Recording of interview with Dickey, a resident of Illmo, [Mo], by Dr. Paul Travis, a history professor from Southeast Missouri State University. Dickey was born in 1918 in Illinois and moved to Illmo as a child. He attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College from 1936 to 1940, when he dropped out to work in the local railroad company. Dickey served in the Army from 1942 to 1946, traveling to Iceland and then to Europe, where he participated in the Normandy Invasion. After leaving the Army, he returned to railroad work, from which he later retired. In this recording, Dickey recounts growing up, going to school, to war, and working for the railroad. Information on the town of Illmo and university politics are covered, as well as the particulars of the railroad and agriculture from the 1930s to the 1970s. Running time: 00:56:29.