Laos-born Hmong refugee and immigrant to the U.S. Childhood in Laos and experience fleeing communists in the “secret war;” life at Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand; and resettlement in the U.S.; family experiences in Minnesota.
Molder. His experiences as a member of the 222nd Combat Crew Training School during World War II. B-17 bomber maintenance at Amarillo Army Airfield, 1942-43; advanced training in aircraft instruments, Chanute Field, Illinois, 1943; assignment as an instruments specialist to the 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata, Washington, 1943; permanent assignment to…
His experiences as a flying boat pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Decision to enlist in the Navy, May, 1942; basic flight training, Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; PBY flying boat training at Corpus Christi, 1942-43; his tenure as a flight…
Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Education and military service; employment with Caltex; assignment to China, 1948, as accountant; conditions in Nationalist China; Chinese Revolution, effects on Caltex; comments about Hans Bieling, Phil Lefevre; assignment to Hong Kong; Caltex internees under communist regime; postwar oil glut; nature of…
Her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army depot in Texarkana, Arkansas, during World War II and the postwar years. Hiring and promotion practices; relations between male and female workers; social activities; social and economic effects of depot on Texarkana.
His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Prewar work experience; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942; pre-flight training, West Texas State Teachers College, Canyon, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Wickenburg, Arizona, 1942; basic flight training, Lancaster, California, 1943;…
UNT ROTC Instructor. Third generation Army. Experiences as student ROTC cadet at University of Florida. Afghanistan deployment. Experiences in three tours in Kuwait, Iraq and Baghdad. Growth as a platoon leader.
Artist. His experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training, Miami Beach, Florida, January, 1943; primary flight training, Mira Loma Air Base, Oxnard, California, 1943; basic flight training, Mirana, Arizona, 1943; advanced flight training, Marfa, Texas, 1943-44; B-17 training, Roswell…
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Ranger, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to F-8-N at Sandia Park near Albuquerque, New Mexico; camp move to Monticello, New Mexico; reenlistment to Fort Griffin near Albany, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
A university of North Texas Ph.D. Dissertation written by Tommy W. Stringer and based upon oral history interviews; history of Jews and discrimination against them in Tsarist Russia; Zhid; shtetl; immigration difficulties; immigration policies of the united States; arrival of Sam Zalevsky in Texas, 1910; Jewish communities in Texas; Ku Klux Klan…
His experiences while ashore at home in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (He was actually attached to the repair ship USS Medusa).
