Oral History Interview with John Adams, February 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Adams, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Adams. Adams enlisted in the Marines Corps Officer’s Procurement Program in March 1942. He went into a V-12 detachment in July 1943, and was sent to Notre Dame University. From there he went to Quantico, then into OCS, then to New River, North Carolina where he was in the 67th Replacement Battalion. This battalion served as guards on a train transporting prisoners from Portsmouth Naval Prison to California, then on a ship to Pearl Harbor. Adams was placed in a 60mm mortar platoon. His first action was Iwo Jima. He landed in the fifth wave. He worked with the mortars, carried out many wounded men, and carried ammo. Adams describes the terrain on Iwo Jima. He talks at length about his 27 days on Iwo. After Iwo he went to Maui and upon being discharged, Adams became a self-employed farmer, married and raised 11 children.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Adams, John
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Adams, February 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Adams, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Adams. Adams enlisted in the Marines Corps Officer’s Procurement Program in March 1942. He went into a V-12 detachment in July 1943, and was sent to Notre Dame University. From there he went to Quantico, then into OCS, then to New River, North Carolina where he was in the 67th Replacement Battalion. This battalion served as guards on a train transporting prisoners from Portsmouth Naval Prison to California, then on a ship to Pearl Harbor. Adams was placed in a 60mm mortar platoon. His first action was Iwo Jima. He landed in the fifth wave. He worked with the mortars, carried out many wounded men, and carried ammo. Adams describes the terrain on Iwo Jima. He talks at length about his 27 days on Iwo. After Iwo he went to Maui and upon being discharged, Adams became a self-employed farmer, married and raised 11 children.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Adams, John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Chester Ahr, February 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Chester Ahr, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chester Ahr. Ahr joined the Marine Corps in December, 1941. He trained in San Diego and shipped overseas in October, 1942 to Guadalcanal where he was attached to a base services unit, which assisted the Seabees and Army engineers in construction projects. He also was in the invasion of Guam, where he was wounded and evacuated. Once he returned to his unit, Ahr got very sick and missed the invasion of Iwo Jima. Shortly afterwards, he was discharged.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Ahr, Chester
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Chester Ahr, February 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Chester Ahr, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chester Ahr. Ahr joined the Marine Corps in December, 1941. He trained in San Diego and shipped overseas in October, 1942 to Guadalcanal where he was attached to a base services unit, which assisted the Seabees and Army engineers in construction projects. He also was in the invasion of Guam, where he was wounded and evacuated. Once he returned to his unit, Ahr got very sick and missed the invasion of Iwo Jima. Shortly afterwards, he was discharged.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Ahr, Chester
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Ahr, February 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with James Ahr, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Ahr. Ahr joined the Marine Corps at 16 years old in November, 1942. He lied about his age. After training, he went overseas and was assigned to the 9th Marine Regiment. He arrived in time for the invasion of Guam. Ahr also was at Iwo Jima and shares several impressions and anecdotes of the battle.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Ahr, James P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Ahr, February 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Ahr, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Ahr. Ahr joined the Marine Corps at 16 years old in November, 1942. He lied about his age. After training, he went overseas and was assigned to the 9th Marine Regiment. He arrived in time for the invasion of Guam. Ahr also was at Iwo Jima and shares several impressions and anecdotes of the battle.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Ahr, James P.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Alden, February 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with George Alden, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Alden. Alden had just finished Marine Corps boot training in San Diego when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He began clerking in the recruit depot office in San Diego shortly after the war started because he could type. In 1944, Alden was assigned to Company A, 27th Marines at Camp Pendleton. He was in the first wave to land on Iwo Jima. He was wounded and evacuated to USS Pinkney (APH-2), which, when it was full a few days later, shaped course for Guam, the Hawaii. Once recovered, Alden went to Saipan to serve in a military police unit in May, 1945. He returned to the US and was discharged in November, 1945. While attending Southern Methodist University, Alden participated in the Air Force ROTC and took a commission upon graduating. He worked as a procurement officer all over the world retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Alden, George
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Alden, February 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Alden, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Alden. Alden had just finished Marine Corps boot training in San Diego when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He began clerking in the recruit depot office in San Diego shortly after the war started because he could type. In 1944, Alden was assigned to Company A, 27th Marines at Camp Pendleton. He was in the first wave to land on Iwo Jima. He was wounded and evacuated to USS Pinkney (APH-2), which, when it was full a few days later, shaped course for Guam, the Hawaii. Once recovered, Alden went to Saipan to serve in a military police unit in May, 1945. He returned to the US and was discharged in November, 1945. While attending Southern Methodist University, Alden participated in the Air Force ROTC and took a commission upon graduating. He worked as a procurement officer all over the world retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Alden, George
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training (open access)

Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training

This report discusses laws related to the protection of marine mammals when using mid-frequency active sonar including the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The report discusses each of the laws generally, and then reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of using the sonar for training purposes off California's coast.
Date: February 18, 2009
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training (open access)

Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training

This report discusses litigation regarding the use of mid-frequency active sonar training exercises and its effects on marine mammals.
Date: February 18, 2009
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reflecting God's Holiness - A Week of Repentance and Renewal transcript

Reflecting God's Holiness - A Week of Repentance and Renewal

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Spirituality is more than a private affair; God lives with a people who share a common spiritual life. come to this "how-to" class on how a congregation can conduct a concentrated week of spiritual renewal."
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Allen, Kent
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Things Unseen: Three Key Questions for Churches of Christ in the New Millennium - Heritage: Are Churches of Christ Really Protestant After All? transcript

Things Unseen: Three Key Questions for Churches of Christ in the New Millennium - Heritage: Are Churches of Christ Really Protestant After All?

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "As the modern world recedes, Churches of Christ are finding their distinctive message and theology, which was rooted firmly in that world, less immediately convincing and more obviously deficient in the new cultural era we are entering. But this situation provides an opportunity to reclaim Christian truth that was compromised or even lost under the pressures and temptations of modernity. Three key questions focus this challenge for the church's heritage, life together and present message."
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Allen, Leonard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lectureship Forum: A Modern Plea in a Postmodern World transcript

Lectureship Forum: A Modern Plea in a Postmodern World

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 3:15 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Allen, Leonard; Childers, Jeff; Foster, Doug; Harris, Randy; Reese, Jack & Woodroof, Tim
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tackling U.S. energy challenges and opportunities: preliminary policy recommendations for enhancing energy innovation in the United States (open access)

Tackling U.S. energy challenges and opportunities: preliminary policy recommendations for enhancing energy innovation in the United States

The report offers preliminary recommendations for near-term actions to strengthen the U.S. effort to develop and deploy advanced energy technologies. The report comes as the Obama Administration and the 111th U.S. Congress face enormous challenges and opportunities in tackling the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems posed by the energy sector. Improving the technologies of energy supply and end-use is a prerequisite for surmounting these challenges in a timely and cost-effective way, and this report elaborates on how policy can support develop of these important energy technologies.
Date: February 18, 2009
Creator: Anadon, Laura Diaz; Gallagher, Kelly Sims; Bunn, Matthew & Jones, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
MPSA 2004 Final Report (open access)

MPSA 2004 Final Report

This proposal was to support a portion of the costs of Methods in Protein Structure Analysis 2004 (MPSA2004). MPSA2004 was the 15th in the series of MPSA international conferences on protein structure analysis that began in 1974. MPSA2004 was held on the campus of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA August 29 through September 2, 2004. Twenty-four internationally recognized speakers gave invited presentations; additional participants were chosen to present short talks in the 10 topics that were addressed. The aim of MPSA conferences is to communicate the latest, cutting-edge techniques in protein structure analysis and proteomics through science success stories as told by the scientific leaders who developed the technologies. Biotechnology vendors are present to explain currently available commercial technology through workshops and demonstrations booths. The overall aim is to provide a forum for exchanging the latest methods and ideas in protein structure analysis and proteomics to current and future practitioners. The conference supported the missions of the DOE Office of Science and the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) in at least two ways: by enabling the above forum, and by encouraging young researchers who might otherwise not attend to meet leading researchers and to learn about the …
Date: February 18, 2006
Creator: Anderson, Carl W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Summary-Final Technical Report (open access)

Executive Summary-Final Technical Report

The primary goal since inception of this DOE grant award in 1991 to Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, has been to support competitive research fellowships aimed at solving important medical problems, contributing significant new knowledge and/or technology. This approach was taken according to the original intent of the DOE program, to foster excellent centers for research and development of lasers and optics in medicine. Laser photomedicine broadly encompasses optical therapy and optical diagnostics, within any organ system. The research supported clearly reflects this breadth and depth.
Date: February 18, 2004
Creator: Anderson, R. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 289, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 289, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 18, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 270, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 2005 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 270, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 2005

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Methods and codes for neutronic calculations of the MARIA research reactor. (open access)

Methods and codes for neutronic calculations of the MARIA research reactor.

