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OH 1590

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeKOGER, James (b. 1926)
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1590
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionRemembrances of childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; decision to enroll at University of Oklahoma; being drafted in 1945; training in Army Corps of Engineers; service in postwar occupation of Japan; decision to return to University of Oklahoma; career as aviation engineer with General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas.
Interviewer(s)Todd Moye
Physical Description29 pp.
Terms of UseOpen