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1. Arnold Foltermann: Interview (29:10)

Date:: 2006-11-15
Main contributors:: Foltermann, Arnold
Summary:: Arnold Foltermann, U.S. Army, WW II (Interviewed Nov. 15, 2006) Arnold Foltermann and his wife Minnie were married some 60 years and worked for the phone company after he served in Gen. Patton’s 3r...

2. Bill Hamilton: Interview (28:27)

Date:: 2006-09-13
Main contributors:: Hamilton, Bill
Summary:: Bill Hamilton, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era Interviewed Dec. 13, 2006 Bill Hamilton is a veteran who did not serve in any overseas combat, but the battle he fought since January 1980 is one that he wins ...

3. Bill Kling: Interview (28:18)

Date:: 2006-02-22
Main contributors:: Kling, Bill
Summary:: Bill Kling, Army, WW II, A&M Class of 1949 (Interviewed Feb. 22, 2006) Bill “BJ” Kling started Kling Engineering in 1975 but by then his own surveying skills had been tapped in most every arena you...

4. Bob Wilkinson: Interview (27:48)

Date:: 2006-08-30
Main contributors:: Wilkinson, Bob
Summary:: Bob Wilkinson, U.S. Air Force, Korea/Viet Nam (Interviewed Aug. 30, 2006) Colonel Bob Wilkinson caught the end of the Korean War and then three tours of Vietnam, flying both fixed wing and choppers...

5. Brian Parker: Interview (30:00)

Date:: 2006-08-23
Main contributors:: Parker, Brian
Summary:: Brian Parker, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam (Interviewed Aug. 23, 2006) As a crew member of the AC-47, Brian Parker says he could not buy a drink anywhere while on active duty in Vietnam. You see AC-47s ...

6. Claude Mounce: Interview (28:08)

Date:: 2006-04-05
Main contributors:: Mounce, Claude
Summary:: Claude Mounce, U.S. Navy, Cuban Missile Crisis (Interviewed April 5, 2006) October 18 to the 29th of 1962 was the Cuban missile crisis. Claude Mounce saw it up close and personal, but he'll tell yo...

7. Curtis Burns: Interview (28:00)

Date:: 2006-11-10
Main contributors:: Burns, Curtis
Summary:: Curtis Burns, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam (A&M Class of ‘52) (Interviewed Nov. 10, 2006) Major Curt Burns was an airman with plenty of passion and little fear. He grew up in a home about where G. Rolli...

8. Dick Davison - part 1: Interview (28:17)

Date:: 2006-06-21
Main contributors:: Davison, Dick
Summary:: Dick Davison, U.S. Army, WW II (Interviewed June 21, 2006) Dick Davison does not dwell on the ribbons and medals that passed him by for his service in World War II. As you will discover PFC Davison...

9. Dick Davison - part 2: Interview (27:58)

Date:: 2006-06-21
Main contributors:: Davison, Dick
Summary:: Dick Davison, U.S. Army, WW II (Interviewed June 21, 2006) Dick Davison does not dwell on the ribbons and medals that passed him by for his service in World War II. As you will discover PFC Davison...

10. Frank Dickey: Interview (27:43)

Date:: 2006-06-28
Main contributors:: Dickey, Frank
Summary:: Frank Dickey, U.S. Army, Vietnam (Interviewed June 28, 2006) Frank Dickey refuses to call himself a hero but most might disagree. He says that in Vietnam he fought alongside heroes but he, like man...