Interview with Karl Bugbee, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from New Orleans, Louisiana. Bugbee discusses his time in the Philippines at Cavite Naval Yard before the war, the Japanese invasion, the Battle of Bataan, the Battle of Corregidor, his capture, and his internment at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, and the Ashio Copper Mine in Japan.

Interview with Representative Jim Earthman, a Texas State legislator from Houston, Texas. Earthman discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, specifically his feelings on state funding of primaries, the "Dirty Thirty," the selection of candidates for House Speaker, opposition to the election of Rayford Price, the legislature's budgeting hearings, his opinion of Bill Heatly, his opinion of Preston Smith, insurance rate making, insurance companies, and his thoughts about his own career on leaving office.

Interview with Mrs. William H. Wade, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Hurricane Carla.

Interview with George Slavens, a United States Navy veteran from Puxico, Missouri. Slavens recollects his experiences aboard the USS Medusa during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Gerald Glaubitz, a United States Navy veteran from Murdock, Nebraska. He recollects his experiences aboard the cruiser the USS San Francisco during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Louis Roffman, a United States Army Air Corps veteran from New York City, New York. Roffman offers his recollections and experiences as a member of the 31st Bombardment Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Jack Hill, former employee of the Texas Textile Mill, as part of the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences about his childhood, working at Wilson's Grocery Store and Cole's Groceries, enlisting in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and serving in the China-Burma-India Theater. Hill also discusses his family's experience in the Great Depression, his lay-off due to new child labor laws, the tornado of 1948, and his career in retail sales.