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[News Script: Cambodia]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
December 24, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Snail]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about little delicacy for the gastronomical goodness participation in the 4th Annual Escargot Eating Contest.
Date:
February 25, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gatch Search]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about military officials who say that the air search for missing American balloonist Thomas Gatch will continue.
Date:
February 25, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann, December 7, 1964]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann offering her some more Moroccan stamps.
Date:
December 7, 1964
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann, November 19, 1964]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann enclosing an envelope from Casablanca, Morocco.
Date:
November 19, 1964
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Christian Clerc, May 30, 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Christian Clerc introducing him his nephew, James C. Kempner who's now in naval service. And he's leaving for his post in Morocco and he might pass through Paris and Kempner has told him to get in touch with Christian if Jim ever needs help. And he might do that same thing at the end of the year after getting married and taking his wife back to Morocco with him.
Date:
May 30, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date:
May 10, 2000
Creator:
Scheffel, Charles
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Wartime Diary of Sigismund Koperniak
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The personal diary of Sigismund Koperniak, a Navy veteran, detailing his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Spence during World War II. Launching of the Spence and sea trials off Portland, Maine, January, 1943; shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February, 1943; escort duty in the Atlantic and Caribbean, March, 1943; convoy duty in the Casablanca, French Morocco, area, April-May, 1943; passage through the Panama Canal, June, 1943; escort duty for the carriers Princeton and Belleau Wood en route to Baker Island, September, 1943; attachment to Destroyer Division 23 in the Solomon Islands, September, 1943; patrols off Kolombangara and Vella Lavella Islands; interdiction of Japanese shipping and the Spence's role in sinking of twenty barges off of Vella Lavella; bombardment of Buka-Bonis airfields, November 1, 1943; Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, November 2, 1943; support for landings on Bougainville, November 3, 1943; capture of a Japanese sailor; continued attacks by Japanese aircraft; gun battles with Japanese cruisers and destroyers in the Buka-Rabaul route, November 24, 1943; shore bombardments of Tiaraka, Bougainville, Kavieng, and New Ireland, January-February, 1944; shore bombardment of Emirau, Aitape, Humboldt Bay, and Caroline Islands, March 1-24, 1944; shore bombardment during the invasions of the Marianas Islands, June 19-27, …
Date:
2002
Creator:
Koperniak, Sigismund
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from G. Monnier to Harris Leon Kempner, June 6, 1962]
Letter from G. Monnier to Harris Leon Kempner mentioning that it's pleasure to know that his nephew is going to live in Port Lyautey, and he'd be happy to meet him sometime.
Date:
June 2, 1962
Creator:
Monnier, G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Floyd Taylor, June 26, 1998
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Interview with Dr. Floyd Taylor, a surgeon and World War II Army veteran. In the interview, Dr. Taylor discusses his experiences as a member of the 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, with which he traveled to North Africa, Italy, and France during the war. He recalls several memorable happenings concerning his career, including his induction into the U.S. Army Medical Department, his assignment to the Surgical Hospital, the formation of the Auxiliary Surgical Group, his encounter with Time correspondent Jack Belden, and the Winter Line Campaign. Dr. Taylor also discusses several of his assignments while serving in the war, including the Mayo Clinic, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the invasion of Italy and Salerno, the Anzio-Nettuno invasion, and his travels across the Atlantic to Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. He explains his role in the compilation and publication of the War Department publication entitled, Surgery in World War II (Volume II): General Surgery. Dr. Taylor goes into more detail about the many procedures he practiced as a surgeon on the battlefield, and discusses penicillin use, the value of penicillin on the black market, the use of colostomies, field X-ray facilities, blood replacement treatment, and the treatment of specific injuries such as abdominal and …
Date:
June 26, 1998
Creator:
Trotter, Bob & Taylor, Floyd
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Handwritten Letter from Sabine Chardine to Jeane Kempner, September 29, 1948]
Letter from Sabine Chardine to Jeane Kempner discussing how Nicole is now engaged to a man, how they are golfing with the nice weather, and thanking Jeane for the sheets she sent her.
Date:
September 29, 1948
Creator:
Chardine, Sabine
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Jerry Thomas, May 25, 1962]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Jerry Thomas discussing Kempner sending money for a transportation bill and Lyda Ann and Art both traveling to Colorado. Kempner also informs Thomas of Jim Kempner's upcoming wedding and his navy assignment to Morocco.
Date:
May 25, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ens. and Mrs. James C. Kempner, September 25, 1962]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ens. and Mrs. James C. Kempner discussing I. H. Kempner being unsure of what to send the newlywed couple and deciding on a check, and Kempner expressing his interest in the couple's life in Morocco and in Navy circles.
Date:
September 25, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to James C. Kempner, July 17, 1962]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to James C. Kempner discussing James's birthday, I. H. Kempner's visit with Denny and Neale Kempner, and the state of John F. Kennedy's presidency.
Date:
July 17, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner, February 27, 1956]
Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner discussing the delivery of documents pertaining to the shipment of Kempner's car abroad, including an application for customs and police documents, a pamphlet entitled "Facts about Shipping your Car Abroad," and a White Cross European Insurance brochure.
Date:
February 27, 1956
Creator:
Sheridan, W. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner, April 21, 1955]
Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner discussing the delivery of documents pertaining to the shipment of Kempner's car abroad, including an application for customs and police documents, a pamphlet entitled "Facts about Shipping your Car Abroad," and a White Cross European Insurance brochure.
Date:
April 21, 1955
Creator:
Sheridan, W. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner, 1962~]
Letter from Jim Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner discussing Jim's new position in the Navy and his request to return home to marry being rejected by the Navy. Jim also explains the untrusting nature of Morocco to the Kempners.
Date:
1962~
Creator:
Kempner, Jim
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History