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[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special Order from Sid C. Pinskton listing the names of women who completed the Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program and are authorized to fly military aircraft.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft. Eleanor McLernon's name can be seen underlined in red on the list.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 88]
Special orders stating assignment roles and approved leave requests for the personnel at the Ellington Air Force Base.
Date:
June 6, 1951
Creator:
3605th Medical Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number A-285]
Special order listing role re-assignments, reporting requirement,s and instructions for several officers in the United States Air Force, including Captain Marjorie Wakeham.
Date:
April 6, 1960
Creator:
48th Air Force Base Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number P-27]
Special order listing base re-assignments of several officers in the United States Air Force and their primary duties, including Captain Marjorie Wakeham.
Date:
February 6, 1960
Creator:
48th Air Force Base Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for gasoline]
Receipt for items sold to I. H. Kempner by A. W. Quinn Distributing Co. Save Five Inc., including gasoline.
Date:
April 6, 1960
Creator:
A. W. Quinn Distributing Co. Save Five Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Alteration of a Coat, June 6, 1950]
Invoice for service provided to D. W. Kempner by Ace Tailors, including alteration of a coat, costing $2.
Date:
June 6, 1950
Creator:
Ace Tailors
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Shipped Canned Food, November 1957]
Invoice for items shipped for Mrs. D. W. Kempner by Maison Glass, including 6 containers of canned food worth $670. Paid by Mrs. D. W. K. with check.
Date:
November 6, 1957
Creator:
Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Akers, April 6, 1997
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Akers. Akers joined the Navy I n1944 and trained at San Diego. After training he went to an air station in California before being assigned to CASU 53 and going to Guam. From there, Akers went to a seaplane base on Saipan aboard the USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71). On Saipan, he serviced aircraft by refueling and rearming, etc. Akers was discharged in 1946.
Date:
April 6, 1997
Creator:
Akers, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. C. Alston, December 6, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J.C. Alston. Alston joined the Navy in August, 1941. He eventually reported aboard the USS California (BB-44) and served in the number 2 turret. Alston describes being present aboard the California when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Afterwards, Alston stayed with the California repairing and refurbishing her. Alston was aboard for the in Leyte invasion in the Philippines and describes watching some of the action at Iwo Jima. Alston also speaks about life aboard the California during the war.
Date:
December 6, 2003
Creator:
Alston, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Sprinklers from American Florist Supply Co.]
Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by American Florist Supply Co., including a sprinkler set.
Date:
June 6, 1949
Creator:
American Florist Supply Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Earl Archer, July 6, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Earl Archer. Archer was born in Medaryville, Indiana on 10 December 1916. Quitting school after the ninth grade, he worked at various jobs until being drafted into the Army in September 1942. After completing basic training at Fort Lewis, Washington, he was sent to Camp Clipper, California where he joined Company F, 123rd Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Division. In 1943 the unit went to Hawaii where they had amphibious training. Boarding the SS Lurline, the division went to Finchhafen, New Guinea where they spent three months of dock duty. Then they went to Maffin Bay, New Guinea where they performed patrols. The regiment then went to Luzon, Philippine Islands where Archer was the leader of a light machine gun squad. He tells of various combat situations in which they were involved and tells of a night attack made by the Japanese forces. He was in a rest camp when Japan surrendered and his unit was sent to Takarazuka, Japan as part of the occupation forces. Archer describes some of the inter-action he had with Japanese civilians. He returned to the United States 21 December 1945.
