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Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Hood of Indianapolis, Indiana. He discusses entering the U.S. Navy in September of 1942 without basic training as he was a college graduate. After being sworn in at Wabash College he was sent to Harvard Business School for Supply Corps for 4 months before being assigned to a ship in Pearl Harbor despite having no sailing training. Mr. hood was assigned to the Cummings DE643, he was supposed to be on the Samuel B. Roberts but the naval officer over him changed his mind last minute and 37 days later the Roberts sunk. While in Tulagi, Mr. Hood was involved in shooting down a Kamikaze plane, even receiving a ribbon for it after the war. He was also involved in the Battle of Okinawa and even saved two shells and years later had them signed by U.S. pilot Paul Tibbets. Mr. Hood was discharged from the Navy on February 28th, 1946, at Santa Ana, California as a Full Lieutenant. He was recalled to the Navy for the Korean War on March 2nd, 1951, and discharged for the final time on March 30th, 1953, as a Lieutenant Commander.
Date: June 21, 2007
Creator: Hood, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graveyard Drawing] (open access)

[Graveyard Drawing]

Graveyard drawing of loved ones (pets and people); the reverse side has a poem entitled "A Message" signed by Jeffery Penney.
Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: Penney, Jeffrey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0550 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0550

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Effect of constable’s constructive resignation prior to the county’s redistricting that abolished the constable’s precinct (RQ-0554-GA)
Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0551 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0551

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a justice of the peace may continue to administer polygraph examinations, for the criminal district attorney’s office, to criminal defendants subsequent to “arraignment” and setting of bail (RQ-0558-GA)
Date: June 13, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0552 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0552

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county may own or operate a medical clinic in an adjacent county without the adjacent county’s consent (RQ-0560-GA)
Date: June 25, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0553 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0553

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county may constitutionally contract under Local Government Code section 351.061 to provide a nongovernmental association with a constable office’s law-enforcement services provided the contract (1) allows the constable to retain control and supervision of the constable’s officers and (2) does not obligate the constable to assign officers to devote any portion of their working time to the nongovernmental association (RQ-0559-GA)
Date: June 9, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Carnival 2007 information packet] (open access)

[Carnival 2007 information packet]

A document collecting information relating to the 2006 Carnival event hosted by the UNT Multicultural Center. There is a letter announcing the upcoming event, papers with general event information, a sign-up sheet for booths focused on specific countries, black and white versions of the documents, pages with flag collages, and a flier for booth sponsors.
Date: June 6, 2007
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus Reconciliation Summary (open access)

Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus Reconciliation Summary

Reconciliation summary and detail with an ending balance of $4,369.22 for the period ending on June 30, 2007.
Date: June 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library