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Newsmap. Monday, July 6, 1942 : week of June 26 to July 2
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts including Midway, Western Europe, Russia, Egypt, Southwest Pacific, Mediterranean, China, and Jugoslavia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes two inset maps: "Rommel drives east for Suez"; Nazi-Russian battles near Kursk. Photographs: Saboteurs' weapons, Port of embarkation, Allied leaders in the Middle East [Major Gen. Russell L. Maxwell, General Sir Claude Auchinleck], Armoured observation car, U.S. Army troops in shadow of the pyramids; British mechanized unit salvages a disabled tank; Blocking Nazi tanks;"Production hits its stride". Back: Poster features photographs of British weapons.
Date:
July 6, 1942
Creator:
[United States]. Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, July 13, 1942 : week of July 3 to July 10
Text describes action on various war fronts: China, Russia, Western Europe, Southwest Pacific, Convoys, Egypt, Aleutians. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: The sixth year of war in the China provinces; The Russian central front; Battleground of the Middle East. Photographs: British gliders; Lady drivers; The FBI walked in; Royal inspection; Southwest fighting bases
Date:
July 13, 1942
Creator:
[United States]. Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, July 20, 1942 : week of July 10 to July 17
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, North Africa, Vichy fleet, Atlantic, Madagascar, Jugoslavia, Burma, China. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: Battle of Midway, Battleground in North Africa, Russian Front. Photographs: U.S. carrier is hit; Somewhere in Australia; Night bloom; Desert daybreak; Taken from Rommel; All-Chinese gun crew; Seagoing tractor on test; Ride through hell. Back: Text and illustrations promote the WEFT (Wing, Engine, Fuselage, Tail) method of aircraft recognition.
Date:
July 20, 1942
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, July 27, 1942 : week of July 17 to July 24
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Southwest Pacific, China, Aleutians, Atlantic, North Africa, Western Europe, Russia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: China front, Russian front. Includes seven photographs. Back: Photographs show a variety of tanks utilized by the British Army.
Date:
July 27, 1942
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 251st week of the war, 133rd week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: France, Eastern front, Italy, Air war, Southeast Asia, China, Saipan, Pacific, Southwest Pacific. Maps: Finland, North Burma, France, Eastern front. Back: Text and color illustrations explain the importance of teamwork, preparation, and support in combined or amphibious operations.
Date:
July 3, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 11 weeks, 188th week of U.S. participation in the war
Front: At bottom left: Halsey's ships rake Japan. At upper right: The Queen Mary brings home a boatload of Yanks. At lower right: Soldiers marching in formation behind a listing of "Divisions tenatively scheduled to return to United States during remainder of 1945. At lower center: Ft. Jackson, S.C. - training in jungle fighting before leaving for the Pacific. In center: Training posts for divisions returned and due to return for redeployment. Map showing Asia and northern Australia ; outline map of the U.S. showing locations of various military camps Includes 3 photographs. Back: The battle line. Text describes the role of the Army Engineer. Includes photographs: Road making materials ground out by an Engineer rock crusher -- Bulldozer carving a road out of a hillside -- Dependable water supplies for troops -- Engineers working in deep snow as they unreel and adjust barbed wire -- Engineer divers are decompressed -- Bridges are arrested so that tank-dozers may clear the path -- Storms only make the "snapper's" job tougher as he seeks out mine fields -- Engineer corps cranes operate in the surf.
Date:
July 23, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 12 weeks, 189th week of U.S. participation in the war
Front: Text describes war action at 7 points in Japan and is keyed to map. Map: U.S. and British fleet fight along the coasts of Japan. Includes photograph: Swarms of carrier aircraft and guns of the combined U.S. and British fleet rocked Japan. Back: 1907. Text describes the creation of a division of aeronautics in 1907. Includes 9 photographs of various types of Allied aircraft.
