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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. Al Rampmeier: Interview (27:47)

Date:
2007-02-07
Main contributors:
Rampmeier, Al
Summary:
Al Rampmeier, U.S. Army, Vietnam (Interviewed Feb. 8, 2007) Al Rampmeier served under Gen. Hal Moore. Moore was the officer depicted in the film “We Were Soldiers”, and wrote the book it was based ...

3. Albert Novak: Interview (31:58)

Date:
2007-07-26
Main contributors:
Novak, Albert
Summary:
Albert Novak, Army/Navy/Air Force, WW II (Interviewed July 26, 2007) Albert Novak served his country in three services, the Army, Navy and Air Force. As a machinist aboard the USS Wasp for two year...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. Bill Adams: Interview (28:14)

Date:
2011-03-03
Main contributors:
Adams, Bill
Summary:
Bill Adams, U.S. Air Force, Korea (Interviewed March 3, 2011) Bill Adams wanted to be in the Air Force in 1950 but really had no designs on being a mechanic. But that where the Air Force needed him...

9. 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 ...

10. Bill Harper: Interview (29:40)

Date:
2009-10-10
Main contributors:
Harper, Bill
Summary:
Bill Harper, Operation Ivy, Post WW II (Interviewed Oct. 10, 2010) Bill Harper does not have any real war stories to tell from his two hitches and more than five years in military service, but the ...