| Interviewee | WILLIAMS, Theril Wilton (b. *) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1702 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. World War II veteran. Childhood and education in rural Bethlehem, Arkansas; farm life in the Great Depression; 1939 high school graduation; enrollment in Civilian Conservation Corps and work at camps in Utah; work as a truck driver for local lumber and oil companies; marriage to Dorothy Mae Thompson; enlistment in U.S. Army; basic training and advanced training as a mechanic; assignment to 536th Amphibious Tractor Battalion, attached to 7th Infantry Division; October 1944 landing in invasion of the Philippines; Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s landing; subsequent engagements in Philippines; Okinawa campaign; preparations for invasion of Japan; feelings toward Japanese; discharge; decision to settle in Fort Worth; purchase of home with GI Bill benefits; career with General Dynamics, as service station owner, and owner of repair shop. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ben Hegi |
| Physical Description | 144 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
