[Letter from Jean McCreery to the WASP Membership, February 8, 2008] (open access)

[Letter from Jean McCreery to the WASP Membership, February 8, 2008]

Letter from Jean McCreery to the WASP membership concerning the future of the WASP organization. She states that the board has voted unanimously to dissolve the nonprofit organization and turn the matter over to the broader membership for a vote. She asks the members to return their ballots promptly so that the votes can be tallied before the next board meeting.
Date: February 8, 2008
Creator: McCreery, Jean T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, January 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, January 14, 2008

Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, a Texan Hill Country native from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Kullenberg's daughter, Lois Kullenberg Hulse. Mrs. Kullenberg discusses her upbringing, her marriage to Upton Kullenberg, coming to Kerrville, the various businesses she and her husband ran, and driving a Model T.
Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer & Kullenberg, Elsie Mona Guthrie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Jackson, April 10, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Paul Jackson, April 10, 2008

Interview with Paul Jackson, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses his time in boot camp at Camp Pendleton and his combat experiences in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Date: April 10, 2008
Creator: Roberts, Virginia & Jackson, Paul
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Jowdy, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Jowdy, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History