Interview with Bert T. Combs

Partial Transcript: Judge Combs, when you graduated from law school in '77, what were your immediate plans?

Segment Synopsis: Combs discusses becoming a lawyer and getting jobs.

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Subjects: Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Lawyers

Partial Transcript: After Pearl Harbor, I started thinking about going to the Army.

Segment Synopsis: Combs talks about his army service and what it was like being a lawyer during the War Trials in Japan. He says that he feels more unsettled about it now because MacArthur had a vendetta against one of the Japanese generals.

Keywords: Combs, Bert; MacArthur, Douglas

Subjects: Lawyers Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948 United States. Army War Crimes Trial

Partial Transcript: In the Spring of '46, I was discharged from the Army.

Segment Synopsis: Combs discusses his work as a lawyer after leaving the army. He says that he largely represented coal miner clients and worker's compensation cases.

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Subjects: Coal mines and mining Lawyers

Partial Transcript: I was appointed City Attorney.

Segment Synopsis: Combs discusses entering politics and getting appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. he describes his work as a judge.

Keywords: Howard, Jack; Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Wetherby

Subjects: Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985 Kentucky. Court of Appeals Lawyers

Partial Transcript: I acquired and undeserved reputation for being a good candidate.

Segment Synopsis: Combs says that his father did not like his political career. He then talks about why he was chosen to run in 1955 and what the race was like.

Keywords: Clemets, Earle

Subjects: Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Democratic party (Ky.) Political campaigns