Founding pastor of Metropolitan Church of Christ of Dallas. Family religious history; childhood in Missouri; creation of Circle of Friends congregation and Metropolitan Community Church in Dallas, and Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches denomination; prison ministry; challenges of establishing a Christian church in Dallas with…

His experiences as a B-24 navigator; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Cadet Classification Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1943; basic training, Lackland Field, San Antonio, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas,…

Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Pathom…

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

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Civil engineer. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3802 in Littlefield, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

His experiences with the 6th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bataan Airfield, 1941-42; fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O'Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-44; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1945; Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu, 1945; Mukden,…

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Northern Ireland-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas. Childhood and education in Moygashel, Northern Ireland; career with a local clothing manufacturer; service in British Army and experiences with violence between Protestants and Catholics; love of bagpipes; leadership of various pipe bands;…

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; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45, and American air raids…

Farmer. His experiences aboard the escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His rural background in West Texas; his decision to join the Navy, in 1943; boot camp and fireman’s school, San Diego, California, 1943; assignment to the USS Kadashan Bay, 1943; shipboard routine; the assault on Peleliu, September 14,…

Engineer. His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, light cruiser USS Boise, and submarine USS Mackerel during World War II. His pre-war education and employment; enlistment in the Navy, July 8, 1942; boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois; fire control school, 1942; assignment to the training battleship Wyoming, December, 1942;…

Artist. Recollections of his relationship with Dallas painter Perry Nichols, 1971-1985. His early interest in drawing and art; his introduction to Nichols; comments about Nichols’s marital life and alcoholism; Nichols’s teaching style and mentorship; his description of Nichols’s studio; his comparison of Nichols’s lifestyle to that of Ernest…

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Childhood in Savannah, Georgia; education at Valdosta State College; acceptance to U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate school; training at Pensacola, Florida; missions in North Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean regions; assignment to Beeville Naval…

His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sailfish in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1942; his responsibilities as a motor machinist’s mate; qualification examinations; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands and in the South China Sea; lifeguard duty off the Mariana Islands for downed…

His experiences while aboard the minelayer USS Montgomery 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 Westbrook and Dublin, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 849 at SP-36 at Lake Brownwood, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Childhood in Wheelock, Texas; attending Bishop College; career in elementary and middle-school education; community involvement; awareness of race; life under segregation; move to Dallas; Dallas school integration; history of Wheelock; importance of education; legacy of the Civil Rights Act.

For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; NAACP activity in Mansfield; membership in Bethlehem Baptist Church; changes seen in Mansfield since end of Jim Crow.

For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; interactions with African Americans; educational and professional background; segregation; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; Denton desegregation; Civil Rights Movement; experiences in Turkey and oppression of Armenians; African American population and race…

For the Air America Oral History Project. Marine veteran and Air America helicopter pilot. Early love of aviation; the Marine Aviation Cadet program; experiences as a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam; living with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; interaction with the local populations in Southeast Asia; interaction with the “Customer;” search and…

His experiences while on patrol with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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…

Finley, Dean: Ticket Agent. 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 the…

For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Born in Kabul, Afghanistan; growing up in Pakistan; father’s experience working for Afghan government and being captured by Taliban; immigrating to the United States; work and education experiences in the United States; contract work with the Department of Defense related to the War in…