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Oral History Interview with Houston Lowe, October 21, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Houston Lowe. Lowe finished high school and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked in Texas and California before joing the Army Air Corps. He had basic training in the Philippines prior to the Japanese invasion. Lowe was captured on Corregidor and made a prisoner of war. He soon went to Cabanatuan. Lowe recalls several instances of his POW experience in the Philippines. He rode a hell ship to Japan, the Noto Maru, and… more
Date: October 21, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Lowe, Houston
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Wright, November 21, 2017

Description: Interview with James (Bud) Wright, an entomologist and inventor who has several patents. He received a PhD in Medical Entomology from Texas A&M in 1963 and worked in the field of printentomology. He specialized in neurohormonal mechanisms of metamorphosis and reproduction in economically damaging arthropods. He led the program that led to the eradication of the boll weevil. Married to Judy Wright, the two had a blended family of two sons, two daughters, and many grandchildren. The interview cov… more
Date: November 21, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 46 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Wright, James Elbert
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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