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Oral History Interview with Naran Dorj Strobel, March 6, 2011

Description: Interview with Naran "Nora" Dorj Strobel, a Mongolian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, surgical technician, granddaughter of Dorj Cembel, and first state governor for the Bulgan State and Selenge State in Mongolia. The interview discusses their childhood in Ulan Bator, Mongolia; education in Mongolia, China and United States; life in Communist Mongolia; aftermath of Perestroika; emigration from Mongolia; citizenship; and marriage and family in the United States.
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Date: March 6, 2011
Creator: Roberts, Jackie & Strobel, Naran Dorj
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Xinqian Lu, October 23, 2009

Description: Interview with Lu Xinquian, a Chinese-born immigrant to Denton. The interview discusses their childhood and education in China; family life; parents’ role in decision-making; decision to enter U.S. to study accounting; practice of Christianity in China; immigration process; religious freedom in U.S. vs. China; and struggles to acculturate.
Date: October 23, 2009
Creator: Truxal, Luke & Lu, Xinqian
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Robert A. Kammeyer, October 23, 2000

Description: Interview with Robert A. Kammeyer, an Army Air Forces veteran (39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a P-51 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Decision to enlist, February, 1943; basic training, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, 1943; college preparatory courses, Michigan State College, East Lansing, 1943; pre-flight training, Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1943; primary flight training, Vernon, Texas, 1943; basic flight trainin… more
Date: October 23, 2000
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kammeyer, Robert A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Robert M. Sinks, February 18, 1999

Description: Interview with Robert M. Sinks, a Navy veteran (U.S. Naval Group, China), concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Navy and boot camp, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; advanced schooling in meteorology and aerology, 1942; volunteering for duty in China; accounts of insurgency operations and intelligence gathering in China, 1943-45; comments about the Sino-American Cooperative Organization.
Date: February 18, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Sinks, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Robert Donihi, October 13, 1996

Description: Interview with Robert Donihi, attorney, concerning his role and experiences as a prosecuting attorney at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East [Tokyo War Crimes Trials], 1945-46. His early law career; acquaintanceship with U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark and appointment to the Tribunal; the organization of the Tribunal and comments about the representatives on it; his role with the International Prosecution Section; his account of the suicide of Prince Fumimaro Konoye; his role i… more
Date: October 13, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Donihi, Robert
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Dr. Robert B. Toulouse, January 27, 2000

Description: Interview with Dr. Robert B. Toulouse, a college administrator and Army Air Forces veteran (301st Air Depot Group), concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, June, 1941; basic training, Camp Roberts, California; Officer Candidate School, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, July-September, 1942; his transfer to the Army Air Forces after OCS and assignment to the 14th Air Depot Group, 1942; reassignment to the 301st Air Depot Group, 1944; st… more
Date: January 27, 2000
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Toulouse, Robert B.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Phil Porter, April 20, 1996

Description: Interview with Phil Porter, a geologist, concerning his experiences in geology and the petroleum industry. Porter discusses his youth and education; his early recollections of Everette Lee DeGolyer; his employment with Geophysical Service, Inc. in 1933; his early refraction technology; his employment with Atlatl Royalty Corporation in 1939; his service as a naval officer with the Office of Procurement of Materials, Army/Navy Munitions Board, during World War II; his postwar work with DeGolyer a… more
Date: April 20, 1996
Creator: Daniels, John D. (John David), 1946-; Clement, Alvin H. & Porter, Phil
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Warren Amy, April 17, 1996

Description: Interview with Warren Amy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Amy discusses Submarine School in New London, Connecticut (1943-1944), his assignment to the Chub (1944), his responsibilities as an electrician's mate, and various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.
Date: April 17, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Amy, Warren
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ken Towery. Towery joined the Army in early 1941 and was sent to Corregidor to join a coast artillery unit. He recalls several details about life under siege at Corregidor before he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Cabanatuan. He left the Philippines later that year and was taken to China. Towery shares his opinions about being a POW as well as several anecdotes. He also comments on being liberated by Russians and how the Russians and Chinese communists cooperated right … more
Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, R. Ken
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interviews with Columbus Savage, May 1994

Description: Interview with Colonel Columbus Savage, an Army Air Corps veteran (16th Bomb Squadron) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Savage discusses Bataan Airfield (1941-1942), the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1945), Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), Mukden, … more
Date: {1994-05-26,1994-05-31}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Savage, Columbus
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Clip: World Wrap]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 26, 1994, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: World Wrap]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 21, 1994, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: World Wrap]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985

Description: Interview with Darwin "Mac" McMillan, a long-term employee of Caltex from California, discussing his background, employment with Texaco and Standard Oil, the history of Caltex and his work as an executive there, his various assignment experiences in China the Philippines, Germany, India, and South Africa, and the oil market.
Date: September 16, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Herbert M. Fish, July 31, 1985

Description: Interview with Herbert M. Fish, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Boston, Massachusetts. Fish discusses his time working at Shell Oil during the Depression, experience in the U.S. Army, his duties at Caltex, marketing with Chinese agents and visiting China, dealing with Japanese executives, and Caltex European operations.
Date: August 31, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fish, Herbert M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003

Description: Interview with Robert O. Andrews, a businessman and United States Army Air Force veteran from Jean, Texas, regarding his experience in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses enlistment, training, assignments including his overseas assignments in India and Burma, reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his postwar career.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, June 18, 1986

Description: Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his background, working for Caltex in China, India, and South Africa, relations between Caltex headquarters and branch offices, the construction of the Caltex refiner at Vishakhapatnam, and the formation of Caltex East and Caltex West.
Date: June 18, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Price, John R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: Jackson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Senator Henry Jackson of Washington who has completed a six day trip to China and now is enrouting home.
Date: July 6, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Kissinger Dinner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the United States and Russia who were denounced by China which accused the two world powers of exploiting poorer nations.
Date: April 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of news from different parts of world.
Date: February 18, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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