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Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, January 12, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, January 12, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Nemec. Nemec joined the Marine Corps in December, 1942 and trained at San Diego. He arrived overseas in time to join B Company, 1st Tank Battalion in the First Marine Division when they invaded New Britain. Nemec describes going ashore and the conditions of battle at Peleliu. He also was on Okinawa and shares stories. Nemec served as maintenance man for tanks. He also relates several anecdotes from his time in China after the war on occupation duty. He returned from China in December and was discharged in July 1946.
Date: January 12, 2016
Creator: Nemec, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Raymond Julius Hardee, January 12, 2016 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Raymond Julius Hardee, January 12, 2016

Transcript of interview with Raymond Julius Hardee, an alumnus of Doyle High School, from Kerrville, Texas. Hardee speaks about his experience growing up as a black man while Kerrville was segregated.
Date: January 12, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Better Tools, Together (open access)

Building Better Tools, Together

Workshop Notes for the 2016 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This workshop reviews the current status of web archiving tools, barriers to community development, available development resources, and how further development might be structured and funded.
Date: April 12, 2016
Creator: Jackson, Andy & Grotke, Abigail
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry Jennings, April 12, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Henry Jennings, April 12, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Jennings. Jennings joined the Army Air Forces in September, 1942 and trained at Wichita Falls. He eventually became a flight engineer on B-26 bombers. Jennings recalls several anecdotes about his time in the service.
Date: April 12, 2016
Creator: Jennings, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Otis Sumner, July 12, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Otis Sumner, July 12, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Otis Sumner. Sumner was drafted into the Navy in November, 1943 and went to Samson for boot camp. Training completed, he was assigned to the USS Hodges (DE-231). He was aboard working as a water tender during the invasion of Luzon. Sumner was discharged in May 1946.
Date: July 12, 2016
Creator: Sumner, Otis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ralph Crocker, August 12, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ralph Crocker, August 12, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ralph Crocker. Crocker joined the Naval Reserve in 1942 at Texas A&M, and was called to active duty in the spring of 1943. He studied civil engineering at Rice University for eight semesters. He then completed Officer Candidate School at Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island. He served with the Civil Engineer Corps as a Seabee, and worked as an operations officer on Espiritu Santos, New Hebrides. He and the enlisted men he was supervising worked as stevedores, loading and unloading ships. They were assigned to the 4th Marine Division. In 1945, Crocker and his Seabees were located at Luzon when the atomic bomb was dropped. Crocker then served in Sasebo, Japan during the occupation. He returned to the US and received his discharge in mid-1946.
Date: August 12, 2016
Creator: Crocker, Ralph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus on food and fun, not stress and driving at the fair (open access)

Focus on food and fun, not stress and driving at the fair

News release about DART transportation options to the State Fair of Texas.
Date: September 12, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Former X Factor Contestant Kicks Off DART Music Station Series in Plano (open access)

Former X Factor Contestant Kicks Off DART Music Station Series in Plano

News release about a music performance by former X-Factor contestant, Panda Ross, at DART's Downtown Plano Station.
Date: September 12, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, October 12, 2016] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, October 12, 2016]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for October 2016 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gothoa nokhorni alari bathi (open access)

Gothoa nokhorni alari bathi

An article on the child as the light of a family as part pf a souvenir of the Udalguri Girls' HS School published on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee Celebration held on 10-12 Nov. 2016.
Date: November 12, 2016
Creator: Boro, Kiran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meeting Minutes for TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7, November 12, 2016 (open access)

Meeting Minutes for TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7, November 12, 2016

A document that records the meeting minutes from the November 12 meeting of the Arlington Chapter of TXSSAR. Sections are given to each formal portion of the meeting's proceedings and smaller notes are included beneath the larger headers.
Date: November 12, 2016
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
System: The UNT Digital Library
MillerCoors to once again provide free DART rides New Year's Eve (open access)

MillerCoors to once again provide free DART rides New Year's Eve

News release about DART, through a partnership with MillerCoors, offering free transit rides on the night of New Year's Eve, in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0121 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0121

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of county attorneys regarding payments made in conjunction with pretrial diversion agreements (RQ-0111-KP).
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0122 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0122

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Simultaneous service as a municipal police chief and a constable (RQ-0112-KP).
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History