Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Family background and education; decision to join the Marine Corps, 1942; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina; advanced training at Quantico, Virginia, 1943-44; assignment to Scout-Bomber Squadron 243 at Emirau, Solomon Islands, 1944-45; his work in the flight department processing pilots’ flight logs; transfer to Mangaldan, Luzon, 1945; assignment to Mindanao in March, 1945; contraction of hepatitis and return to the U. S.

His experiences at Camp Malakole with Battery B, 251st Coast Artillery, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences as an officer in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II.

His experiences aboard the auxiliary supply vessel USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Worden during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences and recollections while serving as radio operator in the 8th Air Force in England during World War II.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in California and Gatesville and White Settlement, Texas; decision in enlist in U.S. Army; basic training and advanced training as motor transport operator at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri; inability to withstand Airborne training at Ft.

Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma- Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Tamuan and Tamuang, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Her experiences at Tripler General Hospital, Fort Shafter, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.