Skidmore, Gerald D.

Gerald D. Skidmore

Biography

Gerald Skidmore was born in Franklin County, Texas, in 1930. He attended North Texas State College (now University of North Texas), where he received his BA in journalism in 1952. Skidmore moved to Killeen, Texas, in 1954, where he spent the majority of his career working for the local newspaper, the Killeen Daily Herald. Along with being an active member in the Killeen Chamber of Commerce, Skidmore is an expert on Killeen's local history; he published a book on the subject in 2013.

Texas 150 Oral History

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 Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, affected Killeen.