Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Miss Verna Collins, veteran social worker who won recognition for her work at Knoxville, TN., assumed her duties this week as director of casework services at the Family Service here."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Andy D. Holt vice president of the University of Tennessee."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Myron G. Chambers, Pres. Knoxville Tenn. News-Sentinel. Deceased: 12-31-60"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Andy Holt is probably the first Choctaw Indian chief with a southern drawl."