Interview with Ben F. Yung, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from Ranger, Texas. The interview covers his childhood, his decisions leading to joining the CCC, his experiences there, and his experiences reenlisting with the CCC.

Interview with John Ruddick concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Ruddick worked at a camp in Brownwood, Texas (Company 849). Appendix includes a photocopy of Ruddick's CCC Enrollee's Record of Training and Experience. Interview includes information on Ruddick's parents as well as his life before joining the CCC and an appendix.

Interview with Cleon Stewart, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Tulia, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (known as the "Lost Battalion"). Stewart discusses joining the National Guard, training and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific in November, 1941, diversion to Java after December 7th, Japanese air strikes and the invasion, the American surrender and initial internement by the Japanese, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp, Singapore, and life in captivity there, and liberation.

Close-up photograph of a portion of the hipped roof at the railroad depot in Brownwood, Texas. The roof has red, adobe tiles on the surface and along the ridges with a decorative point at the top. Below the eaves, there are decorative box beams and a strip of red brick is visible just below the overhang.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of a downspout attached to the outside of the railroad depot in Brownwood, Texas, and a portion of the ground along the edge of the wall. The visible portion of the building is red brick with sections of white plaster; the downspout has a decorative joint and is attached with a bracket just below the joint to one of the plaster sections.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of an arched window at the railroad depot in Brownwood, Texas. The glass is separated into panes and there is layered, decorative red brick around the outside of the window.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.

Photograph of the Railroad Depot in Brownwood, Texas.