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[Eleanor Roosevelt Speaking in Red Cross Uniform]
Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in Red Cross uniform speaks to crowd while standing in front of several servicemen and women as well as Admiral Halsey and some cars.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
Thibodeau, Laura M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harry Hopkins, May 5, 1984
Interview with Harry Hopkins, a United States Navy veteran from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS St. Louis.
Date:
May 5, 1984
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Hopkins, Harry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edward J. Drake, 2002
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, the routine for a typical mission, formation flying, flying through enemy flak, rest and relaxation on-base and in London, recuperating from a collapsed lung, his return to combat for three more missions, and his return to the crash site of his plane 57 years later. The interview includes an appendix with "The Last Flight of 'Jezebel,'" written by Drake.
Date:
October 16, 2002
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Drake, Edward J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date:
December 27, 2000
Creator:
Medcalf, George
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date:
December 27, 2000
Creator:
Medcalf, George
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Camp MacArthur]
Postcard of automobiles driving on a dirt road between rows of buildings at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Alma Blank in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and says "Dear Friend - Received your letter and was very glad to hear from you. We have to go out on the shooting on the range. It is raining here a little tonight. Please send me your address when you go to Waupun. Will write a letter later. Billy."
Date:
[1917-10-11,1917-11-29]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rose Dern, March 31, 2022
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rose Dern. Dern enlisted in the WAVES and went to Madison Wisconsin to train in communications. After training, Dern was stationed close to home at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. She then went to a communications station on Maui. Dern was discharged when the war ended.
Date:
March 31, 2022
Creator:
Dern, Rose
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gary Anderson, April 29, 2002
Interview with Gary Anderson, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard from Wausau, Wisconsin. The transcript includes a list of questions about Anderson's time as a medic in the late 1970s in Baltimore and Houston, where he was part of the 389th Transportation Battalion, as well as his opinions on Desert Storm and September 11th.
Date:
February 22, 2003
Creator:
Contreras, Francisco & Anderson, Gary
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gary Anderson, April 29, 2002
Interview with Gary Anderson, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard from Wausau, Wisconsin. It includes a list of questions about Anderson's time as a medic in the late 1970s in Baltimore and Houston, where he was part of the 389th Transportation Battalion, as well as his opinions on Desert Storm and September 11th.
Date:
April 29, 2002
Creator:
Contreras, Francisco & Anderson, Gary
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Wilson, January 31, 2002
Interview with John Wilson, an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Wilson was born in Illinois but attended high school in the Philippines after his father accepted an engineering position there. He graduated from high school in 1939 and then enrolled in the University of Wisconsin, where he participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He graduated and took his commission in the Army in 1943. After Officer Candidate School (OCS), he was assigned to an engineering unit slated to participate in the invasion of the Philippines. He eventually landed on Luzon. On Luzon he was assigned temporary duty with a small Philippine Civil Affairs unit that was made up of officers and men who had relatives interned by the Japanese in the Philippines. His small unit made their way to Santo Tomas where he liberated many friends and old school mates. A few weeks later, Wilson liberated his father, a civilian internee at Los Banos. Wilson remained with his unit constructing hospitals in the Philippines in anticipation of the casualties expected from the invasion of the Japanese home islands.
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Pratt, Rick & Wilson, John
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Kuhn, October 25, 1976
Interview with John Kuhn, a Navy WWII veteran from Winnebago, Minnesota. Kuhn discusses his experience at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941, including joining the Navy in 1940 and training, attachment to the USS Thornton, radio duty on Ford Island, the events of the attack, and the following evening.
Date:
October 25, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kuhn, John
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date:
April 14, 2009
Creator:
Donaldson, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date:
April 14, 2009
Creator:
Donaldson, Albert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Why Women Can Fly]
Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown, including a brief history of the WASP, Brown's personal history, and an overview of her current activities. The article includes a photograph of Brown with The Graduate statue. Part of a large advertisement for Lowe's hardware store is visible on the back of the clipping.
Date:
August 2006
Creator:
Clough, Bill
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Map of Texas Cotton Palace Exposition]
Postcard image of a event map of the Texas Cotton Palace. This aerial view shows where the agriculture, livestock and other amusements would be located during the 1917 exposition. Towards the center of the map the Texas Cotton Palace is visible with its walkways that lead to the front entrance. Other building structures are shown as well as a roller coaster track to the left of the palace. At the top of the postcard is, "Over Forty-Five Thousand Soldiers At Fort McArthur [Camp MacArthur]. Military Feature Every Day." There is handwritten text on the back addressed to Mr. Charles Breed in Breed, Wisconsin from a soldier at Camp MacArthur.
Date:
1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Court]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
May 27, 1969
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Louise Pearsall Canby, March 17, 1997
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Louise Pearsall Canby, a Navy veteran from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Canby discusses her personal background, her decision to join the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), and her experiences as a code breaker working with Enigma and German submarine codes. Includes appendix that consists of various photographs and two documents, [5] leaves.
Date:
March 17, 1997
Creator:
Jackson, Sarah C. & Canby, Louise Pearsall
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 4
List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person.
Date:
1883
Creator:
United States. Congress. Senate.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Woman Seeks Air Ferry Job]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Dorothy Christenson training to serve with the WAFS.
Date:
December 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Famous Aviatrix Visits Boston Store]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Jacqueline Cochran and the Ninety-Niners at a luncheon.
Date:
April 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
GDFW This Week, Volume 4, Number 8, February 23, 1990
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Fort Worth Division of General Dynamics containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
February 23, 1990
Creator:
General Dynamics Corporation. Fort Worth Division.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Laird]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
October 27, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[WASP Dedication]
Text containing information about the WASP dedication to be held at The Highground on July 31, 2006.
Date:
2006?
Creator:
The Highground
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Remembering Ethyl Meyer Finley 1921-2006]
Program for the funeral services of WASP member, Ethyl Meyer Finley, with music selections and bible verses.
Date:
June 2006
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History