Businessman. His experiences as an officer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war stateside training; forming and training the 741st Tank Battalion; amphibious training in England prior to the Normandy invasion; assignment as operations officer for the 741st; the fate of the DD tanks on D-Day; assignment as executive officer for the…
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; Chungkai, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Pathom, Non Pladuk, and Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation
For the UNT Multicultural Center Oral History Project. Former director of the UNT Multicultural Center. Career as a university administrator. Perspectives on student success and support initiatives at UNT.
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences with the 72nd Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Lakeview, Texas and McKinney, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Camp SP-53-T near Cleburne, Texas and Camp MA-4-T in San Antonio, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy. Childhood and education in Pennsylvania; decision to attend nursing school; “coming out” experience; decision to enlist in Navy Nurse Corps in 1969; assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Va.;…
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Family background and stories of his four daughters working at Six Flags Over Texas in the Wild West Show, trick-riding and trick-roping. His interest in a stagecoach at the show launching his business, J. Brown Stagecoach Works, in designing and building stagecoaches for Wells Fargo and the movie industry…
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; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
His experiences as an employee of the Red River Arsenal, Texarkana, Arkansas, and the Lone Star Ordnance Plant, Texarkana, Texas, 1941-43. Union activities; safety procedures; women employees; work schedules.
For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Denton resident. Childhood in Pilot Point, Texas; school integration; assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.; life during segregation; family; work experience; community life in Denton; racism.
Mechanical engineer, business executive. His experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Employment with the Procter and Gamble Company in the Philippines, 1941; pre-World War II social life in Manila; supplying the U.S. military with soap, shortening, and margarine; Japanese bombing of Nielson Field…
His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life; segregated education; employment with Texas and Pacific Railroad, Universal Freight; children; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; college at Prairie View; shopping; church activities; social activities; Civic…
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with farming; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings.
Administrative Coordinator at UNT. Childhood in Germany, education at University of York, England, career with UNT administration. Experience as a “third-culture kid” being born in Germany, moving to the USA at 30 years old.
Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Biographical information; political philosophy; decision to enter politics; comments about Speaker Bill Clayton, Governor William Clements; House Study Group; House rules; public school…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Director of Marketing and Sales Administration, Peterbilt Motors Company, and Italian immigrant. Purpose of migration to the United States; family background in Rome, Italy; education; employment in the U.S.; comparison of opportunities in Italy and the U.S.; comparison of bureaucracy in…
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Pamela is the daughter of Judge Jerry Lynn Buchmeyer who became a United States District Judge in the Northern District of Texas. Thoughts on her Fathers political career. Her retailing of Baker v. Wade a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas, which criminalized…
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; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
