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[Marshall Cope, 2017-18 TXSSAR & Chapter 7 Color Guard events] (open access)

[Marshall Cope, 2017-18 TXSSAR & Chapter 7 Color Guard events]

A document listing out the events that Marshall Cope attended as part of the TXSSAR, Arlington Chapter 7, Color Guard in 2017-2018. The dates, locations, and requirements are listed with each event. Some of the dates are highlighted in different colors to note if they are Chapter specific, Texas-wide, or National events.
Date: December 30, 2016
Creator: Cope, Jerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harlan Green, December 30, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harlan Green, December 30, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harlan Green. Green enlisted in the Navy in September 1942 as an aviation cadet and earned his wings and a commission in June 1943. He then served as an instructor. Before the war ended, he was assigned to the Naval Air Transport Service and ferried wounded troops from Okinawa, or the Philippines, back to Guam or the US. He was discharged in October, 1945, but stayed in the Reserves until 1958.
Date: December 30, 2016
Creator: Green, Harlan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grizzly Steppe - Russian Malicious Cyber Activity (open access)

Grizzly Steppe - Russian Malicious Cyber Activity

"This document provides technical details regarding the tools and infrastructure used by the Russian civilization and military intelligence Services (RIS) to compromise and exploit network and endpoints associated with the U.S. election, as well as a range of U.S. Government, political, and private sector entities."
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Theodore Kalenterides, December 29, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Theodore Kalenterides, December 29, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Theodore J. Kalenterides. Kalenterides joined the Army Air Corps on 10 August 1939. He completed Airplane and Engine Mechanic School at Parks Air College, Illinois, and worked on the line as Crew Chief, Flight Chief and Line Chief. He then completed B-29 Engineer Flight School. In 1944, Kalenterides was assigned to the 62nd Bomb Squadron, 39th Bomb Group at Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas. In January of 1945, they deployed to Batista Army Airfield, Cuba for training, then formed at North Field, Guam in mid-February. They completed missions against the Japanese home islands in April, and bombed military and industrial targets in Japan and flew incendiary raids on urban areas from mid-May until the end of the war. He continued his service in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and was discharged in 1968.
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: Kalenterides, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Schauer, December 29, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Schauer, December 29, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William T. Schauer. Schauer was born on 27 August 1928. He was in high school for the duration of World War II. He joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1946. He completed bootcamp, then was assigned to a fighter group on Okinawa and Guam, where he assisted in refueling planes. He notes Japanese soldiers coming out of caves and hiding, unaware that the war was over. He also notes his living conditions on the islands. Schauer was assigned as an automotive mechanic in charge of the motor pool. On 17 June 1949, Staff Sgt. William T. Schauer received his Honorable Discharge.
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: Schauer, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Orville Brauss, December 28, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Orville Brauss, December 28, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orville Brauss. Brauss joined the Marine Corps in 1942, and was called for active duty in 1944. He completed officer training and joined the First Marine Division in Pavuvu, Solomon Islands. He participated in a combat training landing on Guadalcanal in January of 1945 and the Battle of Okinawa in April. After the war ended, Brauss served with the occupation troops in China, guarding supply trains, bridges and depots to keep food and coal moving into the cities. He returned to the US and received his discharge in early 1946.
Date: December 28, 2016
Creator: Brauss, Orville
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Phillips, December 28, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Phillips, December 28, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Phillips. Phillips joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He served as a B-24 pilot, and shares details of his flight training. Beginning December of 1944, Phillips and his crew flew over the Gulf of Mexico, identifying potential enemy U-boats. He later transferred to Hondo, Texas to train B-29 engineers, where he was stationed when the war ended. Phillips received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: December 28, 2016
Creator: Phillips, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Patrick Walseth, December 22, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Patrick Walseth, December 22, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Patrick N. Walseth. Walseth joined the Navy in July of 1944. On 15 November, he was assigned to USS LSM-43, and assisted with transporting construction equipment to Pearl Harbor. Walseth learned several tasks aboard the ship, including training with the telegraph machine, the 20mm gun and general deck seaman responsibilities. In January of 1945, they landed six Sherman tanks and 30 Marines on Oahu. Beginning 19 February through 28 March, they landed supplies on Iwo Jima for US forces in the midst of combat. In late September, Walseth was sent to Reykjavik, Iceland and served as a Fire Chief with a Seabees maintenance group. He returned to the US in June of 1946 and received his discharge.
Date: December 22, 2016
Creator: Walseth, Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Community College District Partners with DART to Provide Transit Passes to Students (open access)

Dallas County Community College District Partners with DART to Provide Transit Passes to Students

News release about a partnership between DART and the Dallas County Community College District to provide DART transit passes to community college students.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Editor's Foreword [Winter 2016] (open access)

