Mr. JENNER. "DP" meaning displaced persons?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Displaced persons camp near Guenzburg, G-u-e-n-z-b-u-r-g [spelling], Germany.
Mr. JENNER. You say "we", at the time were you married?
Mr. MAMANTOV. I, oh, I was married all time.
Mr. JENNER. A native of Latvia or of Russia?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Latvia, and my wife is Latvian--native Latvian.
Mr. JENNER. By the way, what is your age, sir?
Mr. MAMANTOV. 50 and, so, I am--my mother-in-law was also with us.
Mr. JENNER. Who is she--what is her name?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Dorothy Gravitis, G-r-a-v-i-t-i-s [spelling].
Mr. JENNER. All right. I'll ask you some more questions about her later.
Mr. MAMANTOV. And her husband was arrested by the Communist in 1941 and we haven't heard of him since that time.
Mr. JENNER. You say "arrested by the Communist" do you make a distinction when you use the word description "Communist" as something different from the Russians?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Oh, yes; nothing to do with the nation. As you know, Communists are in Latvia, Communists are in Russia, and Communists are in Germany, and nothing to do with the nation. I am using this as an occupational force--I'll put it this way.
Mr. JENNER. And where did you receive your higher education?
Mr. MAMANTOV. In Riga, R-i-g-a [spelling], Latvia, which is the capital of Latvia, and the name of the university was the University of Latvia.
Mr. JENNER. And have you had graduate school education?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's where I got my graduate school. My degree is approximately equivalent to a local Ph. D--it's actually between master's and Ph. D.
Mr. JENNER. When did you settle in Dallas?
Mr. JENNER. And have you and Mrs. Mamantov resided in Dallas ever since?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No; my wife still was in Roswell, N. Mex., at that time and she moved to Dallas immediately after the Thanksgiving Day.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Right. You see, we received our citizenship in November of 1955 at Roswell, N. Mex.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Whole family, and Mrs. Gravitis.
Mr. JENNER. Does that include Mrs. Gravitis?
Mr. JENNER. Any particular reason why you were in Roswell, N. Mex.
Mr. MAMANTOV. I was with Donnally Geophysical Co. at that time.
Mr. JENNER. And was its main office located there?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No; this was the field party. The office is located here in Dallas and we traveled--at the start of 1951--Post, Tex.; Brownfield, Tex.; Lubbock, Tex.; Hobbs, N. Mex.; Odessa, Tex.; Roswell, N. Mex., and I left----