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Oral History Interview with Wiliam Wayne Kitts, May 13, 2009

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Transcript of an interview with William Wayne Kitts, U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare veteran of World War II. Kitts shares concerning his childhood and family history in Sulphur Springs, Texas; college at the University of Texas during the Depression; musical background; enlistment in the U.S. Navy shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor; midshipman school in New York City and selection for sonar school in Key West, Florida; assignment to USS Mason, the first ship in the navy with an integrated crew; post-war duty as commanding officer of USS Hollis and USS Tollberg; role in establishing Naval Reserve Training Center in Lubbock, Texas; reactivation to active duty during Korean War; and his post-military career at Vought Aeronautics.
Date: May 13, 2009
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Kitts, William Wayne, 1921-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from concerned citizens Sharon and Norman Boyett to the BRAC Commission. (open access)

Letter from concerned citizens Sharon and Norman Boyett to the BRAC Commission.

Community Correspondence - Letter from concerned citizens Sharon and Norman Boyett to the BRAC Commission regarding Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida.
Date: September 13, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Robert J. Handres of Orange Park, Florida to Chairman Principi. (open access)

Letter from Robert J. Handres of Orange Park, Florida to Chairman Principi.

Community correspondence - Letter from Robert J. Handres of Orange Park, Florida to Chairman Principi regarding Cecil Field and future moves of Navy flight operations to the area.
Date: September 13, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/09/05 to Chairman Principi from FLA Senator Bill Nelson (open access)

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/09/05 to Chairman Principi from FLA Senator Bill Nelson

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/09/05 to Chairman Principi from FLA Senator Bill Nelson discussing the suitability of Cecil Field as an alternative to NAS Oceana and urging the Commission to hold a special hearing to allow Florida and Jacksonville to present the facts supporting the suitability of this alternative.
Date: August 13, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Town Manager John W. Bowless to Chairman Principi dtd 09 August 2005 (open access)

Letter from Town Manager John W. Bowless to Chairman Principi dtd 09 August 2005

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Town Manager John W. Bowless, Orange Park, Florida, to Chairman Principi regarding his support for realigning all equipment from Oceana Naval Air Station to Cecil Field Naval Air Station in Florida should Oceana be closed.
Date: August 13, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

COBRA File: From the Navy (DON-0152)

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission requesting COBRA Files from the Navy, all of which are inactive scenarios that the Commission would like to review. (DON-0152: Close NAS Whiting Field, FL)
Date: July 13, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: FL Plane Crash] captions transcript

[News Clip: FL Plane Crash]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a plane crash in a residential neighborhood. This b-roll footage includes aerial footage of a fire department extinguishing a fire. The story aired in the mid-morning.
Date: June 13, 2005
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: FL Plane Crash] captions transcript

[News Clip: FL Plane Crash]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a plane crash in a residential neighborhood. This b-roll footage includes aerial footage of a fire department extinguishing a fire. The story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date: June 13, 2005
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades (open access)

Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades

This report discusses the FY2004 appropriations provisions that condition federal funding for Everglades restoration on compliance with water quality standards, provides a side-by-side analysis of pending appropriations legislation, and provides background and a timeline of efforts to address Everglades phosphorus pollution (from Summary).
Date: January 13, 2004
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Johnson, Barbara
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Harris, April 26, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Harris, April 26, 2002

Interview with Robert Edward Harris, a veteran of World War II, serving in India at the time. Harris answers questions relating to his training, duties, and activities while over in India towards the end of the war; Harrs also answers questions concerning his feelings towards the war and his enemies.
Date: May 13, 2003
Creator: Bottoms, Aaron & Harris, Robert Edward
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History