Editor's Foreword [Winter 2016]

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Winter 2016
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, December 21, 2016 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, December 21, 2016

Transcript of interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, a retired FBI agent and firearms identification specialist, from Kerrville, Texas. He speaks about his memories of growing up in Kerrville and his time working with the FBI.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Webb, Jeanie Archer
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART 'sketches' annual art contest for grades K-12 (open access)

DART 'sketches' annual art contest for grades K-12

News release about DART's annual student art contest.
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0123 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0123

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether adoption of the American Bar Association's Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) would constitute a violation of an attorney's statutory or constitutional rights (RQ-0128-KP).
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0124 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0124

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether doctors of osteopathy are authorized to issue certificates of medical examination under chapter 574 of the Health and Safety Code (RQ-0133-KP).
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART is your choice for transportation to Heart of Dallas Bowl (open access)

DART is your choice for transportation to Heart of Dallas Bowl

News release promoting DART transportation options to the 2016 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl football game.
Date: December 19, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Floyd Schexnayder, December 17, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Floyd Schexnayder, December 17, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Floyd John Schexnayder. Schexnayder was born in 1928. At the age of 16, he changed his birth certificate in order to join the Navy in mid-1944. He completed boot camp in San Diego, California. Beginning around February of 1945, he served as Seaman Second-Class in the gunnery department aboard the USS Terror (CM-5), loading 40mm quadruple antiaircraft guns. They transferred battle casualties to an Army hospital at Saipan, then traveled to Ulithi, where they serviced and supplied minecraft staging for the assault on Okinawa. In March, they arrived at Kerama Retto, serving as a flagship and tender for minecraft. Schexnayder worked hard protecting Terror and other U.S. ships from Japanese kamikaze planes. He describes their ship getting hit by one of these planes, and his participation in the events that unfolded. After the war ended, he was transferred to the USS Steady (AM-118), where they swept mines in the East China Sea. They returned to the U.S. in early 1946, and he received his discharge in August.
Date: December 17, 2016
Creator: Schexnayder, Floyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 15, 2016] (open access)

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 15, 2016]

Minutes for the December 15, 2016 TXSSAR meeting, held by the McKinney chapter.
Date: December 15, 2016
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marilyn Dow, December 14, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marilyn Dow, December 14, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Marilyn Richards Dow. Dow joined the Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, WAVES, in March of 1943. She attended Navy Storekeeper School in Bloomington, Indiana. She was stationed at a base in Edenton, North Carolina as a teletypist, taking coded messages for and from her commanding officer. She shares stories of working and living at the base, and meeting her husband there. Dow was discharged in May of 1945.
Date: December 14, 2016
Creator: Dow, Marilyn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with L. M. McGregor, December 13, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. M. McGregor, December 13, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with L M McGregor. McGregor joined the Navy in June of 1942. He completed boot camp in San Diego. He served aboard the USS Sperry (AS-12) for the duration of the war. They went to Pearl Harbor, the Marshall Islands, Midway, Brisbane, Australia all before December of 1942. McGregor stood orderly watches for the Commodore of the submarine fleet. He also worked in laundry and the supply and service divisions on board. They went to Guam and he provides some detail of working with the Seabees and repairing submarines at Guam. They had 21 submarines in the area to take care of. He was discharged in 1946. He re-enlisted and in 1949 was transferred to the USS Leyte (CV-32), and later served aboard the USS Uvalde (AKA-88) in 1950. McGregor served in the Navy for 20 years, then transferred to the Fleet Reserve and was subject to recall for ten additional years.
Date: December 13, 2016
Creator: McGregor, L. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Clifton Fifer, Jr., December 13, 2016 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Clifton Fifer, Jr., December 13, 2016

Transcript of interview with Clifton Fifer, Jr., a member of the Buffalo Soldiers who attended both segregated and integrated schools in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. Fifer speaks about his time attending segregated schools, attending integrated schools, and growing up in Kerrville's black community.
Date: December 13, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
MillerCoors to once again provide free DART rides New Year's Eve (open access)

MillerCoors to once again provide free DART rides New Year's Eve

News release about DART, through a partnership with MillerCoors, offering free transit rides on the night of New Year's Eve, in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0121 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0121

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of county attorneys regarding payments made in conjunction with pretrial diversion agreements (RQ-0111-KP).
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0122 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0122

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Simultaneous service as a municipal police chief and a constable (RQ-0112-KP).
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meeting Minutes for TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7, December 10, 2016 (open access)

Meeting Minutes for TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7, December 10, 2016

A document that records the meeting minutes from the December 10 meeting of the Arlington Chapter of TXSSAR. Sections are given to each formal portion of the meeting's proceedings and smaller notes are included beneath the larger headers.
Date: December 10, 2016
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
System: The UNT Digital Library