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Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002

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Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Philippe Snoy, March 10, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Philippe Snoy, March 10, 1960]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Philippe Snoy discussing the gun Snoy sent to his house for Marion (Sandy) Lee Kempner.
Date: March 10, 1960
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, March 10, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, March 10, 1945]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner discussing general points of interest, such as cotton offers to Spain, updates regarding communications with Belgium, political moves regarding a medicine school in Austin, W. L. Maxson stock in relation to H. L. Kempner and other brief notes regarding business and conditions.
Date: March 10, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with James N. Hall, November 10, 1999

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Interview with James N. Hall, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Burkburnett, Texas. Hall discusses joining the Air Force from college, basic training, classification, flight training, the P-47, fighter tactics, deplyoment to Le Culot Airfield in Belgium, his first mission, briefings and intelligence, Air Support Parties, close air support, flak, bomber escort, air-to-air encounters, casualties, logistics, German civilians, crash landings, V-E Day, and return to civilian life.
Date: November 10, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, James N.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library