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[Photograph 2012.201.B1275.0710]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Judging from this photo, the University of Oklahoma football team attended the dog races in Jacksonville."
Date: December 30, 1946
Creator: Fisher, Robert E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0591]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma split end Corey Warren runs for yardage during Sunday's Gator Bowl game in Jacksonville, Florida."
Date: December 30, 1991
Creator: Hellstern, Paul
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Raid] (open access)

[News Script: Raid]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 30, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, September 30, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing getting some pants fitted and eating dinner at the airport. The postcard features a photo of the Sunken Garden at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio.
Date: September 30, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Milton R. McFarland to Cornelia Yerkes Kafka, July 30, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Milton R. McFarland to Cornelia Yerkes Kafka, July 30, 1979]

Letter from Maj. Milton R. McFarland of the USAF Directorate of Personnel Data Systems to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka introducing forms for her discharge from the US Air Force and discussing entitlement to veteran benefits.
Date: July 30, 1979
Creator: McFarland, Milton R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Samuel Kreiter to I. H. Kempner, November 30, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Samuel Kreiter to I. H. Kempner, November 30, 1950]

Letter from Samuel Kreiter to I. H. Kempner requesting to know if a date has been decided for the meeting for the combined campaign of the Union-College-Institute that Kempner agreed to host in his house.
Date: November 30, 1950
Creator: Kreiter, Samuel
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Turner] (open access)

[News Script: Turner]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about after nine long months a mis- trail which was declared at Florida.
Date: May 30, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Buell, September 30, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harold Buell, September 30, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Buell. While attending college in Iowa, Buell took advantage of the Civilian Pilot Training program and earned a pilot's license in 1940. He volunteered for the Navy and went to flight school at Pensacola, Florida, where he earned his wings and a commission in November, 1941. He was assigned to go aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) as a member of Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) and arrived in time for the Battle of the Coral Sea. His squadron suffered enough damage to be removed from the Yorktown prior to the Battle of Midway. Buell was assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and flew search and rescue missions from her during the Battle of Midway. After that battle, Buell was transferred to yet another carrier, the USS Enterprise (CV-6), prior to the invasion of Guadalcanal. While flying off the Enterprise, Buell and ten other pilots had to land on Guadalcanal at Henderson Field. They and their dive bombers then became members of the Cactus Air Force. Buell describes the living conditions on Guadalcanal as opposed to those aboard an aircraft carrier. His group finally got off Guadalcanal and returned …
Date: September 30, 2000
Creator: Buell, Harold
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francis R. Ferry, September 30, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Francis R. Ferry, September 30, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis R. Ferry. Ferry grew up in Nebraska and taught for a year before joining the Navy in 1942. He had enrolled in the Civilian Pilot Training Program prior to enlisting. He trained on the N3N, the SNJ, the OS2U, the BT, the SBC3 and other types of aircraft. He was assigned to be a dive-bomber, flying the SB2C Helldiver. Ferry was initially assigned to VB-14 and left aboard the USS Wasp to the coast of Venezuela where he continued training. He was reassigned to VB-82 and left on the USS Bennington (CV-20) for Pearl Harbor. The ship joined Task Force 58.1 for Japan. He flew his first combat mission over Tokyo. He was involved with burning the beaches on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He then was involved in the attack on the Japanese ship Yamato. His air group was the lead group in on the first strike, and Ferry himself dropped rockets and bombs that may have been hits. His wife Genevieve Ferry briefly discusses what her experiences were on the homefront.
Date: September 30, 2000
Creator: Ferry, Francis R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History