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The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 2002
Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
September 26, 2002
Creator:
Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 2002
Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
September 19, 2002
Creator:
Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles C. Brabham, Jr., September 9, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran Charles C. Brabham Jr. The interview includes Brabham's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, his youth in Dallas during the Great Depression, joining the 112th Cavalry at age 16, his mobilization and various assignments, and his medical evacuation die to malaria, dysentery, and hookworm.
Date:
September 9, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Brabham, Charles C., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lin Williams, September 3, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lin Williams. Williams joined the Army in November 1942 after spending a year in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He received basic training at Fort Meade and joined the 4th Cavalry. He was sent to California for desert training but sailed to England in February 1943. He landed on an island off the coast of Utah Beach before dawn on D-Day. There was no German opposition, but 19 men were killed and 55 injured by land mines. Williams was at Oppenheim on V-E Day and began preparing for deployment to the Pacific. When the war ended, Williams instead returned home and was discharged.
Date:
September 3, 2008
Creator:
Williams, Lin
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George E. Fortenberry, September 24, 2003
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Interview with George E. Fortenberry, who is an Army veteran and college professor from Arlington, Texas. In the interview, Fortenberry discusses his experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theatre during his time as a member of the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard during World War II. He also describes what it was like growing up during the Great Depression and attending various different schools in both Texas and Oklahoma. Fortenberry discusses why he decided to join the National Guard, and also his experiences in early basic cavalry training. During much of the interview, Fortenberry reminisces about many of his various assignments and duties while serving in the war. Among these discussed include his assignment as a clerk to the veterinary section, time in Fort Bliss and Fort Clark, his shipment overseas to Noumea in New Caledonia, his transfer to the Medical Detachment as a clerk, and his time in New Britain, New Guinea and the Philippines. Fortenberry also recollects about everyday life in the Southwest Pacific, and includes details on tropical diseases and combat-related psychological problems that many of his comrades suffered through.
Date:
September 24, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Fortenberry, George E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fort Supply
Photograph of a scene during the Cavalry Days event, at Fort Supply.
Date:
September 2006
Creator:
Argo, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Sam Harris, September 29, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sam Harris. Harris joined the Army in February of 1942. He was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. He traveled to Australia in July of 1943, participating in the line defense at Brisbane. In early 1944, as part of the reconnaissance force, Harris was shipped to Ora Bay in New Guinea and made landings on the Admiralty Islands. In October he invaded the Philippine Islands, and ultimately helped in liberating Santo Tomas Internment Camp prisoners. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date:
September 29, 2002
Creator:
Harris, Sam
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gerald Graham, September 28, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gerald Graham. Graham joined the Georgia National Guard in the 1930s, and enlisted in Troop C, 108th Cavalry. In 1940, his unit was re-designated to Battery C, 101st Anti-aircraft Battalion. He was stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Beginning May of 1942, his unit was transferred to the 40th Coastal Artillery Brigade, and they served as the first ground troops in New Guinea. Graham worked as the liaison officer between his anti-aircraft unit and the 5th Air Force, identifying needed anti-aircraft to protect landing fields for planes to drop replacement men and supplies. In early 1943, he met General Douglas MacArthur at Port Moresby, and transferred to MacArthur’s headquarters serving as his aide-de-camp. He shares intimate details of his work for MacArthur. They traveled to Hollandia, the Philippines and Japan during the occupation. In December of 1945 he left Japan.
Date:
September 28, 2002
Creator:
Graham, Gerald
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Keith Wells, September 20, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Keith Wells. Wells was in the cavalry at Texas A&M when the war broke out. He joined the Marine Corps and attended officer’s school. There he learned parachuting, completing his final jumps with a broken leg, which he never sought medical care for. He received further training at Camp Pendleton and became the executive officer of his company. Landing on Iwo Jima in the third wave, he remained there for the duration of the campaign. While crossing the island, he received multiple shell fragment wounds to his leg and head. As a member of the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 28th Marine Regiment, he witnessed both the first and second flags atop Mount Suribachi. By the end of the war, he was on a first-name basis with a general, who was impressed by his grace under fire. Wells retired from the service as a major, earned a degree in geology and entered the oil industry.
