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Interview ID#
OH 1606
For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Career as an educator and in the ministry of the Roman Catholic Church; duties as canon missioner in the Big Bend region of Texas; experiences with U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Marines, and National Guard troops stationed at border; shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.; perceptions of U.S. Border…
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LA RUE, Lemuel L. (b. 1923) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Headquarters, 379th Field Artillery Battalion, 102nd Infantry Battalion

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OH 1550
Accountant. His experiences as an air forward observer in the European Theater during World War II. His early education and coping with the Great Depression; his decision to join the Oklahoma National Guard at age fifteen in 1938; Louisiana Maneuvers of 1940; mobilization of the 45th Division, Oklahoma National Guard, September 15, 1940; Louisiana…
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LADSHAW, Archie A. (b. 1926)Ladshaw Explosives, Inc.

Interview ID#
OHB 0049
Founder, owner, operator, and president, Ladshaw Explosives, Inc., New Braunfels, Texas. Family background; employment with Brown Geophysical Company, Geophysical Associates, and Atlas Powder Company; development of Ladshaw Explosives in Hobbs, New Mexico, 1963; home office move to New Braunfels, 1964; operation of powder mixing plants in Hobbs…
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LAGOW, Charles M. (b. 1909) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 352nd Engineer Battalion, Persian Gulf Command; 1346th Engineer Battalion, 10th Army

Interview ID#
OH 1387
Civil engineer. His experiences in the Persian Gulf Command and the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early family history; education at Texas A&M College, 1928-32; various civil engineering positions; service in the CCC, 1934-35; prewar Reserve training; induction into the Regular Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1940-43; combat…
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LAMAR, Hal (b. 1911) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1059
His experiences while serving as flag lieutenant and aide to Admiral Chester A. Nimitz during World War II. Nimitz’s personal and professional routines; comments about Admirals William (“Bull”) Halsey and Raymond Spruance; Roosevelt-Nimitz-Macarthur conference at Pearl Harbor, July-August, 1944; transfer of CINCPAC from Pearl Harbor to Guam.
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Interview ID#
OH 0914
Dentist. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2823 at Camp Stockman (SCS-14-O) near Morris, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp; post-CCC life.
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LAND, Werner (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0914
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Interview ID#
OH 0044
Homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Portland, Texas, 1890-1914; agrarian life.
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OH 0879
Librarian. Her experiences as a student in the Library School at North Texas State College and her career as a public school librarian. Comments about teachers and courses at North Texas; employment at Clinton P. Russell Elementary School, Dallas, 1952; multi-school librarian, Dover, Delaware, 1959; school librarian, Roswell, New Mexico; school…
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LAQUEY, L.D. (b. 1932)Braniff International Airways

Interview ID#
OH 1959
LaQuey, L.D.: Ticket Counter to Dispatch. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives and family members. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s…
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LASZLO, Gail (b. 1946)Braniff International Airways

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OH 1960
Laszlo, Gail: Flight Attendant. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives and family members. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s impact on…
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LATTNER, W. Travis, Jr. (b. 1921) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Bombing Squadron VMB-433

Interview ID#
OH 1421
Farmer. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. North Texas State Teachers College, 1938-42; Civilian Pilot Training, Hartlee Field, Denton, Texas; enlistment in the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; primary flight training, Grand Prairie Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; basic and…
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LAUGHLIN, Floyd H. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0645
His experiences at Fort Kamehameha with the 97th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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LAW, Hugh E. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0572
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the finance department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Interview ID#
OH 1776
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Long-time Denton resident. Family history; schooling in Denton; recollections of life in Denton; impressions of neighbors; travels for the National Guild of Piano Teachers.
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LAWLEY, George P. (b. 1922) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0164
Accountant, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanburi, Thailand, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1945; coal mining on Kyushu, 1945;…
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Interview ID#
OH 1276
Psychologist. His experiences developing the Behavioral Medicine Program at the University of North Texas.
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LAWRENCE, Lloyd A. (b. 1916) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0763
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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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.
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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,…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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