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[Invoice for Car Services, September 1950] (open access)

[Invoice for Car Services, September 1950]

Invoice for services rendered by Stè Anme Des Garages De France, including Castrol drain, brake adjustment, hubcap attachment, etc. worth 39 Francs.
Date: September 27, 1950
Creator: Garage des Nations
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Payment Made by D. W. Kempner, August 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Payment Made by D. W. Kempner, August 1953]

Receipt for payment made by D. W. Kempner to Compagnie Gènèrale Transatlantique on account of transportation to and from Le Havre and New York, etc. for $475.
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Medcalf, December 27, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Geroge Medcalf from Greensville, South Carolina. He discusses his experience in training in Camp Mcoy in Wisconsin and meeting his wife there. He also discusses his time in the Second Infantry Division with the 38th Regiment, Company C, preparing for the Normandy Invasion. Mr. Medcalf also relays how he had to take over command of his Company during the invasion when he was injured by flying shrapnel and sent back to England for recuperation. He shares a story of how while advancing on Leipzig, Germany he was saved from German artillery fire when his sergeant offered him a piece of candy moving him away from the line of fire. The war ended while Mr. Medcalf was in Czechoslovakia, and after the war he received a purple heart and a cluster.
Date: December 27, 2000
Creator: Medcalf, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cruise Ticket Copy] (open access)

[Cruise Ticket Copy]

Copy of passage ticket issued to Gladys Kempner for a first class seat leaving the Havre port in October.
Date: July 27, 1955
Creator: Continental American Travel Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History