Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007

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Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Garvin Kowalke, January 23, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Garvin Kowalke, January 23, 2001

Interview with Garvin Kowalke, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, going to Air Cadet training to become a pilot, and training on various aircraft (AT-17, UC-78, P-36, P-33, T-6, BT-13, B-17, B-29) before becoming a B-29 pilot; he shipped out to Guam and flew standard and fire bombing runs over Japan. He discusses having to ditch the plane on the way back to Guam once when the engines failed, seeing another B-29 crew have to bail out over Toyko Bay and get picked up by a U.S. submarine that was in the Bay, getting pulled down to the fires when they were trying to hide in the smoke to avoid Japanese fighter planes, and getting caught in a storm by Mount Fujiyama, as well as collecting data such wind direction, speed, and temperature over Hiroshima for future bombing runs, which turned out to be for the bombers who dropped the atomic bomb. He also talks about flying over Hiroshima two days after the bombing and gauging how high the radiation levels were at different altitudes. He also talks about being in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, becoming a B-57 pilot, and adopting a …
Date: January 23, 2001
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Kowalke, Garvin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with W. D. Whitson, November 15, 1995

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Transcript of an interview with William D. Whitson, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (442nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), from Denton, Texas, concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses flight training, his flight from the U.S. to Grafton-Underwood, England, his personal relationship with Curtis Le May, his missions and German defenses, his nineteenth mission and crash landing, and his twenty-fifth mission.
Date: November 15, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, William D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000 transcript

Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000

Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Macia recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000

Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Thomas recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Museum Pamphlet and Letter From Isabel Van Lom, May 31, 1988] (open access)

[Museum Pamphlet and Letter From Isabel Van Lom, May 31, 1988]

Letter from Isabel Madison Van Lom to her fellow WASP discussing the opening of The National Womens Military Museum and Research Center. The letter is written on a letter head from the museum that feature three women in uniform printed in the top left, and it includes a museum pamphlet discussing the new institute's features.
Date: May 31, 1988
Creator: Van Lom, Isabel Madison
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Jack County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Jack County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Jack County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Greenbelt Publishing Service
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Terry County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Terry County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Terry County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Greenbelt Publishing Service
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Shelby County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Shelby County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Shelby County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1946~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Wood County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Wood County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Wood County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1947~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Kaufman County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Kaufman County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Kaufman County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Hopkins County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Hopkins County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Hopkins County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Gregg County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Gregg County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Gregg County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1946~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Aggie, Yearbook of North Texas Agricultural College, 1942 (open access)

The Junior Aggie, Yearbook of North Texas Agricultural College, 1942

Yearbook for North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Date: 1942
Creator: North Texas Agricultural College
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Navarro County, Corsicana, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Navarro County, Corsicana, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Navarro County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1945?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Anderson County, Palestine, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Anderson County, Palestine, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Anderson County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1945~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Rusk County (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Rusk County

Directory of the men and women from Rusk County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Aggie, Yearbook of North Texas Agricultural College, 1943 (open access)

The Junior Aggie, Yearbook of North Texas Agricultural College, 1943

Yearbook for North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Date: 1943
Creator: North Texas Agricultural College
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Our Boys and Girls in World War II (open access)

Our Boys and Girls in World War II

Directory of the men and women from Lulling, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served. There is an overview of World War II's event's included at the beginning of the book.
Date: 1944
Creator: The Luling Newsboy
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Comparative Dimensional Data on 450 WASPS and 2961 Aviation Cadets] (open access)

[Comparative Dimensional Data on 450 WASPS and 2961 Aviation Cadets]

A study on WASP and Aviation Cadets reporting the medical and physiological dispositions of WASP cadets and how they compared to their male counterparts in areas of health, safety, and pilot qualification. The paper also reports the standards of army medical care and examination practices for WASP during the years of the program's operation.
Date: 1945?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Results of the 1975 WASP Questionnaire] (open access)

[Results of the 1975 WASP Questionnaire]

Results from a questionnaire reporting women's experiences with the Women Airforce Service Pilots program along with pages of facts and statistics gathered to make a case in favor for the militarization of WASP members and to award them veteran status for their military service.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Aggie, Yearbook of North Texas Agricultural College, 1941 (open access)

The Junior Aggie, Yearbook of North Texas Agricultural College, 1941

Yearbook for North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Date: 1941
Creator: North Texas Agricultural College
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Ellis County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Ellis County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1946~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook] (open access)

[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook]

Scrapbook collection clippings, photos, and papers documenting life for Ruth Underwood during and after the Women Airforce Service Pilots, including items such as enlistment forms and a WASP uniform handbook.
Date: November 4, 1986
Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History