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Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date: March 29, 2011
Creator: Wiseman, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date: March 29, 2011
Creator: Wiseman, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Stahl Editing & Titling Service, March 2, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Stahl Editing & Titling Service, March 2, 1954]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Stahl Editing & Titling Service sending two 50-feet reels and instructions to edit, title them. Includes the receipts, notes.
Date: March 2, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Miss Lee Guth, March 18, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Miss Lee Guth, March 18, 1957]

Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Miss Lee Guth discussing her itinerary for her summer trip to Europe including decisions regarding hotels, destinations, and transportation she still needs to plan.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeane B. Kempner to Miss Lee Guth, March 31, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Jeane B. Kempner to Miss Lee Guth, March 31, 1959]

Letter from Jeane B. Kempner to Miss Lee Guth discussing the updated size of her dog box, her plans to return from her trip to Europe whenever she can get reservations, and the present plans she has in mind for her travels for Guth to use in writing her itinerary.
Date: March 31, 1959
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mark F. Heller, March 20, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mark F. Heller, March 20, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mark F. Heller detailing Kempner's travel itinerary with planned stays at various hotels across Europe from August to October. He also mentions the possibility of meeting in Ghent or elsewhere if necessary and references a difficulty with shipping photographs by the American Express Company.
Date: March 20, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History