| Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Jacksonville, Tex.; decision to enlist in U.S. Air Force; basic training in San Antonio and assignment to Laredo Air Base, Tex.; deployment to Korea as a vehicle operator with Fifth Motor Transport Squadron; encounters with “Bed-check Charlie”; encounters with North Korean POWs; assignments at bases in Louisiana, Alaska, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, New Hampshire, Thailand, and West Germany; shift into vehicle maintenance MOS, then into maintenance and storage of nuclear warheads, and finally into aircraft maintenance; challenges of raising a family, given frequent moves; civilian career with Lockheed Martin; political work for Reps. Martin Frost, Preston “Pete” Geren, and Jim Wright and State Sen. (later Mayor) Mike Moncrief; experiences of family members in the military. |
