Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 8, January 13, 2009, Pages 1583-1870 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 8, January 13, 2009, Pages 1583-1870

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: January 13, 2009
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Keifer Marshall, January 13, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Keifer Marshall, January 13, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Keifer Marshall. Marshall was born in Temple, Texas in 1926. After attending the University of Texas for one year, he joined the Marine Corps in 1944. After completing basic training in San Diego, he spent six weeks at Camp Pendleton receiving advanced training. He then embarked on the USS Rochambeau (AP-63) with 6,000 other troops in late October 1944. He describes some of his experiences during the transit. He remembers arriving in Guam in December in relief of the 3rd Marine Division. He landed at Iwo Jima a few days after the initial landing in February 1945, as a member of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment. Marshall describes the intense fighting over the following three weeks as his company proceeded north up the island. They took heavy casualties and got cut off for 36 hours before being rescued by tanks called in by the one remaining officer in the company. He recalls seeing the iconic flag flying at the top of Mount Suribachi and recalls how it boosted the unit’s morale during the battle. His unit remained on the island for three more weeks cleaning up …
Date: January 13, 2009
Creator: Marshall, Keifer
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 13, 2009 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 13, 2009
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History