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1945

OH 1313

Educator. His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Family life and growing up around Groesbeck, Texas, during the Great Depression; his education through Westminster Junior College and Bible Institute; thoughts about Franklin D.

OH 1745

His experiences while aboard the submarines USS Batfish and USS Parche in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, San Diego, California, 1942; early torpedo problems; his responsibilities as a fire controlman; assignment to the Batfish, 1944; various patrols in the Luzon Strait and Makassar Strait; lifeguard duty off Palau for downed airmen; transfer to the Parche, 1945.

OHB 0006

Industrial executive, Moore Business Forms, Denton, Texas. Education, early work background; planning manager of Moore Business Forms, Dallas; location and building of manufacturing facilities in Denton, 1945; public relations, communications, company philosophy; location of divisional headquarters in Denton; products; growth and expansion; corporate structure; employee relations; views on federal regulations; attitudes toward organized labor; early company history.

OH 1498

Grain elevator operator. A personal diary of his experiences as a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II. Preparations at McCook, Nebraska, for overseas duty, February, 1944; description of flight overseas to Pantanella, Italy, April, 1944; missions to Wiener Neustadt, Toulon, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Friedrichshafen, Ploesti, Krakow (all in 1944-45); enemy flak and fighter opposition; American fighter escorts.

OH 0162

Horticulturalist, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; liberation.

OH 0105

His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Capture on Wake Island; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942-44; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.

OH 0691

Businessman, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Changi Jail, 1944; liberation.