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Tagged with "Ronald E. Marcello"

  • Banker, public servant, philanthropist. His observations on the growth and development of banking and finance in the Southwest. Service in World War I; assistant cashier of the Alba National Bank, Alba, Texas; cashier of the Farmers and Merchants…
  • His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature.
  • His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; creation of new four-year colleges; influence of beer and liquor lobby; sales tax exemptions; comments about Speaker Gus Mutscher;…
  • His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature.
  • Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. Biographical information; decision to enter politics; personal political philosophy; one-year budget versus…
  • 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; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death…
  • Businessman, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Carrollton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. Personal political philosophy; one-year versus two-year budget; Caveness Plan; social…
  • Builder, farmer-rancher, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. Biographical information; revenue legislation; influence of lobbyists; state…
  • Businessman, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Destruction of Cavite Navy Base by Japanese bombers; fall of Corregidor and capture; damage to eyes due to phosphorous bomb;…
  • Members of the “Lost Battalion.” Their experiences as prisoners-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Surabaja, 1942; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
  • Automobile salesman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Guam and capture; Zentsuji, Japan, 1942; Osaka, 1942-44, and American air raids; liberation.
  • Artist, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942;…
  • Attorney, member of the Texas State Senate from Galveston, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; revenue bills; welfare spending; need for constitutional revision;…
  • Contractor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Capture in the Mindanao jungle; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-43; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Tokyo, 1943; Yokkaichi, Honshu, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation
  • Postal clerk. His experiences with the 24th Infantry Division at Ala Moana Crater during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
  • Civil servant, Marine Corps veteran, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1943-44; hell ship to Japan…
  • Former representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Company in Baguio, Luzon, Philippine Islands; speech therapist at Texas Woman's University. The experiences of him and his family while civilian internees of the Japanese during World War II.…
  • Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan…
  • Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Nichols Field; fall of Bataan; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43;…
  • Chemist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Rescue by Belgian underground; capture and interrogation, 1944; solitary confinement; Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany;…
  • Postal worker, 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…
  • His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-First Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; comments about Governor Preston smith and Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes; revenue bills; corporate income tax; welfare legislation; state…
  • Postal worker, 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…
  • Security administrator. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Wake Island and capture, 1942; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate…
  • Business executive. His experiences as a combat infantryman in Italy during World War II. Operations around Minturno; liberation of Rome; audience with Pope Pius XII; operations around Arno River; receiving battlefield commission; Po valley Campaign…