His experiences concerning his association with General Roger Ramey, 1937-57. Operations against Rabaul in the Pacific Theater during World War II; atomic bomb tests at Kwajalein and Eniwetok, 1946 (Project CROSSROADS); relationship between Ramey and Fort Worth, Texas, promoter Amon Carter; his personal and professional relations with Ramey; Ramey’s relationship with General Douglas A. MacArthur; Ramey’s relationship with President Harry S Truman; establishment of a separate, independent Air Force.

His experiences as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Assignment to patrol-torpedo boats in the Philippines,1941; orders from General Douglas A.

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.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. World War II veteran. Childhood and education in rural Bethlehem, Arkansas; farm life in the Great Depression; 1939 high school graduation; enrollment in Civilian Conservation Corps and work at camps in Utah; work as a truck driver for local lumber and oil companies; marriage to Dorothy Mae Thompson; enlistment in U.S. Army; basic training and advanced training as a mechanic; assignment to 536th Amphibious Tractor Battalion, attached to 7th Infantry Division; October 1944 landing in invasion of the Philippines; Gen.

Journalist. His experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for United Press during World War II. Pearl Harbor attack; military censorship; CINCPAC and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; comments about Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey and General Douglas MacArthur; account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, September 2, 1945.