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Tagged with "1944-1945"

  • Professional economist. His experiences as one of the principal persons in the Rainey controversy at the University of Texas, 1944-45. His sympathies for New Deal labor legislation; being accused of pro-communist leanings; role of Dallas Morning…
  • Former president of the University of Texas, professor of higher education at the University of Colorado. General coverage of his early career; his problems with the Board of Regents at the University of Texas, 1944-45; his unsuccessful race for…
  • School custodian, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner- of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Struggle for Corregidor; escape into jungle and capture; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1944; hell ship…
  • His experiences during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. Falsifying documents about his age in order to enlist; boot camp, Sampson, New York, 1944; assignment to LST-373, 1944; his detailed account of activities leading up to and during D-Day,…
  • Attorney. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prosecuting attorney of Class C war criminals for International Military Tribunal for the Far East after World War II. Assignment to New Guinea…
  • His experiences in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. Assignment as executive officer for PT-309, PT Squadron 22, at Bastia, Corsica, 1944; interception of and engagements with German barge traffic along the western coast of Italy and…
  • Banker. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth and education in Denton, Texas; decision to join the Navy, February 3, 1944; boot training and electrical engineering school, San Diego, California, 1944; assignment to the…