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[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 19, 1944]
Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing construction going on in his area.
Date:
January 19, 1944
Creator:
Smith, Merrill
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 27, 1944]
Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about life on his deployment and the beach.
Date:
January 27, 1944
Creator:
Smith, Merrill
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul E. Papish, January 30, 1989
Interview with Paul E. Papish, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Denver, Colorado, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Papish discusses joining the Navy in 1939 and training, assignment to the Houston and operations in the Pacific, the start of war and initial engagements, the Battle of the Java Sea, getting sunk at Sundra Strait, surviving on a raft and reaching shore on Java, capture, initial internment, transfer to and experiences in Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and liberation.
Date:
January 30, 1989
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Papish, Paul E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank W. Ficklin, January 16, 1987
Transcript of an interview with Frank Ficklin, a businessman, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion." Ficklin discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Ficklin discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944), and his liberation.
Date:
January 16, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Ficklin, Frank W., 1922-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Volnie S. Burk, January 10, 1972
Interview with Volnie S. Burk, an Army veteran and survivor of the siege at Fort Hughes near Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burk discusses the fall of Fort Hughes and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1943), the Manila port area (1943), his return to Bilibid Prison (1943-1944), the fall of Manila (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
January 10, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Burk, Volnie S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, January 2, 1943]
Letter to Cecile from her father discussing Christmas week, Pearl Harbor, possible German involvement with Africa, and the war in general.
Date:
January 2, 1943
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Contractors' Hotel News, Volume 1, Number 3, Friday, January 29, 1943
Weekly newsletter edited by war workers contracted by the Pacific Naval Base and the Pacific Bridge Company "publishing everything of interest to men of Area 3" (p. 2), including news, editorials, sports articles, and classifieds.
Date:
January 29, 1943
Creator:
Youtan, Art
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Contractors' Hotel News, Volume 1, Number 1, Friday, January 15, 1943
Weekly newsletter edited by war workers contracted by the Pacific Naval Base and the Pacific Bridge Company "publishing everything of interest to men of Area 3" (p. 2), including news, editorials, sports articles, and classifieds.
Date:
January 15, 1943
Creator:
Youtan, Art
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History