Date:
July 30, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000
Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Thomas recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date:
July 21, 2000
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000
Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Macia recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date:
July 21, 2000
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Phinney, July 15, 2010
Interview with James (Jim) Phinney, an aircraft electrician for the U. S. Navy during Wold War II. He discusses joining the Navy, going through boot camp and becoming an aircraft electrician. He was assigned to the USS Lexington but abandoned ship after it was hit by a torpedo. He was rescued and was then sent to San Diego to be reassigned to the USS Enterprise. He mentions being at Guadalcanal and later aboard a sub-chaser. The crew crossed the Equator and consequently participated in an initiation ceremony, during which time Admiral Halsey was nearly shot by one of the ship's pilots who forgot to lock his gun. He also recalls some of the food he ate while at sea.
Date:
July 15, 2010
Creator:
Cox, Floyd; Phinney, James & O'Konski, Susan
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mary Schandua, July 9, 2004
Interview with Mary Schandua, a riveter for the Boeing Company during World War II. Florence Reeves also participates in the interview. She began working for the Boeing Company as a riveter in Seattle after she married her husband John, who was in the service. She assembled wing sections on aircraft.
Date:
July 9, 2004
Creator:
Nichols, Chuck & Schandua, Mary
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970
Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date:
July 19, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Moss, Jack
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, July 9, 1945]
Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, on July 9, 1945. He is sending them a copy of a letter from a friend.
Date:
July 9, 1945
Creator:
Fielder, Park B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aviation Cadet Club Membership Card]
Membership card to the Aviation Cadet Club belonging to Frank W. Gardner. The front of the card says: "Aviation Cadet Club Official Membership Card. This is to certify that the bearer F. W. Gardner is a member in good standing of the Aviation Cadet Club and is entitled to all privileges and benefits as such. Youngblood Hotel, Enid, Oklahoma. Club Phone ---, Date 7-11-42." The back of the cards reads: "I agree to fulfill my obligations to the Aviation Cadet Club and to abide by its rules and regulations. Unless revoked for any reason, this card entitles the bearer, as an aviation cadet, to membership in the Aviation Cadet Club for a period of one year from date of issue."
Date:
July 11, 1942
Creator:
Aviation Cadet Club
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Rex B. Gorrell]
Photograph of Rex B. Gorrell, of Company A of the 714th Tank Battalion, standing in front of a building in Santa Anita.
Date:
July 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Greasing a Tank]
Photograph of Snuffy Raulston and Elmer Shafer greasing a tank at Camp Bowie.
Date:
July 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jim Nixon]
Photograph of Jim Nixon in uniform, in Richmond, Virginia. A tree is visible behind him.
Date:
July 24, 1954
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Waitkowiczes On First Wedding Anniversary]
Photograph of Tony and Alice Waitkowicz posing together on their first wedding anniversary.
Date:
July 26, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jim Nixon]
Photograph of Jim Nixon posing in uniform.
Date:
July 24, 1954
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 2004
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Interview with Army veteran Harlan W. Crouse, including personal experiences about combat in the Philippines during World War II, the Japanese surrender in Yokohama Harbor, and being present during the post-war U.S. occupation of Japan.
Date:
July 2, 2004
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Crouse, Harlan W., 1926-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Tanks Crossing a Pontoon Bridge]
Photograph of tanks crossing the Cumberland River on a pontoon bridge while soldiers stand near the riverbank.
Date:
July 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Homer Petross Speaking at Farmers Branch Church of Christ]
Photograph of Homer Petross speaking into a microphone in front of a congregation at the Farmers Branch Church of Christ. He is wearing a World War II era helmet and Army uniform.
Date:
July 4, 1994
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers at Free Servicemen's Lounge]
Photograph of a group of F Company soldiers from the 44th Armored Regiment. They are posing on the steps of the free servicemen's lounge in Nashville, Tennessee. The ten uniformed men stand on either side of an older man who wears glasses and a lightly colored suit. The building has columns standing on either side of the stairway. A striped shield hangs over the brick arch of the entryway.
Date:
July 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Men in Line]
Photograph of four men, three in uniform and one in civilian clothing, standing in a line at Camp Campbell. They are, from left to right, Albert Gaus, Fernie Barnes, James Kelley, and Donzel Kelley. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date:
July 21, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History