[Special Orders Number 88] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 88]

Special orders stating assignment roles and approved leave requests for the personnel at the Ellington Air Force Base.
Date: June 6, 1951
Creator: 3605th Medical Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Xavi Aguilar to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Xavi Aguilar to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student, Xavi Aguilar to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Aguilar, Xavi
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with John J. Clemens. The interview includes Clemens' personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas, World War II-era service in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard USS Wren in the Pacific Theater, and piloting a ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender. Clemens speaks about convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean, the January 4, 1944 sinking of the USS Turner while moored in New York Harbor and the court of inquiry regarding the sinking, actions in the Aleutian Islands, Attu, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns and anti-kamikaze warfare while aboard the USS Wren, and the effects that Allied bombing had on Tokyo.
Date: May 13, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Clemens, John J., 1921-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Gale E. Nevill, March 23, 1999

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Gale E. Nevill, a Army WWII veteran from Houston, Texas. Nevill discusses his family background and upbringing, jobs in the oil business, joining the National Guard, attending Rice University, getting commissioned, overseeing a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, working through the Depression, activation and assignment to 6th Army HQ, deployment to Brisbane, 6th Army operations in the South Pacific and Philippines, the end of the war and life afterwards.
Date: March 23, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Nevill, Gale Erwin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Aviation Enterprises Limited Operations] (open access)

[Aviation Enterprises Limited Operations]

Large book describing the WASP training operations at Avenger Field and Aviation Enterprise's plane repair and overhaul operations at Houston Municipal Airport.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aviation Enterprises, Ltd.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Nursing Exam Results] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Nursing Exam Results]

Results for Charlyne Creger's state nursing exams.
Date: 1950
Creator: Board of Nurse Examiners for State of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with M. T. Hebel (open access)

Oral History Interview with M. T. Hebel

Interview with M.T. Hebel, a Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class in the US Navy. He answers questions about joining the military and life abroad.
Date: 1995~
Creator: Boudreaux, Monica & Hebel, M.T.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Second Class Graduates] (open access)

[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]

Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date: June 28, 1943
Creator: Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Adrien Clark to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Adrien Clark to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student, Adrien Clark to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Clark, Adrien
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal] (open access)

[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal]

Newspaper clipping describing the quality of the parachutes used at Avenger Field and the Link training process for the WASPs. The clipping also provides details about the graduation ceremony for the Women AIrforce Service Pilots, class of 43-W-3.
Date: July 26, 1943
Creator: Clements, Betty; Seip, Margaret & Baumgartner, Ann
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Christian Coronado to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Christian Coronado to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student, Christian Coronado to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Coronado, Christian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Handwritten Autobiography] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Handwritten Autobiography]

Autobiographical essay handwritten by Charlyne Creger, describing major events in her life and career.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay] (open access)

[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

Draft of an autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot, how it led to her career as a nurse and anesthesiologist and her travels in the later years of her life. Correction notes are handwritten in a few places.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil (open access)

Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil

Newspaper article from The Houston Chronicle, discussing new evidence uncovered about the beginning of the Holocaust in 1941.
Date: November 11, 1996
Creator: Dobbs, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds, October 1987 transcript

Oral History Interviews with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds, October 1987

Interview with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds from Baytown, Texas. These three women answer questions and describing their social and work experiences working at the Humble Oil Refinery during World War II.
Date: {1987-10-15,1987-10-29}
Creator: Eastwood, Marjorie; Easley, Mary C. & Bonds, Mary B.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942]

Copy of telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy requesting that Texas and Pacific Railroad forward a letter to Colonel Valandt explaining an issue related to gasoline and the railway spur being constructed near the Academy.
Date: June 30, 1942
Creator: Echols, Oliver P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alexis Freeman to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Alexis Freeman to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student, Alexis Freeman to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Freeman, Alexis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Order of the Fifinella] (open access)

[The Order of the Fifinella]

Paper written on the time Women Airforce Service Pilots spent in training at Avenger Field. Corrections to the writing can be seen penciled on the pages.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gliddon, Cheryl
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kenneth Green to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Kenneth Green to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student,Kenneth Green to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Green, Kenneth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jaylynn Gutirrez to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Jaylynn Gutirrez to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student, Jaylynn Gutirrez to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Gutirrez, Jaylynn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]

Newspaper clipping about the 1986 WASP reunion, Avenger Field, woman aviation history, the WFTD, WAFS, the combat they participated in, what training consisted of, what they did after the war, minor and serious crashes, and the deactivation of the WASP.
Date: September 1987
Creator: Henderson, Sheila
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Herman Hospital School of Nursing Itemized Expenses (open access)

Herman Hospital School of Nursing Itemized Expenses

Itemized list of expenses and fees for the Herman Hospital School of Nursing Program.
Date: February 1947
Creator: Herman Hospital
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Morgan Johnson to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Morgan Johnson to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student, Morgan Johnson to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Morgan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History