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[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 20, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Jessie Bell being stationed in Illinois, seeing the movie Gaslight, a potential visit with Uncle John and Aunt Em that she avoided, and her idleness at work.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 20, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, having his broken watch mailed home to her, appreciating her handwritten letters, and playing a game of poker. The third page of the letter has notes from Joe's crewmates, Graves and Williams, on the back.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - June 20, 1943]

Letter from Harold Langrill to his wife describing the daily army training activities and how many of the other trainees have passed out from exhaustion or from all of the vaccines that they have received. He also discusses finances and medication that he received for bed bug bites and a cold. It is written on Camp Wolters stationery that has a large color image of a lake and trees at the top of the first page and small text at the bottom about the Camp.
Date: June 20, 1943
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972

Interview with Jake Guiles, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Guiles discusses joining the service, training, being stationed at Nichols Field in the Philippines, the Japanese invasion and American retreat to Bataan, fighting as infantry, surrender at Marivales, the Bataan Death March, experiences in internment at Camp O'Donnell and Cabantuan, transit to Japan, internment at Hitachi mining camp, liberation, and reflections. In appendix is a notebook kept by Guiles, containing names of fellow prisoners, a self-made Japanese dictionary, a diary, and other recordings.
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Guiles, Jake
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Dale Martin to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, June 20, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from Dale Martin to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, June 20, 1972]

Letter from Dale Martin to the Women Airforce Pilots thanking them for hosting their 30th Memorial Reunion at the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Martin, Dale
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dale Martin to Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans, June 20, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from Dale Martin to Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans, June 20, 1972]

Letter from Dale Martin, president of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce, extending well-wishes to the participants of the 1972 WASP reunion.
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Martin, Dale
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 20, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 20, 1944. Churchill recently said that victory was getting closer, and Willis hopes that he will be home this year or the next spring. A boy from a ranch in Texas spent the night with Willis. He also received a long letter from a friend, Joe S. Lattimore, who said that medical school was difficult.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Catherine McGrath]

Photograph of WASP trainee Catherine McGrath from 44-W-10, wearing a jacket and cap with goggles and looking up to her left. On the back is a description: "Class 44-W-9, in flight #1, Avenger Field, June 20, 1944"
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Ethel Lytch]

Portrait photograph of WASP Ethel Lytch, smiling in her flight cap and jacket.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Pam L. Carr]

Photograph of WASP trainee Pam L. Carr from class 44-W-10 wearing a flight cap and jacket.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers In Front of Plants]

Photograph of three soldiers, including James Kite in the middle, posing in front of trees and brush in Heidenheim, Germany. A building is visible in the background.
Date: June 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Hahn Standing Beside a Jeep]

Photograph of William Hahn standing arms akimbo beside a jeep on a road. The dark haired man is only wear a pair of shorts and shoes.
Date: June 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Hahn Standing Beside a Jeep]

Photograph of William Hahn standing arms akimbo beside a jeep on a road. The dark haired man is only wear a pair of shorts and shoes.
Date: June 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Hahn Standing Beside a Jeep]

Photograph of William Hahn standing arms akimbo beside a jeep on a road. The dark haired man is only wear a pair of shorts and shoes.
Date: June 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History