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[WASP Avenger Field Historic Marker Inscription]
Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.
Date:
1972-06-14~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, December 14, 1942 : week of December 4 to December 11
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea, Solomons, Pearl Harbor, Tunisia, Libya, Dakar, Toulon, Italy, Russia, France. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: Dakar; Northeast Tunisia; Tripoli and environs; Russian Front; Guadalcanal Island; Bougainville Island; New Britain Photographs: Convoy to Africa; Advance to Tunisia; Street scene: French Morocco Back: The text entitled "Antiaircraft artillery" describes antiaircraft weapons. The other text "The Dance of the Ninety" describes a 90mm gun. Includes photographs: KEEPS 'EM FALLING -- EYES -- EARS
Date:
December 14, 1942
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Emma Vaughan to Marine Corps Headquarters, November 13, 1944]
Photocopy of a letter from Emma Vaughan to Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 1944, explaining why she did not sign papers allotting her a family allowance.
Date:
November 14, 1944
Creator:
Vaughan, Emma
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 14, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on August 14, 1943. He discusses going to a party, and says he made a crystal radio, but still asks them to send one from home as he thinks it will work better.
Date:
August 14, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 14, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., on January 14, 1943. It is a card which held pictures of Willis, according to his note on the front.
Date:
January 14, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 14, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on August 14, 1944, telling them that he recently got a letter from Robert Evans, Jr. and they hope to meet up soon. He also received a letter from Jimmie Kendrick, who wishes he was stationed in a city. Willis mentions that Bob Milam's mother heard a rumor that her son was wounded, and reassures his family that the only way anyone in his outfit could be hurt would be by falling out of bed. He asks them to tell Mrs. Milam that Bob is okay if they see her.
Date:
August 14, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 14, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 14, 1943. He asks for new fountain pens, and wants to know what happened to the watch he sent home.
Date:
July 14, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 14, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., on January 14, 1943. He mentions a friend who has gone AWOL, and who will lose his citizenship if he doesn't turn up in 2 days. He also details the war bonds he's taken out and how much money he's going to send home to put in the bank.
Date:
January 14, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., August 14, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis Sr. on August 14, 1943. He tells his father to sell most of Willis' rifles if he can get a good price for them.
Date:
August 14, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 113th Congress, Second Session
Congressional Record in which Representative Ros-Lehtinen honors the life of Woman Airforce Service Pilot, Frances Sargen, describing her service with the WASP and her life after retirement.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather for Aircrew Trainees
Textbook titled "Weather for Aircrew Trainees" or "Air Forces Manual No. 6" belonging to Suzette Van Daell. It contains general weather information, as well as specific information regarding temperature, pressure, and thunderstorms.
Date:
February 14, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince, August 14, 1942]
Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince discussing Plosser's plan to call Prince at 12:00 that night.
Date:
August 14, 1942
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USO Postcard]
A color postcard featuring a USO building, sent from Joel Wilson to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wilson in Abilene, Texas.
Date:
April 14, 1947
Creator:
Wilson, Joel C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Worksheet: Use Dallas Sectional Chart, July 14, 1944]
Worksheet completed by Suzette Van Daell. The worksheet contains twenty questions about reading coordinates, and all questions are answered.
Date:
July 14, 1944
Creator:
van Daell, Suzette
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harold Salfen, February 14, 2000
Access:
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Purple Heart Certificate: Corporal Charles Frazier]
Certificate awarding a posthumous Purple Heart to Corporal Charles Frazier (A. S. No. 38095183) for wounds received January 13, 1945 during World War II. It is signed by the United States Adjutant General and Secretary of War.
Date:
March 14, 1945
Creator:
United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Rare Letter Explains Reason Why The Inventor Orville Wright Seldom Flew]
Newspaper clipping explaining the reason Orville Wright did not travel in airplanes and why he kept this a secret from the public.
Date:
December 14, 1978
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Colonel Maurice Morgan]
Photograph of Colonel Maurice Morgan speaking on NBC's "Army Hour" show, discussing Camp Hulen's anti-aircraft personnel. The camp marching band is seated directly behind Morgan as he speaks into the microphone.
Date:
February 14, 1943
Creator:
Wilkinson, Stanley L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 14, 1944]
Letter to Cecile from her father about "Rhoda Junior" and wife coming back from the hospital from having a child whom will be named "Rhoda Anne". He also discusses the war and political issues.
Date:
February 14, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard Showing the Causeway at Port Lavaca]
Postcard showing the opening of the causeway at Port Lavaca. In the photograph there are multiple military trucks traveling in either direction on the bridge.
Date:
July 14, 1944
Creator:
Hill
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Officers Broadcasting on a Radio Show]
Photograph of of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Millhiser speaking on the NBC "Army Hour" radio show. Lieutenant Frank Grubbs is holding the microphone to the right side of Millhiser.
Date:
February 14, 1943
Creator:
Wilkinson, Stanley L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Personnel, Civilian: Wearing of the WASP Uniform
Air Force regulations for how personnel are to wear, take care of, and behave in a Women Airforce Service Pilots uniform
Date:
February 14, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, December 14, 1945]
Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots providing a questionnaire about their activities, meetings and memberships in regards to the Order of Fifinella.
Date:
December 14, 1945
Creator:
Quist, Mary C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women At War]
Newspaper clipping describing the experiences of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) including their activities after the group was deactivated and their fight for militarization.
Date:
September 14, 1975
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History