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Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date: March 29, 2011
Creator: Wiseman, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date: March 29, 2011
Creator: Wiseman, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting With Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce 9 Dec 2004 (open access)

Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting With Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce 9 Dec 2004

The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, and Mr. Thomas Ledvina, Assistant General Counsel (I&E), met at 1327 on 9 December 2004 with a delegation from the Charleston, South Carolina, Metro Chamber of Commerce (CMCOC). Attending for the CMCOC were: The Honorable Richard Eckstrom, Comptroller General, State of South Carolina; the Honorable Ed Fava, Charleston County Council; Mr. Peter Wertimer, Immediate Past President, CMCOC; VADM Albert J. Baccario, USN (Ret.), Chair, Military Relations Policy Council, CMCOC; BGEN Thomas R. Mikolajik, USAF (Ret.), Military Relations Advisor, CMCOC; Ms. Mary Graham, CCR, Vice-President, Public Policy/Regional Advancement, CMCOC; Ms. Caitlin Ruthven, Military Relations Coordinator, CMCOC; Mr. Chris Socha, Legislative Assistant to Senator-elect Jim DeMint; and Ms. Delores DaCosta, Chief of Staff for Congressman Henry Brown; In addition, LCDR Vincent J. Moore, JAGC, USNR and Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (Ism) were also present.
Date: August 29, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting with South Carolina Military Base Task Force 14 March 2005 (open access)

Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting with South Carolina Military Base Task Force 14 March 2005

The Honorable BJ Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment, and the Honorable Wayne Arny, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities met with the Honorable Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina and members of the South Carolina Military Base Task Force, including Kurt Taylor, Mayor Pro Tempore, North Charleston; Bob Coble, Mayor, Columbia; Bill Rauch, Mayor, Beaufort; Joe Riley, Mayor, Charleston; William Randolph, Mayor Pro Tempore, Sumter; Richard Eckstrom, Comptroller General and Co-Chair, South Carolina Military Base Task Force; Brig. General (ret. ) Thomas R. Mikolajcik, USA; and, James C. McGuire, Off ice of the Governor, in Room 43523 at 1000 on 14 March 2005. In addition, CAPT John E. Cohoon, USN, Chief of Staff, Commander Navy Installations Command; CAPT James D. Heffernan, USN, OASN (I&E); and, Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (IS&A) were also present.
Date: August 29, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending January 25, 1986 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending January 25, 1986

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, the week ending December 21 to the week ending January 25, during 1984, 1985, and 1986 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: January 29, 1986
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 10PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 29, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 29, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6PM Sports] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. Transcript of page 3: "Brownwood knocked off defending state class 3-A champion Lubbock Estacado 29-13 in a bi-district football stunner."
Date: November 29, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Riots] (open access)

[News Script: Riots]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 29, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Students] (open access)

[News Script: Students]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 29, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner, June 29, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner, June 29, 1964]

Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner discussing about the equipments and testing machines at Pilot Spinning Laboratory, along with the research work at the mills and suggesting to do business with them.
Date: June 29, 1964
Creator: Thompson, Edward Randall, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1402.0081]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Southwest Regional Conference of the National YWCA, which opened Thursday night at the Biltmore Hotel, will continue through Sunday."
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - July 21, 1949] (open access)

[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - July 21, 1949]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Eula Clark, Columbia, South Corlina, dated July 21, 1949. Eula advises that this is one of her emergencies and her letters remain unanswered asking if something is wrong or what, that she is terribly upset.
Date: July 29, 1949
Creator: Clark, Eula
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Wahoo (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1928 (open access)

The Texas Wahoo (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1928

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date: September 29, 1928
Creator: Texas (Battleship)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The News and Courier. (Charleston, S.C.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1883 (open access)

The News and Courier. (Charleston, S.C.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1883

Daily newspaper from Charleston, South Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 29, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History