Skip to main content
Displaying 1276 - 1300 of 2270

LAWSON, Charles (b. 1918) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0267
His experiences while on maneuvers at Soldiers Beach near Schofield Barracks with the 34th combat Engineers during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
More about this interview

LAWSON, William J. (b. ca. 1900) Secretary of State for Texas, Executive Assistant to Governor W. Lee O’Daniel

Interview ID#
OH 0046
His associations with the administration of Governor W. Lee O’Daniel; appointment as executive assistant to O’Daniel, 1941; personal impressions of O’Daniel; transactions tax; relations between O’Daniel and the Legislature; O’Daniel and the Democratic State Executive Committee; O’Daniel and patronage; appointment as Secretary of State for Texas,…
More about this interview

LAWYER, Robert A (b. 1944) U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, Nurse Corps

Interview ID#
OH 1233
Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1968-69. Nurses training at Bellevue Hospital, New York City; assignment to the 3rd Field Hospital, Saigon, South Vietnam; Tet Offensive, January-April, 1968; operating room experiences; battle casualties; triage; living accommodations; relations with Vietnamese civilians; treatment of…
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OHB 0012
Chairman of board, Pepsi Company. Family background, education, early work experience; cracker and snack food business; independent distributor; formation of H. W. Lay Distributing company; World War II; expansion, buying companies; merger with Frito; merger with Pepsi-Cola; international expansion; diversification; advertising, financing,…
More about this interview

LAY, J. C. (b. 1926) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Troop A, 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 1519
Businessman. His experiences in the Philippines during World War II. Enlistment in the Army, August 29, 1944; assignment to the 112th Cavalry, Antipolo, Philippines, May, 1945; jungle patrols; Japanese night infiltration attacks; setting up ambushes; postwar occupation duty in Japan; demolition of Japanese armaments; relations with Japanese…
More about this interview

LE FAN, Leslie (b. 1921) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0317
His experiences while stationed at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
More about this interview

LEACH, Carlos (b. 1922) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Marine Bombing Squadron VMB-433

Interview ID#
OH 1466
Dentist. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) co-pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1941-42; enlistment in the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; pre-flight training, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1942; primary flight training, Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; basic…
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 2008
UNT professor of jazz studies. His youth in Denver, CO during the 1960s and 1970s including thoughts on the Baptist Church community and Denver music venues such as the El Chapultapec. His work as a professional saxophone musician in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s touring all over the world with groups such as the Harry Connick Jr. Orchestra and…
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 2040
Larry Leathers shares his experiences creating “frozen theater” as a visual merchandising professional. Starting in 1981, Leathers worked with retailer Nieman-Marcus to create displays ranging from in-store mannequin tableaus to large-scale window installations, particularly for Christmas. He describes the in-house education provided by other…
More about this interview

LEBER, John R. (b. 1920) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 317th Troop Carrier Squadron

Interview ID#
OH 1274
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Stateside training in California, Nebraska, and Texas; description of trip in C-46 from Savannah to Labrador, to New Foundland, to Greenland, to Iceland, to Scotland, to southern France, to Egypt, to Saudi Arabia, to Karachi; descriptions of local culture as part of "The Great…
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 1266
Factory worker. Her experiences growing up in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania and employment at York Safe and Lock Company during World War II. Description of family farm on outskirts of Wrightsville; comments on dairy farming; attendance at Wrightsville High School; description of early work as a seamer at Standard Garment; employment at Hollis…
More about this interview

LEBKOWSKY, Charles W. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0576
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Tucker during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 2147

Debbie Ledesma discusses how gender, especially stereotypes of women as cooks and nurturers, have shaped her relationship to cooking. She resists this for herself, but does enjoy and appreciate the labor of women who cook her favorite foods. Debbie discusses how being in the military as also shaped her relationships to food.

More about this interview

LEE, Carl (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0240
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 1728
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Korean-born immigrant to Allen, Texas. Childhood in Seoul, South Korea; primary and secondary education in Korea; family life, including food, homebuilding, and traditional vs. modern marriage in Korea; Cheju (Jeju) Island; food and folkways; coming to Los Angeles, California and working in…
More about this interview

LEE, John W. (b. 1925) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1507
His experiences aboard the submarine USS Balao in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in San Antonio, Texas; his decision to join the Navy, June, 1942; boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the submarine tender USS Sperry, 1942, and stationing at Brisbane, Australia; his volunteering for submarine duty and assignment…
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 2089

For the Origins of Juneteenth Oral History Project. Fort Worth native and activist on behalf of Juneteenth commemorations.

More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 2129

DFW-area baker and small business owner. History of the Bread Diary Company; relationship with food and how it interacts with her heritage, her experiences within farmers markets; interactions with customers and other vendors at markets; discussion of family life formation of a supportive community; feelings about the…

More about this interview

LEEDOM, John (b. 1921) Texas Senate Republican

Interview ID#
OH 0845
Businessman, member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature. Early involvement in politics; his political philosophy; election to Texas Senate, 1980; activities on Intergovernmental Relations Committee; his role in establishing the Fee Task Force; comments about…
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 1886
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteaders and simple life advocates. Childhoods; early experiences with gardening, livestock, and outdoors; move to Maine; discovery of the Nearings and the simple life; homesteading.
More about this interview

LELAND, Malcolm (b. 1922) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Bombing Squadron VMB-433

Interview ID#
OH 1449
Artist, sculptor, potter. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) co-pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His pre-war art career; enlistment in the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; pre-flight training, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1942; primary flight training, Grosse Isle, Michigan, 1942; basic and advanced flight training,…
More about this interview

LEMONS, John Ray (b. 1919) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 702nd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Interview ID#
OH 1404
Tax consultant. His experiences as a crew member on a B-24 in the European Theater; and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans during World War II. Conscription into the Army, December, 1942; basic training, Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas; transfer to the Air Force, February, 1943, and further basic training, Miami Beach, Florida…
More about this interview

Interview ID#
OH 1114
Her experiences as an employee of the Nocona Boot Company, Nocona, Texas, 1939-83. Comments about Enid Justin; attempts to unionize during 1950s; changes in product line.
More about this interview

LEONARD, William “Bill” Agnew (b. 1921) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Marine Bombing Squadron VMB-433

Interview ID#
OH 1465
Textile businessman. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Prewar experience at Clemson University in ROTC at Citizen’s Military Training, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1940-41; decision to enter the Navy V-5 Program, December, 1941; pre-flight training,…
More about this interview

LESKO, William J. (b. 1924) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 13th Squadron, 4th Combat Cargo Group

Interview ID#
OH 1377
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Training at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a radio operator/mechanic, 1943-44; radar fundamentals school at Chanute Field, Illinois, 1944; LORAN training at Boca Raton, Florida, 1944-45; assignment to the 13th Squadron at Chittagong, India, 1945; servicing radar and radio…
More about this interview