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[Third war loan rally in Detroit]

Photograph of the third war loan rally in front of the JL Hudson store in Detroit, Michigan. The rally was to promote the war bond effort.
Date: 1943
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Edward Wells at Home]

Photograph of Edward Wells in dress uniform posing in front of his home in Davisburg, Michigan.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clara Evans Willis to John C. Lattimore, January 6, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Clara Evans Willis to John C. Lattimore, January 6, 1943]

Letter from Clara Willis to John C. Lattimore on January 6, 1943, lamenting the entrance of Lattimore and Clara Willis's son Todd into the army, and their subsequent departure from Waco. She goes on to mention the weather in Grand Rapids, where Lattimore is stationed, and discusses the weather in Waco. She mentions that her son is on leave in Richmond, Virginia, and expresses her pride in Lattimore's entrance into the army.
Date: January 3, 1943
Creator: Willis, Clara Evans
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 21, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 21, 1943]

Letter from Harold Langrill to his wife describing army training at Camp Wolters and passing a rifle inspection. He also tells her about their Southern Baptist chaplain and that he likes his barracks-mates.
Date: June 21, 1943
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - August 1, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - August 1, 1943]

Letter written on "Recreation Hall" letterhead from Camp Wolters by Harold Langrill to his wife, telling her how happy he is that they have now been married two years. Then hedescribes the night training exercises that they have just done and all of the activities the next day. He also talks about finances, a letter of reference, and asks her to send a photograph of herself.
Date: August 1, 1943
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third war loan rally(1)]

Photograph of the third war loan rally that took place on Woodward Avenue outside of JL Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan. The rally was held to promote war bond sales.
Date: 1943
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mrs. Nixon to Mrs. Kempner, December 29, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Nixon to Mrs. Kempner, December 29, 1943]

Letter to Mrs. Kempner from Mrs. Nixon thanking her for the reply about national dues and national finances for the AWVS.
Date: December 29, 1943
Creator: Nixon, Doris
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from the United States Air Force to All Pilots, May 30, 1943] (open access)

[Memo from the United States Air Force to All Pilots, May 30, 1943]

Memo from the United States Army Air Force illustrating a time table with an hour broken down into tenths to be used for reporting trip duration.
Date: May 30, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Force.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from Thomas P. Hennessey, June 4, 1943] (open access)

[Memo from Thomas P. Hennessey, June 4, 1943]

Memo from Thomas P. Hennessey explaining the proper format to use when filling out form 1 and stating the penalties of failing to properly fill out and send the forms.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: Hennessey, Thomas P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Detroit (V-8) Sectional Aeronautical Chart

Aeronautical map of Detroit, Michigan Aeronautical map of Albany, New York and its surrounding region, showing cities, topographical features, radio frequency ranges and other various aeronautical symbols for flight training and navigation. Scale 1:500,000.
Date: October 28, 1943
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]

Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date: September 9, 1943
Creator: 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Alex Bradford to Chuck Boyce - February 23, 1943 & October 12, 1943] (open access)

[Letters from Alex Bradford to Chuck Boyce - February 23, 1943 & October 12, 1943]

Letter from Alex Bradford to Chuck Boyce discussing various topics including his experiences abroad and at home. The first letter Mr. Bradford hurriedly describes his experience with the British Army and Canadian Army. Additionally, he mentions that a transfer from the British Army to the U.S. Army or Air Force is expected to be in the works. The second letter, Mr. Bradford mentions that he is still living in Washington at the address attached to the letter. The majority of this letter, Mr. Bradford speaks about his experiences with Mack and Bean firefighting trucks in both America and Italy.
Date: 1943-02-23/1943-10-12
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third war loan rally]

Photograph of the third war loan rally that took place on Woodward Avenue outside of JL Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan. The rally was held to promote war bond sales.
Date: 1943
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Third war loan rally]

Photograph of the third war loan rally that took place on Woodward Avenue outside of JL Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan. The rally was held to promote war bond sales.
Date: 1943
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 16, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 16, 1943]

Letter on Camp Wolters letterhead from Harold Langrill to his wife telling her about his army infantry training in Texas. He also mentions that he will try to call her and that she should thank Alice for offering to send him a radio.
Date: 1943-06-15/1943-06-16
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 20, 1943]

Letter from Harold Langrill to his wife describing the daily army training activities and how many of the other trainees have passed out from exhaustion or from all of the vaccines that they have received. He also discusses finances and medication that he received for bed bug bites and a cold. It is written on Camp Wolters stationery that has a large color image of a lake and trees at the top of the first page and small text at the bottom about the Camp.
Date: June 20, 1943
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - July 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - July 30, 1943]

Letter written by Harold Langrill on Camp Wolters "Recreation Hall" letterhead to his wife, telling her that he expects to make it into the Air Corps, now that he has passed his blood pressure test. He also tells her about some of the training activities and thanks her for sending nuts, that he and some of his fellow trainees shared.
Date: July 30, 1943
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History