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Interview No. 786, David C. Mckee
Interview No. 786, David C. Mckee
Combined Interviews
Tapes 1 and 2: Family genealogy and background; father Robert E. McKee grew up in St. Louis and New Mexico, started his construction company in El Paso in 1911, the same year he married Evelyn Woods McKee. Recounts childhood memories; names the 8 children of Robert E. McKee and Evelyn McKee; tells of his father's early career; how Robert E. McKee Company acquired the contract for Los Alamos in 1943; his personal experiences at Los Alamos (security regulations, acquiring of construction materials, his responsibilities); service in Marine Corps in Panama Canal zone when Pearl Harbor was attacked; tells of his …
Interview No. 820, María Elena Acevedo Flood
Interview No. 820, María Elena Acevedo Flood
Combined Interviews
Part of Health Care on the Border Project; early work experiences as medical transcriber, translator, and language instructor, health care in Mexico; grandfather's work as Public Health physician with U.S. government; construction of Diablo Hospital by Ray Peck, M.D.; history of Texas Tech Medical Center, development of medical school in Cd. Juarez, Universidad Autonoma de Cd. Juarez; Chamizal Foundation.
Interview No. 785, Louis B. Mckee
Interview No. 785, Louis B. Mckee
Combined Interviews
Childhood memories; declares reasons for his father's success; discusses father's early career; quotes his father as saying his job was to "keep the opera singers singing." Speaks of his father as an innovator in offering employee benefits such as stock shares; compliments father as having a good relationship will employees; explains reasons for the company going public in 1971 and the procedures to register the company with American Stock Exchange in 1971; discusses merger of Robert E. McKee, Inc and the Zia Company, into Santa Fe Industries in 1973.
Interview No. 787, Hal J. Gambrell
Interview No. 787, Hal J. Gambrell
Combined Interviews
World War II combat experiences; stories of being wounded three times and describes convalescent periods; tells about brief encounters with Gen. Terry Allen; related story of General Allen's problems in Africa with the 1st Division which led to his dismissal and eventual command 104th.
Interview No. 790, Albert Schwartz
Interview No. 790, Albert Schwartz
Combined Interviews
Discusses biographical data; how General Allen asked him to join the 104th Division; training of Division in Arizona; Allen's belief of why he (Allen) had trouble with military "brass;" General Allen's removal as commander of the 1st Division; "midnight requisitions;" movement and combat experiences of the 104th; Concentration Camp at Nordhousen (Dora); Terry Allen Jr's death and the effect on General Allen; General Allen during retirement; encounters with Russian soldiers; night fighting; and general reflections on General Terry Allen as a man.
Interview No. 789, Anita Whelen
Interview No. 789, Anita Whelen
Combined Interviews
Discusses family background; relationship of El Paso girls and cavalry officers at Fort Bliss; marriage of Terry and Mary Frances Allen; circumstances of General Allen's removal from command of the Division; the pre-WWII visit of Will Rogers in El Paso; general recollections about General Terry Allen.
Interview No. 788, Jim Williamson
Interview No. 788, Jim Williamson
Combined Interviews
Discusses training and leadership of the 104th; functions of the ordinance companies; German long range railroad guns; American air raid on Eschweiler; night fighting; General Allen's troubled with General Patton in Sicily; the 104th division chosen to lead an attack on Japan after end of hostilities in Germany.