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Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1083 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1083

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether concurrent service as a juvenile probation officer and a trustee on an independent school district's board of trustees creates a conflict of interest (RQ-1195-GA).
Date: October 7, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jasper Knoll, October 7, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jasper Knoll, October 7, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jasper, Jay, Knoll. Knoll was born in Wisconsin in 1915. He served on the ROTC at the University of Nebraska, and joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. After a number of temporary assignments, he was assigned as Chief of Aircraft Maintenance with the 20th Air Force on Guam. Knoll tells of some of the problems he encountered with the Boeing B-29 and the efforts put forth to keep the maximum number of planes in the air. He also comments on problems caused by the rats on Guam. He was discharged following World War II and reentered the Air Force with a regular commission. He recalls being assigned to Royal Air Force at Lakenheath, England and his involvement in the handling of nuclear weapons during a critical time during the Cold War. A career officer in the US Air Force, Knoll attained the rank of lieutenant colonel by his retirement.
Date: October 7, 2014
Creator: Knoll, Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History