| Interviewee | LA FOLLETTE, Melvin W. (b. 1930) |
| Interview ID # | OH 1606 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Career as an educator and in the ministry of the Roman Catholic Church; duties as canon missioner in the Big Bend region of Texas; experiences with U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Marines, and National Guard troops stationed at border; shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.; perceptions of U.S. Border Patrol among people of Redford, Texas, following the shooting; efforts to investigate the shooting; changes in border enforcement since September 11, 2001. |
| Interviewer(s) | Bradley Folsom |
| Physical Description | 23 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
