The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.

Photograph of a thin branch which forks out into smaller segments and hangs down from the top of the frame. The background behind the branch is solid white. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Photograph of thin strings hanging in front of a cluster of blurry plants. Light reflects off a liquid surface below the plants and strings. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Photograph of light-colored strings hanging over a cluster of leaves. Dark and blurry trees stand in the background, light shining through their leaves in the photograph's top left corner. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Photograph of thin strings hanging down in front of a cluster of leaves. Dark and blurry trees are visible in the background, light shining between their leaves in the top left corner. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Photograph of small leaves and vines bordering a white background. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Photograph of a white, clear sky which is bordered by tree leaves and thin branches. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Photograph of a circular decoration on the string of a ceiling fan. There is a black border around the walls behind the decoration. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Close-up photograph of the leaves of a plant. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Photograph of a tall tree with sparse branches sticking out from it. The tree stands in a forest backed by a clear white sky. [2016, Philadelphia, PA]

Mr. Durón Guerra grew up in a middle class family in northern Mexico; he lived in several Mexican cities while getting his education. He migrated to the U.S. upon reaching adulthood and lived for a while in Philadelphia before joining the Armed Forces. He finished his military career in Texas, and eventually settled in Austin, where he established the "El Azteca" restaurant, which stands to this day. He has been involved in community affairs for a very long time, and was one of the early members of the Austin G.I. Forum chapter. In the interview, Mr. Durón Guerra talks about the experience of migration, the discriminatory treatment that Mexican Americans received in housing, employment, etc. as well as his activism in community affairs.

Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, the Black Panthers, King's assassination, work in Dallas ISD, and continued work with the NAACP, including tenure as president of the Dallas chapter. In appendix is Fields' "colored" ticket to the Texas State Fair from 1954.