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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. Armando B. Rendon: Chicano Movement and Mestizaje Ideology Oral History (2:21:00)

Date:
2021 (Creation date: 2019-09-06)
Main contributors:
Rendon, Armando B.; Alvarez, Rocio Mercedes
Summary:
Chicano journalist, Armando B. Rendon, was an early participant of the Chicano Movement and author of The Chicano Manifesto. The purpose of this interview was to better understand mestizaje ideolo...

8. 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...

9. Aurora Quevedo: Chicano Movement and Mestizaje Ideology Oral History (2:00:00)

Date:
2021 (Creation date: 2019-08-12)
Main contributors:
Quevedo, Aurora; Alvarez, Rocio Mercedes
Summary:
Aurora Quevedo was an early participant of the Chicano Movement and an early participant of the Chicano Student Movement. The purpose of this interview was to better understand mestizaje ideology ...

10. 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...

11. 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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...

14. Bill Pope: Interview (27:05)

Date:
2007-11-29
Main contributors:
Pope, Bill
Summary:
Bill Pope, Army Air Corps, World War II (Interviewed Nov. 29, 2007) Bill Pope was a student at Michigan State when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He enlisted thinking that the war would be over before ...

15. 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...

16. Bill Youngkin: Interview (28:30)

Date:
2005-09-07
Main contributors:
Youngkin, Bill
Summary:
Bill Youngkin, U.S. Army, Vietnam (A&M Class of 69) (Interviewed September 7, 2005) Bill Youngkin was a Texas A&M Yell Leader his senior year. He was a U.S. Army Transportation Specialist in Vietna...

17. Billy Joe Adams: Interview (28:49)

Date:
2005-06-15
Main contributors:
Adams, Billy Joe
Summary:
Billy Joe Adams, U.S. Army, WW II (A&M Class of ‘41) (Interviewed June 15, 2005) Retired Lt. Col. Billy Joe Adams was a veteran of the fighting in the European Theater during World War II and of po...

18. 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 ...

19. 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...

20. Bob Middleton: Interview (27:50)

Date:
2005-09-14
Main contributors:
Middleton, Bob
Summary:
Bob Middleton, U.S. Army, Korea (A&M Class of ‘51) (Interviewed Sept. 14, 2005) 2nd Lt. Bob Middleton is proud of his service in what’s sometimes called the “Forgotten War”. He was one of some 1900...