Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 1. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 1. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

Filled out correspondence exam on American foreign policy for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: February 1958
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004

Interview with Alf Klaveness, a commanding officer on the destroyer USS Benham. Klaveness begins by discussing his family history after coming here from Norway and working for John Rockefeller; he answers questions about his role in the Navy and describes being in Tokyo Bay during the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri.
Date: May 20, 2005
Creator: Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: W.A.S.P. sisters in the sky] (open access)

[Clipping: W.A.S.P. sisters in the sky]

Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP experiences serving in WWII. On the back of the clipping, there are advertisements for a television and gift certificates, as well as an article about lambada dancing.
Date: March 17, 1990
Creator: McDaniel, Niki Frances
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, March 1, 1943 : week of February 19 to February 26, 181st week of the war, 63rd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: North Africa, Russia, Burma-China, New Guinea, Solomons, Aleutians, Sinkings (sea losses). Large world map is keyed to text. Includes table: Great Circle Distances in Statute Miles. Inset map shows Tunisia. Includes photos: Nazi Panzers in Bizerte, Air base at Dakar, Hold on Kharkov, Hunting enemy submarines. Back: Poster provides recognition cues and front and profile drawings of Allied and Axis heavy, medium, and light armored cars. Includes range scale.
Date: March 1, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, December 28, 1942 : week of December 18 to December 25

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea -- Burma -- Solomons -- East Indies -- Tunisia -- Libya -- Russia -- Aleutians -- Pacific. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show roads and railways in Burma -- Tunisia, [Libya, and Algeria throughout the Mediterranean Sea and Italy]. Includes photographs: Tin Fish Launched [bomber] -- Mosquito Bomber -- Ready for Trouble [U.S. Warship loaded with ammunition] -- [trenches] -- [Moving an army] -- [Lockheed] -- Assault Gun [mounted on Mark III] Back: For Yanks Dreaming of A White Christmas. Text and photographs highlight the tasks in winter operations.
Date: December 28, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, November 30, 1942 : week of November 20 to November 27

Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Tunisia, Libya, West Africa, Martinique, New Guinea, Solomons. Front: large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: Offensive in New Guinea; Tunisia; North Africa; South Russia. Photographs: Guadalcanal; Jeeps in Russia; Unloading in North Africa; U.S. patrol landed on one of the isolated islands of the Aleutian group. Back: Aircraft insignia. Aircraft insignia are subject to change constantly. These are based on information available up to November 30, 1942.
Date: November 30, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, February 8, 1943 : week of January 29 to February 5

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: [Rostov area] ; [Tunisia coast]. Includes 8 photographs. Back: The World at War map indicates points where U.S. forces are stationed.
Date: February 8, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, October 26, 1942 : week of October 16 to October 23

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Solomons -- New Guinea -- Aleutians -- Russia -- Shipping -- Mediterranean -- Yugoslavia -- Western Europe. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Southwest Pacific -- Stalingrad. Includes photographs: Airport on Guadalcanal Island -- Somewhere in India [field artillery pieces and Gen. Stillwell's troops wearing German-type coal scuttle helmet] -- Supplies for Russia [Arctic convoy attacked by enemy torpedo planes and U boats] -- Freight cars with wings. Back: Foxholes are Lifesavers. 9 photographs show details of foxhole construction. Text describes advantages and proper use of foxholes in combat.
Date: October 26, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, March 29, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, March 29, 2003

Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Olivares dropped out of high school and decided to join the U. S. Navy after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He took his 16-week basic training course at Great Lakes in Illinois where he learned how to fire various guns and recognize aircraft. After basic training, he was assigned to Algiers, Louisiana where he learned how to weld. Aboard the USS Bordelon (DD-881), he served as a Ship Fitter in the damage control department. After WWII, he remained in the reserves and was called up for duty in Korea. He served aboard the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86). After Korea, he worked as a civilian for the Army Corps of Engineers as an oiler on a dredge. He then served in the Merchant Marines, hauling refined petroleum products from South America to North America. He also discusses going to French Indochina (Vietnam) and traveling up the Saigon River in a merchant vessel.
Date: March 29, 2003
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Olivares, Hazael R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, March 15, 1943 : week of March 5 to March 12, 183rd week of the war, 65th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Air offensive, Unrest (France, Belgium, Norway), Southwest Pacific, Tunisia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Russia, Tunisia. Includes photographs: Convoy to Russia; American tank in Russia; Joint Assignment; Airborne engineers; Shower bath - desert style. Back: Learn to recognize these vehicles (half-track vehicles). Labelled illustrations of American, Canadian and German vehicles with a quick guide to features for comparison.
Date: March 15, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004

