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[Denton CVB Advisory Board: Compilation of Meetings, Reports, and Promotional Materials] (open access)

[Denton CVB Advisory Board: Compilation of Meetings, Reports, and Promotional Materials]

A comprehensive compilation featuring detailed Denton CVB Advisory Board agendas, member rosters, and meeting minutes. Explore additional content, including Hotel Occupancy Tax Collection Summaries for 2004, drafts of enticing advertisements, CVB Activity reports, and intricate travel reservation details. This compilation offers a thorough overview of the board's activities, financial summaries, and promotional initiatives for the specified period.
Date: 2004
Creator: Denton Chamber of Commerce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Dillon, November 4, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Dillon, November 4, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Dillon. Dillon was born 24 January 1919. He was drafted into the Army in 1942. After having thirteen weeks of basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina he was sent to Sentinel, Arizona where he was assigned to the 77th Infantry Division to undergo desert training. The unit was then sent to Hawaii where they remained until called to participate in the invasion of Guam. He describes the conditions encountered on the island and tells of an action in which he was involved for which he was awarded the Bronze Star. He also describes combat situations in which he was involved on Leyte and Okinawa.
Date: November 4, 2004
Creator: Dillon, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elbert Dixon, September 4, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Elbert Dixon, September 4, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elbert Dixon. Dixon joined the Marine Corps in November of 1944. He completed radio school. In April of 1945 he went overseas as a replacement. He traveled to Pearl Harbor, and worked as a guard in the brig. They traveled on to Eniwetok, Truk, Kwajalein, Saipan and Guam. Dixon and his unit participated in the Battle of Okinawa, where he served as a radioman with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. Dixon was discharged in August of 1946.
Date: September 4, 2004
Creator: Dixon, Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Doig, May 13, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Doig, May 13, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Doig. Doig joined the Navy in December of 1942. He completed Diesel School, repairing landing craft engines. Beginning August of 1943, Doig served in the fire room aboard USS Ashland (LSD-1). While he was aboard, the Ashland participated in the assaults on Kwajalein and Eniwetok. In the late 1944, Doig was transferred to USS Kenton (APA-122). They transported troops to the Philippines and participated in the Okinawa invasion. Doig was discharged in February of 1946.
Date: May 13, 2004
Creator: Doig, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edmond Drake, May 13, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edmond Drake, May 13, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edmond Drake. Drake joined the Navy in April of 1943. Beginning early 1944, he served as Electrician’s Mate aboard USS President Adams (APA-19). They transported troops and supplies during the Battle of Guam, the invasion Luzon and the Battle of Iwo Jima. He returned to the US in April of 1945.
Date: May 13, 2004
Creator: Drake, Edmond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Doy Duncan, September 18, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Doy Duncan, September 18, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Doy Duncan. He begins by speaking about finishing high school in Arkansas, looking for work, joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), enrolling in junior college, joining the Navy and evetually taking Civilian Pilot Training before being called into the Navy. His battalion commander at Preflight School at Chapel Hill, North Carolina was Gerald R. Ford, the future president. He passed and evetually made it into dive bomber training in Glenview, Illinois where he practiced carrier landings on Lake Michigan. Before shipping out, he was switched to a fighter unit assigned to the USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76). Duncan speaks of attacking targets on Peleliu with napalm. Next, Duncan describes his actions at the Battle off Samar. He speaks of attacking the ships of the Japanese Fleet pursuing Taffy 3. His plane was damaged and he had to make a water landing. His plane sank too fast for him to retrieve his life raft and he saw sharks beginning to circle. A torpedo bomber flew over and tossed out a life raft for him. Duncan managed managed to paddle to Samar in a few days where he fell in with …
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Duncan, Doy
System: The Portal to Texas History
City of Abilene Mayors: 1883-2004 (open access)

City of Abilene Mayors: 1883-2004

Text containing portraits of the mayors of Abilene, Texas and the years in which they served, from the city's incorporation in 1883 through 2004.
Date: 2004~
Creator: Dunlap, Danette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rufus Dye, May 6, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rufus Dye, May 6, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rufus Dye. Dye joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 after finishing high school in Illinois. Dye finished radio operator school in Chicago before heading for flight training in California. Upon completion of flight training and earning his commission, Dye reported for duty with the 392nd Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group in England where he flew combat missions in France prior to the Normandy landing. He flew a P-38 Lightning. He was in Frankfurt when the war ended.
Date: May 6, 2004
Creator: Dye, Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Organizations adopt Wings Across America, National WASP Museum (open access)

Organizations adopt Wings Across America, National WASP Museum

A printed webpage article from Air Force Print News discussing the Arnold Air Society's adoption of the Wings Across American WASP Museum project.
Date: April 20, 2004
Creator: Easterling, Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Project Summary: Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort] (open access)

[Project Summary: Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort]

Summary describing the work completed at Eastern Research Group, Inc. for 'Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: October 2004
Creator: Eastern Research Group, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort] (open access)

[Project Summary: Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort]

Report summary describing the work completed at Eastern Research Group, Inc. for 'Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: October 2004
Creator: Eastern Research Group, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: The Data Quality Control and Emissions Inventories of OCS Oil and Gas Production Activities in the Breton Area of the Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: The Data Quality Control and Emissions Inventories of OCS Oil and Gas Production Activities in the Breton Area of the Gulf of Mexico]

