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Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Weekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2010
Creator:
Stewart, James E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 250, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 2011
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2011
Creator:
Brown, Gloria
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 118, No. 245, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2010
Creator:
Brown, Gloria
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Garber-Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 117, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 2016
Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2016
Creator:
Deeds, Lacey
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 2011
Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2011
Creator:
Hogan, Vickie Lee
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 47, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 22, 2013
Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2013
Creator:
Aldaz, Gina
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 2011
Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2011
Creator:
Mann, Rick
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 22, 2018
Semiweekly newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2018
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 117, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 2016
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2016
Creator:
Steinkopff, Eric
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 116, No. 419, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2015
Creator:
Bush, Michael
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 195, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 22, 2013
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2013
Creator:
Bush, Michael
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 183, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 2011
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2011
Creator:
Bush, Michael
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 272, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 22, 2010
Creator:
Bush, Michael
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Patrick Walseth, December 22, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Patrick N. Walseth. Walseth joined the Navy in July of 1944. On 15 November, he was assigned to USS LSM-43, and assisted with transporting construction equipment to Pearl Harbor. Walseth learned several tasks aboard the ship, including training with the telegraph machine, the 20mm gun and general deck seaman responsibilities. In January of 1945, they landed six Sherman tanks and 30 Marines on Oahu. Beginning 19 February through 28 March, they landed supplies on Iwo Jima for US forces in the midst of combat. In late September, Walseth was sent to Reykjavik, Iceland and served as a Fire Chief with a Seabees maintenance group. He returned to the US in June of 1946 and received his discharge.
Date:
December 22, 2016
Creator:
Walseth, Patrick
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Julius Erdos, December 22, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Julius Erdos. Erdos joined the Army Air Forces in April, 1943. After basic, he went to Biloxi to train as an engine mechanic. In January 1944 Erdos went to Tinian to be a B-29 mechanic. He returned to the US in December. Erdos shares several anecdotes about his time in the service.
Date:
December 22, 2015
Creator:
Erdos, Julius
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Medley, December 22, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Scott Medley. Medley joined the Navy around the spring of 1943. In late summer, he deployed to Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. He then served as Seaman First Class aboard USS Crescent City (APA-21), and traveled across the equator, where he shares his pollywog hazing stories. His battle station aboard the ship was loading ammunition in the anti-aircraft and five-inch guns. He shares combat experiences in shuttling Marines aboard a Higgins boat at Guadalcanal and for the invasions of Peleliu and Leyte. Medley shares experiences of kamikaze planes trying to attack the Crescent City. He returned home in late 1945.
Date:
December 22, 2015
Creator:
Medley, Paul
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edgar Hessek, December 22, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar Hessek. Hessek joined the Navy in October of 1942. In February of 1943 he was assigned to the American Builder, a commercial ship, as a radio operator. They traveled to South Africa and England delivering war materials. In 1944 he was transferred to the USS Swenning (DE-394). From late 1944 into 1945 they traveled to Casablanca, the Pacific, Guam, Wake Island and Okinawa. He describes a torpedo attack by a submarine on their trip to Guam and witnessing a number of kamikaze attacks. He describes crossing the equator and the Shellback initiation. He was discharged in February of 1946.
Date:
December 22, 2017
Creator:
Hessek, Edgar
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ida Paxton, December 22, 2012
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ida Paxton. Paxton was raised in the Dust Bowl and educated in a one-room schoolhouse. When the war began, her mother sought permission of the ration board to acquire new shoes for the growing children in her family. Paxton left school in the ninth grade and worked at a drugstore soda fountain. At 17 she became engaged to a young soldier who was home on leave. She went with him to Oakland, where he was stationed, and got a job at the Emeryville Ordnance Depot. There she drove all sorts of Army vehicles, from DUKWs to half-tracks, taking them to their ports of embarkation. Soon after marrying, her husband deployed to the Pacific, corresponding in code so that Paxton could follow his wartime experiences. She also drove military vehicles in war bond rallies, V-J Day parades, and the celebration of General Wainwright's homecoming. Immediately after the surrender, her unit worked for 30 days straight, often until midnight, preparing vehicles for the occupation forces. Afterwards, she transported longshoremen from place to place, until her husband returned in November 1945.
