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[Envelope Addressed to Cecelia McKie, May 10, 1943]
Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from Mrs. Leslie D. Ames (Mary C. Ames), Camden, Maine.
Date:
May 10, 1943
Creator:
Ames, Mary C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Group: Letter from Dewey Bartlett
Letter from Dewey Bartlett, Governor of Oklahoma to The Group explaining further why only one representative from Lawton can be on the Governor's Committee for Full Employment.
Date:
October 10, 1967
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Nancy G. Feldman Letter
Letter from Nancy G. Feldman, Chairman of Mid-South Field Officer, United States Commission on Civil Rights to the editor of the Lawton Constitution pointing out inaccuracies in the paper's coverage of the Open Meeting of the Oklahoma State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on civil rights.
Date:
January 10, 1968
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Group, May 10, 1967
Description from Minutes of the Group on May 1967.
Date:
May 10, 1967
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Michael Kuryla, August 10, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Michael Kuryla. Kuryla was born in Chicago, Illinois on 10 September 1925 into a family of eight children. He describes his family’s living conditions during the Depression. Joining the US Navy in 1942, he underwent boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois. Following boot camp, he was assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) as the fire director of a five-inch gun. He explains the job of the gun director. He describes the bombardment of Tarawa and tells of participating in battles at Kwajalein, Guam, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He shares a personal experience he had with Admiral Spruance. The Indianapolis was struck by a kamikaze and Kuryla describes the damage done and the lives lost as a result. Once the ship was repaired components for an atomic bomb were put on board for delivery to Tinian. After delivery the ship was bound for Guam when it was struck by Japanese torpedoes. Kuryla graphically describes his personal experience of abandoning the ship and what he witnessed during five nights and four days in the water. He recalls being taken aboard the USS Register (APD-92) and delivered to …
Date:
August 10, 2007
Creator:
Kuryla, Michael W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joel D. Alderson, April 10, 2007
Transcript of an oral interview with Joel Alderson and his wife Nila. He discusses going to boot camp in Texas, shipping off to France in early 1945 and working as an engineer, constructing bridges and demolishing German fortifications for the Army as it made it's way through Germany, blowing up Hilter's bunker in Salzburg, Austria and using bulldozers to cover piles of dead Jews the Germans left in the open (likely at Dachau). He ancedotes about meeting Eisenhower, carrying fuel up to Patton's limo when it ran out of gas, seeing Bob Hope, soldiers getting poisoned from confiscated alcohol, and getting met by his family and the town sheriff when he came home after the war.
Date:
April 10, 2007
Creator:
Alderson, Joel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Knight, November 10, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James O., Cotton, Knight. Knight joined the Army in July of 1943. He served as Technician Fourth-Class with the 3197th Engineer Pipeline Detachment, Combat Engineers. They were deployed to New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, operating a tank farm that pumped gasoline for military planes and vehicles. He then served on Emirau Island for 13 months, where their job was to cut the supply line of the Japanese base located 80 miles from their base. In early 1945, they traveled to Leyte to work a tank farm. where they were located when the war ended. Knight returned to the U.S. in January of 1946 and received his discharge in February.
Date:
November 10, 2018
Creator:
Knight, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Crook, August 10, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Crook. Upon enlisting into the US Navy in 1944, Crook went to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot camp. Crook then attended a basic engineering course. Following this, he received training in large propulsion engines. He was on board a troop ship bound for the Philippines when the atomic bomb was dropped. Upon his arrival at Leyte, he was assigned to USS LSM-294. He recalls an incident on the high seas that resulted in the loss of several LCTs that his ship was escorting. Crook returned to the US in 1946.
Date:
August 10, 2018
Creator:
Crook, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with C. James Erickson, August 10, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with C James Erickson. Erickson enrolled in the Army Specialized Training Program in January of 1944. He completed radio training. Erickson was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 343rd Regiment, 86th Infantry Division. They completed additional amphibious training in California. His training was complete in the fall of 1944. Soon thereafter his company was sent to Europe to participate in the Battle of the Bulge. They traveled into Germany and replaced the 82nd Airborne Division in Cologne. Erickson provides details of his combat experiences. After the war ended, he remained with the Army of Occupation in Germany, and returned home for discharge in January of 1946.
