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Tagged with "Military service"

  • His experiences while aboard the minelayer USS Montgomery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
  • Schoolteacher. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty in China with 4th Marines; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila; Cabanatuan, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Osaka, 1942-45, and…
  • His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
  • His experiences at Fort Kamehameha with the 97th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
  • His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
  • Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational and military background; employment with Caltex, 1946; marketing assistant, Philippines, 1947; market expansion in Philippines; living conditions and social life in Philippines; major contracts;…
  • His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 19th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
  • Attorney. His experiences with the 96th infantry Division at Okinawa, 1945; close action ground combat; his battle wound.
  • His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 5702 at Camp North Fork (F-123) near Pierce, Idaho; transfer to Company 229 at F-188 near…
  • His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sculpin in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sculpin, 1941; his responsibilities as a radioman; various patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and in the South China Sea, 1942-…
  • Engineer. His experiences as a fighter pilot in Italy during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, 1942; pre-flight training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-…
  • Test pilot, aviation executive, and Deputy Secretary of Defense. Childhood in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois; work as a young man in the oil fields; family’s experience in the Great Depression; matriculation at Kansas University; enrollment in…
  • For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II veteran. Childhood and education in San Antonio, Texas; challenges of the Great Depression; decision to enter John Sealy College of Nursing of the University of Texas; decision…
  • For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Air Force Major, Logistics Planning Officer (21R), Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran. Childhood in Nebraska; reasons for joining the Air Force; experiences in the…