His experiences at Wheeler Field with the 46th Fighter Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Chairman of board, president, general manager, and treasurer, Blue Bell Creameries, Brenham, Texas. Family background; history of Brenham Creamery Company; work in creamery as boy; description of cream churning process; closing of butter manufacturing operation, 1958; work as route supervisor for Swift Ice Cream Company, 1949, and Blue Bell…

His experiences while stationed at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature.

Attorney, former member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Democrat. General views concerning problems in Texas state government. Voter registration bill; appointment of committee members; campaign financial disclosure; ethics legislation; committee structure; appropriations and taxation; annual legislative sessions; lobby activities; insurance…

His experiences while serving in the Texas Legislature during the 1930s. Comments about Governors Pat Neff, Dan Moody, and Miriam and James Ferguson; his term as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

For the Tarrant County War Veteran Project. UNT graduate student. Memories of “military brat” childhood; education at North Texas State University and participation in protests against Vietnam War; teaching career at Tarrant County College; decision to join U.S. Air Force and attend Officer Candidate School; earning of officer’s commission in 1979…

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

His experiences while attached to the 4th Marine Division as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Decision to join the Navy, 1943; Hospital Corps School, San Diego, 1943; assignment to the Fleet Marine Force; Field Medical School, 1944; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1944; Iwo Jima, February, 1945; detailed description of…

Journalist. His experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for United Press during World War II. Pearl Harbor attack; military censorship; CINCPAC and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; comments about Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey and General Douglas MacArthur; account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri,…

Businessman. His experiences concerning the Kaiser Permanente-Prudential Insurance Company joint venture in providing health care.

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

His experiences as a bombardier/navigator at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Tamuang, Thailand, 1944; Phet…

His experiences while in training to become a kamikaze pilot, 1945.

Aviation executive. His experiences as an antiaircraft radar operator in the European Theater during World War II. Comments about his German ancestors and growing up in O’Fallon, Missouri; sports activities; college life at the University of Missouri; decision to join the Aviation Cadet Program, 1941; primary flight training, Ballinger, Texas,…

His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war youth; entry into the Army and basic training, Camp Blanding, Florida, 1942; combat on Guadalcanal, 1943; New Georgia Campaign, 1943; Munda Campaign, 1943; Bougainville Campaign, 1943-44; Philippine Campaign, 1945; battle for Manila; his battle wounds on February 13, 1945, and…

Realtor. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1975-90. Early education in McKinney, Texas; involvement in real estate; involvement with Hamilton Park School; description of housing in Hamilton Park; Pacesetter; Hamilton Park Civic League; the “Buy Out.”

His experiences with the 3rd Engineers at an artillery cantonment near Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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

Physicist, businessman, 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; construction and operation of secret radio at Bicycle Camp; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu, 1942-43…

His experiences with Base Communications on Ford Island during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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 community; desegregation of North Texas State College; desegregation of public schools and the tutoring program; Fred Moore School; typical meeting of the group; paving of streets in…

Schoolteacher, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Segregation in Denton; desegregation of the schools and public facilities in Denton; early meetings of the Fellowship; social activities; programs; street paving in the African American…