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;…

Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. On-the-job training with Texaco; assignment to China as terminal superintendent; the prewar China market; competition with Shell and Standard Vacuum; transfer to Ceylon; terminal expansion in Ceylon;…

Clothing designer, Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Pre-Nazi discrimination in Germany; harassment by the Gestapo; Kristalnacht; evacuation to England as part of “Kinder Transport”; adjustment to life in England; emigration…

Her participation in the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1944-93. Youth in West Texas; employment with WPA (Works Progress Administration) during the New Deal years; decision to join Republican Party, 1947; her conservative philosophy…

His experiences as sheriff of Wise County, Texas, 1941-47. Law enforcement equipment and technology in 1940s; working on a fee basis; law enforcement practices in 1940s; search warrants; comments about criminals ”Pretty Boy” Floyd, “Machine Gun”…

Truck driver. His experiences in the Army of Occupation in Germany, 1945-47. Assignment to Regensburg; patrols to outlying villages; relations with former SS troops; comments about black market activities; social life; physical destruction of Nazi…

His experiences in the Pacific Theater; and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Boot camp at San Diego, California, 1942; radio school, San Diego, California, 1942; radar school, Memphis, Tennessee, 1943;…

Postmater. His experiences and observations as a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II. Enlistment in the Army, October 3, 1946; basic training, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1946; voyage across the…

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 Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood experiences on a succession of Michigan farms during the Great Depression, including the Sharon Hollow Farm associated with Ford Motor Company; developing interest in aviation; work…