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[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 21, 1908] (open access)

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 21, 1908]

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions taking the USS Decatur (DD-5) to Saigon soon and then Hong Kong. He anticipates getting to go home in August.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 21, 1908] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 21, 1908]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions taking the USS Decatur (DD-5) to Saigon soon and then Hong Kong. He anticipates getting to go home in August.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 9, 1908] (open access)

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 9, 1908]

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz describes his trip to Saigon in some detail. Nimitz mentions riding in an automobile with the US consul. They traveled to several places over one hundred miles in about 4 hours. He also describes getting caught in a typhoon on the way back to Manila.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 9, 1908] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 9, 1908]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz describes his trip to Saigon in some detail. Nimitz mentions riding in an automobile with the US consul. They traveled to several places over one hundred miles in about 4 hours. He also describes getting caught in a typhoon on the way back to Manila.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0137]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "French Union forces poured out the fortress of Dien Phu today and, although outnumbered, inflicted heavy losses on encircling rebel troops."
Date: February 8, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Harry A. Bullis, Leo Cherne, Paul G. Hoffman, and General Carl Spaatz to Isaac H. Kempner, October 22, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Harry A. Bullis, Leo Cherne, Paul G. Hoffman, and General Carl Spaatz to Isaac H. Kempner, October 22, 1954]

Letter from the Dinner Committee of the International Rescue Committee to Isaac H. Kempner inviting him to a dinner meeting where they will collect money for the Freedom Fund.
Date: October 22, 1954
Creator: Bullis, Harry A.; Cherne, Leo; Hoffman, Paul G. & Spaatz, Carl
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Leo Cherne to H. Kempner, December 17, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Leo Cherne to H. Kempner, December 17, 1954]

Letter from Leo Cherne to H. Kempner asking for donations to support Vietnam and convince to them to not become a communist nation.
Date: December 17, 1954
Creator: Cherne, Leo
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Messrs. Bullis, Byrd, Donovan, Luce, and Spaatz to Harris and Ruth Kempner, May 8, 1955] (open access)

[Telegram from Messrs. Bullis, Byrd, Donovan, Luce, and Spaatz to Harris and Ruth Kempner, May 8, 1955]

Telegram sent by Messrs. Bullis, Byrd, Donovan, Luce, and Spaatz on behalf of the International Rescue Committee to Harris and Ruth Kempner, requesting donations for a fund to help support refugees fleeing North Vietnam. The telegram was sent via Western Union.
Date: May 8, 1955
Creator: Bullis, Harry A.; Byrd, Richard E.; Donovan, William J.; Luce, Henry & Spaatz, Carl
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner, January 8, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner, January 8, 1959]

Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner thanking him for his letter of January 6, enclosed with a copy of he Foreign Policy Bulletin on Laos which is of his interest. So, Anderson requests Kempner to suggest any names of the people who are living in The Philippines, South Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand so he could ouch bases with them.
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: Anderson, Dillon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1304.0330]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The U.S. ambassador to Saigon, General Maxwell D. Taylor, may delay for a few days his scheduled trip to Washington Sunday unless the situation is clarified quickly, it was said."
Date: June 29, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1339.0464]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 30, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Command Study 9, Chapter 6. Counterinsurgency in Modern Practice (open access)

Command Study 9, Chapter 6. Counterinsurgency in Modern Practice

This booklet is the sixth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the state of defense in the United States during the Cold War. This chapter discusses how the principles of insurgency and counterinsurgency "have been applied, and are being applied, in actual practice in some specific campaigns since World War Two" (p. 1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: February 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Viet Nam] (open access)

[News Script: Viet Nam]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dr. Tran Van Chuong, former ambassador to the U.S. from South Viet Nam, in Fort Worth to speak at the Ridglea Country Club as part of a tour speaking out about communism.
Date: March 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1393.0332]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "When the USS Card settled into muddy Saigon harbor Saturday it brought back a flood of memories for an Oklahoma City man, C.L. Ware, a staff land man for Sohio Pretroleum Co."
Date: May 2, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1339.0452]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Map shows where communist forces made a pre-dawn attack."
Date: May 15, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1339.0449]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: July 20, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1339.0451]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Map shows areas where Red China is reported to have sent these reinforcements."
Date: August 6, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1339.0474]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Places in the news are shown on this map of Vietnam and area."
Date: August 6, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Viet Nam] (open access)

[News Script: Viet Nam]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. Martha Turpin, whose husband Dr. James Wesley Turpin is with a volunteer group in Viet-Nam helping with medical conditions; she is meeting with Walter Steele, Dallas attorney and director of the Dallas Jaycee's International Relations Program, having spoken to the Jaycees on her husband and Project Concern, which is supported by the Jaycees and public donations. She and her children left Viet-Nam 2 months previously due to the increasing violence of the war.
Date: November 28, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Command Study 13, Chapter 5. Military Civic Action (open access)

Command Study 13, Chapter 5. Military Civic Action

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about counterinsurgency. This chapter discusses "civic action as a weapon against Communist-inspired subversion" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: December 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0372.0006]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "We were on them before they knew it," said Maj. Robert E. Ley, one-time McAlester resident."
Date: December 23, 1964
Creator: Levy, Larry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1231.0058]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rescuing Vietnamese from flood stricken areas is hard sork, by there are some humerous moments, too. Marine Warrant Officer John Scheidemantel, son of Mr. and mrs. Loise Scheidemantel, Elk City, remebers one such incident."
Date: December 23, 1964
Creator: Levy, Larry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1339.0556]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Vietnamese fort is located in remote jungle clearing."
Date: December 23, 1964
Creator: Levy, Larry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1339.0557]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Burning fighter bombers at Pleiku."
Date: December 23, 1964
Creator: Levy, Larry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History