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Bill of sale from A Smith (open access)

Bill of sale from A Smith

Bill of sale for a girl around 3 years old named Laura, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by Arthur Smith and signed January 23. 1832.
Date: January 23, 1832
Creator: Smith, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Cummulative Environmental Impacts -Naval Support Activity Midsouth Millington Tennessee (open access)

Summary of Cummulative Environmental Impacts -Naval Support Activity Midsouth Millington Tennessee

Disregard restriction header and footer - Summary of Environmental Impacts and Costs for Naval Support Activity Midsouth Millington Tennessee
Date: June 23, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regiment, 2nd Battalion. He was then transported from fort Knox to Ireland then to England for a short time before being shipped out to Oran in North Africa. On the way to Oran, the ship he was on was almost hit by a missile shot by a German U-boat, but it instead hit another ship that was nearby. By the time Mr. Nielsen reached Oran he was a segreant Tank Commander. He also relays a time he warned his Company Commander about German Tiger Tanks being in their area and being ignored only for them to show up a few days later resulting in one captain deserting and being captured by German soldiers. Mr. Nielsen …
Date: August 23, 2001
Creator: Nielsen, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History