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1. Alton Meyer: Interview (28:12)

Date:: 2008-09-28
Main contributors:: Meyer, Alton
Summary:: Col Alton Meyer, Air Force, Vietnam P.O.W. (A&M Class of ‘60) (Interviewed Sept. 28, 2005) It was six years of life he will never get back but Lt. Col. Al Meyer of rural College Station will certai...

2. Anne Boykin: Interview (30:20)

Date:: 2008
Main contributors:: Boykin, Anne
Summary:: Anne Boykin, Project Hold (Interviewed 2008) This is a very interesting program with then Director of College Station’s Project HOLD, Anne Boykin. She brought with her several photos from the Proje...

3. Bill Stroman: Interview (28:32)

Date:: 2008-05-29
Main contributors:: Stroman, Bill
Summary:: Bill Stroman, U.S. Marines, Korea (Interviewed May 29, 2008) Bill Stroman packed a lot of living his long life, and a significant part of his journey was his tour of duty as an advisor for a Korean...

4. Bob Bruner: Interview (28:26)

Date:: 2008-11-06
Main contributors:: Bruner, Bob
Summary:: Bob Bruner, U.S. Army, Desert Storm (Interviewed Nov. 6, 2008) Four months may not seem like a long time to most of us, but for Bob Bruner of the 1st Squadron 4th Cavalry, US Army, the four months ...

5. Dan Chadbourne: Interview (27:35)

Date:: 2008-10-23
Main contributors:: Chadbourne, Dan
Summary:: Dan Chadbourne, U.S. Marines, World War II (Interviewed Oct. 23, 2008) Dan Chadbourne flew the PBJB-25 Mitchell in World War II. His first wish was to be a tail gunner on a SBT-Dauntless. Instead h...

6. Douglass Starr - part 1: Interview (28:18)

Date:: 2008-04-17
Main contributors:: Starr, Douglass
Summary:: Dr. Douglass Starr, U.S. Navy, WW II (Interviewed April 17, 2008) Dr. Douglass Starr’s World War II service all happened before he turned 20 years old. But he packed a lot into those 3 1/2 years. A...

7. Douglass Starr - part 2: Interview (28:18)

Date:: 2008-04-17
Main contributors:: Starr, Douglass
Summary:: Dr. Douglass Starr, U.S. Navy, WW II (Interviewed April 17, 2008) Dr. Douglass Starr’s World War II service all happened before he turned 20 years old. But he packed a lot into those 3 1/2 years. A...

8. Duke Hobbs: Interview (27:39)

Date:: 2008-06-05
Main contributors:: Hobbs, Duke
Summary:: Duke Hobbs, Army/Air Force, World War II (A&M Class of '47) (Interviewed June 5, 2008) Duke Hobbs' career in service includes his service with the 79th Infantry in Europe during World War II and la...

9. Ed Higgins: Interview (28:23)

Date:: 2008-02-14
Main contributors:: Higgins, Ed
Summary:: Ed Higgins, U.S. Air Force, WW II (Interviewed Feb. 14, 2008) Meet Ed Higgins of College Station. As a World War II forward navigator on six B-17 missions over Europe, he experienced his share of u...

10. Freddie Wolters: Interview (27:08)

Date:: 2008-04-10
Main contributors:: Wolters, Freddie
Summary:: Freddie Wolters, U.S. Army, World War II (A&M Class of 1944) (Interviewed April 10, 2008) Freddie Wolters served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima before...