OH 1856 | Oral History

OH 1856

Retired Santa Fe Railroad agent. Childhood in rural North Texas; the Great Depression; war work at Consolidated Steel Shipyard; draft into infantry; training at Camp Howze and Camp Livingston; European Theater; push from Cologne to Altena, Germany; the Ruhr Pocket; push into Austria; V-E Day; reassignment to Pacific Theater; Philippines; post-war work experience; post-war life in Dallas.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 72 pp. plus documents (11 pp.)
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Tiffany Smith
Date of Interview December 17, 2015

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