes, he went to quartermaster school in Rhode Island. Upon completion, Murphy was assigned to USS Carlson (DE-9). He was on the commissioning crew and rode it through the Panama Canal to the Pacific. He was transferred off the ship, underwent further training, and was assigned to ACORN-44 and sent to Okinawa. He arrived at Okinawa when the fighting was winding down and set up a seaplane base on Buckner Bay. He remained on Okinawa until he had enough points t oreturn to the US and be discharged in January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with O. Harold Mainer. Mainer joined the Navy in October, 1940 and trained at San Diego. He was then assigned as a deckhand to USS Helena (CL-50) and caught the ship in Hawaii in late 1940 and was still aboard during the attack on Pearl Harbor, which he describes. Mainer was aboard when Helena sank at Kula Gulf. Then, Mainer was transferred to USS Munsee (ATF-107), an ocean going tug, for the remainder of the war. He was discharged in January 1947.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Pedro Alvarez Vasquez. Vasquez was drafted into the Army around 1943 and assigned to the 87th Armored Field Artillery. In 1944, they were deployed to England. Vasquez traveled throughout France and Germany with the tanks, in charge of gasoline, ammunition, serving as an assistant driver and working the machine guns. He recalls his experiences during the Battle of the Bulge. He returned to the US in November of 1945 and received his discharge.

This is a retelling of the story of three friends by Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) with Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the three friends once found some money and decided to divide it among themselves. However, each one of them was trying to cheat the others. Finally, no one gets the money and all three end up dead.

Recording of an elicitation of nominative (subject) pronouns in Mankiyali using English sentences as prompts. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).

Recording of an elicitation of basic verb paradigms in Mankiyali in the simple present tense forms. The verbs covered are copula 'be' and verbs such as 'eat', 'drink', 'laugh' and 'sing'. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).

Recording of an elicitation of determiners in Mankiyali using English sentences as prompts. The recording is contributed by Gohar-Ur Rehman, a 38-year old shop owner.

This is a traditional story which involves a descriptive riddle about a witty man who needs to take a lion, a goat and a load of leaves across a river. The caveat is that the man cannot take all three in one go. (Note: the narrator inadvertently refers to the goat as a jackal in the beginning). In this recording, the speaker Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male speaker who works as a driver) is addressing Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male government servant).

Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.

Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.

This is a narrative about the speaker's hometown, friends and family, and educational institutions.

Oral history interview with David Hearn. Topics covered include Hearn's upbringing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, his coming out story, his career at J. C. Penney's, and his founding of the Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund.