Copy of transcript for a letter from Eliza L. Austin to her uncle Stephen F. Austin thanking him for the gifts he sent to their family.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, on May 17, 1831, thanking him for the presents he has sent her family, and hoping that they will soon meet.

Postcard from Somerset Rose Nursery, Inc. to D. W. Kempner acknowledging his order for Hy-Gro.

Letter from Somerset Rose Nursery, Inc. to D. W. Kempner discussing an order of Hygro.

Postcard from the Somerset Rose Nursery, Inc. to D. W. Kempner acknowledging his order of Hygro.

Letter from Somerset Rose Nursery, Inc. to D. W. Kempner acknowledging his order of Hygro.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …