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[Application for Additional Shoe Certificate] (open access)

[Application for Additional Shoe Certificate]

Application for Additional Shoe Certificate put in by Justin L. Bible.
Date: December 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Uniformed Men with a Cannon]

Photograph of William Booker, Ronda Lee Gill, William Giannopoulos, and Oris Cripe standing together behind a cannon carriage. Gill and Cripe are both propping up a knee on the carriage. The men are wearing khaki uniforms and garrison caps. Behind the men are trees and a three-story building from the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso. A handwritten note on the back indicates that the men are roommates.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gosport Gossip, Volume 1, Number 3, March 20, 1943 (open access)

Gosport Gossip, Volume 1, Number 3, March 20, 1943

Avenger Field newspaper discussing recent news about pilot training, in particular the arrival of Women Flying Training Detachment trainees, as well as pieces of entertainment and art.
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.
Date: 1943-12-20?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 20, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 20, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for clearer weather to fly in southern California, the Hotel del Tahquitz in Palm Springs, shopping and dinner in Palm Springs, and orders. Written on Hotel del Tahquitz stationary.
Date: 1943-11-20?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flyers being grounded by a hurricane, new pilot suits and uniforms, commercial licenses, her typewriter, and her car. Typed on Hotel Andrew Jackson (Knoxville) stationary.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 20, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing two photos (not included), a federal bond, pay, the poor weather, getting fresh radishes from a friend, news from friends, and losing flight students from newer classes. Typed on USO Season's Greetings stationary.
Date: May 20, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father thanking him for recent packages and discussing a solo flight, a check ride, taxiing at Avenger Field, calisthenics, weather, menial work, and money.
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince, July 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince, July 20, 1943]

Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince discussing the Bill of Sale for Plosser and Prince and and audit by Defense Plant Corporation's Dallas Agency.
Date: July 20, 1943
Creator: Klagsbrunn, Hans A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 20, 1943]

Letter from Harold Langrill to his wife describing the daily army training activities and how many of the other trainees have passed out from exhaustion or from all of the vaccines that they have received. He also discusses finances and medication that he received for bed bug bites and a cold. It is written on Camp Wolters stationery that has a large color image of a lake and trees at the top of the first page and small text at the bottom about the Camp.
Date: June 20, 1943
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 20, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on August 20, 1943. He included some pictures of the town in North Africa where he was stationed, and apologizes for not being in any of them himself.
Date: August 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 20, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on August 20, 1943. He tells them about a musician he's going to go see, and mentions that the Arab and French men are eating a new kind of fruit.
Date: August 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 20, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 20, 1943. He reports his arrival in Africa, as well as the delivery of 35 of his parents' letters. He expresses his wish that his friends still in the U.S. would wait as long as they could to join the army, including his cousin Jimmie Kendrick.
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 20, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 20, 1943. He discusses a woman back home who got married suddenly, as well as the son of a friend who came back from Japan recently. He says that Wilbur Crawford is also in Africa, and he wishes they could spend time together.
Date: May 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, October 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, October 20, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on October 20, 1943. His outfit has been confined to their area because a soldier didn't salute a colonel. He promises to send some pictures home, and asks them to send him another fountain pen and some canned food.
Date: October 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, December 20, 1943 : week of December 9 to December 16, 223rd week of the war, 105th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Southwest Pacific, Central Pacific, China, USSR, Italy, Air offensive, Submarines. Inset maps: Southeast Europe, Central China battle area. Photographs: U.S. Army engineers replace a bridge in Italy, Antiaircraft fire from a U.S. carrier, Brazilian ground and air troops, Turkish officials, "Rome or Death." Back: Text and photographs illustrate the battle for the Gilbert Islands.
Date: December 20, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, September 20, 1943 : week of September 9 to September 16, 210th week of the war, 92nd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, Italian fleet, Mussolini, Russia, Rhodes, New Guinea, Paramushiro. Inset maps of Eastern Europe from France to Turkey and of Papua, Northeast New Guinea and New Britain. Includes photographs and captions "released by the Nazis and received in the United States through neutral Portugal and Sweden." Back: Battleground in Italy. Map of Italy with inset map of the countries surrounding Italy.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of "H" Company, 56th A.I.R.]

Photograph of "H" Company, 56th A.I.R. at Camp Campbell, Kentucky on January 20, 1943. The back of the photo reads: "When the Division changed from Regiment to Battalion, G Company became A Company, H Company became B Company, I Company became C Company, SV Company, HQ Company. Donated by Steve Perrett (B/56 AIB)."
Date: January 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Radiotelephone procedure (open access)

Radiotelephone procedure

"The purpose of this manual is to acquaint radio operators and pilots of the Army Air Forces with radiotelephone procedure"
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[William Giannopoulos Crouching in Front of a Mountain]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos wearing a uniform, glasses, and peaked cap while crouching in front of a mountain covered in scrub vegetation.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Hugging a Tree]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos leaning forward against a tree and hugging it with his arms. He looks towards the camera and wears a soft cap and uniform. A four-story building of the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy is visible in the background. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says "Who is drunk - The tree or me."
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Posing Before a Mountain]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos crouching on a scrub field with a view of a mountain behind him. He is wearing a khaki uniform, peaked cap, and glasses.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Posing Before His College Bedroom]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos standing in front of the window of his apartment bedroom at the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy. He is wearing a khaki uniform and glasses.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Giannopoulos Reclining on the Ground]

Photograph of William Giannopoulos reclining on a grassy field. He is wearing a uniform and eyeglasses.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History