Date:
December 22, 2012
Creator:
Paxton, Ida
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Oliver E. Marheine, December 22, 2011
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Oliver E. Marheine. During the Depression, Marheine worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1939 before moving to Detroit and taking a jobn in a factory making poarts for airplanes. From there he was drafted into the Army Air Forces in September, 1942. For a while he served as a cook at a glider pilot training base in North Carolina. Then Marheine shipped out to New Guinea. He continued serving as a cook there, then on Luzon and Okinawa. He was attached to the 7th Glider Echelon, 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 5th Air Force while serving in the Pacific. On Luzon, in the Philippines, Marheine worked in an officer's club. He was serving there when Japan surrendered. After the war, Marheine established an officer's club in Japan during the occupation before shipping home.
Date:
December 22, 2011
Creator:
Marheine, Oliver E.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edgar Hessek, December 22, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar Hessek. Hessek joined the Navy in October of 1942. In February of 1943 he was assigned to the American Builder, a commercial ship, as a radio operator. They traveled to South Africa and England delivering war materials. In 1944 he was transferred to the USS Swenning (DE-394). From late 1944 into 1945 they traveled to Casablanca, the Pacific, Guam, Wake Island and Okinawa. He describes a torpedo attack by a submarine on their trip to Guam and witnessing a number of kamikaze attacks. He describes crossing the equator and the Shellback initiation. He was discharged in February of 1946.
Date:
December 22, 2017
Creator:
Hessek, Edgar
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Patrick Walseth, December 22, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Patrick N. Walseth. Walseth joined the Navy in July of 1944. On 15 November, he was assigned to USS LSM-43, and assisted with transporting construction equipment to Pearl Harbor. Walseth learned several tasks aboard the ship, including training with the telegraph machine, the 20mm gun and general deck seaman responsibilities. In January of 1945, they landed six Sherman tanks and 30 Marines on Oahu. Beginning 19 February through 28 March, they landed supplies on Iwo Jima for US forces in the midst of combat. In late September, Walseth was sent to Reykjavik, Iceland and served as a Fire Chief with a Seabees maintenance group. He returned to the US in June of 1946 and received his discharge.
Date:
December 22, 2016
Creator:
Walseth, Patrick
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Julius Erdos, December 22, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Julius Erdos. Erdos joined the Army Air Forces in April, 1943. After basic, he went to Biloxi to train as an engine mechanic. In January 1944 Erdos went to Tinian to be a B-29 mechanic. He returned to the US in December. Erdos shares several anecdotes about his time in the service.
Date:
December 22, 2015
Creator:
Erdos, Julius
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Medley, December 22, 2015
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Scott Medley. Medley joined the Navy around the spring of 1943. In late summer, he deployed to Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. He then served as Seaman First Class aboard USS Crescent City (APA-21), and traveled across the equator, where he shares his pollywog hazing stories. His battle station aboard the ship was loading ammunition in the anti-aircraft and five-inch guns. He shares combat experiences in shuttling Marines aboard a Higgins boat at Guadalcanal and for the invasions of Peleliu and Leyte. Medley shares experiences of kamikaze planes trying to attack the Crescent City. He returned home in late 1945.
Date:
December 22, 2015
Creator:
Medley, Paul
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ida Paxton, December 22, 2012
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ida Paxton. Paxton was raised in the Dust Bowl and educated in a one-room schoolhouse. When the war began, her mother sought permission of the ration board to acquire new shoes for the growing children in her family. Paxton left school in the ninth grade and worked at a drugstore soda fountain. At 17 she became engaged to a young soldier who was home on leave. She went with him to Oakland, where he was stationed, and got a job at the Emeryville Ordnance Depot. There she drove all sorts of Army vehicles, from DUKWs to half-tracks, taking them to their ports of embarkation. Soon after marrying, her husband deployed to the Pacific, corresponding in code so that Paxton could follow his wartime experiences. She also drove military vehicles in war bond rallies, V-J Day parades, and the celebration of General Wainwright's homecoming. Immediately after the surrender, her unit worked for 30 days straight, often until midnight, preparing vehicles for the occupation forces. Afterwards, she transported longshoremen from place to place, until her husband returned in November 1945.
Date:
December 22, 2012
Creator:
Paxton, Ida
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History