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Schloß Taxis mit Dischingen vom Flugzeug aus

Postcard featuring an aerial view of Schloß Taxis and the surrounding area. Schloß Taxis is a castle with a large primary building that is surrounded by smaller secondary buildings. A forest is visible to the right, and a village in the background is located among vast expanses of fields.
Date: unknown
Creator: A. Weber & Co.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Academic Year 1967-1968, Unit 3: Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany (open access)

Academic Year 1967-1968, Unit 3: Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany

This booklet is the third unit of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the armed forces of non-communist countries. This unit discusses the armed forces of West Germany and includes background information, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 12, Chapter 3. The Warsaw Pact Forces (open access)

Command Study 12, Chapter 3. The Warsaw Pact Forces

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the military strength of communist countries. This chapter discusses the military strength of communist countries in Eastern and Central Europe and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 8, Chapter 1. Berlin - A Divided City (open access)

Current Study 8, Chapter 1. Berlin - A Divided City

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about major areas of conflict in the Cold War. This chapter discusses "the historical background on divided Berlin and [provides] an understanding of the impact -- both positive and negative -- that the area has had on the Western World's attempts to achieve a guaranteed peace through diplomacy" (p.1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 9, Chapter 3. The United States Air Forces in Europe (open access)

Current Study 9, Chapter 3. The United States Air Forces in Europe

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about commands within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses the Unites States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), its history, mission, and "its relationship to the total European and world military situation." It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: November 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 9, Chapter 5. Military Air Transport Service (open access)

Current Study 9, Chapter 5. Military Air Transport Service

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about commands within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses the mission, organizational structure, and functions of the Military Air Transport Service. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: February 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Beach on Stairs]

Photograph of Bob Beach sitting on stairs in Goppenger, Germany. Another person stands to the far right.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jeep Drivers]

Copy photograph of Jeep drivers Captain Bob Beach and Charles Herrman posing side by side.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Nixon Seated]

Copy photograph of Jim Nixon in dress uniform, sitting on a chair in front of a decorated Christmas tree.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Road South of Danube]

Copy photograph of a road south of the Danube River, where Bob Beach was promoted to major and wounded on the same day. There are trees and electric poles on both sides of the road.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Diessen]

Copy photograph of Colonel Charles Bromley standing with several other soldiers in front of a fence in Diessen, Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Germany]

Copy photograph of Bob Beach and Clyde Maddox standing in front of a building in Germany.
Date: April 1945
Creator: Beach, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Doug Crossman]

Photograph of Doug Crossman of Charlie Company, wearing a button-down shirt.
Date: 1945
Creator: Coloney, Wayne
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Richard Beltrame]

Photograph of Richard Beltrame in Germany. He wears a tie.
Date: 1945
Creator: Coloney, Wayne
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rigdon Edwards, November 4, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rigdon Edwards, November 4, 1994]

Card from Charlyne Creger to Rigdon Edwards discussing the number of remaining WASP, his attendance to the Silver Wings reunion, and his travels in the near future. On the cover is a painting by Winslow Homer titled "The Reaper".
Date: November 4, 1994
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 23, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 23, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing his recent stay in a hospital, US Army presence in Germany, discussions with Air Force officers, and aviation.
Date: July 23, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release of Vendor's Lien, Alfred Fasshauer et al. to Henry Sayles, Jr.] (open access)

[Release of Vendor's Lien, Alfred Fasshauer et al. to Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Document which releases Henry Sayles' from the vendor's lien held by Alfred and Mary Fasshauer. The lien related to Lot 6 of the Alfred and May Fasshauer Subdivision of Survey 65, Blind Asylum land in Taylor County, Texas.
Date: February 27, 1929
Creator: Fasshauer, Alfred
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release of Vendor's Lien From Alfred and Mary Fasshauer to Henry Sayles, Jr.] (open access)

[Release of Vendor's Lien From Alfred and Mary Fasshauer to Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Document certifying that Henry Sayles, Jr. paid five promissory notes to Alfred and Mary Fasshauer specified in the vendor's lien on the property, lot 5 of the Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision of Survey 65, Blind Asylum Land in Taylor County, Texas.
Date: February 27, 1929
Creator: Fasshauer, Alfred & Fasshauer, Mary
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German School House]

Photograph of a school house in Wasseralfingen, Germany, which served as the command post for the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion in 1945.
Date: September 6, 1977
Creator: Fisher, Earl
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German School House in Wasseralfinger]

Photograph of a school house in Wasseralfingen, Germany, which served as the command post for the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion in 1945.
Date: September 6, 1977
Creator: Fisher, Earl
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Soldiers by Building]

Photograph of two soldiers, Carl J. Lyons and Roma, standing in front of a building.
Date: 1945
Creator: Fisher, Earl
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Soldiers with a Truck Beneath an Overhang]

Photograph of George Hatt standing behind Tolbert Worley, Guy Hamby, and Roy Herron while they are underneath a wooden overhang. A truck's rear door is open to the left with a hanging canvas bag.
Date: June 1945
Creator: Folsom, Leroy E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Homer Petross Posing for a Portrait]

Photograph of Homer Petross wearing a U.S. Army uniform, chest ribbon, wire-rimmed glasses, and a garrison cap. He also wears identification tags around his neck.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Fotohaus Carl Mader
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition] (open access)

[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition]

Copy of the June 1995 copy of The Washington Post. Articles about Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, the Women in Military Service for America (WIMSA) Memorial Foundation, and more are included.
Date: June 22, 1995
Creator: Griest, Stephanie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History