College professor and administrator. His experiences as a member of FRUPAC (Fleet Radio Unit, Pacific) and the interception of Japanese naval codes in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Upbringing on a Kentucky tobacco farm; education; boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, 1943; training as a naval radio operator, University of…

His recollections concerning the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, 1930-50.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Palestinian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Family history and childhood in Kuwait City; discrimination of Palestinians in the Middle East; first impressions of U.S.; education at the University of Kuwait and Midwestern State University; family experiences during the First Gulf War and…

His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with the guard detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Restaurateur. Impact of his family, the military, education, sports, and early business experience upon his personal development and philosophy of management; founding his first company; entry into food business with Jack-in-the-Box; starting a coffee shop (Brink’s); founding of Steak and Ale; growth and expansion into other states; partnership…

Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; liberation.

Her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Youth and education in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Great Depression on Elgin and her family; community attitudes toward roles of women; high school education at Elgin Academy; brief college career at Bradley University and the University of Iowa; actuarial work in Chicago; bookkeeping…

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Natchez, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.

His experiences while aboard the submarines USS S-42 and USS Sterlet in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war duty aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, 1937-41; Japanese air raid at Cavite Naval Base, Philippines, 1941; his responsibilities as a cook; assignment to the S-41, 1942; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands, 1943; transfer…

His experiences at Ewa Field with VMF-211 (Marine Fighter Squadron 211) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Emeritus dean, College of Business Administration, University of North Texas. Family background; teaching and retail work experiences; doctoral work at University of Michigan; employment with National Bureau of Economic Research; experiences on faculty at University of Arkansas; comments on Depression; experiences on faculty at Wharton School,…

Community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Life in A segregated society; decision to join the Fellowship; early meetings; voter registration drives; street paving in African-American section of Denton; social activities of Fellowship;…

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

College professor, musician. His recollections concerning the development of the Electronic Music Center in the North Texas State University School of Music. Early interest in music; sister’s influence; 344th Infantry Band; “Monk” Peters Band; Harvey Anderson Band; University of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City Symphony; WPA Music Project; Lefors, Texas;…

Her recollections concerning the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining around Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Argentinian-born immigrant to Roanoke, Texas. Childhood and education in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, Brazil; parents’ backgrounds; life under military dictatorship; perspectives on Cold War; stories of the “disappeared”; Argentinian government’s inability to manage the economy; Falkland…

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; Nakom Paton, Thailand, 1945; liberation.

His experiences as a B-17 ball turret gunner in the European Theater during World War II; his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; his decision to become a bombardier, 1943; bombardier training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, and Laredo Army Air Base, Laredo, Texas, 1943; circumstance…

His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 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 West Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Lubbock, Texas; transfer to Carlsbad, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.

Dairyman, educator, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Election victory; political philosophy; his constituency; comments about Governor William Clements, Speaker Bill Clayton; committee assignments; consumer legislation; interest rates…

His experiences and personal views while serving as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Need for constitutional revision; Price Daniel, Jr., as chairman of the Constitutional Convention; Finance Committee; right-to-work provision; failure of Constitutional Convention.

Businessman. His experiences as a businessman in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1936-72. Business ventures of Heldenfels Brothers; shell dredging and conservation; banking interests; real estate interests; future industrial development.

Retired university professor-administrator, former dean of the North Texas State University School of Music. His His recollections concerning the formation of the jazz program at North Texas State College while dean of the School of Music.

His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the 124th Cavalry, 1940, at age sixteen; federalization of the National Guard, November, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers, Summer, 1941; assignment to Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, 1941; transfer to the 112th Cavalry, 1942; maneuvers at Hueco Springs, Texas, 1942;…