[International Certificates of Vaccination] (open access)

[International Certificates of Vaccination]

Photocopy of an International Certificate of Vaccination booklet belonging to Lee Harvey Oswald, indicating that he has been vaccinated against smallpox as of June 8, 1963.
Date: June 8, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech at National War College Graduation about International Security Environment, Washington D.C., June 8, 1982] (open access)

[John Tower Speech at National War College Graduation about International Security Environment, Washington D.C., June 8, 1982]

Speech; Interlocking nature of economic interests - e.g. dependence on Middle Eastern oil; Buildup of Soviet military power; Lessened political cohesion of major alliances, incl. NATO; U.S.commitment to four worldwide missions: equivalence w. strategic forces of Soviet Union, maritime superiority, power projection superiority, technological superiority; U.S.commitment to three regional missions: defense of NATO Europe, defense of East Asia, defense of Southwest Asia; North Atlantic Alliance; Culver-Nunn Amendment of 1976; Nixon Doctrine; Security assistance programs.
Date: June 8, 1982
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Russ Mallonee, June 8, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Russ Mallonee, June 8, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Russ Mallonee. Mallonee joined the Army in 1942. He served with the 43rd Infantry Division, fighting in the Guadalcanal Campaign in early 1943. He provides vivid details of combat on the island, and how he was severely wounded by mortar fire. Mallonee returned to the US to recover in a San Antonio hospital, then he was shipped to Maryland to serve in an administrative role, issuing clothes and ammunition. He continued his service after the war ended, receiving his discharge in January 1946.
Date: June 8, 2013
Creator: Mallonee, Russ
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Smith, June 8, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Smith, June 8, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William R. Smith. Smith was born in April of 1921 and served in the Junior Naval Reserve as a teenager, joining the Naval Reserves around 1937 with a forged birth certificate. He received basic training by volunteering aboard USS Texas (BB-35) and USS Brooklyn (CL-40). By 1939, Smith was serving as a Chief Fire Control Technician aboard USS Clark (DD-361). They were docked in San Francisco on 7 December 1941 and took up antisubmarine patrol off Samoa by February of 1942. Smith reenlisted in April. The Clark escorted a tanker to Midway, a convoy to New Zealand and assisted with landings on Guadalcanal by November of 1942. In November of 1943, Smith transferred to USS Newcomb (DD-586), participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the invasion at Lingayen in January 1945. Smith also participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, where the Newcomb was hit by 5 kamikaze planes on 6 April. Smith recalls a brief and positive encounter with Admiral Chester Nimitz. Around August of 1945 he was transferred to USS La Vallette (DD-448) and traveled to San Diego where he was stationed through April …
Date: June 8, 2007
Creator: Smith, William
System: The Portal to Texas History