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1. Alfred Birdwell: Interview (28:11)

Date:: 2010-05-27
Main contributors:: Birdwell, Alfred
Summary:: Alfred “Whitey” Birdwell, U.S. Army, WW II Interviewed May 27, 2010 Alfred “Whitey” Birdwell was a Sherman tank driver in World War II's European Theater, after D-Day, but during the final push and...

2. Bob Gallery: Interview (28:05)

Date:: 2010-07-21
Main contributors:: Gallery, Bob
Summary:: Bob Gallery, U.S. Army, WW II, (Interviewed July 21, 2010) Bob Gallery was just 17 years old in 1944 and didn’t know that he was about to take the fast track from his home in Saginaw, Michigan to a...

3. Chuck Sippial: Interview (27:44)

Date:: 2010-03-25
Main contributors:: Sippial, Chuck
Summary:: Chuck Sippial, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam (Interviewed March 25, 2010) Chuck Sippial has been a significant part of Texas A&M’s administrative family for some 15 years, as Vice President for Administr...

4. Garland Bayliss: Interview (31:00)

Date:: 2010-06-17
Main contributors:: Bayliss, Garland
Summary:: Garland Bayliss, U.S. Navy, WW II (Interviewed June 17, 2010) Join the Navy and see the World! And indeed Lt. Commander Garland Bayliss of College Station saw most of it in his two-year service abo...

5. Gary Banta: Interview (28:47)

Date:: 2010-02-11
Main contributors:: Banta, Gary
Summary:: Gary Banta, U.S. Army, Vietnam (Interviewed Feb. 11, 2010) Gary Banta joined the Army in 1967, well into the Vietnam War. he both drove and rode shotgun on truck convoys, delivering supplies to the...

6. Gordon Pratt: Interview (28:13)

Date:: 2010-08-05
Main contributors:: Pratt, Gordon
Summary:: Dr. Gordon Pratt, U.S. Navy, WW II (Interviewed Aug. 5, 2010) Not every World War II Veteran served overseas as they had jobs or were being trained for essential jobs stateside. Such was the case f...

7. Hazel Von Roeder: Interview (28:42)

Date:: 2010-01-27
Main contributors:: Von Roeder, Hazel
Summary:: Hazel Von Roeder, U.S. Air Force, WW II/Korea (Interviewed Jan. 27, 2010) As much as she wanted to, and even volunteered to.... Hazel Von Roeder’s tours of duty during World War II and Korea never ...

8. Jon Bennett: Interview (28:09)

Date:: 2010
Main contributors:: Bennett, Jon
Summary:: Jon Bennett, KAMU TV/Station Manager (Interviewed 2010) This Show was with KAMU Station Manager Jon Bennett, talking about the more than five years of Veterans of the Valley. Just a review of what ...

9. Mike Sherman: Interview (29:21)

Date:: 2010-07-20
Main contributors:: Sherman, Mike
Summary:: Mike Sherman, A&M Head Football Coach, Iraq Trip (Interviewed July 20, 2010) This is indeed a special Veterans of the Valley because instead of visiting with a Veteran, Aggie Head Football Coach Mi...

10. Noble Goza: Interview (28:46)

Date:: 2010
Main contributors:: Goza, Noble
Summary:: Noble Goza, U.S. Marines, WW II (Interviewed July 15, 2010) Noble Goza is a World War II Veteran for sure, although by the time he was drafted in 1945, little did he know that the war was about to ...

11. P.K. Carlton: Interview (28:23)

Date:: 2010-08-19
Main contributors:: Carlton, P. K.
Summary:: P.K. Carlton, U.S. Air Force, Pentagon on 9/11 (Interviewed Aug. 19, 2010) Lt. General P.K. Carlton Jr’s career of service in the United States Air Force is without doubt one of the most compelling...

12. Rex Davis: Interview (28:24)

Date:: 2010-02-18
Main contributors:: Davis, Rex
Summary:: Dr. Rex Davis, Navy, Air Force, Army, WW II (Interviewed Feb. 18, 2010) Dr. Rex Davis tells an incredible story of service that includes action in both World War II, where he was aboard an LCS duri...