Date:
August 10, 2018
Creator:
Erickson, C. James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ellison Smith, August 10, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ellison Smith. Smith joined the Navy in October of 1942. While stationed in Bermuda, he served as a PBY gunner, conducting search and rescue missions. Smith continued his service after the war ended, receiving his discharge in 1946.
Date:
August 10, 2018
Creator:
Smith, Ellison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ben Schurmeier, April 10, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ben Schurmeier. Schurmeier joined the Navy in early 1942. He served as a B-24 pilot with Photographic Squadron 1 (VD-1). Beginning in the spring of 1944 they traveled to their base at the Naval Air Station on Guam. They completed patrol and photo reconnaissance missions around the Pacific Islands, including Truk, Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Japan. Finley was discharged around October of 1945.
Date:
April 10, 2018
Creator:
Schurmeier, Ben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Hasty, April 10, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Hasty. Hasty joined the Navy in November of 1943. He completed Firefighting School, and served aboard the USS Antietam (CV-36) beginning January of 1945. They conducted training in the Hawaiian Islands through mid-August, then served with occupation forces in Tokyo, Japan. Hasty returned to the US and received his discharge in early 1946.
Date:
April 10, 2018
Creator:
Hasty, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hartzell, Sherrill, January 10, 2018
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with Hartzell Sherrill. Sherrill joined the Navy in December of 1941 and trained in San Diego before going to communications school. He was then sent aboard the SS Hadnot (1919) with the Navy Armed Guard personnel. Sherrill delivered fuel oil to North Africa, India, Australia and other points in the Pacific. He recalls hauling ammunition to Saipan, watching the invasion of Normandy and dodging typhoons at Okinawa. He also served aboard the SS Colgate Victory (1945). He was discharged in December, 1945.
Date:
January 10, 2018
Creator:
Sherrill, Hartzell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Officer, November 10, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Officer. Officer joined the Navy in May of 1944. He completed radar school in Point Loma, California. In April of 1945 he went to the New Hebrides Islands, and served aboard a transport ship as a radar operator. He then traveled to Auckland, New Zealand where he went aboard the submarine chaser USS PC-588. His crew traveled around New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Tulagi and the Marshall Islands looking for submarines. He describes the weaponry aboard the PC-588, and his work on sonar duty. They never found a submarine. After the war was over he assisted with looking for downed men in the Pacific. He describes his initiation as a Shellback. He was discharged as Radar Man 3rd Class in May of 1946.
Date:
November 10, 2017
Creator:
Officer, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Jenkins, October 10, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Jenkins. Jenkins joined the Army in early 1942 and was mistakenly sent to Australia before he completed basic training. Once there, he was attached to the 35th Fighter Group as an armorer. Jenkins shares several anecdotes about his time in the service in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. Jenkins returned to the US and became an instructor before the war ended. He was discharged in January 1945.
Date:
October 10, 2017
Creator:
Jenkins, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Enrique Moncada, August 10, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Enrique Moncada. Moncada joined the Navy in October of 1944. He served aboard the USS Forrest (DMS-24) minesweeper beginning in December of 1944. He performed regular seaman duties and served as gunner on the 40mm gun. They traveled to Okinawa. They did patrol work, screening with small minesweepers and performed local escort missions. Their ship and crew suffered one kamikaze attack. He provides detail of their endeavors to save the ship. He was discharged in June of 1946, but reenlisted in the Navy in June of 1948 and worked up to Seaman 1st Class. In December of 1950 he served aboard the USS Gloucester (PF-22), a patrol frigate and minesweeper. They traveled to Japan, South Korea, Wonsan, Inchon and Kojo. He was then transferred to the USS Mount Baker (AE-4), an ammunition ship, in February of 1952 as a gunner’s mate. He was discharged in June of 1952.
