[Point Saving Meals] (open access)

[Point Saving Meals]

Meal and ration planning pamphlet authored by Lola T. Dudgeon for the Agricultural Extension Service at the University of Arizona. Information includes meal plans, food equivalents and substitutions, and recipes for whole wheat muffins, raisin nut bread, soy pudding, lemon sauce, minced liver on brown rice, sour cream apple pie and topping, and frozen lemon pie.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Smith, Bruce
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[How to Get the Most Out of the Food You Buy] (open access)

[How to Get the Most Out of the Food You Buy]

A grocery, menu, and diet guide with information on how to purchase, store, and cook fresh vegetables and meat products. Prepared by General Electric in the interest of the National Nutrition Program.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 27, 1903] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 27, 1903]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz comments on academic progress for the month. He also mentions helping an aspiring midshipman and comments on the Academy's baseball team. He discusses his participation on the rowing team and comments on having trouble with his ears again. He mentions a clerk's error in an appropriation bill that deprives the midshipmen of certain moneys, which may cause Nimitz to be unable to come home in the fall.
Date: April 27, 1903
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 14, Thursday, August 5, 1943 (open access)

The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 14, Thursday, August 5, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: August 5, 1943
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Brown, June 26, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Brown, June 26, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Brown. Brown was studying at the University of Texas at El Paso whe nhe joined the Army Air Force in 1942. Brown discusses his flight training, which occurred throughout Texas. With training cmplete, Brown was sent to Hawaii where he continued training with the 45th Fighter Squadron, 7th Air Force. Soon his unit was shipped to Iwo Jima where they flew bomber escort for bombing missions over the home islands of Japan. Brown was shot down over Yokahama and bailed out over the Tokyo Bay, where he was resuced by the USS Pipefish (SS-388). Brown was taken to Hawaii to recover and was eventually shipped back to the US, where he was discharged in September, 1945.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Brown, Bill
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Trenton Fowler, January 17, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Trenton Fowler, January 17, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Trenton Fowler. Fowler grew up in Corpus Christi and enlisted into the Marine Corps in 1943. Once he finished training, he was assigned to the 4th Marine Raider Battalion and shipped out on the French transport ship Rochambeau to New Caledonia. From there he went to Guadalcanal for training and then to the Emirau, Guam, and Okinawa campaigns, with stops at Guadalcanal in between each campaign. Fowler discusses the pros and cons of the Browning Automatic Rifle versus the M-1 Garand. He tells of the change of his unit's name from the 4th Battalion Raiders to the 6th Marine Division, before he went to Okinawa. He relates the experience of finding out his brother, a fellow Marine, had died at Iwo Jima.
Date: January 17, 2001
Creator: Fowler, Trenton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Issue in Doubt, Part 3] captions transcript

[Issue in Doubt, Part 3]

Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled 1942: Issue in Doubt discussing the events following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the War in the Pacific. This video features remarks made by Hattie Brantley, Margaret Gilooly, Dwight Missimer, Cicel King, Tagi Nakamura and Admiral Moore, the final speaker of the first session.
Date: March 1992
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Justice in the Aftermath, Part 4] captions transcript

[Justice in the Aftermath, Part 4]

Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled Justice in the Aftermath discussing events that happened following the second world war. This video contains a panel discussion featuring Sheldon Harris and Richard Lael.
Date: 1996-10-12/1996-10-13
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Issue in Doubt, Part 8] captions transcript

[Issue in Doubt, Part 8]

Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled 1942: Issue in Doubt discussing the events following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the War in the Pacific. This video features a continuation of a speech given by John Lundstrom, as well as remarks by Richard P. Knobloch, Bill Leonard, Richard Best and Kaichi Arima.
Date: March 1992
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942 transcript

Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Oates. He discusses his childhood, education and growing up during the great depression. He talks about joining the US Army Air Corps, now called the Air Force, and the experiences he had at various different training camps around the country.
Date: October 21, 1942
Creator: Oates, Vernon
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alan Pilot, August 10, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.
Date: August 10, 2010
Creator: Pilot, Alan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History