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GOWEN, George (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0933
His experiences aboard the destroyer Chevalier during the Battle of Vella Lavella in January 1943; his naval career after World War II.

GROSS, Raymond J. (b. 1896)

Interview ID#
OH 0177
His experiences while employed by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

HALL, Ralph (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0036
Attorney, former county judge, businessman, member of the Texas Senate from Rockwall, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.

HARRIS, O. H. (b. 1932)

Interview ID#
OH 0089
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown Stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations; redistricting; personal legislation.

HEINEN, J. B. (b. 1913)

Interview ID#
OH 0174
Independent oilman, 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; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; liberation in Bangkok.

HOCKER, Claude O. (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 1103
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

HUDSON, Chester E. (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OH 1011
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 4747 at Calico Rock, Arkansas; move to Camp Crowley’s Ridge (SP-4) in Walcott, Arkansas; move to Company 1708 in Ozone, Arkansas; description of camps; life in camps.

JACKSON, James L. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0938
Attorney. His experiences as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, during the 1930s. Comments about his teachers; athletics; influence of Coach Tennyson Miller; segregation in Denton.

JOHNSON, James (b. 1915)

Interview ID#
OH 1546
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Burleson, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Cleburne, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

KANAMAN, James R. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0382
His experiences while aboard the destroyer-minelayer USS Tracy during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KILMER, Robert B. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1433
His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences with the French Resistance and as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. His educational background; his reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, April, 1942; basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary…

KRANZ, Eugene (b. 1933)

Interview ID#
OH 1614
For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA Mission Control flight director. Early childhood and education in Toledo, Ohio; Air Force career; career with NASA, including flight control missions in Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station and Space Shuttle programs, with particular attention to Skylab’s challenges; NASA’s institutional…

LEE, John W. (b. 1925)

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…

LUCKENBACH, L. B. (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 0458
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

MATULA, Emil (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0204
His experiences while stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

McKINLEY, Joseph (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0748
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Cassin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

MILTON, Gen. T. R. (b. ca. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 1678
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Retired U.S. Air Force general and former commander of Thirteenth Air Force. Thoughts on command and leadership; opinions of various commanders; opinions regarding USAF traditions as compared to those of other services, including discussions of uniforms and force cohesiveness; concerns regarding U.S. Air Force Academy, force organization, and…

MOUDY, Earl (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0205
His experiences at Hickam Field with base security during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

NEWTON, “Doc” (b. ca. 1897)

Interview ID#
OH 1455
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. His description of buildings and families during a driving tour of Denton County, Texas.

TEMPLE, William H. (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OH 1229
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

TRAMMELL, Harold L. (b. 1913)

Interview ID#
OH 0823
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 859 in the Wichita Mountains National Forest (F-5-O) near Cache, Oklahoma; company move to Camp F-8-C in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado; transfer to Rush Springs, Oklahoma; reenlistment…

VOGEL, Fred (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 1423
Attorney. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His educational background; law school at Drake University and marriage; his pre-war law practice; enlistment in the Army, January, 1942; basic training, Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 1942; Officer Candidate School, Camp Robinson and Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942-43; various…

WENRICH, Wesley (b. 1932)

Interview ID#
OH 1271
Professor. His experiences at the University of North Texas while building a clinical psychology program. Recruitment by the University; development of the Behavioral Medicine Program; comments on the incorporation of behavioral medicine into clinical psychology; comments on the future of behavioral medicine.

WILLIAMS, R. Murphy (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1452
Pastor. His experiences as a Navy chaplain in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His early education; Davidson College, 1937-1941; Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1941-44; his decision to enlist in the Navy, 1944; chaplaincy school, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1944; assignment to Quonset Point, Rhode…

WRIGHT, Carolyn (b. 1946)

Interview ID#
OH 0973
State district judge. Her views concerning the impact and significance of women on the rise of the Republican Party in Texas, 1968-93. Educational background; move to Dallas; decision to enter Republican politics; election as state district judge; her relationship with African-American community; personal political philosophy.