10 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 26, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 26, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 26, 1943. He talks about buying fruit and vegetables from the Arabs, and offers to send his parents a foot stool if they want one. He also promises to send more money home.
Date: May 26, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charlyne Creger: An Oral History (open access)

Charlyne Creger: An Oral History

Transcript of and oral history interview of Charlyne Creger conducted by interviewer, Dawn Letson. They discuss Creger's family history, her life growing up in Oklahoma, and her life and career after entering and graduating the Women Airforce Service Pilots. An index of subjects discussed is listed at the end of the interview.
Date: May 26, 1988
Creator: Letson, Dawn & Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Fred L. Richardson, May 26, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Fred L. Richardson, May 26, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Fred L. Richardson discussing a contract between Plosser-Prince Air Academy and the Defense Plant Corporation for the account of the U.S. Army Air Corps, mentioning that the Academy will be subject to Army Air Corps auditors and that Richardson should refrain from deposit guarantees. The subject line of the letter reads, "Community Natural Gas Co. Dallas, Texas", and is crossed out in pen.
Date: May 26, 1942
Creator: Knowles, M. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - May 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - May 26, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Lorraine returning from Florida and plans to go to Gonzales for the weekend, Catherine also tells Joe to ask for things he would like so she can mail him a package.
Date: May 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Church Organ]

Photograph of ornately carved organ over the archway of a cathedral in Fulda, Germany.
Date: May 26, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of German Church]

Photograph of the interior of a church in Fulda, Germany, showing the elaborate alter and pews.
Date: May 26, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers in Front of Tents]

Photograph of Louis Britton and DiAmico, who holds a rifle, standing in front of canvas tents in the military encampment at Fulda, Germany. Note on the back of the photo describes this place as "tent city."
Date: May 26, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Church Interior]

Photograph of the interior of a cathedral in Fulda, Germany. A long shot of the hall, the ornate alter and pews are shown.
Date: May 26, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two German Soldiers in Front of Tents]

Photograph of a pair of German soldiers standing arm-in-arm in front of a row of tents that line a dirt road.
Date: May 26, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interviews with Columbus Savage, May 1994

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Colonel Columbus Savage, an Army Air Corps veteran (16th Bomb Squadron) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Savage discusses Bataan Airfield (1941-1942), the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1945), Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), Mukden, Manchuria (1945), and his liberation by Russian troops. Appendix includes a photocopy of an article from the May 24, 1991 edition of the Carswell Sentinel, titled, "Warrior received belated honors" by MSgt. Dick Hodgson [p. 1]
Date: 1994-05-26/1994-05-31
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Savage, Columbus
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library