[Letter from Ethel Sheehy to Mary Ruth Rance, February 28, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Ethel Sheehy to Mary Ruth Rance, February 28, 1943]

Letter from Ethel A. Sheehy to Mary Ruth Rance discussing the applicant interview details and age requirements for the Women Airforce Service Pilots program.
Date: February 28, 1943
Creator: Sheehy, Ethel A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vocational Training Card]

Vocational training card belonging to Jack Vaughan. It certifies that he has satisfactorily completed vocational training at Klamath Union High School as a sheet metal worker.
Date: February 28, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Individual Pay Record Book of James Darley, Company A 141st Infantry] (open access)

[Individual Pay Record Book of James Darley, Company A 141st Infantry]

Pay record book belonging to James Darley, the first page on the inside contains information about his birth date, the date of enlistment, and the date he opened the book. His net monthly pay is $2630; he has four entries of payments written in the table on page 4, all having date paid and the names of the "quartermaster making payment." Pages 9 through 11 include instructions for the soldier about how to handle such an account and that they are to wear them at all times.
Date: [1919-02-28..1919-06-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 233rd week of the war, 115th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Air war, Burma, USSR. Maps show air attacks from London to various sites in Germany; New Ireland; south Pacific; Truk Is. Includes photographs: "Island forts", Marine corps set up radio telephone sets at Roi Island, Leathernecks set up machine guns immediately upon landing, All-Negro Ninety-Ninth Fighter Squadron at Anzio, German prisoners disembark from an LST to a prison camp, wounded female Jugoslav guerillas arrive in Malta, General Sir Harold Alexander chats with Yank rangers near Cisterno. Back: Text states "In Mein Kampf, Hitler stated that his plan was to destroy France first, then England, after which he would have the United States cornered without a fight!."
Date: February 28, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Battery "C" 493rd Armored]

Photograph of Battery "C" 493rd Armored at Camp Campbell, Kentucky from February 1943. In total there are four rows of soldiers.
Date: February 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Battery B, 493rd Armored Field Artillery]

Photograph of Battery B, 493rd Armored Field Artillery, at Camp Campbell, KY on February 28, 1943.
Date: February 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Family, February 28, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Family, February 28, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing liberty, students and training courses, the barracks, clothing, her pay status, and new cadets. Written on Blue Bonnet Hotel (Sweetwater) stationary.
Date: February 28, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 28, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for good weather in Shreveport, getting dinner, flying in bad weather and delivering a plane to Jackson MS, and waiting for a return flight.
Date: February 28, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd Lamb, February 28, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Boyd Lamb, February 28, 2001

Interview with Boyd Lamb. He answers questions about his life before enlisting, life on the USS Tennessee, and his life post-war.
Date: February 28, 2001
Creator: Chamblin, Marie & Lamb, Boyd
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History