The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Bailey. Bailey was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 16 February 1922 and graduated from high school in Waco, Texas in 1940. After attending Texas A&M for one year, he enlisted in the Army. He went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas for basic training. While there, he was recruited by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to participate in an internal security program. Following basic entered the Corps of Engineers Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. On 2 February 1943 he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 386th Engineer Battalion, an African American unit stationed at Camp Sutton, North Carolina. In 1943, the battalion boarded the SS Louis Pasteur and sailed to Casablanca where they cleaned up the dock area to facilitate unloading cargo. He tells of the unit traveling by rail to Iran. Soon after arriving in Iran the battalion sailed to Naples, Italy. His platoon was sent to Anzio and assigned the task of removing land mines. Three of his men were lost while doing this job. He was assigned to oversee the construction of the largest Butler Building ever …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Bailey. Bailey was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 16 February 1922 and graduated from high school in Waco, Texas in 1940. After attending Texas A&M for one year, he enlisted in the Army. He went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas for basic training. While there, he was recruited by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to participate in an internal security program. Following basic entered the Corps of Engineers Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. On 2 February 1943 he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 386th Engineer Battalion, an African American unit stationed at Camp Sutton, North Carolina. In 1943, the battalion boarded the SS Louis Pasteur and sailed to Casablanca where they cleaned up the dock area to facilitate unloading cargo. He tells of the unit traveling by rail to Iran. Soon after arriving in Iran the battalion sailed to Naples, Italy. His platoon was sent to Anzio and assigned the task of removing land mines. Three of his men were lost while doing this job. He was assigned to oversee the construction of the largest Butler Building ever …

Newspaper article about the digitization efforts by the UNT Libraries' digital newspaper unit resulting in over one million Texas newspaper pages available freely online at the Portal to Texas History. There is a photograph of Trista Barker in the upper-right corner of the article holding a roll of microfilm in front of her face with a computer, monitor, and Mekel Mach V Microfilm Scanner behind her. There is a partial article on the back of the clipping.

Monthly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes history and travel stories along with advertising.

Interview with Roy J. Grogan, longtime Weatherford resident and elected official, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Grogan's personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, Depression-era struggles, enlisting in the U.S. Navy, and World War II. Additionally, Grogan talks about his studies at Weatherford College, Duke University, and Duke Law, his legal career with the FBI and as a land developer, his political career on the Weatherford City Council and Weatherford College Board of Regents, the integration of Weatherford schools, and his involvement in state party politics. The interview includes an appendix with Grogan's resume.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Sanger, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Magazine discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.