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[Note About Photos and Uniforms] (open access)

[Note About Photos and Uniforms]

Note with addresses to write to if interested in Air Force photos and women's uniforms and insignia.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Email chain from Hollins University regarding expanding inclusiveness on campus (open access)

Email chain from Hollins University regarding expanding inclusiveness on campus

Emails regarding creating programs for expanding inclusiveness on the campuses of Hollins University and Oklahoma City University.
Date: October 21, 2003
Creator: Edmonds, Kerry J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Torpedo Squadron 100 flying torpedo planes in Oahu, Hawaii. His squadron never saw combat, but he did witness U.S. ships getting destroyed by Kamikaze planes during the Okinawa invasion. He helped in some Naval strikes in Japan from March to June of 1945 before returning to the states for leave. Mr. Solis was still at home on leave when the war officially ended, and he was discharged on September 14th of 1948 due to signing up for a 6-year contract instead of the normal 4-year one.
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Solis, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History