[Letter from Richard J. Smith to Sharron Davis, Oct, 10, 2010] (open access)

[Letter from Richard J. Smith to Sharron Davis, Oct, 10, 2010]

Letter from Richard J. Smith to Sharon Davis discussing his time in the military and pictures he has worked on for the museum.
Date: 2010-09-27/2010-10-10
Creator: Smith, Richard J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed, Nov. 27, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed, Nov. 27, 2009]

Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed recalling an old cereal commercial with the phrase "when it's round up time in Texas", and using that to lead into requesting Reed's help to gather a group of WASP to attend a Pearl Harbor Survivors memorial in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Date: November 27, 2009
Creator: Bullord, Ronald
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Book summary Web Page] (open access)

[WASP Book summary Web Page]

Printed web page with a summary of the book "Go Home Little Fifinella", written by Winnie LoPinto. A photo of the author as a young WASP with a plane can be seen at the top of the page.
Date: January 27, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about the Battle of Midway. They also contributed to a radio show and worked with the national press corps. He then worked at the Naval Air Station in Seattle before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii to meet with soldiers who had returned from Tarawa. In Texas, he attended officer training school and college at Southwestern University. After the war ended, he studied at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma for law school. He recalls an incident in which his office released a story about a cat that had kittens on board a cruiser; they reported this good news from the Pacific prior to the Battle of Midway. He also met Admirals Nimitz …
Date: January 27, 2005
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet] (open access)

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about finding veterans' burial information on a government database. On the back of the clipping, there are engagement announcements for six couples.
Date: June 27, 2004
Creator: Jones, Martha
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001

Interview with Albert Bouley, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Marines just after Pearl Harbor; his assignment to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division; the battle of Guadalcanal; malaria and dysentery; the battle of Cape Gloucester; the use of Pavuvu as a base; the battle of Peleliu; his return to the United States; guard duty at the Brooklyn Naval Yard and his service as an instructor in a heavy weapons school before the end of the war. He joined the Air Force 2 1/2 years later to be able to fly and work on planes, then retire to become a teacher in California, and finally settled in Texas.
Date: June 27, 2001
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Bouley, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Department of Veterans Affairs to Charlyne Creger, December 27, 1999] (open access)

[Letter from Department of Veterans Affairs to Charlyne Creger, December 27, 1999]

Letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to Rosa C. Creger discussing her increased benefits in regards to a new law passed by Congress to increase service-connected benefits.
Date: December 27, 1999
Creator: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim McCrery to Charlyne Creger, October 27, 1999] (open access)

[Letter from Jim McCrery to Charlyne Creger, October 27, 1999]

Letter from Jim McCrery to Charlyne Creger responding to her previous request for the 1944 congressional members of Louisiana.
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: McCrery, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999

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Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration of the Air Force, and the Roswell UFO incident. Some additional biographical information about Ramey is provided by Colonel Terry Garland.
Date: April 27, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Garland, Terry & Roberts, John A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert E. Galer, August 27, 1998

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Interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences concerning the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; the Guadalcanal Campaign as commander of VMF-224; and as head of the 584 Radar units during the campaigns for the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy ROTC at the University of Washington, 1931-35; pilot training at Sand Point, Pensacola, and Quantico, 1935-38; assignment to amphibian squadron on Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1938-40, and his minor role in the "destroyers-for-bases" deal with Great Britain, 1940; assignment as commander of VMF-224, 1942; description of the Grumman Wildcat fighter plane; assignment to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942; episodes involving aerial combat against the Japanese; aerial combat tactics; living conditions at Henderson Field; shot down for the first time on September 12, 1942; shot down for a second time on October 2, 1942; personnel problems with dysentery and malaria; reassignment to COMAIRPAC, November, 1943; Command and Staff College, 1943; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for twenty-nine consecutive days of combat and eleven-and-one-half kills; meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office; development of the 584 Radar for close-air support; Iwo Jima, …
Date: August 27, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Lane, Peter B. & Galer, Robert E., 1913-2005
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TWU WASP Homepage] (open access)

[TWU WASP Homepage]

Printed home web page of the Texas Woman's University Woman's Collection, a collection that celebrates Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: January 27, 1998
Creator: Texas Woman's University.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Information Web Page] (open access)

[WASP Information Web Page]

Printed web page with an article on the history of WASP and the memorials built to honor them, with a Fifinella logo seen at the top of the page. The article gives contact information for the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date: January 27, 1998
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Janet Reno to Homer Taylor, May 27, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Janet Reno to Homer Taylor, May 27, 1993]

Letter from Janet Reno to Homer Taylor offering gratitude for the the hospitality shown at a Sweetwater WASP event.
Date: May 27, 1993
Creator: Reno, Janet
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John Cowden, November 27, 1991

