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Oral History Interview with Gayle Reaves-King, April 4, 2012

Interview with Gayle Reaves-King,a journalist in Fort Worth, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, family life, and her career with The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers.

Date: April 5, 2012

Creator: Ayers, Cesta & Reaves-King, Gayle

Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

Oral History Interview with Vaughn Bercaw, April 22, 2002

Interview with Vaughn Bercaw, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force from East Lansing, Michigan who served in Germany during the Cold War and Thailand in the early days of the Vietnam War. Bercaw describes his training in basic aircraft weapon systems and experiences on various missions in both wars, including life upon returning to the United States.

Date: February 28, 2003

Creator: Brown, Chambra & Bercaw, Vaughn

Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with W. A. Henderson, 2007

Interview with Lieutenant Col. W. A. Bill Henderson of Gatesville, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Air Force. In the interview, Mr. Henderson answers biographical questions and talks about his military flight training, traveling, and bombing the Kwai River Bridge during World War II.

Date: 2007

Creator: Johnson, Kep & Henderson, W. A.

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

The Thai-Burma Railway and Beyond (The Railway of Death) 1942-1945

Transcript by M.F. Seiker. Seiker was born in Holland and joined the Dutch Merchant Navy. He became a POW in Java in 1942. He went on a hell ship to Singapore and then on a train to Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Next, he was put to work building the Kwai River Bridge. He describes that death was a daily occurrence. He was caught and threatened with execution for stealing Red Cross shipments of food. The camp then found out about Hiroshima three days after it happened, since the Japanese abandoned the… more

Date: unknown

Creator: Seiker, M. F.

Location: 22.247739 95.962771