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[Purple Heart Certificate: Corporal Charles Frazier] (open access)

[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
[Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, December 14, 1945] (open access)

[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
[File for Discharge Record] (open access)

[File for Discharge Record]

Slip of paper filed for record in Grayson County. It reads: "The State of Texas, county of Grayson. I, J. C. Buchanan, Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that the foregoing instrument of writing, with it Certificate of Authentication, was filed for record in my office on the 14 day of Dec, 1945 at 3 o'clock P.M. and duly recorded this 19 day of Dec, 1945 in the Discharge Records of said County, in Vol. 8, pages 86. Witness my hand and seal of said Court at Sherman, Texas this 19 day of Dec, 1945. J. C. Buchanan, Clerk County Court, Grayson County, Texas."
Date: December 14, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers in Germany]

Photograph of Charles W. Lorenz, Jess Ponce, and Nicholas Carricino standing together holding mugs and food. A wooden fence and a house is visible behind them.
Date: May 14, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 296th week of the war, 178th week of U.S. participation

Front: Victory in Europe--map overlays photograph of military prisoners ; map of Japan and Japanese-held areas includes text pointer giving current and projected troop strength of Japanese military forces. Back: [text and ill.]: This is why we fight-- [Concentration camp victims]./ Photo on back: Pfc. James L. Watkins, Oakland, Cal., 106th Inf. Div is examined by Army personnel after rescue.
Date: May 14, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 14, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 14, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service and worrying about Catherine taking flying lessons, though he has faith in her ability.
Date: January 14, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 14, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 14, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the card she sent him for Valentine's Day, his joy at Catherine's frequent bridge games, and sending her some snapshots of men in his crew.
Date: February 14, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, September 14, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, September 14, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on September 14, 1945. He relates a rumor related to his return to the states, and mentions a letter his father wrote him before he went abroad that has become an inspirational guide to him.
Date: September 14, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 14, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 14, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing the opening of a new enlisted men's club, news from home and recent correspondence, flying, working a night shift at the Red Cross canteen, and Japanese army souvenirs. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: November 14, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 14, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 14, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, a bracelet from her friend Phyllis made from aircraft steel, meeting her friend Marion's brother, working with a Red Cross Clubmobile, preparing to leave Hawaii for a location in the South Pacific (Guam), and some photos.
Date: July 14, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History