His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Carlisle, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Zavalla, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Businessman. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-flight and flight training, 1943; assignment to 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron, at Stone, England; characteristics of the B-17G; first mission,…
Radio/TV announcer. His experiences aboard LCI-439 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Battle of Leyte Gulf and kamikazes; Battle of Okinawa; preparations for invasion of Honshu.
Her experiences as an employee of the Nocona Boot Company, Nocona, Texas, 1939-83. Comments about Enid Justin; attempts to unionize during 1950s; changes in product line.
His experiences with the 2nd Motor Transport Battalion at the Marine barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Surveyor. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Holland, Texas and Rogers, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3805 in Bartlett, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
His experiences as an aircraft mechanic with the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Her experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Lufkin, Texas; joining the CCC; employment as a clerk with CCC East Texas Headquarters office in Lufkin, Texas; transfer to CCC North Texas…
His experiences as a corpsman at the Naval Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; also anecdotal information about Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Clinton, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp.
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences with the 72nd Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism in pre-war Poland; German occupation of Warsaw and the formation of Jewish labor battalions; escape to the Soviet Union; work as an electrician in Orsk, Russian S F S R.; his…
His experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam and Saipan to Japan, 1945; Japanese flak and fighter opposition.
Homemaker, Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Warsaw, Poland; pre-Nazi anti-Semitism; German invasion of Poland and family's decision to flee to the Soviet Union, 1941; life in Orsk; return to Poland after World War…
His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56; comments about President J C Matthews and chair of the Board of Regents, Ben Wooten; observations about race relations in Denton, Texas.
University professor. Her experiences concerning the formation and development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas, 1988-95. Early interest in women's studies; organizing the Woman's Studies Program on campus; opponents…
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the crew of a PB4Y2; his unauthorized participation in a combat mission out of Okinawa over the Sea of Japan; battle damage to his plane; description of Hiroshima and Nagasaki…
Scientist, engineer, physicist. His role in the development of the proximity fuze in World War II. Education and technical training; employment with the Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1942; technical aspects of developing the…