The core of the MARIA high flux multipurpose research reactor is highly heterogeneous. It consists of beryllium blocks arranged in 6 x 8 matrix, tubular fuel assemblies, control rods and irradiation channels. The reflector is also heterogeneous and consists of graphite blocks clad with aluminum. Its structure is perturbed by the experimental beam tubes. This paper presents methods and codes used to calculate the MARIA reactor neutronics characteristics and experience gained thus far at IAE and ANL. At ANL the methods of MARIA calculations were developed in connection with the RERTR program. At IAE the package of programs was developed to help its operator in optimization of fuel utilization.
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Andrzejewski, K.; Kulikowska, T.; Bretscher, M. M.; Hanan, N. A. & Matos, J. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Embodied Spirituality: Discovering a Balance of Nature and Grace - A Look at Humanity transcript

Embodied Spirituality: Discovering a Balance of Nature and Grace - A Look at Humanity

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "What does it mean to be created in the image of God? IN what ways are we called to fulfill this goal? Is it completely a divine reality, merely a human reality, or a cooperative effort with God? The incarnation furnishes powerful answers to these questions and provides a balanced approach to spirituality."
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Aquino, Frederick
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Physics potential and prospects for the CUORICINO and CUORE experiments (open access)

Physics potential and prospects for the CUORICINO and CUORE experiments

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Date: February 18, 2003
Creator: Arnaboldi, C.; Avignone, F. T. III; Beeman, J.; Barucci, M.; Balata, M.; Brofferio, C. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Novel, Simple Multianalyte Sensors for Remote Environmental Analysis (open access)

Development of Novel, Simple Multianalyte Sensors for Remote Environmental Analysis

Advancement of our polymerized crystalline colloidal array chemical sensing technology. They have dramatically advanced their polymerized crystalline colloidal array chemical sensing technology. They fabricated nonselective sensors for determining pH and ionic strength. They also developed selective sensors for glucose and organophosphorus mimics of nerve gas agents. They developed a trace sensor for cations in water which utilized a novel crosslinking sensing motif. In all of these cases they have been able to theoretically model their sensor response by extending hydrogel volume phase transition theory. They also developed transient sampling methods to allow their ion sensing methods to operate at high ionic strengths. They also developed a novel optrode to provide for simple sampling.
Date: February 18, 2003
Creator: Asher, Sanford A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gilberto S. Trevino, February 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Gilberto S. Trevino, February 18, 2005

Interview with Gilberto S. Trevino, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He attended Texas A&M before serving in the Marine Corps. He was in the 28th Replacement Battalion when he was assigned to the 3d Marine Division and deployed to Iwo Jima. He discusses his first impressions of landing on the island. He describes the constructed Japanese defenses on the island and the use of Japanese Nisei interpreters to convince defenders to surrender. He returned to Texas A&M where he was in the Corps of Cadets (ROTC) and accepted his commission in the Army in time to serve in Korea. He eventually earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Texas A&M and a doctorate degree in pathology from Michigan State University. He retired from service in 1976 with the rank of colonel.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Atkinson, Scott & Trevino, Gilberto S.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Christian's Green Thumb: The Essentials of Spiritual Growth - The Need for Spiritual Growth transcript

The Christian's Green Thumb: The Essentials of Spiritual Growth - The Need for Spiritual Growth

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Agriculturists and horticulturists often boast of their mystical green thumb, which helps them produce bountiful harvests of fruits, vegetables and flowers. These sessions will explore ways that the Christian can develop a "green thumb" as he or she seeks to fulfill that all-important mandate to grow spiritually."
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Barclay, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History