The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Claude Cummins. Cummins joined the Army Air Corps around 1940. He completed Aircraft and Mechanics School in Wichita Falls, Texas. In early 1942, he worked as a crew chief with the Douglas Aircraft Company in Washington State, pre-flighting B-17 aircraft for air crew. Cummins was assigned to Dum Dum, India, through the end of the war. While there, he set up an overhaul facility for C47s. He continued in the Army Air Forces after the war ended, completing 30 years of service.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harley Wright. Wright volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in January 1942. He trained in Wichita Falls as an aircraft mechanic and then served as an instructor after aircraft engine specialist school. Eventually, Wright was assigned to Lowry Field in Denver where he became the base aircraft inspector. He spent the rest of the war there and recalls several experiences. He was discharged in December, 1945. After the war, Wright wrote technical manuals and extension course books for Air University and other entities.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Henderson. Henderson joined the Army Air Force before graduating high school and received basic training in Wichita Falls, aerial gunnery training in Las Vegas, and combat crew training in Ardmore. Upon completion, he was assigned as a ball turret gunner for the 384th Bombardment Group, stationed in England. Toward the end of his 36-mission tour, his plane was hit by antiaircraft fire above Germany. His crew aborted the mission and landed safely at a British airfield. Henderson returned to the States and trained to become a B-29 gunnery instructor. The work was dangerous, as the planes flew at twice the speed bomber pilots were accustomed to. Henderson transferred to Randolph Field and finished his time in the service as a supply clerk. He was discharged in October 1945.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Hilliard. Hlliard went into the Army right after he graduated from high school in August 1943 and was accepted into pilot training. After going through basic training in Wichita Falls, Texas he went to Henderson State College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was there five months taking college courses and 10 hours of flight training. From there, he went to a base near San Antonio where they put everyone through all kinds of tests, for classification; he was classified as a pilot. Then they were marched across the street and he started more training. He finished that and was sent to Ballinger, Texas for primary flight training and then to San Angelo to fly Vultee BT-13s. Hilliard didn't enjoy flying the Vultee and had a 'personality conflict' with the instructor so he left the aviation cadet program and ended up at Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin as a private where he studied to be a radio mechanic. After graduation, they sent him to Rantoul, Illinois for electronics training and then on to Boca Raton, Florida where he was moved to radar. Hilliard was there when the war ended. …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Horace Edwards. Edwards joined the Army Air Forces in February 1943. He received basic training at Sheppard Field, radio training at Harlingen, and aerial gunnery training in Sioux Falls. He completed his training as a B-24 radio operator gunner in Holyoke. He was transferred to Godman Field, where he served as a B-25 radio instructor to the Tuskegee Airmen. Towards the end of the war, he was stationed at Columbia Army Air Base as part of a ground control approach unit, helping pilots learn to land blind in preparation for poor weather and blackouts. Edwards returned home and was discharged in 1945. He remembers V-J Day as a time of celebration in crowded streets.

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Early Christians announced the in-breaking of God's kingdom as good news, not only in the message they proclaimed, but in the lives they lived. God's welcome in Jesus Christ became the welcome they extended to each other and to the world. Practicing Christianity in a contemporary culture characterized by individualism and competition will not be easy."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 25, 1998, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University.

Lecture given Wednesday, February 24, 1999, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 1991, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Transcript of an oral interview with Raymond Renfro. Born in 1923, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in November 1942. After training in Camp Pendleton, California, he was assigned to a machine gun squad in the 4th Marine Division. He describes landing on the Marshall Islands of Roi and Namur during the Battle of Kwajalein. He also relates his experiences in a rifle platoon under Captain Houston Stiff during the Battle of Saipan. He was wounded by an exploding shell and evacuated to a hospital ship. He was given a medical discharge in January 1945. The interview contains information about his early family life as well as information about his brother, Robert Renfro, who was captured by the Japanese while serving in the Army Air Corps in the Philippines.

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 1991, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard R. Brandenburge. In January 1942 he transferred into the Army Air Force and began basic training at Shepherd Field and finished at Foster Field, graduating in February 1944. He received his wings and commission. He went to California and flew P38s, P39s, P40s and P51s. He loaded the P51s onto a small carrier in Pearl Harbor and moved to Tinian Island in March 1945. After Iwo Jima was secured they flew there to serve as escorts between the islands in their P51s. He discusses his experiences with Japanese bonsai raids, flying missions over Japan, escorting B29s, shooting at Japanese fighters and unfortunate casualties of planes and crew. His first mission as escort began April 1945, and he completed 26 missions overall. After he was discharged he had to stay in the reserves and completed a tour in the Korean War. He joined the reserves unit in San Antonio at Kelly Air Force Base, flying transports: C-46s, C-119s and C-124s.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J B Magers. Magers joined the Navy in 1943 and, after training, got assigned to USS Sanborn (APA-193). Once they arrived at Iwo Jima, they spent nine days unloading. Magers served on an LCVP and made several trips to the beach delivering supplies and removing wounded. When the war ended, the Sanborn transported soldiers and marines to various places all over the Pacific.

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How can we identify and cultivate the next generation of ministers? This class offers suggestions for encouraging and equipping young ministers to deal with the day-to-day realities of service."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The church cultivates believing souls by answering compelling questions, while the artist cultivates seeing souls by raising compelling images. Is there a conflict - an identity - in the believing artist's dual relationship with the Kingdom and the "world?" How can she be true to her work and be true to the community of faith?"

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Often, people who accomplish amazing feats, engage in death-defying acts, or daily live unusual lives are said to be out of their minds. Yet some are idolized, some institutionalized, and other ostracized. Is it OK to live "out of your mind?""

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Travis Smith. Smith joined the Army Air Forces in September 1942. He qualified as a pilot trainee and began training in San Antonio. In May, 1944, he graduated and received his commission. Smith went overseas to the Philippines, arriving in March, 1945. Later, he moved to Okinawa and flew bomber escort for bombing missions to China and Japan. He flew over 50 combat missions before the war ended and then went to japan on occupation duty. Smith was discharged in 1946, but stayed in the reserves.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Pinell. Pinell joined the Navy early in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He received training on firing and repairing torpedoes. Upon completion he was assigned to various torpedo squadrons in the Pacific. He worked primarily in field repair units but would occasionally fill in as a torpedoman aboard PT boats. In addition to carrying out night patrols, he would soften landings in the Philippines by firing torpedoes close to shore. Pinell was stationed in Borneo when the war ended. He was startled into his foxhole by many ships firing in celebration. Pinell returned home and was discharged in October 1946.

Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Is genuine spirituality fact or feeling...neither or both? Is spirutal growth determined by external factors or internal transformation? Is it possible for us to gauge thelevel of our spiritual growth in tangible and practicle ways? Hear Peter's definitive instruction."

Lecture given Tuesday, February 21, 1995, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 23, 1993, 5:00 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "September 11. This is the day our world changed. While people around the globe were affected by the acts of terror that day, none were more impacted than the citizens of New York City. Hear stories of ministry from the perspective of "ground zero" - stories from the Manhattan Church of Christ."

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 1991, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Wednesday, February 23, 1994, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University