Irwin discusses growing up in Tallula, Illinois: the 1918 influenza epidemic, Depression, and his work as a chauffeur. He also discusses WWII army service in the Pacific Theater: the reconstruction of Japan and the Philippines, the Japanese people, and post-war life.

5 tapes, 240 mins. Interview by Janet S. Morgan, 1993 OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file: interviewer's notes and draft copy of transcript.