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Creator
Interviewee: Skidmore, Gerald D.
Interviewer: Mortimer, James N.
Date
1986-April-21
Description
Gerald Skidmore talks about how he came to Killeen and started working for the Killeen Daily Herald. He reflects on the town's growth and relationship to Fort Hood, as well as the relationship between the newspaper and the army base. He specifies how major military events, like the Cuban Missle Crisis and the Vietnam War, affected Killeen.
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1 item
Language
English
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Skidmore_Gerald_D_1986-04-21_transcript
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Source
University Archives, Texas State University
Texas Sesquicentennial oral history collection