World War II U.S. Army veteran. Childhood and family memories. Experiences during the war including training at Fort Wolters and service in the 63rd Infantry Division in the European Theater. Post-war experiences working in and around Dallas.

UNT ROTC Instructor. Third generation Army. Experiences as student ROTC cadet at University of Florida. Afghanistan deployment. Experiences in three tours in Kuwait, Iraq and Baghdad. Growth as a platoon leader.

UNT ROTC Instructor. Video log of military experience. Enlisted in US Army in 1983. Attended Officer Candidate School in 1985; received commission as 2nd Lieutenant; completed Airborne Jumpmaster School, assigned to Italy with 82nd Airborne Division. Work with US Border Patrol. Comparisons to being a US soldier in the 1990s to 2010s. Iraq deployment. Difficulties of being a soldier, teacher, student and father. Photos of 1st Platoon A Company 325th Airborne Regiment; teaching classes.

For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. His reflections on growing up in El Salvador during that country’s civil war (1980 – 1992), including curfews, restrictions to electricity and water, access to medical care. Education and starting a career as a journalist/photographer. 2001 earthquake and decision to obtain temporary protective status, then legal residency, in the U.S.; continuing education and success as a journalist/photographer; career as a journalism professor at Brookhaven College; service with the Texas State Guard; perspective on immigration debates in the U.S.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Cuban-born immigrant to Garland, Texas. Childhood in Cuba as a second generation Spanish-Korean; escape from Communism via boat; refugee experience in Guantánamo Bay; first memories of the U.S.; transition to American life; move to Texas; comparison of life in Cuba to life in America; effects of U.S. trade embargo on Cubans.