OH 1387 | Oral History

OH 1387

Civil engineer. His experiences in the Persian Gulf Command and the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early family history; education at Texas A&M College, 1928-32; various civil engineering positions; service in the CCC, 1934-35; prewar Reserve training; induction into the Regular Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1940-43; combat engineer training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1943; assignment to the Persian Gulf command with the 352nd Engineer Battalion, 1943; building of roads for the shipment of U.S. military aid to the Soviet Union; Kurdish rebels; his relations with African-American combat engineer troops; desert living and working conditions; his return to the States and assignment to the 1346th Engineer Battalion at Camp McCain, Mississippi, 1944; his transfer to Okinawa with the 10th Army, 1945; construction of bomb dispersal sites; personal encounter with General Joseph Stilwell; digging of temporary burial sites for American dead; training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands; his personal attitudes toward the Japanese military and civilians; postwar career in the Army Reserve.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 96 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Christopher Ripley
Date of Interview October 20, 2000 to October 21, 2000

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