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Oral History Interview with Orland J. ""Bud"" Harris, August 22, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Orland J. ""Bud"" Harris, August 22, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Orland Harris. Harris went to Santa Anna, California for Aviation Cadet training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He went to primary flying school in Visalia, California and then went to LaeMoore, California for more training. From there he went to replacement training units, flying the P-38, P-322 and P-39. Harris had take civilian pilot training for one year at college before he went into the service. He received his wings at Williams Field in Arizona 3 Nov 1943 and became an officer that day. He went to the South Pacific in a C-54, along wih about 30 other pilots, ending up in Nadzab, New Guinea with the 8th Fighter Group (part of the 5th Air Force). His P-38 missions included targets of opportunity around New Guinea, a cave on Corregidor and straffed ships on the way to Borneo, and the Philippines. Normally they flew cover missions for B-17s and B-24s but on occasion covered B-25s and A-20s. Harris was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) when he was flying out of Mindoro in the Philippines on a night mission (26 Dec 1944) attacking a Japanese task …
Date: August 22, 2000
Creator: Harris, Orland J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freddie Houghton as an infant]

Carte de visite photograph of Freddie Houghton as an infant. He is seated on a fur covered chair and wears a gown with a lace collar and bib, and lace around the lower hem. He also wears dark boots and has light colored hair at the top of his head. On the back of the card is an inscription in pencil reading, "Fred Houghton," and the photographer's studio imprint which reads, "F. H. McMillen, portrait and landscape photographer / Duplicates of this photo can be secured at any time / Second floor, Evans block, Riverside, California."
Date: unknown
Creator: McMillen, F. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Shakedown suspect] (open access)

[News Script: Shakedown suspect]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an air force sergeant who military authorities say was A- W- O- L when captured has been charged in federal court at San Antonio with a shakedown of Air force recruits at lackland air force base.
Date: July 18, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cotten] (open access)

[News Script: Cotten]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about cotton farmers who have been plagued by a boll worm.
Date: June 25, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sport] (open access)

[News Script: Sport]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the US marine corps which invented a strenuous game called Pushball.
Date: May 30, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Agnew Now Solo] (open access)

[News Script: Agnew Now Solo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a midnight when former vice president Agnew who is without secret service protection.
Date: February 18, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tapes] (open access)

[News Script: Tapes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the technical examination which suggest that that 18-minutes gap in a key Watergate tape was caused by a defective recording machine.
Date: February 18, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Alioto] (open access)

[News Script: Alioto]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a missing person who is reported out of California, and the wanderer has returned home.
Date: February 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mrs. Alioto] (open access)

[News Script: Mrs. Alioto]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a sister of Mrs. Joseph Alioto who says that the wife of the San Francisco's mayor took a prolonged vacation because she was tired of living in a fishbowl and a little tired of politics.
Date: February 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Controls and Mrs. Alioto] (open access)

[News Script: Controls and Mrs. Alioto]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of sources which report that the Nixon administration plans to tell congress that it is lifting wage an price controls. Also, mayor Joseph Alioto's wife who disappeared has telephoned her husband to say that she is fine.
Date: February 5, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Alioto] (open access)

[News Script: Alioto]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a nationwide search is underway for the wife of San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.
Date: February 4, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner, October 11, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner, October 11, 1949]

Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner recounting a legal case from some decades ago that involved reparations for the Choctaw Indians. Jackson asks for any information that Kempner remembers about the case, and offers the information he remembers in turn.
Date: October 11, 1949
Creator: Jackson, Sidney J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner, October 22, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner, October 22, 1949]

Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner recounting the information that came back to them after reading a previous letter sent by Kempner. Jackson also discloses that he will be leaving for a trip soon, and extends his well wishes towards Kempner and his family.
Date: October 22, 1949
Creator: Jackson, Sidney J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Messrs. Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association, June 15, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Messrs. Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association, June 15, 1964]

Letter from T. E. Taylor to Messrs. Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association informing about enclosing checks covering dividends of H. Kempner.
Date: June 15, 1964
Creator: Taylor, T. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association, June 26, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association, June 26, 1964]

Letter from T. E. Taylor to Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association informing about enclosing check of $25.50 to credit the account of Lyda Ann and Jerry Thomas and requesting to notify them.
Date: June 26, 1964
Creator: Taylor, T. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association, March 25, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association, March 25, 1964]

Letter from T. E. Taylor to Coachella Valley Savings & Loan Association informing about enclosing check covering dividend amount of Imperial Sugar Company stocks in the name of Lyda Ann Quinn and informing to credit the account.
Date: March 25, 1964
Creator: Taylor, T. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Savoy Hotel, March 29, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Savoy Hotel, March 29, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Savoy Hotel asking the hotel to forward any mail addressed to Doctor and Mrs. E. R. Thompson to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California.
Date: March 29, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: National Summary] (open access)

[News Script: National Summary]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of two men who tapped over three days in a midget submarine off the coast of Ireland were rescued and pronounced in excellent health.
Date: September 1, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cattle] (open access)

[News Script: Cattle]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of policemen, firemen and animal control officers who had organized a roundup to corral 50 calves that escaped from an overturned cattle truck.
Date: September 7, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cattle Roundup] (open access)

[News Script: Cattle Roundup]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying fifty calves escaped from an overturned three-deck cattle truck that was enrooted from Jonesboro Arkansas to Blythe California.
Date: September 7, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Agnew] (open access)

[News Script: Agnew]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. A spokesman for Vice President Spiro Agnew says its impossible that Agnew makes a statement on subpoenas which are an attempt to secure Agnew's campaign records in connection with a probe to allegations of political payoffs.
Date: August 10, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Agnew] (open access)

[News Script: Agnew]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. Vice President Spiro Agnew is back to Washington D.C. and meanwhile the federal investigators have started looking into the Agnew's campaign records for possible violations of federal law.
Date: August 13, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Lillian Daughdrill to Harris L. Kempner, January 21, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Daughdrill to Harris L. Kempner, January 21, 1966]

Letter from Lillian Daughdrill to Harris L. Kempner informing him that she passed his message on to Mr. Harmon Whittington and he expresses his sorrows to hear that Mr. Kempner will not be joining the Rice Associates.
Date: January 21, 1966
Creator: Daughdrill, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. Atlee Burpee Co. to D. W. Kempner, April 30, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from W. Atlee Burpee Co. to D. W. Kempner, April 30, 1953]

Letter from W. Atlee Burpee Company to D. W. Kempner discussing Mr. Kempner's request for a copy of the previous fall's order.
Date: April 30, 1953
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History