[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
[Certificate of Appreciation for the National WASP World War II Museum] (open access)

[Certificate of Appreciation for the National WASP World War II Museum]

Certificate of Appreciation awarded to the National WASP World War II Museum from the 64th annual Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs convention and Educational Conference.
Date: September 17, 2015
Creator: Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Carol Cain, April 1, 2014] (open access)

[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
[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
[Letter from Kent and Deanie Comolli to the National WASP WWII Museum, March, 1, 2010] (open access)

[Letter from Kent and Deanie Comolli to the National WASP WWII Museum, March, 1, 2010]

Letter from Kent and Deanie Comolli to the National WASP WWII Museum discussing memories of WASP and Sweetwater during WWII and seeing the museum at a class of '57 high school reunion.
Date: March 1, 2010
Creator: Comolli, Kent & Comolli, Deanie
Object Type: Letter
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
Oral History Interview with James Phinney, July 15, 2010 transcript

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
[Letter to WASP Museum with Music Tracks] (open access)

[Letter to WASP Museum with Music Tracks]

A letter from David J. Custis to the National WASP Museum with the music track listings of two compact discs full of World War II songs that were enclosed.
Date: May 29, 2010
Creator: Custis, David J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Female WWII pilots receive medals] (open access)

[Clipping: Female WWII pilots receive medals]

Newspaper clipping providing a brief history about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and stating that they will receive the Congressional Gold Medal from Congress as a symbol of their honorable service during World War II.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Dorell, Oren & Rulon, Malia
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prisoners, Not Criminals: How Captured German Soldiers Survived World War II in Central Texas (open access)

Prisoners, Not Criminals: How Captured German Soldiers Survived World War II in Central Texas

Research report describing, through interviews with local persons in the Brownwood area, events and activities that occurred during the occupation of Camp Bowie.
Date: April 2011
Creator: Dunning, James N.
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

We Were Going to Win, or Die There: with the Marines at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan

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Personal accounts of U.S. marine Roy Elrod based on transcripts of oral histories about his experiences in the service, with particular emphasis on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan. It includes editorial and historical notes and to provide context and clarification. Index starts on page 273.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Elrod, Roy H. & Allison, Fred H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force: A B-24 Pilot’s Missions from Italy during World War II

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In 1944 and 1945, Tom Faulkner was a B-24 pilot flying out of San Giovanni airfield in Italy as a member of the 15th Air Force of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Only 19 years old when he completed his 28th and last mission, Tom was one of the youngest bomber pilots to serve in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Between September 1944 and the end of February 1945, he flew against targets in Hungary, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia. On Tom’s last mission against the marshalling yards at Augsburg, Germany, his plane was severely damaged, and he had to fly to Switzerland where he and his crew were interned. The 15th Air Force generally has been overshadowed by works on the 8th Air Force based in England. Faulkner’s memoir helps fill an important void by providing a first-hand account of a pilot and his crew during the waning months of the war, as well as a description of his experiences before his military service. David L. Snead has edited the memoir and provided annotations and corroboration for the various missions.
Date: October 2018
Creator: Faulkner, Tom & Snead, David L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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
[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
[Letter from Thomas A. Haslett to Sharron Davis, April 12, 2010] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas A. Haslett to Sharron Davis, April 12, 2010]

Letter from Thomas A. Haslett to Sharon Davis discussing his experience with the British female pilots who flew with the Air Transport Auxiliary, and an enclose British news article about the ATA.
Date: April 12, 2010
Creator: Haslett, Thomas A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, November 8, 2010

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Transcript of an interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, U.S. Marine Corps (1st Marine Division) World War II veteran. Sovik discusses his family life and childhood in Ohio, decision to enlist with the Marine Corps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, experiences with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and post-war life.
Date: November 8, 2010
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Sovik, Paul Anthony, 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945 (open access)

War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945

Text outlining major events in the Pacific Theater throughout World War II, organized by date. It also includes text for the Instrument of Surrender, appendices containing military and war data, a bibliography, and list of related Web sites.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Hyland, George O., III
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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
[Letter from Faith Jones to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Faith Jones to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 22, 2015]

Letter written by a student, Faith Jones to the WASPs with a hand-drawn picture and a thank-you message.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Jones, Faith
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flying Beauty Keeps Shine] (open access)

[Flying Beauty Keeps Shine]

Online article printed from Abilene Reporter-News about a plane from the WASP training years, a 1944 Fairchild PT-19A, that still runs and is taken care of by Bill Johnson.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Kendall-Ball, Greg
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Robert M. Bane, January 11, 2013

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Interview with Robert Bane, a Army WWII veteran from Garland, Texas. Bane discusses his family background, basic training, deployment to the Battle of the Bulge, General George S. Patton, experiences in combat with the 63rd Infantry Division during the drive into Germany, his comrades, crossing the Rhine, liberating Dachau, returning to the states, and his work with the Freemasons. In appendix is a photograph of Bane with his medals.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Malone, Timothy & Bane, Robert M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[McAdams Floral Care instructions] (open access)

[McAdams Floral Care instructions]

Card from a floral arrangement sent to Eleanor Brown from McAdams Floral with care instructions.
Date: March 18, 2010
Creator: McAdams Floral
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Journey Mingo to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 24, 2015] (open access)

[Letter from Journey Mingo to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 24, 2015]

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