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The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 2011
Creator: Cartwright, Brian & Velvin, Candace E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 232, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 232, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 211, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 211, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 168, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 168, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 146, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 146, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 103, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 103, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 60, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 60, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 119, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 2011
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 2011 (open access)

Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 2011

Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 2011
Creator: Hogan, Vickie Lee
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 142, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 142, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 26, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 26, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 26, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 297, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 297, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 2011
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Evan Riley, October 26, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Evan Riley, October 26, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Evan Riley. Riley was born in Nashville, Tennessee 5 September 1921. At a very young age, he and his four siblings were placed into an orphanage and he tells of growing up during the Depression. Joining the US Army in 1942, he was selected to attend Officer Candidate School and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1943. He then received training in the tank corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After spending several months at Camp Cooke, California, he requested a transfer to an Airborne unit. He was accepted and sent to Fort Benning, Georgia where he transferred from being a tank officer to being an infantry officer. Upon completing his paratroop training he joined the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division on Luzon in June 1945. The unit was on Okinawa preparing for the invasion of Japan when Japan surrendered. On 28 August 1945 the unit landed at Atsugi, Japan as a part of the Occupation forces. He was then sent to Sendai where he served for nine months before returning to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Following the end of World War II, Riley remained …
Date: October 26, 2011
Creator: Riley, Evan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert K. Kaufman, September 26, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert K. Kaufman, September 26, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Captain Robert K. Kaufman. Kaufman discusses getting nominated to the US Naval Academy in 1936 and describes some experiences he had there. During his years there he went on summer cruises aboard the USS Arkansas (BB-33) and the USS New York (BB-34), visiting Germany in 1937 and again in 1939. Upon graduation, Kaufman reported aboard the USS Wichita (CA-45) as the communcations officer before it steamed for South America. After a few months, he became a gunnery officer. When th ewar got started, the Wichita cruised to Iceland and patrolled in the Atlantic. Kaufman was aboard the Wichita when the North African invasion occurred and then left the ship to report to submarine school, from which he graduated in June, 1943. From there, he reported aboard the USS Gato (SS-212). Kaufman served aboard the Gato for five war patrols, the last two as the Executive Officer. In March, 1945, he became the Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Submarine Force Commander (Admiral Charles Lockwood) and moved to Guam. He was invited to attend the sirrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) i nTokyo Bay and rode in an airplane from Guam to Saipan with …
Date: September 26, 2011
Creator: Kaufman, Robert K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harry Bayne, August 26, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Harry Bayne, August 26, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Brigadier General Harry Bayne. Bayne joined the Army Air Corps as a private in September, 1941. By August, 1942, he had attained the rank of flying sergeant, but soon was commissioned a second lieutenant. His first assignement was ferrying airplanes to fields where pilots were training. Eventually, he was sent to India and flew missions carrying fuel over the Himalaya Mountains to bombers and other airplanes operating out of China. He flew sixty-three missions over the HUmp before the end of the war. After the war, he remained in a pilot training command. What follows is a conversation about the remainder of Bayne's career in the military. He flew more planes, closed air bases in Europe, took a young Prince Charles of England for a joy ride in a plane, etc. Bayne also discusses his role in the recovery of the hydrogen bomb that was aboard a B-52 that crashed off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea in 1966.
Date: August 26, 2011
Creator: Bayne, Brigadier General Harry
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gilberto Mendez, August 26, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Gilberto Mendez, August 26, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Gilberto Mendez. Mendez's parents left Mexico in 1910 to escape the violence Mexican Revolution and relocated to San Antonio, Texas, where Gilberto was raised until the family moved back to Mexico during the Depression. When Mexico declared war on Germany in 1942, Mendez was drafted into the Mexican Army (Spanish: Erjecito Mexicano) for one year. Upon being discharged from the Mexican Army, Mendez was called up in the US where he volunteered for duty in the US Marine Corps. He trained in Sna Diego and then went to Hawaii. From there, he was attached as a replacement prior to the invasion of Iwo Jima. Mendez landed on Iwo Jima six days after the beginning of the invasion. Mendez then describes action on Iwo Jima in which he faced a banzai charge from Japanese infantry and shot twenty enemy soldiers. After about a week of combat on Iwo Jima, Mendez was wounded by an exploding mortar round and evacuated from the island to a hospital ship. He eventually made his way back to the US where he was discharged from the Marine Corps in November, 1945. Mendez then mentions that he did a little boxing …
Date: August 26, 2011
Creator: Mendez, Gilberto
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Burnes R. "B. R." Whitehead, July 26, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Burnes R. "B. R." Whitehead, July 26, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Burnes R. Whitehead. Mr Whitehead went into the Marine Corps on 10 Jul 1941 and went to boot camp in San Diego. Joined the 2nd Marine Division when it formed up at Camp Elliot and shipped out for Guadalcanal on the USS Alhena (Merchant Marine ship). His battle station for the Guadalcanal invasion was on top of a stack of the USS Alhena with twin Lewis guns. His outfit (2nd Regiment, 2nd Headquarters) went ashore at Tulagi Island but he didn't go ashore. His Headquarters company ended up in Espirtu Santo (New Hebrides) where he got malaria. He was a driver. From there they went by ship to Wellington, New Zealand, started unloading the ship and then got trucked to Paekakariki. They formed the 2nd Raider Battalion there but Whitehead was not part of that unit. He went to Tarawa from there with the 2nd Marine Division and was there for three nights and four days. He was the only survivor out of a Higgins boat. The boat got hung up on a reef and they got hit by a mortar (he received shrapnel in his arm); he was in water up to his …
Date: July 26, 2011
Creator: Whitehead, Burnes R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clemens Kathman, January 26, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Clemens Kathman, January 26, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clemens Kathman. Kathman was drafted into the Army in March 1941. He joined the 200th Coast Artillery and traveled to the Philippine Islands. He describes the Japanese bombing Clark Field and then being sent to Bataan. Kathman was captured and became a POW. He details the march to camp that followed and the difficulties that he endured. Kathman was assigned to the burial detail at Camp O’Donnell and describes the duties he performed. He was then sent to Cabanatuan and goes into detail on the diet of the prisoners. Kathman then traveled to Japan in the hold of a freighter. In Japan he suffered a ruptured appendix and was given an improvised treatment by American medics. He ended up in Nagoya and describes his liberation and treatment through his return to the United States.
Date: January 26, 2011
Creator: Kathman, Clemens
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History