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Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 2011 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 14, 2011
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 2011 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 7, 2011
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 2011 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 28, 2011
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 2011 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 21, 2011
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. J. Dunn, July 13, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. J. Dunn, July 13, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with A J Dunn. Dunn joined the Navy in 1940 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Oglala (CM-4) at Pearl Harbor. On the morning of 7 December 1941, he was returning from liberty when the attack began. Unable to find his ship, he jumped aboard the USS Mugford (DD-389) just as it was getting underway. After seven days of patrols, he returned to the harbor and was transferred to the USS New Orleans (CA-32). While on convoy duty to Brisbane, the ship received a warm welcome from Australian citizens. But one evening, the ship was nearly subject to friendly fire when a cruiser from New Zealand mistook the New Orleans for a Japanese ship. Dunn was transferred to the USS Indiana (BB-58) with Task Force 58, bombarding islands in the Gilberts and Marshalls. As a gunner’s mate, his duties included testing small arms ammunition in a surveillance oven to see whether it had expired. He was transferred to the USS Botetourt (APA-136), operating out of the Philippines until the end of the war. He sailed past the USS Missouri (BB-63) …
Date: July 13, 2011
Creator: Dunn, A. J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 2011 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 2011

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: July 14, 2011
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History