Date:
July 6, 2002
Creator:
Archer, Earl W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Individual Flight Record for Catherine Parker #2]
Chart listing the flight times of Catherine Parker during day and night, as well hours worked on instrument flying and in the LINK trainer, ain Sweetwater, Texas. A statement on the chart also notes the date she received her instrument flying certification.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Hugh G. & Nance, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Individual Flight Record for Catherine Parker #3]
Chart listing the flight times flown by Catherine Parker as first pilot in various aircraft models at 3024th Air Force base in Marana, Arizona
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Hugh G. & Welch, Lawrence H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clifford Ashby, March 6, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clifford Ashby. Ashby was born in Effingham, Illinois on 11 June 1925. He became interested in amateur radio while in high school and joined the Merchant Marines in 1943. After passing tests related to radio operations he was assigned to the liberty ship, SS James B. Francis (1942) as a radio operator. He tells of the ship loaded with ammunition sitting in the harbor at Guadalcanal with hoses pumping water on the deck to keep it cool. He also observed Japanese air raids over the island of Morotai. Ashby’s ship also participated in the invasion of Luzon. Later, he was assigned to the SS Benjamin Grierson commenting on the excellent food served aboard Liberty ships. He comments on the excellent wages paid to Merchant seaman and the fact that the pay was doubled when the ship was within a war zone. He tells of the SS Grierson setting at Ulithi with 40 other merchant ships for three months following the Japanese surrender. After leaving the Merchant Marine he attended various colleges and he comments on his career prior to retirement.
Date:
March 6, 2007
Creator:
Ashby, Clifford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Association of Flight Attendants: Richard Schwiderski's personal record]
A document from the Association of Flight Attendants including a personnel record of Richard C. Schwiderski as a flight attendant.
Date:
June 6, 1979
Creator:
Association of Flight Attendants
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arlos L. Awalt, July 6, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arlos L. ""Curly"" Awalt. Curly was drafted into the Army shortly after he finished high school in August, 1944. After basic training, Curly describes getting overseas to Europe. He was shipped to England then sent to France before being assigned to a unit. Once he was in France, he was attached to a heavy mortar section in H Company, 2nd Battalion, 424th Regiment, 106th Infantry Division. Curly arrived as a replacement in the 10th ID during the Battle of the Bulge. Curly mentions the conditions and describes his activities. He also speaks about the death and burial of General George Patton. When the war ended, Curly worked in a displaced persons / prisoner of war camp sorting through the people and returning them to their homes. Curly finishes by speaking about awards he finally received from the Belgian government 60 years after the war ended and some of his experiences speaking as a veteran with local school children in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Date:
July 6, 2006
Creator:
Awalt, Arlos L. (Curly)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lloyd Bailey, March 6, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Bailey. Bailey was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 16 February 1922 and graduated from high school in Waco, Texas in 1940. After attending Texas A&M for one year, he enlisted in the Army. He went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas for basic training. While there, he was recruited by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to participate in an internal security program. Following basic entered the Corps of Engineers Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. On 2 February 1943 he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 386th Engineer Battalion, an African American unit stationed at Camp Sutton, North Carolina. In 1943, the battalion boarded the SS Louis Pasteur and sailed to Casablanca where they cleaned up the dock area to facilitate unloading cargo. He tells of the unit traveling by rail to Iran. Soon after arriving in Iran the battalion sailed to Naples, Italy. His platoon was sent to Anzio and assigned the task of removing land mines. Three of his men were lost while doing this job. He was assigned to oversee the construction of the largest Butler Building ever …
Date:
March 6, 2015
Creator:
Bailey, Lloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo: Dallas Fire Department Recruit Class 216]
Memorandum listing the roster of recruits for the Dallas Fire Department in training from January 13, 1986 to June 10, 1986.
Date:
January 6, 1986
Creator:
Bailey, W. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Amount Paid to the District of Travis County and County Clerk of Cameron County, July 1966]
Invoice for payment of $27.45 by H. Kempner Cotton Company for services rendered by District Clerk of Travis County and County Clerk of Cameron County.
Date:
July 6, 1966
Creator:
Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Services for H. Kempner, June 1962]
Invoice for H. Kempner by Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, including fee for services in connection with preparation of form of trust agreements worth $1000.
Date:
June 6, 1962
Creator:
Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates
System:
The Portal to Texas History