A.M. & Welma Aikin Regional Archives http://www.aikinarchives.org/index.php en blamb@parisjc.edu Copyright 2006 2006-04-07T16:01:00-06:00 About The Owens Manuscript http://www.aikinarchives.org/index.php/war/entries/about-the-owens-manuscript/ The John "Jack" Owens Manuscript Several years ago I assigned my U.S. History students at Paris Junior College oral history projects for extra credit work. The topics students could collect oral histories on ranged widely from the Second World War, to Vietnam, and Civil Rights.

One student brought me this manuscript as part of his project with the request that it be placed in the College Archives. The document was especially exciting for me to read since I was from the same hometown as the manuscript’s author, Jack Owens (photo at right), and remembered him for the exquisite truck farmed produce he grew.…]]> 2006-10-04T14:42:00-06:00 Helen Seay http://www.aikinarchives.org/index.php/war/entries/helen-seay/ 186th General Hospital, Fairford, England Europe & North Africa Transcript of Oral History

NAME: Helen Seay
ADDRESS: Paris, Texas
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Nurse Corps
DATES OF SERVICE: 1943-1945
LOCATIONS SERVED: 186th General Hospital, Fairford, England
INTERVIEWER: Allen Williams
DATE OF INTERVIEW: October, 14 2005

Williams: OK, we’re here today with Helen Seay, who was part of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. She was a Second Lieutenant, in the Nurse Corps, and she was stationed primarily in England during World War II. My name is Allen Williams. I’m…]]> 2006-08-28T16:46:00-06:00 Charlie Parkman http://www.aikinarchives.org/index.php/war/entries/charlie-parkman/ U.S Navy The Pacific Transcript of Oral History

NAME: Charlie Parkman
ADDRESS: Paris, Texas
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Navy
DATES OF SERVICE: N/A
LOCATIONS SERVED: South Pacific
INTERVIEWER: Brittany Ballard
DATE OF INTERVIEW: N/A

Ballad: What is your date of birth?

Parkman: December 19, 1925.

Ballad: What military branch were you in?

Parkman: I was in the United States Navy.

Ballad: Where did you serve?

Parkman: I was in the South Pacific.

Ballad: What war were…]]> 2006-08-28T16:37:00-06:00 Aud Brown http://www.aikinarchives.org/index.php/war/entries/aud-brown/ U.S. Army Air Corps, 321st Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Squadron Europe & North Africa Transcript of Oral History

NAME: Aud Brown
ADDRESS: Maxey, Texas
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Air Corps, 321st Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Squadron
DATES IN SERVICE: 1941-1945
LOCATIONS SERVED: North Africa
INTERVIEWER: Allen Williams
DATE OF INTERVIEW: November 30, 2005

Williams: First of all Mr. Brown, I would like to ask you to tell us where you were living when World War II started?

Brown: I was living with my parents in the Maxey community. I knew I was going to be…]]> 2006-08-28T16:06:00-06:00