Newsmap. Monday, April 5, 1943 : week of March 26 to April 2, 186th week of the war, 68th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tunisia, Russia, Southwest Pacific, Air offensive, Aleutians. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset map shows Tunisia. Includes photographs: troops receiving daily news summaries, bombers in flight, M-10 tank destroyers, and a German Mark VI. Back: British Aircraft. 19 aircraft are identified by sketch or photograph. Text provides description of each.
Date: April 5, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, April 12, 1943 : week of April 2 to April 9, 187th week of the war, 69th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Solomons, New Guinea, Aleutians, Bolivia, Tunisia, Air offensive. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Sicily and Tunis. Includes photographs: Malaria control, Super block-buster [8,000 lb. aerial bomb], Change of ownership [captured Mercedes Benz troop-carrier], Bren-gun carriers support British Grenadiers in Kasserine Pass, Italian troops in the African war zone. Back: The Marine Corps. A unified fighting force. Graphic image shows helmeted Marine soldiers with rifles attacking a tropical island with ships and transport boats in background, as well as various photos of parachutes, bombardments, etc.
Date: April 12, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, April 26, 1943 : week of April 16 to April 23 : 189th week of the war, 71st week of U.S. participation

Text describes action on various war fronts: Tunisia, Raid on Japan, Southwest Pacific, Italy, Air offensive, Russia, Aleutians. Large world map is keyed to text. Shows United Nations countries, Axis and Axis occupied areas, countries with Axis relations broken, and neutral countries. Inset maps show Italy, Sardinia, and northern Tunisia; Axis held areas in Tunisia; Nazi held areas around the Sea of Azov. Back: Fox Holes: Dig!..Or Die! Photographs and illustrations describing proper fox hole preparation and use.
Date: April 26, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bivouacs at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of one of the first bivouacs at Camp Campbell. Men stand in between the tents.
Date: April 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Edward Scott Standing in Front of a Barracks Building]

Photograph of Edward Scott wearing along U.S. Army coat and carrying a bundle under his left arm. He is standing on a plank walkway that leads up to a lightly colored barracks building at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Two other soldiers can be seen standing on the wooden stairway that leads the building's entrance. The reverse side of the photo has a handwritten note that says that he has just returned from a ten mile hike.
Date: April 9, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barracks C30 at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of barracks C30 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. It is a two story wooden building with two ladders that extend from below the entrance and balcony to the roof. There are two doors on the balcony, both of which have broken windows.
Date: April 2, 1943
Creator: Thomas, Vern M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 30, 1943. He laments missing the opening of fishing season for the first time in years, and asks his parents to send him film and a camera.
Date: April 30, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 5, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 5, 1943. He reports getting promoted and acquiring a mattress. His company had their tents floored, and he tells what he did for his day off in honor of the first year anniversary of the formation of his battalion. He also straightens out money matters.
Date: April 5, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., April 10, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., April 10, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr. on April 10, 1943. He asks after the farm and the fishing in Waco.
Date: April 10, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 27, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 27, 1943. He sends an order that will allow them to send him film. He discusses the food, how he made himself a footlocker, and a radio his company bought.
Date: April 27, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 19, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 19, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 19, 1943. He details an "American dinner" he and his friends had in town.
Date: April 19, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 25, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 25, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 25, 1943. He tells them about his trip to Africa, focusing on a stop in Bermuda.
Date: April 25, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 17, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 17, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 17, 1943. He tells them how his friends are doing, and mentions seeing a swarm of grasshoppers.
Date: April 17, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Indian River in Florida]

Postcard of the Indian River in Florida, with a road running next to it. A handwritten note addressed to Clara Aten & Family from Col. Nevin E. Hermseige says "Hello Folks: I received your very nice card to-day, glad to hear from you, and hope you are all well. I am O.K. Mother said Carl had the mumps, I bet he looked sweet. Ha. I hope none of the rest got them. I haven't heard from Pappy K. lately either, the last I heard he was O.K. How does Woodie like the army by now? I guess everyone will be glad when it is over. It rained hard here all day, but is stopped just now, but it still looks like rain. Write when you can. As Ever. Nevin. Happy Easter."
Date: April 23, 1943
Creator: Hermseige, Nevin E.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati]

Postcard of a suspension bridge crossing a body of water in Cincinnati, Ohio. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten from Woodrow W. Aten in Camp Campbell says "Dear Helen and all: We just had our Easter dinner at the Mill Cafeteria here in Cleveland. This is a real perfect day for Easter too. I had an egg & 1/2 for dinner in a salad. Everything is swell. So long. Bro. Woodrow."
Date: April 25, 1943
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 1, Number 52, Thursday, April 29, 1943 (open access)

The Eagle, Volume 1, Number 52, Thursday, April 29, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: April 29, 1943
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 1, Number 50, Thursday, April 15, 1943 (open access)

The Eagle, Volume 1, Number 50, Thursday, April 15, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news. This issue includes a two-page photo spread on the corporation's top events and achievements of the past year.
Date: April 15, 1943
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 49, Thursday, April 8, 1943 (open access)

The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 49, Thursday, April 8, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: April 8, 1943
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. Harris to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, April 3, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from P. Harris to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, April 3, 1943]

Letter from P. Harris to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing a recent visit by Plosser and Prince to the Defense Plant Corporation.
Date: April 3, 1943
Creator: Harris, P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Snyder to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, April 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Snyder to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, April 5, 1943]

Letter from John W. Snyder to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince discussing the termination of the contract between them and the War Department, effective April 3, 1943.
Date: April 5, 1943
Creator: Snyder, John W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. E. Olin to Defense Plant Corporation, April 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from R. E. Olin to Defense Plant Corporation, April 5, 1943]

Letter from R. E. Olin to the Defense Plant Corporation discussing the Bill of Sale, Plancor 937.
Date: April 5, 1943
Creator: Olin, R. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. E. Olin to Defense Plant Corporation, April 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from R. E. Olin to Defense Plant Corporation, April 5, 1943]

Letter from R. E. Olin to Defense Plant Corporation discussing previous correspondence received April 3, 1943, informing the Defense Plant Corporation that they need more information in order to protect their legal rights moving forward in the termination of their contract.
Date: April 5, 1943
Creator: Olin, R. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to British Air Commission, April 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to British Air Commission, April 15, 1943]

Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to the British Air Academy enclosing a $10,000 check to be paid towards Plosser-Prince Air Academy's debt to the British Air Commission.
Date: April 15, 1943
Creator: Olin, R. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943] (open access)

[Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943]

Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) on March 31, 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date: April 6, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History