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[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella] (open access)

[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella]

Order of Fifinella Officer meeting meeting minutes that discusses, among other things, the WASP newsletter, the group historian's activities, militarization of WASP, the next reunion, and the Order of Fifinella Award.
Date: April 14, 1973
Creator: Jones, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Balance Due to Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, April 1951] (open access)

[Invoice for Balance Due to Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, April 1951]

Invoice for items sold to Plantersville Nurseries by Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, including Buddleia Officinalis, Elaeagnus fungens and coculous laurifolius worth $3.4. Written paid by May 1st, 1951.
Date: April 18, 1951
Creator: Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Balance Due to Royal Palm Nurseries, April 1951] (open access)

[Invoice for Balance Due to Royal Palm Nurseries, April 1951]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Royal Palm Nurseries, including Bauhinia alba, Bauhinia variegata, delonix regia, etc. worth $11.7. Paid on April 11th, 1951.
Date: April 16, 1951
Creator: Royal Palm Nurseries
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Caladiums, April 15, 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Caladiums, April 15, 1955]

Invoice for various types of Caladiums sold to Plantersville Nurs. by Cape Bulb Company for $10.
Date: April 1955
Creator: Cape Bulb Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Plants from John's Plants Seeds Bulbs, April 13, 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Plants from John's Plants Seeds Bulbs, April 13, 1955]

Invoice for plants sold to Daniel W. Kempner on behalf of Plantersville Nursery by John's Plants Seeds Bulbs. The total amount was $33.
Date: April 13, 1955
Creator: John's Plants Seeds Bulbs
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company] (open access)

[Invoice from Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company]

Invoice for items sold to Mr. Daniel W. Kempner by Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, including two Australian Silk Oaks.
Date: April 26, 1948
Creator: Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. L. H. Dashur to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. L. H. Dashur to Blanche Perry]

A handwritten letter and envelope from Mrs. L.H. Dashur to Blanche Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting. Mentions installation details, painting touch-ups by Nina McCarty, and several other people related to the South Miami Church congregation.
Date: April 22, 1943
Creator: Dashur, L. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: Keeton, Afton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gene Moody, April 1, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gene Moody, April 1, 2001

Interview with Gene Moody, a staff sergeant in charge of medical dispensary during the Korean War. He answers questions about his military service and his experiences abroad.
Date: April 15, 2003
Creator: Reitmeier, Sara & Moody, Gene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002

Interview with Pete Craig, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II from Houston, Texas. Craig describes his time as a Private 1st Class in the Infantry, as well as his experiences in basic training and the places he visited throughout the United States. Included at the end of the transcript is a written summarization by the interviewer, Colby Burmaster, which was provided with the two audiotapes of the interview.
Date: April 26, 2003
Creator: Burmaster, Colby & Craig, Pete
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Items Shipped for Plantersville Nurseries, April 1955] (open access)

[Receipt for Items Shipped for Plantersville Nurseries, April 1955]

Receipt for items sent to Plantersville Nursery by John's, Plants Seed & Bulbs, including 3BX plants.
Date: April 13, 1955
Creator: Railway Express Agency, Incorporated
System: The Portal to Texas History