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[Minutes from the WASP "Unofficial" Board Meeting] (open access)

[Minutes from the WASP "Unofficial" Board Meeting]

Minutes from the WASP board meeting held March 25, 2006 in Nashville, TN.
Date: March 25, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Napping Soldiers]

Photograph of two soldiers, 1st Lt. Elmer Bright and 1st Lt. David Fairbairn, taking a nap in a vehicle at the end of Tennessee maneuvers.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Byrd Granger's Documentation for WASP Hearings] (open access)

[Note on Byrd Granger's Documentation for WASP Hearings]

A note written on a letterhead from the Texas State Board of Education that reads, "Byrd Granger's documentation for WASP hearings 1977-1978".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nugent in the Field]

Photograph of John Nugent kneeling in a field while on maneuvers in Tennessee.
Date: Autumn 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nugent Writing Letters]

Photograph of John Nugent writing letters and sitting in a clearing while on maneuvers in Tennessee.
Date: Autumn 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officer's Tent Section]

Photograph of several soldiers standing in the officer's section of a tent city while maneuvers in Tennessee. There are laundry lines and trees in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002

Interview with Phillip Patton, an aircraft mechanic in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about life before the war, his experiences overseas, and returning home post-war.
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Elterman, Dora & Patton, Phillip
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002

Interview with Phillip Patton, an aircraft mechanic in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about life before the war, his experiences overseas, and returning home post-war.
Date: April 11, 2002
Creator: Elterman, Dora & Patton, Phillip
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Randolph Lockwood, August 24, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Randolph Lockwood, August 24, 1974

Interview with Randolph S. Lockwood regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941. It also contains a list of corrections made to the interview for content regarding phrases that were initially mis-typed.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lockwood, Randolph S.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977

Interview with Thomas Roth regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: October 15, 1977
Creator: Bowman, Larry & Roth, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William Alexander Hatcher, December 4, 2008

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with William Hatcher, a World War II Army veteran (29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force). Hatcher discusses concerning his his childhood and education; family's experiences in the Great Depression; decision to attend University of Tennessee-Knoxville and major in mechanical engineering; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942; 1943 call-up; basic training at Ft. Belvoir, Va.; instruction in engineering, communications, and radar repair at City College of New York and Chanute Field, Ill.; assignments to Truax Field, Wis., and Boca Raton, Fla.; meeting future wife, Jean E. Sheppard, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; transfer to B-29 unit and bases in Neb. And Kan.; deployment to Guam with 29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, March 1945; details of high-altitude radar repair work; aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Guam; descriptions of devastation of Japan, including Hiroshima; transfer to base on Tinian; return to U.S. in February 1946; wedding; return to UT-Knoxville using GI Bill benefits; work at Oak Ridge; decision to transfer to University of New Mexico for Mrs. Hatcher's health; career with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Convair Corp. of Fort Worth; …
Date: December 4, 2008
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Hatcher, William Alexander, 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Overturned M-5 Tank]

Photograph of an overturned 44th Armored Regiment M-5 tank in a ditch on a "blackout" march during maneuvers in Tennessee. Another automobile is driving up the road in the background.
Date: October 11, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An Overturned Tank]

Photograph of a tank lying overturned on top of some shrubs. The reverse side of the photo has a note that says that the tank flipped after driving off of a bridge.
Date: October 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Paul Thompson Washing Hist Clothes]

Photograph of Paul Thompson using his helmet to was his clothes in. Another soldier stands next to him.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Perry on Maneuvers]

Photograph of a soldier identified as Perry standing in a field with several tents and trees in the background, while on maneuvers in Tennessee.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[PFC Burdzy with Tank]

Photograph of P.F.C. Burdzy standing alongside an M-5 tank while on maneuvers in Tennessee. A handwritten note on the photo reads: "P.F.C. Burdzy, Florence, TN. New M5 light tank".
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 714th Tank Battalion Headquarters Reunion]

Photograph of a room full of older men and women sitting at long tables set for a meal. A handwritten note on the photo says "Nashville - 1983. HQ/714."
Date: 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bivouac]

Photograph of several rows of A-frame tents with soldiers milling around the area. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "A weekend bivouac area in Tenn. Hills."
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bivouac Camp and Tanks]

Photograph of soldiers in a row of small tents, with a row of tanks behind them. A handwritten note on the photo says "Bivouac - Tenn. Maneuvers."
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bob Beach and Harvey Mahling]

Photograph of two soldiers standing and eating in a forest. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Bob Beach, Harvey Mahling, Tenn Maneuvers."
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bob Beach in Tennessee]

Photograph of a soldier holding a pipe and standing in front of a field full of small tents. A typed note on the back of the photo says "Bob Beach, Co. H 56th AIR, Nov., 1943 on maneuvers in Tennessee."
Date: November 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Captain Dave Fairbairn in Jeep]

Photograph of soldiers lounging in a jeep, with several other soldiers and half-tracks in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Capt Dave Fairbairn, Tenn Maneuvers."
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Clyde Maddox in Camp]

Photograph of a soldier sitting on the ground in a camp, with another soldier reclining in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Clyde Maddox, C.O. Hq Co. Tenn Maneuvers 1943."
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ed Livaudais]

Photograph of Major Edward Livaudais standing in a field while on maneuvers in Watertown, Tennessee.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History