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Oral History Interview with Garland Huey, April 24, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Garland Huey, April 24, 2003

Interview with Garland Huey, a United States Navy veteran of World War II originally from Baytown, Texas. Huey answers questions about how he entered the Navy and his initial experiences; he tells a lengthy story of most of his time aboard ship, including one instance where one of the main guns got jammed.
Date: April 24, 2003
Creator: Hinojosa, Filiberto & Huey, Garland
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 24, 1945?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 24, 1945?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing packages, working at the American Red Cross canteen at Logan Field, being called to work in Washington, living arrangements, and expressing her appreciation for her time as a WASP and how it prepared her for work after leaving the service. Written on Hotel Annapolis (Washington) stationary.
Date: 1945-04-24?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 241st week of the war, 123rd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Eastern front; Italy; air war; Southeast Asia; Pacific. Maps: Communications centers hit in the Balkans; Crimea. Includes 7 photographs. Back: Smoke. Description of 4 ways to produce smoke for combat purposes. 1 illustration. 9 photographs.
Date: April 24, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of a Couple being Towed]

Photograph of a newly wed officer and his bride being towed away in their jeep by a wrecker. A sign on the back of the jeep says, "Just Married?"
Date: April 24, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and Gerald Brant]

Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and General Gerald C. Brant sitting in folding chairs at the graduation ceremony for the 43-W-1 class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
Date: April 24, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. L. Mayhall to Plosser and Prince, April 24, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from C. L. Mayhall to Plosser and Prince, April 24, 1942]

Letter from C. L. Mayhall to Plosser and Prince discussing a recent meeting between one Mr. C. C. Jones and Plosser-Prince and a possible contract between the Col-Tex Refining Company and Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date: April 24, 1942
Creator: Mayhall, C. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. H. Steffen to Joe B. Plosser, April 24, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from J. H. Steffen to Joe B. Plosser, April 24, 1942]

Letter from J. H. Steffen to Joe B. Plosser discussing three bid quotes from the Steffen Brothers Hotel Supply Company for Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date: April 24, 1942
Creator: Steffen, J. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Nazi Tanks]

Postcard of men in rows of tanks with little scull and crossbones flag. The postcard has a postage mark and German writing on the back.
Date: April 24, 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History