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Academic Year 1967-1968, Unit 11: Other Island Dependencies and Trusteeships (open access)

Academic Year 1967-1968, Unit 11: Other Island Dependencies and Trusteeships

This booklet is the sixth unit of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about countries and territories in the Pacific. This unit discusses Guam, American Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and New Guinea. It includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of a Dirt Road]

Aerial photograph of a curvy dirt hill amongst the hills of Guadalcanal.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Settlement and River]

Aerial photograph of a settlement near a river where several large ships are visible.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anti-Aircraft Battery]

Photograph of anti-aircraft batteries of the United States task force in the battle of the Santa Cruz. Two ships are in the distance with smoke above them.
Date: October 26, 1942
Creator: Smith, Loran F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Band Parade]

Photograph of a parade of the Army band in light colored uniforms. In the background is a row of palm trees.
Date: 1941~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barracks Interior]

Photograph of the interior of barracks in either Caledonia or Guadalcanal. Two rows of bed go across the barracks and two men are seen lying on beds across from one another. Coats and hats line the right wall of the barracks.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barracks on Guadalcanal Island]

Photograph of a row of U.S. barracks somewhere on Guadalcanal Island.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Battle of the Solomons. (open access)

The Battle of the Solomons.

Lyrical quatrain poem that rhymes on the 2nd and 4th line of each stanza on the subject of the Battle of the Solomons from the American's perspective.
Date: August 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bent Plant in Jungle]

Photograph of a small plant with two off shoots one bent towards the ground at a forty-five-degree angle. Behind the pant are fallen logs.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blowing Balloons]

Photograph of a soldier blowing a balloon. Another soldier is sat in front of the ballon with a magazine in his lap and laughing at the other man.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bunk Punch]

Photograph of three men gathered around a bowl with citrus fruit pieces floating in it on a bunk. On the left one of the men is pouring a bottle into the bowl and stirring the contents with a spoon. To his right a dark-haired man squeezes the juice of a piece of fruit over the bowl with one hand and holds a cigarette in the other. On the right a man in glasses leans over the bunk with a mug in hand.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate for the Navy Cross, 1942] (open access)

[Certificate for the Navy Cross, 1942]

Citation for the Navy Cross awarded posthumously to Captain Cassin Young for his actions on November 12-13, 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal in which he lost his life while in command of the USS.
Date: 1942-11?
Creator: Knox, Frank, 1874-1944. & Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Stasny Photo Sheet-3]

Page from scrapbook showing the travels of Charles Stasny during the war. The photo on the front is a man lying in a hammock. Another man leans against the hammock stand behind the man lying down. The back top photo is three shirtless men posing in front of a tent. The back bottom left photo is a path to a small house. The back bottom right is a man leaning against a frame covered in vines and bushes. The photographs are mounted on a piece of black scrapbook paper.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Stasny Photo Sheet-7]

Page from scrapbook showing the travels of Charles Stasny during the war. Four photos are missing from the front page. The back top left photo is three men posing for a photo. The back top right photo is a man leaning against a fence. The back bottom photo is three men sitting with kittens on their laps. The photographs are mounted on a piece of black scrapbook paper.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christmas in Guadalcanal]

Four photographs of soldiers celebrating Christmas in Guadalcanal. The top two photographs show soldiers receiving presents being handed out by officers. The bottom two show them around a table of food inside the mess tent. The photographs are attached to a larger base where "Christmas" is written between each pair.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close Up of Ground]

Photograph of a small dirt pile amongst long grass in Guadalcanal.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cot in the Forest]

Photograph of a folding cot left out in the forest.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Covered Entrance to Dugout]

Photograph of an entrance to a dugout covered partially by sticks and a tarp. Bits of liter and broken sticks surround the entrance.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Jeep]

Photograph of a broken down and badly damaged Jeep pulled to the side of a dirt road. All of the Jeep's tires are flat and the window shield has been busted out. On the right two men in trench coats and hats stand with their backs to the camera.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Palm Trees, #1]

Photograph of the trunks of palm trees in different heights missing almost all fronds.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Palm Trees, #2]

Photograph of the trunks of palm trees in different heights missing almost all fronds.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Shed]

Photograph of a small shed with an overhanging roof to the left a missing wall on the right. A small pile of wood is on the ground in the shed sticking out of the hole in the wall and on the grass outside of it. In the background sits a pile of sandbags and a forest of palm trees.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary Entries, Eugene Houston] (open access)

[Diary Entries, Eugene Houston]

Handwritten diary pages from Eugene J. "Gene" Houston, who served on the U.S.S. Gillespie during World War Two. Ranging from a few words to a few sentences, the entries are dated and mention naval activities in the Pacific Theater.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: Houston, Eugene J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History