Co-owners and operators of Selby Florist, Denton, Texas. SELBY, Lewis Marie. Family background; education; Depression; teaching career; marriage; entering family business. SELBY, R. L., Jr. Family background; education; Depression; work as youth in father’s nursery; full-time entry into family business.

His experiences as a flight engineer on a B-24 in the European Theater and his subsequent experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans during World War II.

His experiences in the European Theater during World War II.

College professor. His experiences as a military supervisor of German prisoners-of-war during World War II.

Attorney. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II.

Commercial airline pilot. His experiences as a B-24 pilot in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.

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 to enlist in U.S. Army Reserves, January 1941; service in U.S.

His experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan, 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bomb raids.

Businessman. His experiences as a PBY and PBM pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II.

Radio/TV engineer. His experiences as a radio operator on a C-46 in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.