[Clipping: Bombers land at Keystone Airport] (open access)

[Clipping: Bombers land at Keystone Airport]

Copy of the March 2008 issue of "The Neighbor to Neighbor". Articles about the WASPs visiting, the upcoming Annual Clay County Agricultural Fair, late 19th century currency, and more are included.
Date: March 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004

Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cross-country to San Francisco after the Pearl Harbor attack. He eventually joined the USS Enterprise in April 1942 and saw the B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid take off. He was part of Bombing Squadron Six and trained under Commander Best to learn how to do scouting flights, navigation, and dive bombing. He then describes his participation in the Battle of Midway, the hours before take-off, his first view of the Japanese fleet, and his bombing mission. He was later assigned to the USS Hornet and had to fly off to a little island so that planes from the USS Wasp could land on the Hornet after their ship …
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Hopkins, Lewis R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Florida Evangelist (Jacksonville, Fla.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1900 (open access)

The Florida Evangelist (Jacksonville, Fla.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Jacksonville, Florida that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1900
Creator: Waldron, J. Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History