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Oral History Interview with Robert E. Galer, August 27, 1998
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Interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences concerning the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; the Guadalcanal Campaign as commander of VMF-224; and as head of the 584 Radar units during the campaigns for the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy ROTC at the University of Washington, 1931-35; pilot training at Sand Point, Pensacola, and Quantico, 1935-38; assignment to amphibian squadron on Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1938-40, and his minor role in the "destroyers-for-bases" deal with Great Britain, 1940; assignment as commander of VMF-224, 1942; description of the Grumman Wildcat fighter plane; assignment to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942; episodes involving aerial combat against the Japanese; aerial combat tactics; living conditions at Henderson Field; shot down for the first time on September 12, 1942; shot down for a second time on October 2, 1942; personnel problems with dysentery and malaria; reassignment to COMAIRPAC, November, 1943; Command and Staff College, 1943; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for twenty-nine consecutive days of combat and eleven-and-one-half kills; meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office; development of the 584 Radar for close-air support; Iwo Jima, …
Date:
August 27, 1998
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.; Lane, Peter B. & Galer, Robert E., 1913-2005
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell. Campbell grew up in Texas, attended Texas A&M, and married in 1939 before joining the Army in 1943. After training, he went to Australia, Dutch New Guinea, Palu, Leyte, and Mindanao. He describes riding in amphibious vehicles and interacting with the natives. He discusses various illnesses he had during the war and his interactions with his brother, an engineer. He also describes surveying work in some detail. After the war, Campbell eventually became a public school teacher.
Date:
April 21, 2000
Creator:
Campbell, W. G. (Bill)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005
Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about the Battle of Midway. They also contributed to a radio show and worked with the national press corps. He then worked at the Naval Air Station in Seattle before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii to meet with soldiers who had returned from Tarawa. In Texas, he attended officer training school and college at Southwestern University. After the war ended, he studied at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma for law school. He recalls an incident in which his office released a story about a cat that had kittens on board a cruiser; they reported this good news from the Pacific prior to the Battle of Midway. He also met Admirals Nimitz …
Date:
January 27, 2005
Creator:
Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 27, 1932
Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date:
August 27, 1932
Creator:
Texas (Battleship)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 4, 1931
Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date:
July 4, 1931
Creator:
Texas (Battleship)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 20, 1932
Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date:
August 20, 1932
Creator:
Texas (Battleship)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arwin Bowden, September 9, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arwin Bowden. He begins by discussing his training in San Diego and New Zealand before the Battle of Tarawa. He describes being wounded in the battle, the casualties he saw and being shipped back to Pearl Harbor for treatment, then joining the battle of Saipan. He ancedotes about Japanese killing themselves rather than surrendering, eating food from a garden watered from rainwater running down from outhouses, the wages he made and the time he had leave.
Date:
September 9, 2000
Creator:
Bowden, Arwin
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1981
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 36, No. 6, Ed. 1, February 1982
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
February 1982
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 31, No. 1, Ed. 1, September/October 1976
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
1976
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 36, No. 7, Ed. 1, March 1982
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
March 1982
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 31, No. 2, Ed. 1, October/November 1976
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
1976
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 31, No. 3, Ed. 1, December 1976
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
December 1976
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 36, No. 10, Ed. 1, June 1982
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
June 1982
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 36, No. 5, Ed. 1, January 1982
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
January 1982
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kirkland, Wash.), Vol. 36, No. 9, Ed. 1, May 1982
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in 1964]
Poor quality photocopies of letters which were sent to Jack Ruby during his time at Dallas County Jail. The letters were written by citizens, many of whom express an interest in his well-being and spirituality.
Date:
1964~
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Nonmetals Division: Fiscal Year 1942
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the operations of the Nonmetals Division during 1942. The work done by the division is discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
November 1942
Creator:
Ralston, Oliver C. & Stern, A. George
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001
Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.
Date:
June 14, 2001
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP WWII 1990 Conference]
Invitation flyer for the 1990 WASP conference in Seattle, with an attached conference schedule and registration form.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burning Washington Coals on Different Types of Domestic Stokers in the Same Hot-Water Boiler: Comparison with Hand and Oil Firing
From Purpose and Scope: "This bulletin presents the results of an investigation of domestic stokers at the Northwest Experiment Station of the Bureau of Mines. Previous publications have dealt with the burning characteristics of Washington coals on a domestic overfeed stoker, a clinker-type domestic underfeed stoker, and an ash-removal-type domestic underfeed stoker designed for burning anthracite. This report includes all the principal results obtained on the three domestic stokers tested and compares these results with those obtained on the same hot-water boiler by hand-firing and oil-firing."
Date:
1949
Creator:
Yancey, H. F.; Johnson, K. A.; Cordiner, J. B., Jr.; Lewis, A. A. & Lunde, K. E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Washington Coals: Supplement to Technical Papers 491 and 618
From Washington Coalfields: The geographical distribution of the principal coal areas of Washington is shown in figure 1. Detailed information concerning these fields is given in Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 491. Further information on the minor coal areas is given in two bulletins of the Washington Division of Mines and Geology. Analyses, plastic properties, free-swelling indexes, and agglutinating values of the separate coals, together with data on yields of carbonization products and properties of the cokes produced in laboratory tests and under operating conditions."
Date:
1958
Creator:
Daniels, Joseph; Yancey, H. F.; Geer, M. R.; Abernethy, R. F.; Aresco, S. J. & Hartner, F. E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rights of Way to City of Seattle Through Fort Lawton Military Reservation, Wash., Report
Report of the Committee on Military Affairs detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 5126 to grant the city of Seattle certain rights of way for sewer and street purposes through and along the military reservation of Fort Lawton, Washington. It includes correspondence between the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on the Coast and Insular Survey, and various government departments on the proposed legislation.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Hearing: May 27, 1998
Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals held May 27, 1998 in Seattle, Washington. This hearing includes testimony from judges and attorneys of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It also includes testimony from Washington Senator Slade Gorton and Governor of Washington, Gary Locke.
Date:
May 27, 1998
Creator:
United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library