Interview with Alf Klaveness, a commanding officer on the destroyer USS Benham. Klaveness begins by discussing his family history after coming here from Norway and working for John Rockefeller; he answers questions about his role in the Navy and describes being in Tokyo Bay during the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri.
Date: April 16, 2004
Creator: Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lessons That Live as Told by A.A.F. Pilots (open access)

Lessons That Live as Told by A.A.F. Pilots

Booklet containing stories from United States Army Air Forces pilots about times they nearly died due to preventable mistakes they had made. The booklet contains a forward from General Arnold and Colonel Harris.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Woolhiser, Harvey; Arnold, Henry Harley; Harris, S. R.; Olive, J. D. & Magee, John Gillespie
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

This booklet is the first volume of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the military history of the United States of America from the country's inception through the post-World War 1950's.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Intelligence Training Bulletin, Volume 16, Number 1, January-June 1964 (open access)

Air Intelligence Training Bulletin, Volume 16, Number 1, January-June 1964

Monthly publication of the Continental Air Command containing articles of interest to intelligence officers in the Air Force Reserve. This issue includes articles on Rumania, China, Brazil, Asian Economies, The Colombo Plan, and the Soviet army.
Date: January 1964
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Defense Command.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-Boats, 1942-1943 (open access)

Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-Boats, 1942-1943

Book detailing the experience of those in Galveston during the time of World War II and the German U-Boats.
Date: 1995
Creator: Wiggins, Melanie, 1934-
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to P. A. Hill] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to P. A. Hill]

Envelope addressed to CPT P. A. Hill at 309 Ragland St. Sweetwater Tex, sent from Gunter Air Force Base with the word, "Books", can be seen printed at the top.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with William J. Bates, February 7, 2001

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Navy veteran William J. Bates including personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education, the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, flight training, leaving naval aviation and attending Midshipman's School, being assigned to APc-21, operations off the coast of New Guinea with the VII Amphibious Force, providing escort duty for LCTs during assaults along the coast of New Guinea, the sinking of APc-21 by Japanese planes off New Britain Island, recuperating in New Guinea, returning to the States and being assigned to ATR-22, transferring to fleet tug ARA-182 as commanding officer, having convoy duty in the South Pacific, riding out a typhoon, disposing of Navy equipment after the war, and returning to the States.
Date: February 7, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bates, William J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
WASP News, Volume 36, Number 2, October, 1997 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 36, Number 2, October, 1997

Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: October 1997
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP News, Volume 40, Number 1, June, 2002 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 40, Number 1, June, 2002

Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: June 2002
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wasp Newsletter, December 1986 (open access)

The Wasp Newsletter, December 1986

Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: December 1986
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP News, Volume 33, Number 3, November 1995 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 33, Number 3, November 1995

Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: November 1995
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 15, June, 1978 (open access)

WASP Newsletter, Volume 15, June, 1978

Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: June 1978
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Lewis J. Michelony, Jr., May 2, 1993

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with First Sergeant Lewis J. Michelony, Jr., a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and the Korean War. Michelony discusses his assignment to the 6th Marines in 1943, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian, as well as Korea and the Chosin Reservoir.
Date: May 2, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John D. (John David), 1946- & Michelony, Lewis. J., 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Twelfth Armored Division, Scrapbook 2] (open access)

[Twelfth Armored Division, Scrapbook 2]

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other materials documenting time spent overseas by the U.S. Army's Twelfth Armored Division.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army. Armored Division, 12th.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History