Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) degree.

Recording of Farman Khan and a group singing the traditional song "Hashki," in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of Farman Khan and a Group reciting "Bor Bor," a popular folk song in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard E. Mann. Mann joined the Army Air Corps in April, 1942 while he was attending the University of Illinois. In October, he went to navigation school in Louisiana. In June, 1943, Mann received his commission and joined the 23rd Anti-submarine squadron at Langley, Virginia. Upon completion of training, the squadron flew to Trinidad to carry out anti-submarine missions. His squadron was eventually dissolved and he returned to the US for more training and was eventually sent to the Pacific where he was assigned to the 22nd Bomb Group, 33rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Air Force. Mann served as a navigator on B-24 bombers. Mann flew 46 combat missions in the Pacific.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marbury Councell. Councell joined the Army Air Forces in June, 1943 and trained in Maryland and Mississippi to become an aerial gunner. He was assigned as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber in the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group once he got overseas to England. He flew on 11 missions before being shot down in February, 1945. His pilot managed to get the plane to crash land in Switzerland, where Councell received medical care because he had been shot in the leg and had lost an eye. He was in the hospital in Switzerland for while and was back in France when the war ended. He was returned to the US and was discharged in March, 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Allen Pang. Pang was born to Chinese rice farmers on Oahu. The students at his high school were predominantly of Japanese descent, and he served alongside them in the ROTC upon entering college at the University of Hawaii. Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, his group volunteered for the Territorial Guard. The Japanese-American students were sent to a labor battalion, while Pang enjoyed guard duty. He laments on the unfairness of this arrangement, as the Japanese-Americans were loyal to the United States. When the Territorial Guard was dissolved, Pang entered the Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet. Upon completion of flight training, he was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Group, 432nd Bombardment Squadron, in Algeria. The unit moved to a base in Sardinia from which Pang bombed Southern Italy as a B-26 bombardier navigator. Pang details mission procedure, from briefing to debriefing, and describes the method by which a bomber would signal their fighter escort to intervene. After moving to Corsica he expanded targets across Italy and into Southern France, flying a total of 68 missions. Pang returned home and was stationed in Hawaii when the …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Stearns. Stearns joined the Army in July of 1946. He served with the 1st Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Regiment. In December he traveled to Yokohama, Japan aboard the USS General W. M. Black (AP-135). Stearns was assigned to the 4th Replacement Depot in Japan, and worked as a non-commissioned officer, overseeing a supply room during the occupation of Japan. Stearns also transported war criminals by vehicle to the war crime trials, sat in on the trials, then escorted the criminals back to the Sugamo prison in Tokyo. He returned to the US and was discharged in November of 1947.

Recording of Ali Murad Khan discussing the history of local music. In this recording, which is in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski, Khan talks about the life of musicians.

Recording of Farman Khan and group singing the traditional song "Gulchumuca Tum Nazur," in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of Imam Yar Baig reciting the story "Nuusheerwaane Us" (Wife of Nausherwan King) in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of a farmer named Imam Yar Baig reciting "Aqalin-e-Hagur," in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story, a girl is told to search for silk in her father’s beard, but finds a flea. She is told to keep the flea in a bag, and watches as the flea grows.

Recording of Farman Khan and a group singing the traditional song "Hashki" in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of Farman Khan singing "Gulchumaca tum Nazer," a popular folk song in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of Imam Yar Baig reciting the story "Aqalin-e-Hagur," (An Intelligent Horse) in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story, a princes is married to a demonic being but is rescued by her intelligent horse.

Recording of Imam Yar Baig reciting a traditional cultural account on duck hunting in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.