Date:
September 20, 2008
Creator:
Wells, John Keith
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Cashin, September 20, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Cashin. Cashin passed his Foreign Service Officer examinations and was awaiting assignment when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. In July of 1942 he joined the Army, 17th Infantry Division. He began Officer Candidate School in December. Upon completion of school he was assigned Platoon Leader in the Cavalry Replacement Training Center. He later served as a lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Center at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. In the fall of 1943 Cashin was stationed in Knutsford, England with the headquarters of the 3rd Army, relaying some anecdotal stories of General Patton. In July of 1944 Cashin went to Utah Beach and Sainte-Mère-Église in France and through Belgium to Bastogne in December. They moved into Renne, Brittany and Paris, France, where he took a job as a military liaison officer after the war ended.
Date:
September 20, 2006
Creator:
Cashin, Robert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hugh W. Calvert, September 10, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran Hugh W. Calvert. The interview includes Calvert's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, his assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, tank school at Fort Knox, transferring to Service Troop, his assignment to New Caledonia and to Woodlark Island, operation on Arawe, the Driniumor River Campaign, and his rotation back to the States.
Date:
September 10, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Calvert, Hugh W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Archive Search Report Findings: Camp Wolters
Report describing munitions found during cleanup operations at Camp Wolters. This report also includes descriptions and maps of the area.
Date:
September 2002
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, Volume 1, 1835 - 1837
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This first volume of the Savage Frontier series is a comprehensive account of the formative years of the legendary Texas Rangers, focusing on the three-year period between 1835 and 1837, when Texas was struggling to gain its independence from Mexico and assert itself as a new nation. Stephen L. Moore vividly portrays another struggle of the settlers of Texas to tame a wilderness frontier and secure a safe place to build their homes and raise their families. Moore provides fresh detail about each ranging unit formed during the Texas Revolution and narrates their involvement in the pivotal battle of San Jacinto. New ranger battalions were created following the revolution, after Indian attacks against settlers increased. One notorious attack occurred against the settlers of Parker's Fort, which had served as a ranger station during the revolution. By 1837 President Sam Houston had allowed the army to dwindle, leaving only a handful of ranging units to cover the vast Republic. These frontiersmen endured horse rustling raids and ambushes, fighting valiantly even when greatly outnumbered in battles such as the Elm Creek Fight, Post Oak Springs Massacre, and the Stone Houses Fight. Through extensive use of primary military documents and first-person accounts, Moore …
Date:
September 15, 2007
Creator:
Moore, Stephen L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Throckmorton Tribune (Throckmorton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2000
Weekly newspaper from Throckmorton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 7, 2000
Creator:
Mayes, Cecil
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2000
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 7, 2000
Creator:
Lucas, Donnie A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Installation Familiarization Briefing (4 March 04)
DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Fort Hood Installation Familiarization Briefing (4 March 04)
Date:
September 14, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 2000
Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 15, 2000
Creator:
Stewart, James E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 115, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 4, 2007
Creator:
Brown, Gloria
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 163, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 2000
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 19, 2000
Creator:
Bush, Michael
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Travel Log, September 2004
Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date:
September 2004
Creator:
Texas. Travel and Information Division.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 16, 2004
Creator:
Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Bliss Installation Familiarization Briefing (27 May 04)
DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Fort Bliss Installation Familiarization Briefing (27 May 04)
Date:
September 14, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Larry Pangan, September 26, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Larry Pangan. Pangan was born in Arayat, Pampanga in September of 1919. He moved to Manila in 1938 to attend business college. He joined the US Army Philippine Scouts in March 1941 and was assigned to the 57th Infantry Regiment. He survived the Bataan Death March and incarceration at Camp O'Donnell. Although seriously ill with malaria, dysentery, beriberi and malnutrition, Pangan was able to escape. Upon regaining his health, he joined an American-led guerrilla group in central Luzon. He continued his service after the war ended, retiring from the Army in 1961.
Date:
September 26, 2001
Creator:
Pangan, Larry
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Oscar Mitchell, September 9, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Oscar Mitchell. Mitchell joined the Army in November of 1941. He completed Officer Candidate School and served as commander of an all-black engineer combat battalion. Beginning in 1943, they traveled to North Africa and Calcutta, India, and worked as drivers along the Ledo Road. He returned from India to the US, and was discharged in December of 1945.
Date:
September 9, 2003
Creator:
Mitchell, Oscar
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History