[USAF Extension Course Shipping List] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for course 3B from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
Date: February 1, 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #2] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #2]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: July 10, 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #4] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #4]

Shipping list of correspondence course items for the course two, volume two lesson plan from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #5] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #5]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for the course two, volume one lesson from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: February 9, 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Examination Answer Sheet #2] (open access)

[Blank Examination Answer Sheet #2]

Blank answer sheet for an Air Force correspondence course examination, along with an envelope from Gunter Air Force Base.
Date: December 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List February 9, 1965] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List February 9, 1965]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for course 3B from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: February 9, 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Correspondence Course Suggested Additional Readings] (open access)

[USAF Correspondence Course Suggested Additional Readings]

List of suggested books for additional reading for volume two of an Air Force correspondence course.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Air University Library
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date: October 12, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Award for Civilian Service (open access)

Award for Civilian Service

Cloth Army Air Forces Emblem seen attached to the bottom left corner of a certificate awarding the emblem to Eleanor McLernon for civilian service.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces Pilot School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graded Test Answer Sheet For Horace Bartlett] (open access)

[Graded Test Answer Sheet For Horace Bartlett]

Filled in and graded answer sheet for a test taken by Horace E. Bartlett, along with a blank student progress sheet, a book order form, and a list of books available to purchase from Maxwell Air Force Base. These are paired with an envelope addressed to Bartlett in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: October 1, 1957
Creator: Bartlett, Horace E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John W. Evans, February 25, 1998

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Transcript of an interview with John W. Evans, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: February 25, 1998
Creator: Chalkley, John & Evans, John W., 1922-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bobbie C. Lamb, April 26, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bobbie C. Lamb, April 26, 2001

Interview with Bobbie C. Lamb, a civilian worker in the US Maritime Commission. She answers questions about life on the home front during the war.
Date: June 17, 2003
Creator: Chamblin, Marie & Lamb, Bobbie C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bobbie C. Lamb, April 26, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Bobbie C. Lamb, April 26, 2001

Interview with Bobbie C. Lamb, a civilian worker in the US Maritime Commission. She answers questions about life on the home front during WWII.
Date: April 26, 2001
Creator: Chamblin, Marie & Lamb, Bobbie C.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett, Dec 7, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett, Dec 7, 2009]

Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett discussing a copy of the history of the WASP that was enclosed and the veterans museum in Huntsville, Texas.
Date: December 7, 2009
Creator: Driscoll, Barney
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Dolphus Edward Rowan, July 17, 2007

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Interview with Ed Rowan, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Gadsden, Alabama. Rowan discusses his family background, education, work, purchasing an airplane, flying over the the wreck of the Hindenburg, joining the National Guard and flying coastal patrols, becoming a bomber pilot, his B-17 crew, the various missions they flew in the European Theater, fighters, flak, equipment, tactics, leaving the service, and working as an airline pilot. In appendix is a photo of Rowan's civilian plane, his Distinguished Flying Cross citation, his appointment to the Reserves, a list of missions, flight logs, and a fact sheet about the 381st Bomb Group,
Date: July 17, 2007
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Rowan Jr., Dolphus Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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
A History of the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama (open access)

A History of the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama

History report documenting the timeline of Women Airforce Service Pilots working at Napier Airfield from January 2, 1944 to Decmber 20, 1944, including various statistics about the group and an evaluation of their effectiveness.
Date: unknown
Creator: Highley, James P.; Paule, Eleanor V.; Gintzer, Edith E.; Batty, Jane & Carroll, Marjorie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling between Selma, AL, and Houston. The postcard features an image of an AT-6 in flight.
Date: August 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling. The postcard features an image of a Douglas DC-3.
Date: August 21, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971

Interview with Major William G. Adair, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Birmingham, Alabama. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded in December 1941, Adair was captured, survived the Bataan Death March, and interned at Cabanatuan before going to Osaka and Zentsuji, Japan for the remainder of the war.
Date: May 27, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Adair, William G.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972

Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date: April 7, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry B. Stowers, May 25, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Henry B. Stowers, May 25, 1973

Interview with Henry B. Stowers, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Searight, Alabama. Stowers discusses his deployments to China in the late-1930s; duties of the Marines in China before the war; the surrender of the North China Marines in December, 1941; his experiences in internment at Woosung; internment at Kiangwang and working on the "Mount Fuji" project; and internment as coal mining labor at Hakodate.
Date: May 25, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stowers, Henry B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[McLernon Autobiographic Sketch] (open access)

[McLernon Autobiographic Sketch]

Short autobiographic essay written by Eleanor McLernon on her life, family, career, and experience with the WASP program. A note paired with the paper reads, "Brief autobiographic sketch for the ALL-WASP lino graphic book Betty Turner currently working on (1999)".
Date: 1999
Creator: McLernon, Eleanor Michel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003

Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date: January 21, 2003
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History