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Footage captured, using the onboard camera, showing the crew Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue performing experiments onboard of Skylab 4. Includes footage of Earth and a spacewalk.
Footage captured, using the onboard camera, showing the crew Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue performing experiments onboard of Skylab 4.
Footage captured, using the onboard camera, showing the crew Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue performing experiments onboard of Skylab 4.
Video showing unloading and deactivation of a chilled water system. Slides read "Procedure 2," "Unloading of the chilled conveyor 1002," and "Deactivation of the chilled conveyor 1002."
Footage captured, using the onboard camera, showing the crew Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue performing experiments onboard of Skylab 4.
Footage captured, using the onboard camera, showing the crew Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue performing experiments onboard of Skylab 4.
Spec Gammon, U.S. Army, World War II (Interviewed June 1, 2005) Army Infantry Tech Sergeant Spec Gammon was the long-time Sports Information Director at Texas A&M, but long before that, he fought as an Army Infantry soldier in World War II in Europe. He was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. He speaks highly of the British soldiers he met and people who endured so much destruction during the war, and he recalls the weather during the Bulge. “I’ve never been so cold in my life”, he says.
Taylor Riedel, Army Air Corp, World War II (A&M Class of 1944) (Interviewed October 25, 2007) Taylor Riedel served in the US Army Air Corp and flew 35 missions in a B-17 Bomber. He grew up in Yorktown, Texas, He was called to active duty in 1943. In 1944, he started his service in England flying B-17 bombing runs mostly over Germany. On his 32nd mission, his plane was hit by 88 millimeter anti-aircraft fire. He was a Principal and Superintendent for the A&M Consolidated ISD for 19 years.
Gen. Ted Hopgood, Marines, Vietnam (Interviewed Sept. 4, 2008) General Ted Hopgood’s 31-year career in the Marine Corps was followed by six years as Commandant of Cadets at Texas A&M. He had three tours of Vietnam, the first one with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Kilo Company on the ground, in combat. One of his earliest battles was the most intense. His recollections of his career are vivid, especially his time in the National Military Command Center during the start of Operation Desert Storm.