Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Buck Donaldson begins his memoir (entitled He Leads Me: Oh Blessed Thought!) with an account of his childhood in small towns in northern Louisiana, including descriptions of his father's work as a physician and of his own education in Louisiana's public schools and at Louisiana State University. Donaldson then recounts his decision to leave LSU in order to join the U. S. Navy and study radar in December of 1942. He trained as a radioman and later as a signalman before being assigned to guard...