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Historic Preservation Committee and
Conference Center Advisory Committee
History Project: Memory Lanes
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Wednesday, February 19, 1997
9:30 a.m. to 12 :00 noon
College Station Conference Center
��. 1300 George Bush Drive
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"Military"
Memory Lane
Oral Histories Scheduled on February 19, 1997
Clarence J. Allen Bud Denton
Charles Baker Qus A. Ellis
Spencer Baen Dr. Ted Franklin
Joe Barron F. W. Hensel
F. D. Bennett Dick Hewey
John Blazen Lannes Hope
Morris Bloodworth Peggy Hope
r �: Calvin Boykin John W. Huckabee, Jr.
W. S. Brezeale Allen T. Kraft
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Larry L. Burleson Charles Lewis
/ Alice Jean Butler Robert M. Logan
O. D. Butler Richard Magers
J. H. Caddess Pat Mann
Thomas Cartwright Dial F. Martin
Hazel & Bill Chastain James T. Moore
D. B. Clifton Galen Morgan
David Cofer Fred Nabors
Curtis Cox John Ratcliff
Qlada T. Crocker Mrs. Earl Rudder
William Culver Clyde Schaeffer
James T. Cushion Robert Skrabanek
C vrto -a.,a Phillip Smith
PROGRAM
General Assembly, Room 127
9:30 - 9:50 Social
9:50 - 10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Bill Lancaster
Historic Preservation Committee
10:00 -10:20 Break and go to interview rooms
10:20 Interview Sessions
12:00 Noon Adjourn
Oral History Project
"Military" Memory Lane
Steering Committee
W. G. Breazeale Lt. Col. Buck Henderson
Grace Calbert Bill Lancaster
Sylvia Martinez
Moderators Transcriptionist Video Camera Operators
Charlotte Bergstad Sharla Beason Gabe Barrick
James Burk Olive Black David Epperson
Mary Jane Hirsch Pam Einkauf David Gerling
John Holder Sue Hosea Ed Holdredge
Debbie Jasek • Mary Lancaster Richard Molina
Bill Lancaster Sylvia Martinez Foy Page
Dennis Maloney Tina Rodriguez Helen Sheffield
Naomi Shannon Kym Rucker Carol Zeigler
Kitty Worley Eillen Sather
Nell Zeigler
Sign -In Table Refreshments Photographers
Sylvia Martinez Grace Calbert Afsaneh Yasdani
Helen Perry -.,A Sylvia Martinez
rAtair, Audio Technician
Leslie Boykin
We hope you can join us on Wednesday, February 19, from 9:30 am. to 12 noon, to discuss military days in
our area from 1900 to 1949. Eventually, ten oral history topics will be completed and the stories compiled
into a book. These great memories from you and your friends will be shared with our school children. I
know you will want to be a part of this wonderful endeavor to preserve our memories for future generations.
Some of the discussions pertaining to the military will be on these subjects:
1. How many members of your family were in the Spanish - American War. What do you have in the
way of letters, photographs, and memorabilia from this war.
2. How many members of your family were in World War I anytime during 1914 to 1918. What do
you have in the way of letters, photographs, medals, or any other memorabilia from this war.
3. Where were you when you heard about the United States entering World War II. What did you do
next? What was your family doing for a living at the time?
4. Did anyone in your family (men or women) join immediately? How old were they. Which branch
of service did they join. Where did they go for training and how long was it. Where did they go
after that.
5. What was it like on the homefront during World War II in reference to rationing, black -outs,
shopping, fashion, trains, transportation, golf, recreation, YMCA, socials, big bands, victory
gardens, farming, the war effort.
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6. During World War II, explain sending and receiving letters, censorship, telegrams, newspapers,
newsreels at the movies, radio programs, telephone calls, and opportunities to visit loved ones.
7. What was life like around the A &M College during World War II. The Corps, the A &M News,
The Battalion paper, Mothers Club, Aggieland Orchestra, A &M College Band. Did your family
ever go to Guion Hall on campus for any orientations regarding the war. Where there support
groups for families who lost loved ones. How many churches were here at the time.
8. Were you or any of your family involved with the Bryan Air Force Base or Coulter Field during
World War II. Explain any work your family did to go away to work in the war effort, such as the
ship yards, factories, or prisoner of war camps.
9. Was your family in business during World War II. How did the war affect the business, the
advertising, prices, credit, supplies, shipping goods, receiving goods, and the work force.
10. Explain an experience you had in the military regarding troop trains, mail call, censured letters,
entertainment, "sea rations," newspapers, boxes from home.
11. Explain any battles, badges, or medals you or your family received during World War II.
12. What was it like as a returning soldier after World War II regarding adjustments, housing,
continuing college, cost of living, marriage, and what medical facilities were available.
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