Partner
National WASP WWII Museum
106
The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
20
UNT Oral History Program
15
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
13
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
9
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
9
Lee College
4
Rosenberg Library
2
Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum
1
Heritage Association of Frisco
1
3 More
Collection
Serial/Series Title
NWM Collection
33
Kafka Collection
17
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
13
Correspondence, Joseph E. and Catherine Dawe Davis
11
Prince Collection
11
Gayle Snell Collection
9
Newsmap
7
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
7
Baytown Veteran Oral Histories
4
Charlyne Creger Collection
4
31 More
Country
States
Month
Day
Language
183 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
183
next
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 12, Thursday, July 22, 1943
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
July 22, 1943
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William Beiser to Harry Gaby - December 22, 1944]
Letter from William Beiser to Harry Gaby praising him for his trip to the foundry and the impression he made on their people. Beiser goes on to wish a Gaby well on his tour and victory in WWII so he could be reunited with his friends and family.
Date:
December 22, 1944
Creator:
Beiser, William
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 22, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his leaving for Nevada, trying to find a place for her to stay if she visits, and drinking a few beers with other soldiers. A portion of text has been removed from the letter.
Date:
February 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 22, 1944]
Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including plans to see Missie on Christmas afternoon, Honey passing his physical, and taking a plane ride in a Piper Cub with a former Captain in the Civil Air Patrol.
Date:
December 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - September 22, 1944]
Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing what Catherine has heard of the warfront, including a letter from Jack Cope and a newspaper article about a marine who invaded Saipan. Catherine also asks that Joe tell her what he would like for Christmas.
Date:
September 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 22, 1944]
Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Ina Clark divorcing Hugh to marry Ragsdale Nichols, and plans for her to go to San Antonio with May, Lorraine, and Missie.
Date:
June 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 22, 1945]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his crew having their picture taken in front of their plane, "Texas Kate," the mail service, hoping that the book "Frenchman's Creek" will be made into a film, and asking after Crockett.
Date:
January 22, 1945
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - May 22, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, drinking with his friends the previous few nights, seeing a performance from Bob Hope and other stars, going on carnival rides, such as the "Big Dipper," and apologizing for being rushed when they spoke on the phone.
Date:
May 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 22, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his crewmates writing on the back of the letter he sent her previously, calling James Carter, and missing the spare time he had before his squadron started school.
Date:
June 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 22, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing playing bridge and rummy with other men in his squadron, writing letters to Raymond and J.D., an update that his squadron will soon be moving to another field, and plans to look for a watermelon.
Date:
July 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 22, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing taking a test with Williams, responding to the contents of Catherine's last letter, and planning to write a letter to Dan.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 22, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing missing church, having completed ten missions, and sympathizing with Bob's money troubles.
Date:
October 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 22, 1944]
Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including plans to get a perm, the weather, and updates on family members.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Grover Reichle, January 22, 1979
Interview with Grover Reichle, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Reichle talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944-1945), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
February 22, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Reichle, Grover, 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975
Interview with Clyde Funk, physician and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Funk discusses the Normandy invasion (1944), the shooting down of his bomber and his capture in France on October 12, 1944, his interrogation at Dalag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany, Oberursel, Stalag Luft 3-A, Sagan, Stalag Luft 7-A, Moosburg, forced marches, and his liberation by American troops.
Date:
February 22, 1975
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Funk, Clyde
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack L. Connolly, December 22, 1974
Interview with Jack Connolly, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the seaplane tender-destroyer USS Thornton during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
December 22, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Connolly, Jack L., 1924-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John C. Parsons, December 22, 1974
Interview with John Parsons, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the tug USS Ontario during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
December 22, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Parsons, John C., 1915-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral history interview with Iliff D. Richardson, February 22, 1997
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Iliff D. Richardson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Richardson discusses his assignment to patrol-torpedo boats in the Philippines, 1941; orders from General Douglas A. MacArthur to establish a clandestine radio network to maintain communications with Commander Southwest Pacific after his evacuation from Corregidor; his role in plotting Japanese minefields in Leyte Gulf prior to MacArthur's return in 1944; pre-invasion weather reporting from Leyte to MacArthur's headquarters; dealings with Filipino guerrillas; transfer to stateside duty and his work with the Industrial Incentives Division of the Navy Department; and the sale of rights to the book about his adventures, "American Guerrilla in the Philippines."
Date:
February 22, 1997
Creator:
Alexander, William J.; Richardson, Rick & Richardson, Iliff, David, 1918-2001
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Anne Pearsall Karr, June 22, 1997
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Anne Pearsall Karr from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences on the home front during World War II. Karr discusses her youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens; effects on Pearsall family having a son and daughter in military service; her marriage to Kenneth Karr, early 1944; housing shortage in Corpus Christi, Texas, during World War II; birth of their daughter; wartime entertainment; experiences as a military wife; attitudes toward the Japanese; husband's training as a naval air cadet at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Appendix includes various photographs [5] pages.
Date:
June 22, 1997
Creator:
Jackson, Sarah C. & Karr, Anne Pearsall, 1923-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Warren Whitson, Jr., November 22, 1995
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Warren Whitson, Jr., a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses his pre-flight and flight training in 1943, his assignment to the 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron at Stone, England, the characteristics of the B-17G, his first mission in Berlin, problems with flak, tactics to counter German radar, his engine trouble and crash landing in eastern Germany, his rescue by Russian troops, his trip by C-47 back to England via Poltava, Tehran, Cairo, Tripoli, and Dijon, his assignment to a new crew, being shot down by German fighter planes on his seventeenth mission, his brief experiences as a POW, and his liberation by British troops.
Date:
November 22, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, Warren, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, October 22, 1983
Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, about his experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hollingshead, Cecil, 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 22, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delays while ferrying a plane, a bomber pilot who participated in Operation Tidal Wave, a night in Juarez, and waiting in El Paso for clearance to continue on her trip. Written on Hilton Hotels stationary.
Date:
October 22, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a trip from Houston to Dallas, new bedspreads, recent correspondence, and ferrying planes.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 22, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for Red Cross assignments on Hawaii, work, pineapples, recent correspondence, V-E Day, and waiting for some of her luggage. Written on USO stationary.
Date:
May 22, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History