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Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003

Interview with Peter Chu regarding his experiences in China during World War II. Peter's son Alan Chu also participates in this interview. Peter Chu discusses the Japanese occupation in Nanking (Nanjing), China in 1937 when he was 10 years old.
Date: November 1, 2003
Creator: Nichols, Chuck & Chu, Peter
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Last Will and Testament of Michael Dixon (open access)

Last Will and Testament of Michael Dixon

Final will and testament of Michael Dixon, in which he grant his estate to his friend, Charlyne Creger.
Date: November 1, 1975
Creator: Dixon, Michael
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 1, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 1, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing the letters she has received from him, her tracking the missions he has completed, and Jenny asking after Dan, because he has not written her.
Date: November 1, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 1, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 1, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing Joe receiving his paycheck, sending Catherine a local newspaper, the weather, and the improvement of the food.
Date: November 1, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #6] (open access)

[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #6]

Women Airforce Service Pilots pay stub for Eleanor McLernon from the Department of Training.
Date: November 1, 1944
Creator: War Department (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pilots' Information File] (open access)

[Pilots' Information File]

Pilot's information file No. 24A from the United States War Department, A.A.F. approved on February 28, 1944. The file details pilot information and came in a brown envelope that reads "Pilots' Information File No. 14, Revision No. 14," dated November 1, 1944. On the back of the envelope is a detailed warning and rules to follow.
Date: November 1, 1944
Creator: United States Department of War
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 1, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 1, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 1, 1943. He saw Charles Shelby recently, and went to a church service and took communion. He asks his parents to send him pecans if they can.
Date: November 1, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, November 1, 1943 : week of October 21 to October 28, 216th week of the war, 98th week of U.S. participation

Text describes action on various war fronts: "Jinx," Russia, Italy, Air Offensive, Aegean Sea, Southwest Pacific, Burma, Tarawa. Maps: Breakthrough above the Crimea -- Setting the range for Rabaul Photographs: "Jinx" [the six-man crew and their tank destroyer "Jinx" on the Italian front]; [Nazis in the Soviet Union] ; Paratroops at Lae, New Guinea. Back: Map of Northern Italy.
Date: November 1, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Lake Near Watertown, Tennessee]

Postcard of a lake surrounded with green hills, and text that says "Greetings from Watertown, Tenn." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten from Woodrow W. Aten says "Hello All- Time is flying as you can see by the incorrect date. This is 8:30 AM and we are at a small town in Tenn. Next stop will be Arkansas- adress should be- Co "C" Main T Bn 12th Armd Division, Camp Chafee Arkansas. Will later be in Camp Barkley, Texas."
Date: November 1, 1943
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History