Oilman, geophysicist. His work experience with Petty Geophysical Engineering Company doing refraction seismic work; employment with Geophysical Service, Inc., doing reflection and refraction work, 1936; oil exploration in South America; work in oilfield instrumentation equipment; work as a “computer” interpreting geological data; founding of Rayflex Exploration Company, 1948; technological developments for oil field exploration; geochemical surveying; sale of Rayflex to Phillips- Eckhart, 1962; work as a geophysical consultant;

His experiences during internment in the Soviet Union, 1943-44, after the downing of his bomber by Japanese planes. Alaskan operations; internment by the Soviets and his treatment; postwar career in the Air Force.

Geologist, explorer. His experiences concerning his work in mineral exploration and drawing geological maps for various governments in South America, 1929-75. Geological consultant to governments of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru; research geologist for governments of Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela; coal and oil discoveries; completion of the first geological map of South America, 1944; views on evolution and religion; archeological discoveries; geological activities in Texas, Alaska, and West Africa.

Geophysicist. His recollections and experiences as a geophysicist in the oil industry.

Musician. His experiences as a member of the “Light Crust Doughboys” western swing band, 1935-1945. Early musical career as a banjo player in a traveling tent show; employment with the “Wanderers”; employment with the “Light Crust Doughboys”; comments about W.

His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and the Korean War. Assignment to 6th Marines, 1943; Guadalcanal; Tarawa; Saipan; Tinian; also Korea and Chosin Reservoir.

His experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Iowa; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2726-V near Winterset, Iowa; reassignment to Company 783 in Leon, Iowa; reassignment to Company 1742 in Tarkio, Missouri; company move to Gallatin, Missouri; transfer to Company 3773-V in Harrisonville, Missouri; description of camps; life in camps.

Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Guadalcanal, 1942-43; machine gun wound at Guadalcanal; Tarawa, 1943; Kwajalein, 1943; Saipan and Tinian, 1944; assignment to legal office at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

His experiences as a cryptographer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to COMSOPAC at Noumea, New Caledonia; intricacies of sending and receiving various classifications of coded messages; ambush of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s plane, 1943.

Civil servant. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. Childhood in West Texas and East Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Littlefield, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.