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Oral History Interview with Raymond Tavary, April 25, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond Tavary, April 25, 2002

Interview with Raymond Tavary, a flight engineer in the Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about his job in the military and what life was like during the war.
Date: November 27, 2004
Creator: Sheldon, Jessica & Tavary, Raymond
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed, Nov. 27, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed, Nov. 27, 2009]

Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed recalling an old cereal commercial with the phrase "when it's round up time in Texas", and using that to lead into requesting Reed's help to gather a group of WASP to attend a Pearl Harbor Survivors memorial in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Date: November 27, 2009
Creator: Bullord, Ronald
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 272nd week of the war, 154th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Open general offensive, Armies in action, Italian fighting bitter, Budapest under siege, U.S. planes hit Manila, Japs increase pressure, Ledo-Burma Road. Maps: Leyte progress, Italian front, Allied offensive, Budapest to Miskolc. Back: Text and 12 photographs highlight the "Mulberry" secret floating harbor used with the European invasion.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from B. K. Yount to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from B. K. Yount to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]

Letter sent from Lt. Gen. B. K. Yount, commander of USAAF Training Command, to WASP Gayle Snell offering well-wishes to WASPs and thanking them for their service.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Yount, Barton Kyle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 27, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing having Thanksgiving dinner on American Airlines, staying in the Hotel Scharbauer in Midland, winter weather in West Texas, a ball at the hotel, recent letters, shows she'd like to see, and flying. Written on Hotel Scharbauer stationary.
Date: November 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944] (open access)

[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]

Envelope from the War Department sent to Gayle Snell.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John Cowden, November 27, 1991

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with John Cowden, a Navy veteran from Missouri, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: November 27, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cowden, John, 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 27, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Lorraine giving birth to a baby girl named Julie Kate. Catherine also reminds Joe to write letters to Cope and A.C., and not to send to much money home.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 27, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his uneventful day including beginning to build a little house to store guns in, deciding not to play poker, and taking some pictures to mail to her.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alstern L. Reick, November 27, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alstern L. Reick, November 27, 2001

Interview with Alstern L. Reick, an electrician in the US Navy during WWII. He answers questions about his life in the military and his experiences abroad.
Date: November 27, 2001
Creator: Evans, Celeste & Reick, Alstern L.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History