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Oral History Interview with Luther G. Prunty, 1986

Description: Interview with Luther Prunty, civil servant, Army veteran, and member of the "Lost Battalion." The interview includes Prunty's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Prunty talks about the Fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp, Changi Prison Camp, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
Date: October 20, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Prunty, Luther
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Tape 92 Side B

Description: Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. Àbɔ́qɔ: zə́ zà mə́ zə́ zà zə́ sháŋ thúy
Date: October 14, 1982
Duration: 32 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 95 Side B

Description: Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. Àbɔ́qɔ: mì dàq sjhí ŋɛ tshɔ́ ŋö́ ŋö́ ə
Date: October 12, 1982
Duration: 31 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 120

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs, narratives, and ritual recitations about offerings to ancestors, good and bad omens, months, and taboos.
Date: 1982-10-08/1982-10-09
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 87 Side A

Description: Akha songs and narratives. ḿ sjhɔ́ nɛ̀q thó thó ə́, Àbɔ́qɔ 24/10-81
Date: October 24, 1981
Duration: 30 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 87 Side B

Description: Akha songs and narratives. tjhɛ́ nḿ tsỳq ə shà zìq zìq ə, Oct-81
Date: October 1981
Duration: 30 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 88 Side A

Description: Akha songs and narratives. 0-20 Àbɔ́qɔ: tjhɛ́ nḿ tsyq ə Oct-81 (Ábɔ́koq's home); 20-25 Ásɔ̀q: tshɔ́ ŋö́ ŋö́ ə, zà sjhí xàqə, 6/11-81; 25-30 Ásɔ̀q: ja-phí dɔ́ ə qá-kɔq 6/11-81
Date: 1981-10/1981-11-06
Duration: 30 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Oral History Interview with Roy G. Armstrong, October 15, 1980

Description: Interview with Roy Armstrong, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Armstrong discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Tamarkan and Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1943), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1… more
Date: October 15, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Armstrong, Roy G., 1919-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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