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Base Visit Trip Report - Lambert Field, St. Louis, MO
Base Visit Trip Report - Lambert Field, St. Louis, MO. Discusses the base's current misison; SECDEF's recommendations; key issues identified and, installation and community concerns.
Date:
August 9, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Marine Corps Support Center Kansas City Base Visit Trip Report
Trip Report - Report compiled by the commission regarding Marine Corps Support Center Kansas City Base and the concerns it presents to the commission.
Date:
August 3, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, March 11, 1991
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Allen S. Kilborn, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Kilborn worked at camps in Winterset, Iowa (Company 2726); Leon, Iowa (Company 783); Tarkio, Missouri (Company 1742); Gallatin, Missouri (Company 1742); and Harrisonville, Missouri (Company 3773).
Date:
March 11, 1991
Creator:
Daniels, John & Kilborn, Allen S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Thomas, April 28, 1990
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with David Thomas, a Marine WWII veteran from Takio, Missouri, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Thomas discusses joining the Marine Corps in 1940, assignment to Kaneohe Naval Air Station, life and work there, the attack on December 7th, the immediate aftermath, casualties and damage to Kaneohe, leaving the Marines to attempt becoming a naval aviator, and being drafted into the Army as a bomber navigator.
Date:
April 28, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Thomas, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Salfen, February 14, 2000
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Harold Salfen, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from O'Fallon, Missouri. Salfen discusses his hometown and family background, his childhood and education, working in St. Louis, attending the University of Missouri, joining the Army Air Force and training, operating a ground radar in the European Theater, liberating Buchenwald Concentration Camp, the end of the war, and returning home. In appendix is a biography/resumé of Salfen's.
Date:
February 14, 2000
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Salfen, Harold
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Swamp Angel
Fictional portrayal of an individual's life in the southeastern portion of Missouri.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Jenkins, Delia Cash
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Estel G. Burns, October 14, 2009
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Estel G. Burns, World War II veteran and B-17 pilot, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. The interview includes Burns' personal experiences of childhood and education in Missouri, farm life in the Great Depression, basic training, and training for aviation mechanics at Sheppard Field, Texas. Additionally, Burns talks about his family history, his 1942 enlistment in Army Air Corps, being accepted into pilot training, marriage to Dorothy Perrin, life at Deenethorpe Air Base, England, crew members and their respective duties on his plane, various missions bombing German targets, his feelings about missions against civilian targets, opinions of Luftwaffe pilots and of Germans, and his postwar Air Force career, including service in the Korean War. The interview includes an appendix of photographs.
Date:
October 14, 2009
Creator:
Hegi, Benjamin P. & Burns, Estel G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leslie W. Bray, Jr., March 3, 1999
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Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Leslie W. Bray, Jr. The interview includes Bray's personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, flight training, being designated as the commander of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, stationing at Sylhet, India as part of his assignment to the CBI Theater, supplying the British 14th Army in Burma, flying difficulties due to weather conditions, various transfers, and flying "The Hump." Bray also talks about his early aspirations to become an aviator, initial failures to pass the Air Forces physical examination, his assignment to Troop Carrier Command, flying C-47s with the 1st Troop Carrier Group, his appointment as assistant group operations officer for the 10th Troop Carrier Group, Air Force School of Applied Tactics, the training of replacement units at various Air Force installations, the deactivation of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, and his postwar Air Force career and retirement as a general officer.
Date:
March 3, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Bray, Leslie W., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Angela Bynum, November 16, 2007
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Angela Bynum, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Bynum's personal experiences of childhood and education in California and Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and advanced training as a motor transport operator, training in avoidance of improvised explosive devices, and transport missions between Iraq and Kuwait. Bynum also discusses her inability to withstand Airborne training, the decision to leave active duty in 2002, her use of the GI Bill benefits to attend Tarrant Community College, the 2004 call-up from reserve duty and deployment to Iraq, her family's concerns regarding deployment, and aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Iraq.
Date:
November 16, 2007
Creator:
Castillo, Vogel & Bynum, Angela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Parker Brand Book]
Handwritten ledger containing a list of registered brands in Texas and surrounding states, including ear marks and branding symbols as well as the name and address of the holders.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allen Family road trip to visit Berg Family in Illinois photograph album]
Photograph album documenting the Allen Family road trip to visit the Berg Family in Illinois. Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen, Frances Marion Allen, Sheila Emery Allen, Annie Belle Emery Bright, and Sue Lottie Emery traveled together by car. Several of their overnight stops were at outdoor campsites. Many of the photographs are labeled with white handwritten inscriptions.
Date:
1919~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore
Collection of popular folklore from Mexico and Texas, including ballads, personal anecdotes, folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 141.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Boatright, Mody C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5
List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person. This final volume includes men living abroad who have U.S. pensions.
Date:
1883
Creator:
United States. Congress. Senate.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Swamp Angel
Fictional portrayal of an individual's life in the southeastern portion of Missouri.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Jenkins, Delia Cash
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]
Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date:
[1987..1991]
Creator:
Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The New World, 1992]
Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date:
1992
Creator:
Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Schultz, April 29, 1990
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Interview with Richard Schultz, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Louis, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans.
Date:
April 29, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Schultz, Richard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972
Interview with Eugene Cronin, a US Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Kansas City, Missouri. Cronin discusses his time as a B-24 crewmember stationed at Cerignola, Italy, the kinds of missions flown, his being shot down over Hungary and captured by the German Army, and his experiences in captivity at Vienna, Frankfurt, and Stalag Luft #1 near Barth in Western Pommerania.
Date:
February 1, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Roberts, October 13, 1977
Interview with Charles Roberts regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date:
October 13, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Roberts, Charles H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Navy Justification Book
Navy Reserve Centers - Cape Girardeau, MO, COBRA Realignment Summary Report
Date:
June 5, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Navy Justification Book
Navy Reserve Centers - Cape Girardeau, MO, RECOMMENDATION FOR CLOSURE NAVY RESERVE CENTERS (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
June 5, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Navy Justification Book
Navy Reserve Centers - Cape Girardeau, MO, Background (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
June 5, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Navy Justification Book
Navy Reserve Centers - Cape Girardeau, MO, Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
June 5, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Navy Justification Book
Navy Reserve Centers - Cape Girardeau, MO, Economic Impact Report (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
June 5, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library