Mr. Romack.

Right.

Mr. Belin.

Where do you live, Mr. Romack?

Mr. Romack.

10825 Benbrook Drive, Dallas, Tex.

Mr. Belin.

How old a man are you?

Mr. Romack.

I am 39 years of age.

Mr. Belin.

Were you born in Texas?

Mr. Romack.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

Go to school here?

Mr. Romack.

I went to school in Texas, yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

How far did you get through school?

Mr. Romack.

I got a couple of years of college.

Mr. Belin.

A couple of years Of college?

Mr. Romack.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

What college?

Mr. Romack.

East Texas State Teachers College and Technological College.

Mr. Belin.

Did you go to college right after high school?

Mr. Romack.

It was right after the war.

Mr. Belin.

You went right after the war?

Mr. Romack.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Did you go---

Mr. ROMACK. I take it back, I was going to Tech when the war broke out, and went to East Texas State after the war.

Mr. Belin.

When the war broke out, what did you do?

Mr. Romack.

I went into the Navy.

Mr. Belin.

What did you do in the Navy?

Mr. ROMACK. I was in the Amphibious, on the Aleutian Islands, and took boot training in San Diego. I went to the Aleutian Islands and came back and went to Pearl Harbor and stayed out there for 9 months, and boarded an LST and went through the Campaigns of the Philippines and Okinawa and Japan and then returned back home.

Mr. Belin.

When did you get back to the States?

Mr. Romack.

March 1946.

Mr. Belin.

I was stationed in Japan right after the last war. Where were you stationed?

Mr. Romack.

I was on this LST in Pearl Harbor.

Mr. Belin.

Were you in Japan after the war?

Mr. ROMACK. Yes, I was there during the time the Treaty was signed. We were in the, I forget the name, we were riding typhoons. We rode out eight of them, and our ship came back without the two side doors. All we had was the big ramp.

Mr. Belin.

That must have been quite a voyage back?
Mr. ROMACK. They were taking water in the port and bailing it over in the back.

Mr. Belin.

When you got back to the States, what did you do?

Mr. Romack.

Went to St. Louis and bought me an automobile, and just I was a boy. I was the boy about 6 months, I would say.

Mr. Belin.

Then what did you do?

Mr. Romack.

Then I entered school, East Texas State Teachers College.

Mr. Belin.

You went there about a year?

Mr. Romack.

Approximately a year, I would say, yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

Then what did you do after that?

Mr. ROMACK. I got married once along the route, and I was married about 30 days. Then I came to Dallas in 1947. I guess it was 1947, or 1948, I forget just when I did come to Dallas. It was along in there.

Mr. Belin.

And you have been in Dallas ever since?

Mr. Romack.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

By the way, were you honorably discharged?

Mr. Romack.

Yes; I surely was.

Mr. Belin.

What did you do when you got to Dallas?

Mr. Romack.

I went to work with a motor freight carrier. They are known as ICX today. They were Miller & Miller Motor Freight at the time.