Military Service | Oral History

Military Service

OH 1673

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Childhood in Savannah, Georgia; education at Valdosta State College; acceptance to U.S.

OH 0812

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Minnesota; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Big Fork, Minnesota; description of camp; life in camp; joining the Marine Corps; 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater.

OH 0446

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 21st Infantry during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0323

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

OH 0189

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

OH 1520

Landscape architect. His experience as a member of PRISIC in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Educational background including graduation from Kansas State University with a degree in landscape architecture; commissioning as a U.S.

OH 1656

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Fort Worth, Texas; enlistment in U.S. Army at age of fourteen; training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Ft. Benning, Georgia; deployment during Cuban Missile Crisis; discharge from Army and enlistment in U.S.