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[The XH-40 Flight Demonstration]

Description: Video footage of Bell Helicopters' XH-40 flight demonstration for the U. S. Army. The XH-40 is a six-place, turboshaft-powered light helicopter, designed with the primary mission of battlefield medical evacuation. Operated by one or two pilots, it could carry four passengers. Bell Aircraft Corporation Chief Pilot Floyd W. Carlson and Chief Experimental Test Pilot Elton J. Smith made the first flight of the Bell Model 204 (designated XH-40-BF serial number 55-4459 by the United States Army) at B… more
Date: October 20, 1956
Duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interviews with Charles W. Burris, 1984-1985

Description: Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Burris discusses his training, the fall of Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Fukuoka, Kyushu, and being set free.
Date: {1984-04-05,1985-02..1985-05}
Creator: Cruz, Richard & Burris, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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