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Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000

Description: Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Macia recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date: July 21, 2000
Duration: 4 hours 10 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003

Description: 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
Duration: 48 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Nichols, Chuck & Chu, Peter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003

Description: 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
Duration: 53 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Cox, William G. & Hill, David Lee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004

Description: Interview with Alan W. "Buck" Saunders, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, becoming an airplane mechanic, and going to flight school for pilot training. He was stationed in India and flew supplies into China over the Himalayas (known by pilots as "the Hump"). In China, he traded items such as jewelry or opium for information on Japanese troop placements in Burma. He also discusses his meetings with native Burmese and talks about later experiences he had after … more
Date: October 8, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Saunders, Alan W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ed Carseth, August 6, 2003

Description: 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… more
Date: August 6, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Metzler, Ed & Carseth, Ed
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Valentin R. Ybarra, April 29, 2004

Description: Interview with Valentin R. Ybarra regarding his experiences during World War II. He discusses his wartime experiences in Peleliu and Okinawa as well as occupation duty in Japan and China. He also had an assignment in Spain. He remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis, the revolt in the Dominican Republic, and his service in Vietnam.
Date: April 29, 2004
Duration: 47 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Ybarra, Valentin R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with W. A. Henderson, September 20, 2003

Description: Interview with W. A. (Bill) Henderson, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his time as a bombardier and navigator on a B-24 in the China-Burma-India Theater. His crew hit the bridge over River Kwai (Mae Klong) while making bombing runs along the Burma Railway and also flew runs to supply gasoline to various bases in China, India and Burma. He relates anecdotes about the food and living quarters on the bases and the time he saved his co-pilot's life. He helped his co-pilot land the plane a… more
Date: September 20, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Johnson, Kep & Henderson, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood… more
Date: February 23, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Day, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood… more
Date: February 23, 2004
Creator: Day, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Warren Burggren in science lab during UNT delegation visit to China]

Description: Photograph of Warren Burggren, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, from a UNT delegation's visit to China led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Burggren is standing on the left side of the photograph, looking at the camera and smiling. Science lab equipment can be seen on countertops in a classroom behind him.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Judith Forney and man during UNT delegation visit to China]

Description: Photograph of Judith Forney, Dean, School of Merchandising & Hospitality Management (left), with a man (right) from a UNT delegation's visit to China led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Forney and the man are standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling. A science lab can be seen in the background on the left side of the photograph.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Thomas Evenson with men during UNT delegation visit to China]

Description: Photograph of Thomas Evenson, Dean, College of Public Affairs & Community Service (2nd left), with a group of men during a UNT delegation's visit to China led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Evenson can be seen standing in the center of the photograph, looking to the left of the camera at the man next to him. His mouth is turned to the side. Warren Burggren (right) and another man (2nd right) can also be seen looking in the same direction. Burggren is mostly out of frame. The man on… more
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men in SKLEC room during UNT delegation visit to China, 1]

Description: Photograph from a UNT delegation's visit to China, led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Two men can be seen standing in a room in the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC) at East China Normal University. The man on the left side of the photograph has his back turned to the camera. The second man is standing across from him on the right side of the photograph, looking off to the right of the camera and appears to be speaking. Informational posters created by … more
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.225812 121.404630
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Warren Burggren during UNT delegation visit to China]

Description: Photograph of Warren Burggren, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, from a UNT delegation's visit to China led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Burggren can be seen standing outside on the roof of a building. He is looking at the camera and smiling. Several men are socializing behind a large satellite dish in the background, on the right side of the photograph. City buildings and trees can be seen in the distance.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man poses with Mao Zedong statue at Fudan University]

Description: Photograph from a UNT delegation's visit to China, led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. A male UNT faculty member can be seen standing outdoors on the Fudan University campus, facing the camera and smiling. A statue of Mao Zedong can be seen behind him in the background of the photograph.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.297420 121.503618
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Earl Gibbons with man 1 during UNT delegation trip to China]

Description: Photograph from a UNT delegation's visit to China, led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Earl Gibbons, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for International Education at UNT (right), is standing side by side with another man (left), looking toward the camera and smiling. Gibbons is holding a passport in his left hand and a folded sheet of paper in his right hand.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[UNT faculty members in car during delegation trip to China]

Description: Photograph from a UNT delegation's visit to China, led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Two male UNT faculty members can be seen sitting in a car. The man on the left side of the photograph is holding onto a grab handle with his right hand, looking at the camera and smiling. The second man is looking off to the left of the camera and smiling. He is holding a shopping bag in his left hand.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Earl Gibbons with man 3 during UNT delegation trip to China]

Description: Photograph from a UNT delegation's visit to China, led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Earl Gibbons, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for International Education (right), is standing side by side with another man (left) in an outdoor hallway. They are both looking at the camera and smiling.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Warren Burggren with Thomas Evenson and others during UNT delegation visit to China]

Description: Photograph from UNT delegation's visit to China, led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Warren Burggren, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (left) can be seen sitting with Thomas Evenson, Dean, College of Public Affairs & Community Service (right), and two other men. Evenson and the two unknown men are facing to the left of the camera, perpendicular to Burggren. Burggren is facing the camera.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Earl Gibbons with man 2 during UNT delegation trip to China]

Description: Photograph from a UNT delegation's visit to China, led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Earl Gibbons, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for International Education (left), and another man (right) are standing inside of a building. The man on the right is looking at the camera. Gibbons is looking to the left of the camera. He is holding a shopping bag and a camera in his hands. They are both smiling. A woman can be seen walking in the background on the left side of the photogr… more
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Thomas Evenson with elephant, 1]

Description: Photograph of Thomas Evenson, Dean, College of Public Affairs & Community Service, during a UNT delegation's visit to China led by UNT President Gretchen Bataille in 2008. Evenson can be seen on the left side of the photograph, sitting on the trunk of an elephant. He is looking at the camera and smiling. He is resting his left hand on top of the elephant's head. The elephant is facing to the left of the camera with its mouth open, and is wearing a colorful blanket over its body.
Date: June 2008
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.861660 104.195397
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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