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Transcript of an interview with John Cowden, a Navy veteran from Missouri, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: November 27, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cowden, John, 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[A History of Camp Davis] (open access)

[A History of Camp Davis]

A pamphlet on the History of Camp Davis, written by David A. Stallman for the 50th Anniversary of the Antiaircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis. It contains the Antiaircraft Artillery School's marching song, the story of Camp Davis from "Birth to Death," Camp Davis as a missile test base, the closing of the camp, and more. The photos included within the pamphlet were provided courtesy of Topsail Island Historical Society, Estelle Haste, Charles Jones, Rachel Magnabosco, Barbara Scholar, Kay Morgan, and Pender Sounds.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Stallman, David A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, a Navy WWII veteran from Milan, Missouri who served aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Eslick discusses joining the Navy and basic training, assignment to the Oklahoma, accommodations aboard, the food, the crew, liberty, being bombed and torpedoed, the Oklahoma capsizing, being trapped inside the ship, rescue, work after the attack, and service aboard the Saratoga (CV-3).
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Eslick, Garlen W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Inga Pennock, January 27, 1990

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Interview with Inga Pennock, a Holocaust survivor from Berlin. Pennock discusses her family background, experiencing antisemitism and the start of Nazi rule, trying to leave Germany and hiding, increasing violence, Kristallnacht, losing family, fleeing to Shanghai, Japanese occupation and the ghetto, working as a nurse for the Japanese, living conditions, liberation, and life afterwards.
Date: January 27, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith G. & Pennock, Inga
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986

Interview with executive of Caltex Petroluem Corporation, Leigh D. Josephson, including his personal experiences related to employment with Standard Oil of California, his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex, the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia, and the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain. Josephson also talks about refinery operations in Bahrain during and after World War II, his various positions and responsibilities with Caltex and Bapco, work in Bahrain and the Philippines, his personal relationship with the Bahraini royal family, and the OPEC and Arab oil embargoes in 1967.
Date: May 27, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Josephson, Leigh D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of 119th Armored Engineer Battalion Memorial Stone]

Photograph of the 119th Armored Engineer Battalion Memorial stone, taken at the 12th Armored Division Association Dedication at Armor Unit Memorial Park in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Text on the plaque says "This monument is dedicated to all that served in the 119th Armored Engineer Battalion and to the memory of those that gave their lives for their country. To all that became prisoners of war and wounded in action. World War Two, 1944 to 1945." Following this inscription is a list of men killed in action.
Date: August 27, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 12th Armored Division HQs General and Special Staffs Memorial Stone]

Photograph of the 12th Armored Division HQs General and Special Staffs memorial stone, taken at the 12th Armored Division Association Dedication at Armor Unit Memorial Park in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Text on the plaque says "MP Platoon & Band. CCA- BG Riley F. Ennis, CCB- Col. Charles V. Bromley, CCR- Col. Richard R. Gordon, Div Artv- Col. Charles R. Gildart, Div Trains- Col. John H Evans."
Date: August 27, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 12th Armored Division Memorial Stone]

Photograph of the 12th Armored Division memorial stone, taken at the 12th Armored Division Association Dedication at Armor Unit Memorial Park in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Text on the stone's plaque says "12th Armored Division 'Hellcats' 15 September 1942 - 17 December 1945. Commanding Generals M/G C. Brewer, M/G D. T. Greene, M/G R. R. Allen, B/G W. A. Holbrook, Jr."
Date: August 27, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 134th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion Memorial Stone]

Photograph of the 134th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion memorial stone at the 12th Armored Division Association Dedication at Armor Unit Memorial Park in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Text on the plaque says "Organized July 1942. Meritorious service unit award with star. The International Harvester Battalion."
Date: August 27, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 152nd Armored Signal Company Memorial Stone]

Photograph of 152nd Armored Signal Company memorial stone, taken at the 12th Armored Division Association Dedication at Armor Unit Memorial Park in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Text on the plaque says "'Resolute to Achieve.' Combat Officers: Lt. Col. Richard M. King, Division Signal Officer, Major William J. Cure, Asst. Division Signal Officer, Capt. John T. Hagood, Company Commander. Dedicated to all members of the company who served with pride, honor and devotion."
Date: August 27, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 17th Armored Infantry Battalion Memorial Stone]

Photograph of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion Memorial stone, taken at the 12th Armored Division Association Dedication at Armor Unit Memorial Park in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Text on the plaque says "Men of the 17th served their country well in the U.S. and Europe, 1942-1945. Let no one forget the sacrifices made for our freedom. Killed and wounded - 745. Missing and captured - 184."
Date: August 27, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History