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Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Micki and Jim George. Micki George completed Cadet Nurse Corps training in 1948. She traveled with a USO Unit out of Dallas and worked with the Nurse Corps in California and with Special Services as a chauffeur, chaperone and pianist for performances. She was stationed in the US and did not travel overseas. Micki was discharged from military service in 1950. She and Jim met at the University of Texas at Austin, while completing their medical degrees. Jim joined the Army in December of 1945. He served in the Korean War as a combat medic in a field MASH Unit, and was discharged in 1950.
Date:
May 10, 2001
Creator:
George, Micki & George, Jim
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Micki and Jim George. Micki George completed Cadet Nurse Corps training in 1948. She traveled with a USO Unit out of Dallas and worked with the Nurse Corps in California and with Special Services as a chauffeur, chaperone and pianist for performances. She was stationed in the US and did not travel overseas. Micki was discharged from military service in 1950. She and Jim met at the University of Texas at Austin, while completing their medical degrees. Jim joined the Army in December of 1945. He served in the Korean War as a combat medic in a field MASH Unit, and was discharged in 1950.
Date:
May 10, 2001
Creator:
George, Micki & George, Jim
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Slaughter, May 16, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Slaughter. He was born in San Antonio 3 November 1923. He joined the Civilians’ Military Training Camp program in 1938 and remained in it until it was disbanded in 1940. After volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he was sent to Santa Ana, California for primary training. Upon graduating as a flight officer, he went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery training. He was then sent to Roswell, New Mexico, in 1943, to attend bombardier’s school. He then went to Avon Park, Florida where he joined a B-17 crew and spent four months training with his crew. The crew then flew a B-17 to Foggia, Italy where they were assigned to the 464th Bomb Group. He flew missions daily until his aircraft was shot down by German fighter planes over Yugoslavia 7 July 1944. Slaughter and his crew were rescued by a partisan group who delivered them to a C-45 transport plane, which delivered them back to a US base. In august 1944, on his last of 39 missions, Slaughter was shot down again. He was injured during the bail out and his co-pilot administered first aid on …
Date:
May 16, 2003
Creator:
Slaughter, Jim
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Slaughter, May 16, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Slaughter. He was born in San Antonio 3 November 1923. He joined the Civilians’ Military Training Camp program in 1938 and remained in it until it was disbanded in 1940. After volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he was sent to Santa Ana, California for primary training. Upon graduating as a flight officer, he went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery training. He was then sent to Roswell, New Mexico, in 1943, to attend bombardier’s school. He then went to Avon Park, Florida where he joined a B-17 crew and spent four months training with his crew. The crew then flew a B-17 to Foggia, Italy where they were assigned to the 464th Bomb Group. He flew missions daily until his aircraft was shot down by German fighter planes over Yugoslavia 7 July 1944. Slaughter and his crew were rescued by a partisan group who delivered them to a C-45 transport plane, which delivered them back to a US base. In august 1944, on his last of 39 missions, Slaughter was shot down again. He was injured during the bail out and his co-pilot administered first aid on …
Date:
May 16, 2003
Creator:
Slaughter, Jim
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alvin O. Berg, Jr., May 14, 2005
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Interview with Alvin O. Berg, Jr., World War II-era Army Air Forces veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans History Project. The interview includes Berg's personal experiences of childhood and education, enlisting in the Army Air Forces, training as an aviation cadet and service at various stateside bases, fighting in the Pacific theater, having a postwar career in minor league baseball, returning to service during the Korean conflict, and having a career as a pilot for American Airlines.
Date:
May 14, 2005
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Berg, Alvin O., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with CF Bednorz, May 24, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with C F Bednorz. Bednorz worked for Douglas Aircraft in mid-1941 assembling C-47s. He joined the Aviation Cadet Program and provides some details of his flight training and the planes he flew, including the BT-13, B-17, B-24 and UC-78. He completed training in May of 1944. Bednorz was assigned to the 7th Air Force, 11th Bomb Group, 42nd Bomb Squadron and served as a B-24 pilot. In January of 1945 he traveled to Harmon Field in Guam, where he began his combat flying. In April they were transferred to Yontan Field in Okinawa. He provides details of his 33 missions, including witnessing the mushroom cloud over Nagasaki after the second atomic bomb was dropped, and effects of radiation from the blast. He was discharged in early 1946.
Date:
May 24, 2007
Creator:
Bednorz, C. F.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 2007
Weekly newspaper from Hondo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 31, 2007
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 2006
Weekly newspaper from Hondo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 11, 2006
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 26, 2004
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 117, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 2009
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 14, 2009
Creator:
Brown, Gloria
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 38, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 15, 2005
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 15, 2005
Creator:
Andrews, Mike
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2007
Weekly newspaper from Hondo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 17, 2007
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 28, 2003
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 54, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 19, 2002
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 19, 2002
Creator:
Bush, Michael
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 94, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 2004
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 14, 2004
Creator:
Brown, Gloria
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 2009
Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 1, 2009
Creator:
Cartwright, Brian & Velvin, Candace E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 2001
Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 30, 2001
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping of a four-page spread on plans for a WASP memorial celebration, including a schedule of events, list of participants, profiles on notable WASP members, and a small illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 2005
Weekly newspaper from Leonard, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 26, 2005
Creator:
Russell, Bethany
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 5, 2009
Creator:
Cartwright, Brian & Velvin, Candace E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Canion, May 4, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Canion. Canion joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1942. He received a commission as a second lieutenant and completed pursuit pilot training at Foster Field in Victoria, Texas in May of 1943. He served with the 345th Fighter Squadron, flying P-39s and P-47s. Beginning in the fall of 1943, he flew combat missions during the North African Campaign and the Italian Campaign. He also supported the invasion of southern France, completing around 100 missions. Canion returned to the US in April of 1945, having earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, and was discharged in June.
Date:
May 4, 2000
Creator:
Canion, Joe
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 2006
Weekly newspaper from Rio Grande City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 11, 2006
Creator:
Roberts, Kenneth
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History