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1. Al Hanson: Interview (27:58)

Date:
2005-08-31
Main contributors:
Hanson, Al
Summary:
Al Hanson, Army Air Corps, WW II (Interviewed Aug. 31, 2005) It was on Al and Ruby Hanson's backyard porch that Tom Turbiville first started his passion for telling the story of Brazos Valley Veter...

2. Bill Youngkin: Interview (28:30)

Date:
2005-09-07
Main contributors:
Youngkin, Bill
Summary:
Bill Youngkin, U.S. Army, Vietnam (A&M Class of 69) (Interviewed September 7, 2005) Bill Youngkin was a Texas A&M Yell Leader his senior year. He was a U.S. Army Transportation Specialist in Vietna...

3. Billy Joe Adams: Interview (28:49)

Date:
2005-06-15
Main contributors:
Adams, Billy Joe
Summary:
Billy Joe Adams, U.S. Army, WW II (A&M Class of ‘41) (Interviewed June 15, 2005) Retired Lt. Col. Billy Joe Adams was a veteran of the fighting in the European Theater during World War II and of po...

4. Bob Middleton: Interview (27:50)

Date:
2005-09-14
Main contributors:
Middleton, Bob
Summary:
Bob Middleton, U.S. Army, Korea (A&M Class of ‘51) (Interviewed Sept. 14, 2005) 2nd Lt. Bob Middleton is proud of his service in what’s sometimes called the “Forgotten War”. He was one of some 1900...

5. Bob Pardo: Interview (29:08)

Date:
2005-04-27
Main contributors:
Pardo, Bob
Summary:
Bob Pardo, U. S. Air Force, Vietnam (Interviewed April 27, 2005) Bob Pardo of College Station was an F4 Phantom pilot during the Vietnam war. He obviously has many stories to tell of his service. B...

6. Brent Mullins: Interview (27:20)

Date:
2005-12-07
Main contributors:
Mullins, Brent
Summary:
Brent Mullins, Museum of the American GI, Collector (Interviewed Dec. 7, 2005) Brent Mullins is a collector and his collection of war and military memorabilia is vast. So vast in fact that it now f...

7. Charles Opersteny: Interview (28:35)

Date:
2005-12-15
Main contributors:
Opersteny, Charles
Summary:
Charles Opersteny, Air Force, Korea (Interviewed Dec. 15, 2005) Charles Opersteny is one of the driving forces of the American Legion Post 159 in Bryan Texas. That is his passions in his post milit...

8. David Marion: Interview (27:40)

Date:
2005-08-10
Main contributors:
Marion, David
Summary:
David Marion, U. S. Army, Vietnam (A&M Class of '65) (Interviewed Aug. 10, 2005) David Marion was a military advisor serving in the jungles of Vietnam during the hottest time of that war in 1968 an...

9. Ed & Yolanda Kozlowski: Interview (27:59)

Date:
2005-10-12
Main contributors:
Kozlowski, Ed
Summary:
Edward and Yolanda Kozlowski, U.S. Air Force/Army, WW II (Interviewed together Oct. 12, 2005) By the end of World War II Capt. Edward Kozlowski had flown 88 missions over the combat territory of th...

10. Ed Eyre: Interview (28:12)

Date:
2005-11-09
Main contributors:
Eyre, Ed
Summary:
Ed Eyre, U.S. Marines, WW II (Interviewed Nov. 9, 2005) December 19, 1941 and Ed Eyre was among the first to volunteer for service following the attack on Pearl Harbor. It took a while and a little...

11. Eddie Thompson: Interview (27:46)

Date:
2005-04-06
Main contributors:
Thompson, Eddie
Summary:
Eddie Thompson, US Navy, World War II (Interviewed April 6, 2005) At age 97, Eddie Thompson was the oldest veteran interviewed on KAMU's Veteran's of the Valley. His life spanned both World War I a...

12. Frank Kocman: Interview (27:49)

Date:
2005-03-25
Main contributors:
Kocman, Frank
Summary:
Frank Kocman, U.S. Army, WW II (March 25, 2005) It was December 1944 and America's involvement in World War II was in its fourth winter. Rewind seven months and teenager Frank Kocman Jr. had just g...

13. George Cox: Interview (27:49)

Date:
2005-05-04
Main contributors:
Cox, George
Summary:
George Cox, U.S. Army, WW II (Interviewed May 4, 2005) 23-year-old tank commander George Cox of rural Brazos County, was a member of the 746th Battalion when he starred the horror of the war straig...

14. Glenn Morgan: Interview (29:46)

Date:
2005-03-16
Main contributors:
Morgan, Glenn
Summary:
Glenn Morgan, U. S. Navy, World War II (Interviewed March 16, 2005) Glenn Morgan served aboard the USS Indianapolis, he was one of its buglers. He was a board that fateful ship when it was torpedoe...

15. James Rothermel: Interview (27:26)

Date:
2005-08-03
Main contributors:
Rothermel, James
Summary:
James Rothermel, U.S. Navy Seabees, WW II (Interviewed Aug. 3, 2005) World War II could not have been fought, much less won, had it not been for the work of the Navy Seabees, the Construction Batta...

16. Jim Cooper - part 1: Interview (28:11)

Date:
2005-03-01
Main contributors:
Cooper, Jim
Summary:
Dr. Jim Cooper, U.S. Navy, WW II (Interviewed March 1, 2005) Dr. Jim Cooper practiced medicine in the Brazos Valley for nearly 60 years and was a Navy doctor who served from ship to ship during bot...

17. Jim Hester: Interview (28:17)

Date:
2005-09-21
Main contributors:
Hester, Jim
Summary:
Jim Hester, U.S. Army, Vietnam (Interviewed Sept. 21, 2005) Jim Hester of Bryan was an Army lifer. That was interrupted by four years he spent in the Air Force. He served one tour in Germany and th...

18. John Anderson: Interview (28:20)

Date:
2005-08-24
Main contributors:
Anderson, John
Summary:
John Anderson, U.S. Army, Vietnam (Interviewed Aug. 25, 2005) John Anderson is quick to say that his one year duty in Vietnam was not combat filled. He did not fly the gunships but he flew above th...

19. John Millholland: Interview (29:18)

Date:
2005-03-09
Main contributors:
Millholland, John
Summary:
John Millholland, U. S. Air Force, Vietnam (Interviewed March 9, 2005) When he was searching for his purpose, John Millholland and his buddies started watching military aircraft take off. He was ho...

20. Lannes Hope: Interview (28:58)

Date:
2005-10-26
Main contributors:
Hope, Lannes
Summary:
Lannes Hope, U.S. Army, WW II (Interviewed Oct. 26, 2005) Col. Lannes Hope did not land on Omaha Beach on D-Day, but he watched he watched it happen from off-shore that day. The next day, June 7, 1...