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[Elizabeth M. Moxley Diary] (open access)

[Elizabeth M. Moxley Diary]

A diary kept by Elizabeth Moxley during her time at the Manzanar War Relocation Camp. The diary includes logs from 7 October 1942 to 16 December 16, 1942, prayers, poems, songs, and a list of issued saving bonds.
Date: 1942-10-07/1942-12-16
Creator: Moxley, Elizabeth M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Doolittle Raid Operation Log, April 18, 1942] (open access)

[Doolittle Raid Operation Log, April 18, 1942]

Operation Log from the Doolittle Raid taken from the USS Hornet by then SN Leo R. Cantrell. Written in pencil, the document gives minute by minute detail of the launch, with exact times, and includes launch times for each take-off by plane number
Date: April 18, 1942
Creator: Cantrell, Leo R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Oates. He discusses his childhood, education and growing up during the great depression. He talks about joining the US Army Air Corps, now called the Air Force, and the experiences he had at various different training camps around the country.
Date: October 21, 1942
Creator: Oates, Vernon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942 transcript

Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Oates. He discusses his childhood, education and growing up during the great depression. He talks about joining the US Army Air Corps, now called the Air Force, and the experiences he had at various different training camps around the country.
Date: October 21, 1942
Creator: Oates, Vernon
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jane Kendeigh Gets Her Blood Pressure Checked]

Photograph of Jane Kendeigh sitting and smiling for the camera as she gets her blood pressure checked by fellow nurse, Mary C. Furnari, at the naval hospital blood bank in San Francisco, California.
Date: 1942~
Creator: United States. Navy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Army Corps Nurse Frances S. Greene]

Photograph of Frances S. Greene in Army Nurse Corps uniform.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Corps Nurse Stands Outside Doran Camp Barracks]

Photograph taken inside Doran Camp of a nurse standing to the left outside of Army Nurse Corps barracks in Manila while three other women walk down a path on the right.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Army Nurse Holland Way]

Photograph of Way Holland in Army Nurse Corps uniform and glasses.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Studer Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Manila Housekeepers Sit on Barrack Steps]

Photograph of four housekeepers sitting on some steps outside Army Nurse Corps barracks in Manila. Three of the women are dressed in all white while the woman on the bottom right is dressed in a dark spotted dress and dark shoes.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Way, Holland
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bilibid Prison]

Photograph of a road outside of Bilibid Prison in Manila. Several tents can be seen inside the prison across a dirt road behind power lines and wire fencing with wooden posts. The photo appears to have been taken from a vehicle.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed Building in Manila]

Photograph of a destroyed building in the distance to the right with a crumbling stone wall on the left and a man walking on a dirt path towards the rubble.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cathedral Ruins]

Photograph of cathedral ruins. In the background the main entrance to the Intramuros can be seen. There are walls on either side with rubble lining them and a puddle of water on the left side.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outside the Destroyed Intramuros]

Photograph outside of the Intramuros. In the foreground is several muddy puddles and in the distance are the decimated buildings and burned trees of the Intramuros in Manila in the Philippines.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mary Lou Laager]

Photograph of Mary Lou Laager posing with a smile in an Army Nurse Corps uniform.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oveta Culp Hobby & Officers]

Photograph of Oveta Culp Hobby standing in uniform next to a security station and leaning on the fence with two unidentified officers standing on the other side of the fence to the left.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Frissell, Toni
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Oveta Culp Hobby in Army Nurse Corps Uniform]

Photograph of Oveta Culp Hobby in Army Nurse Corps uniform, she is looking off to the right and her lips are downturned.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Statler, Chase
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WAVES Recruitment Poster: It's a Grand and Glorious Feeling]

Enlistment poster for Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES) with an color illustration of a woman in a naval uniform saluting a young boy in front of a train car while an older man and woman look on.
Date: 1942~
Creator: United States. Navy.
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WAVES Recruitment Poster: On the Same Team]

Enlistment poster for Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES) with a color illustration of a woman in a WAVES uniform standing with two men in Navy uniforms.
Date: 1942~
Creator: United States. Navy.
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Waves Recruitment Poster: She's Helping to Win... How About You?]

Enlistment poster for Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES) with a color illustration of a woman in a WAVES uniform standing beside an airplane. She is holding a pencil and clipboard while both her and the airplane pilot of the plane look down at the clipboard.
Date: 1942~
Creator: United States. Navy.
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands with Arms Crossed]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing with his arms crossed, only shown from the chest up. He is wearing a light-colored Navy uniform with two pockets on the front, epaulettes decorated with stars, four stars pinned to either side of his collar, a dark tie and a brimmed hat featuring the Navy's emblem on the front.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Navy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Chester Nimitz stands on the left holding a black coat in his hands. He is wearing a dark Naval uniform with three small stripes and one large on with a single star on his sleeves, dress shoes and black and white brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. Mrs. Nimitz stands in the center in a dark coat and skirt with a black hat and fascinator and a white lei around her neck. On the left stands Mary Nimitz sporting two low braided pigtails, a dark over coat, a white collared undershirt and a plaid pinafore dress. Two sailors can be seen in the distant background behind Mary.
Date: December 9, 1942
Creator: United States. Navy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chester W. Nimitz Walks Out of Bunker on Midway Island]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz emerging from an underground bunker on Midway Island. He is wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved uniform with two pockets on the shirt's front and stars pinned to either side of his collar. He is also wearing a dark tie and a brimmed hat sporting the Navy Emblem on the front. The facade of the bunker is textured and to Admiral Chester's left is a white banister.
Date: June 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Sits in Armchair]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as he sits in a dark colored armchair with his hands clasped in his lap. he is wearing a light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, a collared shirt and dark tie. In front of Admiral Nimitz is a small round table with a teacup, saucer and teaspoon on top of it.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Inhabitants of Contractors' Hotel]

Photograph a group of seven inhabitants of the Contractors' Hotel, Honolulu, HI, including two carpenters, a mechanic, and a sheet metal worker. There are four men standing in the back row, all in wrinkled collared shirts, trousers and hats except for the man center right who is shirtless and without a hat. Three men sit on the ground with their lower bodies out of view, they all wear hats and overalls and the two men on the ends wear collared shirts underneath theirs. Above each man is a number written in red ink. On the left side of the men is a small plant and two-story building. Tio their right is two other buildings and smaller groups of men roaming around.
Date: November 15, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History