For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Wichita Falls, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; life in the bordertown of Juarez, Mexico; family’s decision to immigrate to the United States; becoming American; racism; quality of life differences between being documented and undocumented; process to become documented.

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 the 222nd Combat Crew Training School, Ardmore Army Airfield, Ardmore, Oklahoma, 1943; promotion to crew chief of a B-17; daily routine as crew chief; mechanical characteristics of B-17s; WACs as B-17 maintenance personnel; news of his brother's death during the landings at Anzio, 1944; V-E Day and decision to reenlist for duty in the Army of Occupation in Germany, 1945.

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 instructor, Chase Field, Beeville, Texas, 1943; assignment as a base personnel officer at Chase Field, 1943-45; flying PB2Y flying boats with cargo and personnel in the Pacific, 1945; activities on Majuro Island; his experience flying the Martin Mars flying boat; mustering out of the service, August, 1946.

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 China market; assignment to Caltex (New York), Taxation Division, 1951; comments about Murdo McIver; Caltex’s acquisition of Texaco’s North African and European interests, 1947; development of Japanese market; long-term planning; acquisition of T-2 tankers; Bapco, its role in the Caltex system; Minas Field, its importance; military fuel oil contracts; transfer to Finance Department; currency problems and Caltex planning; reorganization into Caltex East, Caltex West, and Caltex Services Company; transfer of European operations to shareholders, 1967; development of Korean market; Caltex in Australia; OPEC and effects on Caltex; expropriation and nationalization; transfer prices and trading companies; reentry into China; Caltex in South Africa; governmental relationships and Caltex policy; training of foreign nationals; comments about Neal Lilley and James Voss; relationship between home office and subsidiaries; relationship between Caltex and shareholders; Caltex tanker fleet; decision to move Caltex headquarters from New York to Dallas; appointment as chairman of the board, 1983.

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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 while aboard the destroyer USS Worden during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences with VP-22 at Ford Island Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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; advanced flight training, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, 1944; B-17 transition training, Hobbs, New Mexico, 1944; crew formation at Lincoln, Nebraska, 1944; further training at Rapid City, South Dakota, 1944; assignment to the 94th Bomb Group, Bury Saint Edmunds, England, October, 1944; his first mission to Hannover, Germany, 1944; his second mission to Merseburg, Germany, and the encounter with flak and fighter opposition; his mission during the Battle of the Bulge on Christmas Eve, 1944; low-level bombing missions to Hamburg, Kassel, and Ulm, Germany, 1945; the bonding effects of combat; his personal comments about the flying characteristics of the B-17; voyage back to the States aboard the Queen Mary, 1945.

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, New Mexico, 1944; crew assignment at Lincoln, Nebraska, 1944; crew training at Sioux City, Iowa, 1944; trans-Atlantic flight to English, 1944; assignment to the 15th Air Force, Foggia, Italy; living conditions at Foggia; experiences with the Tuskegee Airmen; various missions to Munich, Germany; his account of his B-17 being shot down on the nineteenth mission, November 16, 1944; details of his capture by Italian troops; interrogation by German personnel and solitary confinement; Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany, December, 1944; evacuation of Stalag Luft III and forced march to Spremberg, Germany, January-February, 1945; Nurnberg, Germany, 1945; forced march to Moosburg, Germany; liberation by 3rd Army troops.

His recollections concerning ranching in the early days of Orange County, California; Basque customs and folkways.

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.