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1941: Texas Goes to War (open access)

1941: Texas Goes to War

This book is a collection of essays discussing the role of Texans in World War II. It examines both the Texas soldiers fighting in the European and Pacific theaters as well as the Texans on the Homefront. The essays describe both the military and social aspects of the war. Index starts on page 241.
Date: 1991
Creator: Lee, James Ward; Barnes, Carolyn N.; Bowman, Kent A. & Crow, Laura
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Calendar: 1997 Special Edition Calendar #2] (open access)

[Calendar: 1997 Special Edition Calendar #2]

Calendar for 1997 containing photographs, illustrations, and facts about the women who served in the military during World War Two. It includes American holidays as well as important dates from American military history. The WASP are featured on August's page.
Date: 1996
Creator: The Women's Memorial
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar: 1997 Special Edition Calendar] (open access)

[Calendar: 1997 Special Edition Calendar]

Calendar for 1997 containing photographs, illustrations, and facts about the women who served in the military during World War Two. It includes American holidays as well as important dates from American military history. The WASP are featured on August's page.
Date: 1996
Creator: The Women's Memorial
Object Type: Text
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
Japanese Attitudes Toward Prisoners of War: Feudal Resurgence in Kokutai No Hongi (open access)

Japanese Attitudes Toward Prisoners of War: Feudal Resurgence in Kokutai No Hongi

During World War II, the Japanese earned the reputation for cruelty toward their prisoners which surpassed the treatment accorded to POWs held by Germany and Italy. The conduct exhibited by the Japanese soldier was the result of a combination of ancient social and religious traditions made manifest by twentieth century documents. Through constant inculcation of ancient myths nurtured by a national religion, the Japanese believed that their holy mission was world domination. Believing themselves to be of divine origin, they treated all other races as inferior; therefore, the POWs suffered cruelties as sub-humans. The Japanese inflicted punishment and torture in the name of their emperor, believing that they did so through divine instruction. This study reveals how they arrived at this conviction.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Jones, Waller F. (Waller Finley)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
WASP News, Volume 36, Number 1, March 1998 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 36, Number 1, March 1998

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: March 1998
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Frank Tremaine, March 18, 1995

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Transcript of an interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist and World War II news correspondent, concerning his experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for the United Press during World War II. Tremaine discusses the Pearl Harbor attack, military censorship, CINCPAC and Admiral Chester Nimitz, Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, General Douglas MacArthur, an account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Tremaine, Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TWU WASP Homepage] (open access)

[TWU WASP Homepage]

Printed home web page of the Texas Woman's University Woman's Collection, a collection that celebrates Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: January 27, 1998
Creator: Texas Woman's University.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
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

Oral History Interview with William R. Gill, October 13, 1996

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Transcript of an interview with William R. Gill, agronomist and Army veteran (A Company, 389th Infantry Regiment, 98th Division), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his experiences and role in the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in postwar Japan. Appendix includes five leaves from "The hunt for Tokyo Rose,' By Russell Warren Howe and four leaves from "Tokyo Rose: Orphan of the Pacific," by Masayo Duus.
Date: October 13, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Gill, William R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
WASP Region Two Newsletter, Volume 4, Number 1, April 10, 1995 (open access)

WASP Region Two Newsletter, Volume 4, Number 1, April 10, 1995

Newsletter for Region Two 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: April 10, 1995
Creator: Durham, Lois
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP News, Volume 34, Number 1, April, 1996 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 34, Number 1, April, 1996

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: April 1996
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flight 1, Region One Newsletter, Volume 10 Number 5, October, 1999 (open access)

Flight 1, Region One Newsletter, Volume 10 Number 5, October, 1999

Newsletter for Region I members 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 1999
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sketches from the Hintok POW Camp, 1943-1944

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Postwar sketches of life as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese at Hintok, Thailand, 1942-44, created by John Wisecup, Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the cruiser USS Houston. Bridge-building details; "Pack of Cards" bridge; Japanese cruelties and atrocities; tropical diseases; burial details. Includes six leaves of a poem titled, "Saga of Bamboo Jim," an introduction, and a foreword.
Date: 1999
Creator: Wisecup, John
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
WASP News, Volume 36, Number 1, April 1997 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 36, Number 1, April 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: April 1997
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
One More Sentimental Journey, W.A.S.P. Conference (open access)

One More Sentimental Journey, W.A.S.P. Conference

Program entitled "One More Sentimental Journey" for a W.A.S.P. Conference in Washington D.C. A signed letter from President Bill Clinton is included, along with letters, biographical information, photos, and captions from and/or of WASP. Also included are conference itineraries, photo collages, and historical info.
Date: 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII, National Conference (open access)

Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII, National Conference

Program from the national conference of Women Airforce Service Pilots in Anaheim, California. The pamphlet contains letters, biographies, conference staff information, itineraries, artwork, photographs, and sponsor ads.
Date: 1996
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John R. Bumgarner, March 18, 1995

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Transcript of an interview with John R. Bumgarner, physician, U.S. Army WWII veteran, and prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. He discusses the fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; and his liberation.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bumgarner, John R. (John Reed)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
WASP News, Volume 35, Number 3, November, 1996 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 35, Number 3, November, 1996

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 1996
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: The Spirit of Flight, National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinement] (open access)

[Program: The Spirit of Flight, National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinement]

Program for the 1996 enshrinement ceremonies at the National Aviation Hall of Fame, featuring lists of inductee candidates and the official inductees for that year. The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII are listed in the program as the recipient of the Milton Caniff Spirit of Flight award.
Date: July 1996
Creator: National Aviation Hall of Fame
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP News, Volume 37, Number 1, Spring, 1999 (open access)

WASP News, Volume 37, Number 1, Spring, 1999

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: Spring 1999
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999

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Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, liberation, and returning to the US. In appendix are three photos of Seidel, his B-24 crew, and their aircraft, Seidel's papers from when he was a German prisoner, his POW log book, the official narrative report of the mission he was lost on, and a letter from his family while he was in Italy.
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Seidel, Robert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
World War II Times, Volume 14, Number 4, October 28, 1999 (open access)

World War II Times, Volume 14, Number 4, October 28, 1999

Newspaper clipping of The World War II Times containing stories about veterans and WASP as well as about WWII. There are also photographs, comics, and advertisements included.
Date: October 28, 1999
Creator: World War II Times
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994

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Interview with E. B. "Ned" Potter, Navy WWII veteran from Norfolk, Virginia, who served in the intelligence section of the 14th Naval District. Potter discusses his education, teaching, commissioning into the Navy and training in communications, assignment to Oahu, codes and ciphers, interception, President Roosevelt's visit, WAVES, and leaving active duty at the end of the war and becoming a history professor. In appendix is a letter from Potter to Marcello with revisions to the interview.
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Potter, E. B. (Ned)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library