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[Telegram from T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell to Mrs. Worth H. Clark - December 18, 1940] (open access)

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell to Mrs. Worth H. Clark - December 18, 1940]

A Western Union telegram sent to Mrs. Worth H. Clark, Ocala, Florida, from Norwood & Virginia, dated December 18, 1940. Carswell expresses their grief regarding the death of Worth hoping that his brother Allen was already there. They would not be able to go but to phone or wire anything she needed and was praying that God bless, comfort and keep close to her.
Date: December 18, 1940
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood) ; Carswell, Byrdie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1980 WASP Advisory Board Meeting Minutes] (open access)

[1980 WASP Advisory Board Meeting Minutes]

Meeting minutes from a Women Airforce Service Pilots advisory board meeting in Orlando, Florida, 1980.
Date: September 18, 1980
Creator: Davis, Edna
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement Signed by Justin L. Bible] (open access)

[Statement Signed by Justin L. Bible]

Statement signed by Justin L. Bible. It reads: "I, the undersigned, hereby state that my dependent(s) will not accompany me to school. This is in compliance with AG 220.428-31, dated June 26, 1942."
Date: December 18, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order of Fifinella Meeting Agenda] (open access)

[Order of Fifinella Meeting Agenda]

A board meeting agenda for the WASP organization, Order of Fifinella, Inc.
Date: September 18, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo to: Division Directors Department Heads from Al Dilthey] (open access)

[Memo to: Division Directors Department Heads from Al Dilthey]

Memo from Al Dilthey to the Division Directors Department Heads regarding John Thomas assuming a new title and new responsibilities as the personal manager for The Miami Herald.
Date: February 18, 1976
Creator: Dilthey, Al
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Balance Due to Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, April 1951] (open access)

[Invoice for Balance Due to Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, April 1951]

Invoice for items sold to Plantersville Nurseries by Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, including Buddleia Officinalis, Elaeagnus fungens and coculous laurifolius worth $3.4. Written paid by May 1st, 1951.
Date: April 18, 1951
Creator: Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company
System: The Portal to Texas History