Date:
August 10, 2017
Creator:
Moncada, Enrique
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Benjamin Nicks, February 10, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Benjamin Nicks. Nicks enlisted in the Army Air Forces in January of 1941. He received his wings in April of 1942. Nicks was in the 120th Observation Squadron in the 130th Field Artillery Squadron. He flew border patrol missions for a year between Mexico and the United States. He was assigned to Mountain Home Air Base, Idaho to serve as a B-25 instructor until the spring of 1944. He was then transferred in May of 1944 in McCook, Nebraska as a B-29 instructor. He was in the 1st Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force at McCook, Nebraska. Their outfit was sent to Kwajalein, Tinian, Iwo Jima and Japan to name a few. Nicks flew a total of 35 missions. He provides great detail of their missions. He was discharged in January of 1946 with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Date:
February 10, 2017
Creator:
Nicks, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Felix Burrus, April 10, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Felix Burrus. Burrus joined the Army Air Forces in August of 1944. He completed Airplane Mechanics School, and served as a B-29 mechanic with the 5th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing. In early 1945, Burrus was assigned to Clark Field in the Philippines, where he worked through the end of the war. He received his discharge in November of 1946.
Date:
April 10, 2016
Creator:
Burrus, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Hall, February 10, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Hall. Hall joined the Navy in June, 1943, having passed tests to be eligible for the V-12 program. Once in, he elected to try for flight training and passed those tests. He began flight training in January, 1944, earning his commission and wings in April, 1946. He discusses aspects of his flight training, including qualifying for carriers. One of his first assignments was ferrying aircraft from various places to Norfolk where they were overhauled. He went on a cruise aboard the USS Leyte (CV-32) where he made a dead-stick carrier landing one day. When the Korean War started, he was assigned to VA-155 and went to Korea in early 1953. Hall shares several anecdotes from his military career before he retired in 1963.
Date:
February 10, 2016
Creator:
Hall, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Huie Lamb, January 10, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Huie H. Lamb, Jr. Lamb joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1943. He graduated from flight school in February of 1944, and served as a pilot with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. He was deployed to England. On his first mission he flew his P-51, nicknamed Etta Jeanne, and had mechanical problems causing him to ditch the plane in the North Sea. He was picked up by Air Sea Rescue from Martlesham Heath. Between a P-47 and his second P-51, Etta Jeanne II, he flew 61 combat missions over Europe, shooting down German aircraft. Lamb continued his service after the war ended, retiring in 1972.
Date:
January 10, 2016
Creator:
Lamb, Huie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Meacham, October 10, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Meacham. Meacham was born in Roanoke County, California in 1925. At the age of 17, he dropped out of high school and joined the Marine Corps. Upon completion of boot camp, he volunteered for the Marine Raiders. In 1943, Meacham was assigned to Company K, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion. He tells of serving in combat on Bougainville, Guam and Okinawa and the use of Navajo Code Talkers and war dogs during various operations. He suffered a debilitating injury that led to a lengthy hospitalization and a medical discharge in November 1945.
Date:
October 10, 2015
Creator:
Meacham, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Yvonne Goodier Charles, November 10, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Yvonne Goodier Charles. Charles was born 10 September 1926 in Silver City, New Mexico. In November of 1933, her father was offered a mining job in Manila, Philippines and their family moved. In early 1942, after the outbreak of WWII, Charles and her family were imprisoned by Japanese forces in Santo Tomas Internment Camp, where they remained until their liberation in early 1945. Charles shares intimate details of their experiences in the camp.
Date:
November 10, 2015
Creator:
Charles, Yvonne Goodier
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Irvine, November 10, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth L. (Liz) Irvine. Irvine was born 5 July 1927 in Baguio, Philippine Islands, where her parents were teachers. They lived most of the time in Manila, until the outbreak of WWII, at which time they were imprisoned in 1942 by Japanese forces in Santo Tomas Internment Camp for the next three years, until liberation in early 1945. After the war ended in 1945, she and her parents moved to the United States. Liz shares intimate details of their experiences in the camp.
Date:
November 10, 2015
Creator:
Irvine, Elizabeth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clifford Kantz, November 10, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clifford Kantz. Mrs. Marion Kantz assists with the interview. Kantz entered the US Army Air Forces October 1941. He received training at Sheppard Field, Texas and served as a flight officer flying B-24s. He went on to Fort Benning and served as a C-47 pilot. Kantz became an aircraft commander in the 100th Troop Carrier Squadron, towing and dropping gliders and paratroopers. They were stationed in Nottingham, England. When the war was over they brought many French POWs out of Germany back to France. They also took supplies to the front for the American troops, and brought out the wounded. He came back to the States in October 1945, and remained on active duty until 1963 when he retired. After the military he became a teacher.
Date:
November 10, 2015
Creator:
Kantz, Clifford
System:
The Portal to Texas History