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[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #2]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo. A note can be seen written on the back of the photo: "Sweetwater Municipal Airport- The first hangar built in 1929 on South side of the field. Photo taken in 1941".
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #4]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #3]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, November 29, 1943 : week of November 18 to November 25, 220th week of the war, 102nd week of U.S. participation
Text describes action on various war fronts: USSR; New Guinea; Gilbert and Marshall Islands; Bougainville; Air Offensive; Italy. Maps: Berlin; Global map. Inset map: Areas under Jap Control. Photograph: An American Army Signal Corps telephone lineman repairs a line in Capriatti. Back : Surprise... a powerful weapon. Photographic sequence of a hatchet attack on a Nazi soldier illustrates text urging whole-hearted cooperation of all to guard military information.
Date:
November 29, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Dan Melli and Irving Denemark in a Wooded Area]
Photograph of Dan Melli and Irving Denemark standing together in a wooded area. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, helmets, and bedrolls.
Date:
September 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Resting Outside Receiving Medical Station]
Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers resting together outside a tent in a wooded area. The tent is identified as a medical receiving station. The men are identified from left to right as Paul O'Connell, Irving Denemark, Dan Melli, and Julian Marchado.
Date:
September 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Posing and Eating Apples]
Photograph of five soldiers posing together in a field. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, field jackets, and helmets. Bernikow and Dan Melli are eating apples while standing behind the kneeling trio of Irving Denemark and two other soldiers. Several other soldiers are visible near small trees and a truck in the background.
Date:
September 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Bearing a Man on a Litter]
Photograph of Irving Denemark and Dan Melli carrying an unnamed soldier on a litter. A man identified as Bernikow stands over the unnamed soldier and holds his hand.
Date:
September 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Separation Qualification Record]
Separation qualification record, detailing the jobs Justin L. Bible held in the army.
Date:
November 29, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Resting Outside Receiving Medical Station]
Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers resting together outside a tent in a wooded area. The tent is identified as a medical receiving station. The men are identified from left to right as Howard Levine, Dan Melli, Irving Denemark, and Julian Marchado.
Date:
September 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Treating a Patient on a Litter]
Photograph of Dan Melli, Nathan Levine, and Irving Denemark standing over another soldier who is lying on a litter. Melli sponges the man's face while Denemark is holding and bandaging his left leg. The men are all wearing U.S. Army uniforms and helmets.
Date:
September 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 29, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 29, 1944. He sends reassurances to Wilbur Crawford's mother that he's fine, and tells his parents not to worry about him, since he's not at the front lines.
Date:
February 29, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 29, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 29, 1944. He lays out plans to spend his day off with Wilbur Crawford. He is excited about the opening of an enlisted men's club for his battalion soon.
Date:
March 29, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, September 29, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on September 29, 1943. He thanks them for the crystal radio set they sent him, and discusses the men from home he's run into in Africa.
Date:
September 29, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 29, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 29, 1943. He discusses football and going to a movie, and wishes for shotguns to go duck hunting with his friend.
Date:
November 29, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Industrial Lubricating Oil and Grease Contract, June 1, 1942]
Formal contract outlining an agreement for the Gulf Oil Corportation to provide aviation oil to Plosser-Prince Air School in Sweetwater, Texas from June 1 1942 to May 31, 1943.
Date:
May 29, 1942
Creator:
Gulf Oil Corporation
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur B. Clark, September 29, 2000
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Arhtur B. Clark, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery. Clark discusses joining the National Guard, training and maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and surrender to the Japanese, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, labor on the Burma "Death" Railway, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a reference page and a written flight log by Col. Tom Sledge.
Date:
September 29, 2000
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Clark, Arthur B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, July 29, 1945]
Letter to Cecile from her father mentioning her mother's health, international relations, Winston Churchill, and the war.
Date:
July 29, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I.H. to Cecile Kempner, April 29, 1945]
Letter to Cecile from her father anticipating the end of the war.
Date:
April 29, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Woman made revolutionary WWII flights]
Newspaper clipping describing the life of Jane Tedeschi, her desire for flying air craft and her experiences as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
May 29, 2017
Creator:
Simpson, Kevin
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Francisco Sectional Aeronautical Chart
Aeronautical map of California region showing topographical features and various aeronautical symbols for flight navigation. An enlarged portion of the map in the bottom left corner shows a closer look at San Francisco and its surrounding cities. Scale 1:500,000.
Date:
April 29, 1971
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 81, Extract 21]
Special orders reassigning several Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) from Romulus Air Force Base to AAF Tactical Center in Orlando, Florida.
Date:
June 29, 1944
Creator:
553d AAF Base Unit
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, March 29, 1943 : week of March 19 to March 26, 185th week of the war, 67th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tunisia, Air offensive, Submarines, Southwest Pacific, Russia, China. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Gulf of Gabes region, Moscow region. Includes photographs: Counter attack at Kasserine, New Navy planes, Enemy hospital ship. Back: Gas. 5 gases are illustrated and described; Lewisite, mustard, tear gas, phosgene and clorpicrin.
Date:
March 29, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Kleiss, September 29, 2000
Interview with Jack Kleiss, a pilot during World War II. He discusses training for carrier landings on USS Enterprise; the arrival of VMF-211 aboard Enterprise and their delivery to Wake Island; and the attack on Pealr Harbor on 7 December 1941. Kleiss was in a dive bomber and attacked Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway, where he earned the Navy Cross.
Date:
September 29, 2000
Creator:
Nichols, Chuck & Kleiss, Jack
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History