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Form One, Volume 3, Number 7, December 1942
Magazine for pilot class 43-B at Randolph Army Air Field, San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
December 1942
Creator:
Aviation Cadet Club Fund
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Otto Koecher, August 4, 1942]
Recommendation letter from Otto Koecher discussing Eleanor McLernon's loyalty to the United States and war effort.
Date:
August 4, 1942
Creator:
Koecher, Otto E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport]
Photograph of an aerial view of a large swath of land. It contains a textbox at the bottom of the photograph with four lines of text; from top to bottom, it reads: "U.S. Engineer Office--War Department--Galveston, Texas," "Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport--C.A.A.," "Grading & Paving Operations - Looking S.E.--Feb. 13, 1942," and "Bell & Braden--Contract No. W-359-eng-3545 (CCA-4090)--April 9, 1941--Photo No. 5."
Date:
February 13, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George A. Hoffman, August 10, 1942]
Letter from George Hoffman vouching for Eleanor McLernon's "character and responsibility".
Date:
August 10, 1942
Creator:
Hoffman, George A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Falk, July 8, 1942]
Recommendation letter from Frank W. Falk discussing Eleanor McLernon's responsibility and character.
Date:
July 8, 1942
Creator:
Falk, Frank W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Student Activities and Avenger Field Naming]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings about student and teacher activities in Sweetwater, Texas, including the naming of the Avenger Field Air School by means of a contest.
Date:
{1942-05-13,1942-05-14}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops Outside Barracks]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley. Four officers walk past them.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hagen Outside Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of SSgt. Curtis Hagen posing in front of barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
[1942..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops By Barracks]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley. To the left, one set of troops walks forward, and to the right, an officer faces them.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops at Attention]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roy Rightmire at Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of Roy Rightmire wearing a coat and soft cap while standing near a crossroads in Camp Barkeley. Clapboard buildings with smoking chimneys are visible behind him. An attached note says that he was one of the first men from the 119th Armored Battalion to die overseas.
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops at Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
February 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Exterior of Chapel]
Photograph of the exterior of Chapel No. 10 at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
November 15, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Smith at Camp Campbell]
Photograph of Raymond Smith sitting on railing outside a wooden building.
Date:
[1942..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Spears, Bryant, and Caudill Operating a M1917 Browning Machine Gun]
Photograph of Earl Spears, Charlie W. Bryant, and Charles L. Caudill sitting with a M1917 Browning machine gun. Spears sits to the left and wears a camouflaged jacket and helmet. Bryant is firing the gun, and Caudill holds a belt of ammunition to the right.
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[44th Armored Regiment Band]
Copy photograph of the 44th Armored Regiment band posing with their instruments in dress uniform.
Date:
[1942..1943]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 6, 1942]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 6, 1942. He asks after the farm, and tells them to keep sending him clippings from the Waco newspapers.
Date:
February 6, 1942
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, 1942]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. in 1942. He tells them he is sending home all of his extra clothes, and denies having met Lt. Seally [Seley] who claims to have seen him recently.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 21, 1942]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on December 21, 1942. He tells them to go visit a friend of his who recently left the army and is going to be in Waco soon.
Date:
December 21, 1942
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: J. Todd Willis, Jr. Military Scenes]
Scrapbook created by John Todd Willis, Jr. containing photos of military scenes at and around Waco, Texas and Camp Sutton in North Carolina.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr. & Willis, Clara Evans
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. L. Mayhall to Plosser and Prince, April 24, 1942]
Letter from C. L. Mayhall to Plosser and Prince discussing a recent meeting between one Mr. C. C. Jones and Plosser-Prince and a possible contract between the Col-Tex Refining Company and Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
April 24, 1942
Creator:
Mayhall, C. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #4]
Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a walk in cooler, condensing unit, expansion valve, and dehydrator, totaling $931.44 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date:
May 18, 1942
Creator:
International Harvester Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lease Agreement between A. G. Lee and Joe B. Plosser & Charles A. Prince]
Lease agreement between A. G. Lee, the first party, and Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, the second party, for the auxiliary Air Field purposes.
Date:
July 20, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History