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Oral History Interview with Winn Pinkston, March 10, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Winn Pinkston, March 10, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Winn Pinkston. Pinkston was born in Chireno, Texas in 1921. After graduating from high school he attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas for two years. He entered the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1941 and following this training he entered secondary Civilian Pilot Training in which aerobatics were taught. Upon graduating for this course, he accepted a job as an instructor with Coleman Flying School in Coleman, Texas. The school, having a contract with the US government, taught basic flying skills to new cadets. After eighteen months of the job, Pinkston joined the Army Air Forces. After receiving additional training, he was commissioned as a flight officer and sent to Love Field in Dallas, Texas to join the Fifth Ferrying Command. After being involved in various flying activities for eighteen months he was sent to Reno Army Air Field in Nevada for instrument flight training. While in training, Japan surrendered and Pinkston was discharged soon thereafter.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Pinkston, Winn
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lloyd Bailey, March 6, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lloyd Bailey, March 6, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Bailey. Bailey was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 16 February 1922 and graduated from high school in Waco, Texas in 1940. After attending Texas A&M for one year, he enlisted in the Army. He went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas for basic training. While there, he was recruited by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to participate in an internal security program. Following basic entered the Corps of Engineers Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. On 2 February 1943 he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 386th Engineer Battalion, an African American unit stationed at Camp Sutton, North Carolina. In 1943, the battalion boarded the SS Louis Pasteur and sailed to Casablanca where they cleaned up the dock area to facilitate unloading cargo. He tells of the unit traveling by rail to Iran. Soon after arriving in Iran the battalion sailed to Naples, Italy. His platoon was sent to Anzio and assigned the task of removing land mines. Three of his men were lost while doing this job. He was assigned to oversee the construction of the largest Butler Building ever …
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Bailey, Lloyd
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Howard Wander, March 14, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Howard Wander, March 14, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Wander. Wander joined the Army and received basic training at Camp Wheeler. He went on to Officer Candidate School and was commissioned in 1942. He then worked as a platoon leader all over the United States. He went as a replacement to the Americal Division, working beside Filipinos to capture Japanese holdouts. After the war ended, he was reassigned to the Eighth Army in Yokohama as head of military police. Wander returned home and was discharged in 1946.
Date: March 14, 2015
Creator: Wander, Howard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Troy Edward Shakles, March 19, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Troy Edward Shakles, March 19, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Troy Edward Shakles. Shakles joined the Navy in early 1943. He completed communications school, serving as a quartermaster and signalman. He speaks about the Golden Thirteen, who were the thirteen African American enlisted men who became the first African American commissioned and warrant officers in the United States Navy. On Treasure Island in California, Shakles worked in a signaling tower. He notes that segregation was still in effect at this time. He served aboard a minesweeper, and in 1945 the USS Ebert (DE-768), traveling to Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam. Shakles returned to the US and received his discharge around October of 1945.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Shakles, Troy Edward
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Major Franklin Stewart, March 7, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Major Franklin Stewart, March 7, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Major Franklin Stewart. Stewart joined the Army Air Corps in August of 1941. He served as a pilot in the 408th Bomb Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group. In 1943, they attacked Japanese targets on Papua New Guinea and New Britain. In 1944, he was stationed at Nadzab Airfield, attacking targets on Borneo and participating in the Philippines Campaign. Stewart continued his service after the war, retiring from the Air Force in 1983.
Date: March 7, 2015
Creator: Stewart, Major Franklin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anna Gatti, March 10, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Anna Gatti, March 10, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Anna Gatti, nee Cocchi. Gatti graduated from Boston University as a French major in 1942. While volunteering at a settlement house, she met her future husband, Corry, who was a student at Harvard. In 1942, Corry was drafted into the Army. In 1943, Gatti joined the Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). She completed Meteorology School in New Jersey and served as Aerographer, Third Class on a base in California. By late 1943, she completed Midshipman’s School in Massachusetts, then went on to Officer Candidate School. Gatti was then assigned to the Office of Censorship in Miami, censoring national and international cables and radio messages, through mid-1945. From September, 1945 to January, 1946, she was assigned to the Gulf Sea Frontier as an Operations Officer, plotting ship and plane movements in the Gulf. Gatti finished her war service in March of 1946, as a Lieutenant j.g.
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Gatti, Anna
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fred Glosser, March 1, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred Glosser, March 1, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Glosser. Glosser was born 8 January 1924, and joined the Army in 1942. He served as a switchboard operator in the Signal Corps. He shares details of his basic training at Camp McCain, Mississippi. Glosser was assigned to the 2nd Army. He became very ill with pneumonia, and mastitis, and was transferred to several hospitals. He underwent an 8-hour mastectomy surgery at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1944, Glosser completed Diesel-Engine School at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. He served as Technician Fourth Grade, Company A, First Regiment, 3860th Unit ASFTC (Army Service Forces Training Center), assisting the school with military personnel record keeping. Shortly before the war ended, Glosser received an honorable medical discharge.
Date: March 1, 2015
Creator: Glosser, Fred
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Tomlin, March 5, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Tomlin, March 5, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Tomlin. Tomlin joined the Navy in September 1944 and received basic training in Illinois. He received aviation ordnance training in Oklahoma. While there, he contracted scarlet fever and was quarantined for six weeks. After the war, he was assigned to the USS Core (CVE-13), entrusted with keeping the ship’s log. Tomlin returned home and was discharged in July 1946.
Date: March 5, 2015
Creator: Tomlin, John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Connelly, March 2, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Connelly, March 2, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Connelly. Connelly joined the Navy in early 1942. He served as a Radioman aboard the USS DuPage (APA-41). From January of 1944 through early 1945, they landed troops for the assaults on Kwajalein, Guam, Peleliu and the Philippines. Connelly was wounded and returned to the US, receiving a discharge in May of 1945.
Date: March 2, 2015
Creator: Connelly, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: March 27, 2015 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: March 27, 2015

Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the proposition of the House budget and the passing of House Bill 80 making texting and driving illegal while the vehicle is in motion.
Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Janelle McCabe putting away an accessories box]

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection collections assistant Janelle McCabe puts away an accessories box alongside a graduate student assistant inside TFC collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1.
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Annette Becker standing next to a Christian Dior dress]

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection graduate area assistant and UNT College of Visual Arts and Design art history masters student Annette Becker standing next to a Christian Dior dress in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 25, 2015 (open access)

Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Finney, Patty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 (open access)

Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 18, 2015
Creator: Finney, Patty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 2015 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Prause, Diane & Vyvjala, Darrell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2015 (open access)

Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 2015
Creator: Finney, Patty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 4, 2015 (open access)

Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 2015
Creator: Finney, Patty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Main Street Matters, March 2015 (open access)

Main Street Matters, March 2015

Newsletter issued by the Texas Main Street Program discussing news, events, and other information related to the program as well as featuring designated participating communities and providing technical advice regarding conservation and restoration.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Rehabilitation Project in LCRA's Gulf Coast Irrigation Division (open access)

Gate Rehabilitation Project in LCRA's Gulf Coast Irrigation Division

Report on installing "a major infrastructure project to remotely control 11 main canal gate structure sites in the Gulf Coast Irrigation Division" (p.4).
Date: March 2015
Creator: Pandey, Stacy
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants (open access)

Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants

Guide describing regulations for...
Date: March 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 14, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 2015 (open access)

The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 14, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 2015

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 30, 2015
Creator: San Antonio College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 13, Ed. 1 Monday, March 23, 2015 (open access)

The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 13, Ed. 1 Monday, March 23, 2015

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 23, 2015
Creator: San Antonio College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 12, Ed. 1 Monday, March 2, 2015 (open access)

The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 12, Ed. 1 Monday, March 2, 2015

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 2015
Creator: San Antonio College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 1, 2015 (open access)

The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 1, 2015

Monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes news and information about the Churches of Christ along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 2015
Creator: Tryggestad, Erik
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History