Businessman, community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-90. Early work experience; service during the Korean War; positions with Lawyers Title Insurance Company; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, 1959;…

His experiences as a naval officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. New York State Merchant Marine Academy, 1941; assignment to USS Sheridan (APA-51); Tarawa landing, 1943; Marshall Islands landings, 1944; Saipan landing, 1944; assignment…

His experiences as an artillery officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Education at U. S. Naval Academy, 1928-32; Officers Basic School, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1932; assignment as a gunnery officer aboard the USS Texas, 1933-34; Army…

Federal prison administrator. His experiences in the Pacific Theater and China during World War II; also his experiences during the Korean War. Service in the peacetime Army, 1933-36; civilian employment, 1936-43; decision to join the Marines, 1943…

Her reminiscences as the wife of General Olinto Barsanti, 1942-1973. Their courtship in San Antonio; her coping with various assignments to Europe, Japan, and Washington, DC; child-raising; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general…

His experiences as a radar technician in the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War years. Early family life; decision to join the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1946; training as a bulldozer operator; removal of radioactive debris from Hiroshima, 1946-47;…

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Longtime Denton residents. Frank’s childhood in Jasper County, Tex., and family’s move to Denton; career; education at North Texas State College and Louisiana State University; career as radio announcer…

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Jacksonville, Tex.; decision to enlist in U.S. Air Force; basic training in San Antonio and assignment to Laredo Air Base, Tex.; deployment to Korea as a vehicle…

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Buffalo, New York; family experiences in military service; decision to join U.S. Marines at age of seventeen; basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina; assignments to…

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Decision to drop out of college to join the U.S. Marine Corps; boot camp and training; assignment to combat unit; combat in Korea; combat at Hill 749 and Hill 884; battlefield injury at “the…

For the Air America Oral History Project. Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot. Early interest in aviation and the military; serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War; early connections to Air America via other Marines; flight training…

For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, Technical, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood moving around the United States; family history of military service; reasons for joining…