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Oral History Interview with Masanobu and Tomoko Ikemiya, August 7, 2015

Description: Transcript of an interview with Masanobu and Tomoko Ikemiya. In the first part of the interview, Ikemiya Masanobu discusses his early life in China and Japan, and his education in the United States. He talks about religion and Zen, and sustainable lifestyles. In the second part of the interview, his wife Ikemiya Tomoko talks about her early life, and their lives together.
Date: August 7, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A.; Ikemiya, Masanobu, 1946- & Ikemiya, Tomoko, 1956-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William "Jake" Wehrell, April 23, 2013

Description: Interview with William "Jake" Wehrell, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran and Air America Pilot conducted for the Air America Oral History Project. He discusses his childhood and education in New Jersey and Central College; decision to enlist in the Marine Corps during the Korean War; experiences while stationed at El Toro, California, Japan, Cherry Point, NC, Parris Island, SC, and Beaufort, SC, and aboard an aircraft carrier; decision to join Air America; experiences while stationed in Taiwan, Bangkok… more
Date: April 23, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Wehrell, William
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Rebecca H. Bishop, April 4, 2013

Description: Interview with Rebecca H. Bishop, a USMC Iraq War veteran from Los Angeles, California. Bishop discusses choosing to become a Marine Corps officer, attending the Naval Academy, being a female in the Corps, experiences and combat in Iraq in 2005-06, life as a Marine parent, attending Army Airborne School, the Advanced Degree Program and graduate school, leadership and decision making, the relationship between enlisted and officers, women in combat, plans for the future, and some general reflecti… more
Date: April 4, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Bishop, Rebecca H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Thomas Jenny, April 3, 2013

Description: Interview with Thomas Jenny, a Marine Corps and Air America pilot from Miami, Florida, who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Jenny discusses his interest in aviation, entering the Naval Flight Training Program, flight training, joining the Marine Corps, assignment to Korea, working for Pan-Am, joining Air America, and flying a variety of aircraft and missions from Thailand and Laos.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Jenny, Thomas
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, March 21, 2013

Description: Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, a USAF Afghan War veteran and Bronze Star recipient from Fremont, Nebraska. Krier discusses her time at the University of Nebraska, ROTC, becoming a logistics planning officer, work at Yokota Air Base in Japan, the effect of 9/11 and the War on Terror on military life, struggles as a servicewoman and misogyny, joint training with the Army, deployment to Kuwait, deployment to Afghanistan, work and leadership at the brigade level, female integration in combat u… more
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Krier, Jennifer Leia
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Michie Stevens, March 21, 2013

Description: Interview with Michie Stevens, stewardess for Air America, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences of growing up in World War II China and Japan, having a brother join the Yakuza crime syndicate, getting her first English speaking jobs, hiring and training with Air America, meeting and marrying her husband, working as a stewardess for Air America in Japan, and living in Laos, Thailand, and South Vietnam. The interview includes an appendix w… more
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Michie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Steve Stevens, March 21, 2013

Description: Interview with Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot Steve Stevens for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences while serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War, flight training with the Marine Corps, getting hired with Air America, as well as flying the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in Laos, photo reconnaissance missions throughout Laos including the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Beechcraft Volpar, flying other helicopters and airplanes in La… more
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Steve
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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