Report summary describing the work completed at Eastern Research Group, Inc. for 'The Data Quality Control and Emissions Inventories of OCS Oil and Gas Production Activities in the Breton Area of the Gulf of Mexico'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: October 2004
Creator: Eastern Research Group, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Eckert, June 1, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Eckert, June 1, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Eckert. Eckert joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1943. He completed aircraft welding school at Kelly Field, and served with the 40th Air Depot Repair Squadron. They traveled aboard the USS Hermitage (AP-54) to Freemantle, Australia and landed at Bombay, India in December of 1943. His squadron was assigned to Calcutta, and they repaired airplanes at Dum Dum Air Field. They also worked on Guam and Okinawa, where they arrived 3 days before the war ended. Eckert returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date: June 1, 2004
Creator: Eckert, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tom Ellison, March 2, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Tom Ellison, March 2, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom D. Ellison. Ellison was born 14 August 1925 in Sierra Blanca, Texas. He joined the Navy in September 1942. After 12 weeks of boot camp at the Farragut Naval Training Center, Idaho, he went for 21 weeks of aircraft maintenance training in Norman, Oklahoma, and 4 weeks of air gunnery training in Purcel, Oklahoma. This was followed by more maintenance and gunnery training at NAS Jacksonville. Next it was to NAS Oceana, Virginia working on and flying in PB4Y patrol planes. Ellison then sailed to England on the USS Matagorda (AVP-22). He spent from December 1943 to August 1945 at Dunkeswell Airfield in Devon. His squadron, VP-105, performed anti-submarine patrols in the English Channel and the North Sea. Following the German surrender, Ellison went to San Diego, Guam, Japan, and finally Shanghai, China to join a PBM Mariner squadron operating from a seaplane tender in the Whangpoo River. They provided passenger, mail, and air-sea rescue services in the area. Having advanced to AMM 1/C, Ellison was discharged from the Navy in San Diego.
Date: March 2, 2004
Creator: Ellison, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002

Interview with Phillip Patton, an aircraft mechanic in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about life before the war, his experiences overseas, and returning home post-war.
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Elterman, Dora & Patton, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jimmy L. Smith, April 10, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jimmy L. Smith, April 10, 2002

Interview with Jimmy L. Smith, a US Navy Seal in WWII. He answers questions about his life during the war.
Date: December 23, 2004
Creator: Elterman, Laura & Smith, Jimmy L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Victor Erdahl, February 27, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Victor Erdahl, February 27, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Victor Erdahl. Erdahl joined the Army in 1942. He completed Parachute School. He served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. In late 1943, Erdahl participated in the New Guinea Campaign. In February of 1945, he served in the Battle of Corregidor. He was discharged in January of 1946.
Date: February 27, 2004
Creator: Erdahl, Victor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eli Escobar, March 9, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eli Escobar, March 9, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eli Escobar. Escobar was drafted into the Army in May 1944. When Escobar arrived in France in November, 1944, he joined Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division. In January, 1945, Escobar got captured by German troops near Haguenau. He spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. He was liberated in late April and returned to the US. Escobar was discharged in November, 1945.
Date: March 9, 2004
Creator: Escobar, Eli
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vernon Rutherford, March 31, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Vernon Rutherford, March 31, 2002

Interview with Vernon Rutherford, a Buck Sergeant in the Korean War. He answers question about his life during the war and his experiences abroad.
Date: April 26, 2004
Creator: Espinoza, Joni & Rutherford, Vernon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of Advanced Technology Transportation, 2004 Update (open access)

Overview of Advanced Technology Transportation, 2004 Update

Document offers a ''snapshot'' of current vehicle technologies and trends. DOE program managers use this document to plan test and evaluation activities that focus resources where they have the greatest impact.
Date: August 1, 2004
Creator: Eudy, L. & Zuboy, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Evans, April 29, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Evans, April 29, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Evans. Evans joined the Marine Corps in June of 1940. He was deployed to Pearl Harbor in September, and stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe. Evans helped put the station into commission in February of 1941. He was on watch at the station when the Japanese attacked. He shares memories of rescuers working to get to crewman aboard USS Oklahoma. Evans served with the 6th Marine Regiment. Beginning in January of 1943, he participated in the Battles of Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Saipan, where he was wounded. He returned to the US and was discharged in August of 1944.
Date: April 29, 2004
Creator: Evans, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Fabian, March 12, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Richard Fabian, March 12, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Fabian. Fabian joined the Navy in November of 1943. He completed schooling in Engineering, Diesel and Grey Marine Engines. Beginning November of 1944, Fabian served as Fireman First-Class aboard USS LSM-96. From 28 March to 30 June 1945, they participated in the Battle of Okinawa. After the war ended, they traveled to China and participated with the occupation forces. In December, Fabian was transferred to USS LSM-285 and remained in China through January of 1946. He returned to the US and was discharged in May.
Date: March 12, 2004
Creator: Fabian, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Farneth, September 4, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Farneth, September 4, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Farneth. Farneth joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He trained as an ordnanceman, and joined fighter squadrons VMF-523 and VMF-524, training pilots to go overseas. In 1945 he joined the 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division. They traveled to Guam and trained for the invasion of the mainland of Japan. After the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki their mission ceased. Farneth was then sent to China to complete his final year of service. He helped repatriate the Japanese from the Chinese mainland. He was discharged in 1946.
Date: September 4, 2004
Creator: Farneth, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aubrey Felder, September 18, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Aubrey Felder, September 18, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Aubrey Felder. Felder joined the Navy in February of 1943. He completed training and served as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate aboard the USS Wolverine (IX-64), a training ship at Naval Station Great Lakes. Beginning January of 1944 Felder worked aboard the USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76). They participated in the battles of Peleliu, Leyte Gulf, Luzon and the Battle off Samar in the Philippine Sea. Their ship was hit by a kamikaze. Felder returned to the US and was discharged in early 1946.
Date: September 18, 2004
Creator: Felder, Aubrey
System: The Portal to Texas History