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National WASP WWII Museum
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[Special Orders Number 74, Extract 6-9]
Special orders listing assignments for officers in the United States Air Force, including Marjorie Wakeham.
Date:
April 1, 1957
Creator:
12th Air Division, Strategic Air Command
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 96, Extracts 13-19]
Special orders listing role re-assignments of several officers in the United States Air Force, including Marjorie Wakeham.
Date:
April 26, 1957
Creator:
12th Air Division, Strategic Air Command
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number A-285]
Special order listing role re-assignments, reporting requirement,s and instructions for several officers in the United States Air Force, including Captain Marjorie Wakeham.
Date:
April 6, 1960
Creator:
48th Air Force Base Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action
This booklet is the first volume of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the military history of the United States of America from the country's inception through the post-World War 1950's.
Date:
April 1959
Creator:
Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mary Steele Leon, April 15, 1997
Interview with Mary Steele Leon, a secretary for the U. S. Navy during and after World War II. She joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and was trained as a secretary. Her first assignment was in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. The CNO at the time was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. After the war, she served as personal secretary for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while he was CNO. She was discharged in 1946.
Date:
April 15, 1997
Creator:
Alexander, Bill & Leon, Mary Steele
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert E. Yerger, April 12, 2003
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Robert E. Yerger, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a flying boat pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Yerger discusses his decision to enlist in the Navy, May, 1942; basic flight training, Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; PBY flying boat training at Corpus Christi, 1942-43; his tenure as a flight instructor, Chase Field, Beeville, Texas, 1943; assignment as a base personnel officer at Chase Field, 1943-45; flying PB2Y flying boats with cargo and personnel in the Pacific, 1945; activities on Majuro Island; his experience flying the Martin Mars flying boat; mustering out of the service, August, 1946.
Date:
April 12, 2003
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Yerger, Robert E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Certificate of Continued Professional Excellence]
Certification that Rosa C. Creger is up to date in knowledge of new agents and techniques in the field of Nurse Anesthesiology.
Date:
April 1970
Creator:
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Outpost, Letter Number 60, April 1945
Newsletter discussing issues for Americans living in Great Britain, including articles about life in Britain and other related topics. An article title is underlined in red pencil on the first page, for a discussion of the American perspectives about Britain and actual experiences.
Date:
April 1945
Creator:
American Outpost in Great Britain
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton, April 13, 1979]
Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton responding to her inquiry about the application process for active military service determination and discharge for Civilian or Contractual Personnel (PL 95-202).
Date:
April 13, 1979
Creator:
Arbaugh, Tom W.
Object Type:
Letter
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
[Clipping: "Woman Recalls World War II Pilot Days"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about Ruth Florey's and Clinnie Lovvorn's service with the WASP.
Date:
April 6, 1975
Creator:
Borden, Robert C.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Harris, April 26, 2002
Interview with Robert Edward Harris, a veteran of World War II, serving in India at the time. Harris answers questions relating to his training, duties, and activities while over in India towards the end of the war; Harrs also answers questions concerning his feelings towards the war and his enemies.
Date:
April 26, 2002
Creator:
Bottoms, Aaron & Harris, Robert Edward
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Return of a WASP]
Newspaper clippings of the article, "The Return of a WASP" which discusses the homecoming of Twila Edwards after her time as a Women Airforce Service Pilot. She shares the difficulties she has looking for civilian pilot positions and the challenges she's faced due to WASPs not being a military service. The article includes several photos of Twila Edwards.
Date:
April 15, 1945
Creator:
Boulkind, Mae & Ruohomaa, Kosti
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes pursuit training certificate]
Certificate of completion for Cornelia Yerkes, certifying that she completed training to fly the P-40, P-47, P-39, and P-51. An envelope is included.
Date:
April 30, 1944
Creator:
Broome, Bennie O.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Spears, April 5, 2001
Interview with James Spears, an ammunition worker on the home front during WWII. He describes the war as he saw it from the home front.
Date:
April 5, 2001
Creator:
Brosh, Kate & Spears, James
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Region 2 Report
Report detailing Eleanor Brown's activities as the Director of Region 2 from October 2004 through April 2005.
Date:
April 2, 2005
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wings Across America Release Agreement
Release agreement form signed by Eleanor McLernon Brown in April of 2000 to be interviewed by Wings Across America. The agreement contains two parts, Part I: WASP Release for the interview, and Part II: Interviewer Agreement.
Date:
April 17, 2000
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with E. R. Dolinar, April 5, 2003
Interview with E.R. (Ed) Dolinar, a serviceman with the U. S. Navy during World War II. He discusses going to boot camp, torpedo school and submarine school. He was on the SSN Stingray as a torpedo crewman that offloaded supplies and guerillas in the Philippines. It picked up stranded Japanese sailors and transported them to Australia. The Stingray was then decomissioned. He was then part of a crew that studied and stripped captured German submarines, and he discusses the differences between the U-boats and the US submarines. He also discusses the Bolomen, Filipino guerillas who fought the Japanese during the occupation. He also talks briefly about his experience of being hit with depth charges and gives his opinions on General MacArthur and President Truman.
Date:
April 5, 2003
Creator:
Bryk, Clarence & Dolinar, E. R.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vicki Bull to Charlyne Creger, April 12, 1990]
Letter from Vicki Bull to Charlyne Creger discussing travel arrangements prepared for her upcoming project with the Citizen Ambassador Program and contact information for inquiries or changes needed.
Date:
April 12, 1990
Creator:
Bull, Vicki
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Catherine Parker, April 13, 1979]
Letter from Aubrey L. Bullard to Catherine Parker discussing the details of the law which granted the Women Airforce Service Pilots eligibility to apply for honorable discharge as veterans.
Date:
April 13, 1979
Creator:
Bullard, Aubrey L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Bundy to Catherine Parker, April 4, 1979]
Letter from John H. Bundy to Catherine Parker discussing the details of the Eagle Pass 35-year reunion and the process of applying for veterans benefits as a former Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date:
April 4, 1979
Creator:
Bundy, John H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Carol Cain, April 1, 2014]
Letter from Carol Cain discussing the details of the National WASP WWII Museum's 2014 Homecoming event such as event date, venue, travel and accommodations for members.
Date:
April 1, 2014
Creator:
Cain, Carol
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure']
Newspaper clippings of the article, "Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure'" which discusses the women's pilot training at Avenger's Field and urges the town residents to welcome the women trainees into the social and civic activities of Sweetwater.
Date:
April 30, 1943
Creator:
Chamberlain, L. F.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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