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[Program: Remembering Ethyl Meyer Finley 1921-2006] (open access)

[Program: Remembering Ethyl Meyer Finley 1921-2006]

Program for the funeral services of WASP member, Ethyl Meyer Finley, with music selections and bible verses.
Date: June 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proposed Amendments to the WASP's By-Laws] (open access)

[Proposed Amendments to the WASP's By-Laws]

Text containing proposed changes to the by-laws of the WASP organization.
Date: June 6, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs) (open access)

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.
Date: June 3, 1944
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[HPI Quik Splice Card] (open access)

[HPI Quik Splice Card]

Card from HPI for a quik splice, dual eight interlock butt splicer with brief instructions. There is a date stamped on the back.
Date: June 3, 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women] (open access)

[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women]

Newspaper clippings of an article about plans for a memorial to honor Women in Military Service for America in Arlington, Virginia. There are other articles on the back of the clippings.
Date: June 21, 1995
Creator: Pisano, Marina
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet] (open access)

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about finding veterans' burial information on a government database. On the back of the clipping, there are engagement announcements for six couples.
Date: June 27, 2004
Creator: Jones, Martha
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription] (open access)

[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location of the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the marker.
Date: 1972-06-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Avenger Field Historic Marker Inscription] (open access)

[WASP Avenger Field Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.
Date: 1972-06-14~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Vitola and Another Soldier]

Photograph of John Vitola and another soldier standing together in front of the plywood wall of a quarters. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps. Vitola drapes his left arm over the other man's shoulder.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ang Cannizzaro]

Photograph of Ang Cannizzaro smoking a cigarette at Camp Campbell.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lt. Herb Traugott]

Photograph of 2nd Lt. Herb Traugott posing in front of barracks at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Howard Fay and Raymond Pieterick Behind a High Wall]

Photograph of Howard Fay and Raymond Pieterick standing together behind a high wall of a Catholic church in Dischingen, Germany. The two men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps.
Date: June 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Soldiers at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of T/5 George Menza and Sgt. Jerry Merkle posing together with gas mask bags, leggings, and helmets at Camp Campbell.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Aalen - Germany]

Photographs of captured German areas. The top two images concern destroyed railroad assets in Aalen, Germany. The image on the top left is of the ruins of a railroad station. The building has been burned away to reveal brick and metal supports. A locomotive sits to the right. The top right photograph features several locomotives sitting on tracks. The third photo is of a pile of artillery shells stacked in a woodland near Ansbach, Germany. The bottom left photo is a different angle of the same shells with U.S. soldiers posing in front of them. The bottom right photograph is of Howie Philwin, Al Kobelicks, Rhodes, and Nathan Levine wearing U.S. Army uniforms and walking down a road that cuts through a forest.
Date: June 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 2nd Lt. Paul LuRue]

Photograph of 2nd Lt. Paul LaRue posing in front of the Orderly Room building at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Sitting on Steps of Barracks]

Photograph of soldiers posing on the steps in front of a barracks at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Those in the bottom row are Triano, Vern M. Thomas, and Ang Cannizzaro. Those in the second row are Travis, Hasko, Buote, and Jackson. The soldiers in the third row are O'Rourke, Pzyeracki, and Britt, and the man at the top is Hernandez.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Studying for an Exam]

Photograph of men identified as Johna, Susselman, and Dan Melli crouching on grass in front of a two-story building. A man identified as Winston stands to the right and gestures with his right hand. Each of the men are carrying a book.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Standing by a Sign Near the Danube]

Photograph of Dan Melli wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing by a sign erected on the side of a road. The sign is printed with "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of the 12th Armd Division." A tree and shrubs are visible behind him. Short rails and posts line the road to the right.
Date: June 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six Men Standing Among Palm Trees]

Photograph of five uniformed Army soldiers and a man in a sports coat standing together among palm trees. The military men are identified from left to right as Ed Feron, Dan Melli, John Battles, Charles Awe, and Joseph Silverstone.
Date: June 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lt. Couvert on Horseback]

Photograph of Lt. Couvert riding on horseback in Neresheim, Germany.
Date: June 19, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge Over the Danube at Dillingen, Germany]

Photograph of a cement bridge that crosses the Danube at Dillingen, Germany. Trees and shrubs are visible along the distant riverbank.
Date: June 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rudolph Meuser Reading a Newspaper]

Photograph of Captain Rudolph Meuser sitting in an armchair and reading a newspaper. His legs are crossed and he is holding a cigarette in his right hand.
Date: June 9, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hellcat Combat Camp]

Photograph of soldiers at Hellcat Combat Camp at Camp Campbell. From left to right, they are Alexius Chrystonka, Nicasio Sifventes, Edward Sybewski, and John Nugent. There are guns in front of and behind them.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History