[Letter from Nancy Harris to State Headquarters, Selective Service System, Texas - May 19, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Nancy Harris to State Headquarters, Selective Service System, Texas - May 19, 1944]

A letter from Nancy Harris, Clerk for the Matagora County Local Board #1 of the Selective Service System, dated May 19, 1944. Harris advises regarding a copy of a discharge order and asks Headquarters if the board has the authority to send registrant 2nd Lt. William Wellborn Stinnett in for induction or if they are to continue in his I-C classification.
Date: May 19, 1944
Creator: Harris, Nancy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Abilene, Texas Countryside]

Photograph of the countryside near Abilene, Texas, taken from a hill overlooking a valley with a road running through it and a hand-drawn "x" above the road. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Lt. Aten. Same picnic, taken from the top of one of the three mountains. You can see our car pictured just below the letter 'x.'"
Date: May 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 31, Ed. 1, Friday, May 19, 1944 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 31, Ed. 1, Friday, May 19, 1944

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 336, Ed. 2 Friday, May 19, 1944 (open access)

The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 336, Ed. 2 Friday, May 19, 1944

Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History