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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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from Haskell and Haskell to C. C. Cox, April 23, 1921] (open access)

[Envelope from Haskell and Haskell to C. C. Cox, April 23, 1921]

An envelope from Haskell and Haskell addressed to C. C. Cox, on which are some handwritten notes from Cox.
Date: April 23, 1921
Creator: Haskell and Haskell
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Haskell and Haskell to C. C. Cox, May 12, 1921] (open access)

[Letter from Haskell and Haskell to C. C. Cox, May 12, 1921]

Letter from Haskell & Haskell in Garden City, Kansas to C. C. Cox, discussing sweet clover and the best way and time to cultivate it.
Date: May 21, 1921
Creator: Haskell and Haskell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Still Flying High After 50 Years] (open access)

[Clipping: Still Flying High After 50 Years]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of the WASPs and their current whereabouts.
Date: 1995
Creator: Siler, Jennifer McGhee
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daniel Urbina Sanchez, June 28, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Daniel Urbina Sanchez, June 28, 2016

Daniel Urbina Sanchez grew up between Lubbock, Texas and Garden City, Kansas. Starting in 1968, Sanchez’s family moved permanently to Lubbock. He graduated from Lubbock High School and Texas Tech University. In the 2000, Sanchez began participating in such organizations as Las Fiestas Del Llano, which is an organization focused on celebrating Mexican national holidays. He is currently an oral historian for Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection. At Texas Tech University, Sanchez became a leader of the Latino faculty and staff. Sanchez also founded Citizens United in Discourse Against Discrimination, CUIDAD, which led rallies within Lubbock and participated in protests in the Texas State Capitol as the legislature considered racists-anti immigration bills.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Sanchez, Daniel Urbina
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History