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Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Acencion Fernandez. Fernandez, a Texas farm boy born in 1924, was drafted when he was 18 years old. He was based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was assigned to the USS LCI-80 where he served as a loader on a 40-inch gun. At the Mariana Islands of Saipan and Tinian and at Iwo Jima, he was involved in strafing the beaches to enable Marines to land. Later his LCI landed Marines on Okinawa. He briefly mentions the presence of Navajo code talkers on the ship.
Date: February 19, 2005
Creator: Fernandez, Acencion
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for an Item from Star Nurseries Inc., August 30, 1949] (open access)

[Invoice for an Item from Star Nurseries Inc., August 30, 1949]

Invoice for an item sold to Daniel W. Kempner of Plantersville Nurseries by Star Nurseries Inc. for $1.50.
Date: August 30, 1949
Creator: Star Nurseries, Incorporated
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Items from Roy F. Wilcox and Co., February 2, 1950] (open access)

[Invoice for Items from Roy F. Wilcox and Co., February 2, 1950]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner of Plantersville Nurseries by Roy F. Wilcox and Co., Including Philodendron Cordatum, Ficus Doescherri, Maranta Kerchoveana, Adiantum Asst., Pteris Ferns, and Fittonia Argyroneura for $13.44.
Date: February 2, 1950
Creator: Roy F. Wilcox and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Items from Roy F. Wilcox and Co., May 16, 1950] (open access)

[Invoice for Items from Roy F. Wilcox and Co., May 16, 1950]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner of Plantersville Nurseries by Roy F. Wilcox and Co., including Philodendron Erubescens, Asplenium Nidus-Avis, Philodendron Cordatums, and Dieffenbachia Rudolph Roehrs for $21.93.
Date: May 16, 1950
Creator: Roy F. Wilcox and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1099 Tax Form for United States National Company, 1959] (open access)

[1099 Tax Form for United States National Company, 1959]

Tax form submitted by the United States National Company reporting rent and/or royalties paid to the company by the Union Oil Company of California.
Date: 1959
Creator: United States. Internal Revenue Service.
System: The Portal to Texas History