Oral History Interview with Frank Breyer, September 20, 2003

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Interview with Army veteran Frank Breyer, including personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, volunteering for the draft, various assignments, his attachment to Merrill's Marauders, medical evacuation to Ledo, combat around Bhamo, Burma, the opening of the Burma Road, transfer to the 612th Artillery and to Kunming, China, for artillery training, teaching artillery tactics to Chinese troops with the Chinese Combat and Training Command, and the resumption of fighting between Chinese Nationalist and Communist forces.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Breyer, Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003

Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Cox, William G. & Hill, David Lee
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Hugging a Tree]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos leaning forward against a tree and hugging it with his arms. He looks towards the camera and wears a soft cap and uniform. A four-story building of the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy is visible in the background. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says "Who is drunk - The tree or me."
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Posing Before a Mountain]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos crouching on a scrub field with a view of a mountain behind him. He is wearing a khaki uniform, peaked cap, and glasses.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Crouching in Front of a Mountain]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos wearing a uniform, glasses, and peaked cap while crouching in front of a mountain covered in scrub vegetation.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Reclining on the Ground]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos reclining on a grassy field. He is wearing a uniform and eyeglasses.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Sitting with William Booker]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos sitting on the ground behind the reclining William Booker. Booker is shirtless, leaning against Giannopoulos, and has his hands on the other man's shins. Giannopoulos is shirtless and wearing a peaked cap. His arms are clasped around Booker. A handwritten note on the reverse side of the photo indicates that they are roommates.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Uniformed Men with a Cannon]

Photograph of William Booker, Ronda Lee Gill, William Giannopoulos, and Oris Cripe standing together behind a cannon carriage. Gill and Cripe are both propping up a knee on the carriage. The men are wearing khaki uniforms and garrison caps. Behind the men are trees and a three-story building from the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso. A handwritten note on the back indicates that the men are roommates.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Posing Before His College Bedroom]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos standing in front of the window of his apartment bedroom at the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy. He is wearing a khaki uniform and glasses.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, Sept. 20, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, Sept. 20, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to class secretaries discussing two petitions and group issues.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 20, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing going fishing with Graves, with little success, and the mail service.
Date: September 20, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Tennessee Road]

Postcard of a road surrounded with green grass and trees, and typed text: "One of the good roads through Tennessee." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten from Woodrow W. Aten at Camp Campbell says, "Dear Helen and all. This is [?] and we officers are gathering at Dunbar Cave near Clarksville to have a chicken barbeque which is sponsored by the International [?] Co. (pause) we had a delicious chicken barbeque and a swell time. We went into the cave etc. Everything was very good. I went to Nashville Sat. nite and stayed till yesterday (Sun 4:00 pm) Send my gas ration book immediately. Bro. Woodie."
Date: September 20, 1942
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Robert Hoe, September 20, 2003

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Interview with Robert Hoe, a Navy WWII veteran of the China-Burma-India theater from Le Roy, New York. Hoe discusses growing up, the reaction to Pearl Harbor, attending college, enlisting in the Navy, training and becoming an officer, joining the Navy Scouts and Raiders, deployment to China and assignment to the Sino-American Cooperative Organization, supplying their forces, operations with guerilla fighters against the Japanese occupation, intelligence gathering, his reaction to the atomic bomb, the end of the war, service in China and discharge, and life as a civilian.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Hoe, Robert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1944?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her divorce, her friend and fellow WASP Irene's accident investigation, her friend Bobby, getting a wisdom tooth pulled, and news about another friend's marriage. Typed on Hotel Belleville stationary.
Date: 1944-09-20?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flyers being grounded by a hurricane, new pilot suits and uniforms, commercial licenses, her typewriter, and her car. Typed on Hotel Andrew Jackson (Knoxville) stationary.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - September 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - September 20, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing her enjoyment of his letters, as well as news from home, including supper at Weston's, a prayer meeting at the Baptist church, and Mr. Davis planning a dinner for the soldiers who have returned home.
Date: September 20, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003

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Interview with Robert O. Andrews, businessman and an Army Air Forces veteran, concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses his pre-war education and farming activities in Olney, Texas; enlistment in the Army Air Forces, c. 1941; assignment to Chanute Field, Illinois, c. 1941-42; Officer Candidate School, Miami Beach, Florida, c. 1942; assignment to Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas, c. 1942-44; overseas transport to India; assignment to Warazup, Burma, 1944-45; his reaction to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and postwar career in business.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O., 1919-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003

Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack. There is a photograph and a short biography of Hill after the interview transcription.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Cox, William G. & Hill, David Lee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History