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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Wichita, Kansas.
Date: January 27, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #4] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #4]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #3] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #3]

Army delivery receipt certifying that a UC-45 model aircraft was delivered to Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with radio and bomsight equipment.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #2] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #2]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered a PT-13 D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: February 18, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan and Ernest McMillan (open access)

[Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan and Ernest McMillan

Interview with Eva McMillan and her son, Ernest McMillan, civil rights activists in Dallas. Mrs. McMillan discusses her upbringing, home life, her affiliation with the Dallas Progressive Voters League and SNCC and her activism in Dallas. Mr. McMillan discusses his upbringing, activism, prison sentence, and affiliations with SNCC and other civil rights organizations.
Date: September 2, 2011
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louis Meade Burton and Patricia Ruth Scott Burton, October 15, 2013 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louis Meade Burton and Patricia Ruth Scott Burton, October 15, 2013

Interview with Louis Meade Burton and Patricia Ruth Scott Burton, a couple who were involved with the school system in Kerrville, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Burton discuss their family histories, their move move to the area, Pat's work with the Tivy school system, Louis's coaching career, and the flood of 1932. The interview includes photographs of the couple and their family, on pages 27-37.
Date: October 15, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Burton, Louis M. & Burton, Pat
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Warren, March 28, 2022 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Warren, March 28, 2022

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Warren. Warren was born in Frisco, Texas in February 1921. After graduating from high school, he attended Texas A&M participating in the ROTC program for two years. Upon graduation in 1942 he applied for a commission in the United States Army Air Forces and was accepted. After participating in various stages of flight training, he was assigned as a C-47 pilot. Flying the Northern Route over Greenland, he joined the 439th Troop Carrier Wing, 94th Squadron, 9th Air Force in England. He tells of being involved in Operation Market Garden and of crossing the Rhine, where he pulled Waco CG-4 gliders, and of the Battle of the Bulge where he hauled fuel for General Patton’s tanks.
Date: March 28, 2022
Creator: Warren, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History