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Oral History Interview with Guinn Rasbury, April 30, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Guinn Rasbury, April 30, 2004

Interview with Guinn Rasbury, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses joining the Marines, being part of the invasion force at Florida and Tulagi Islands, having multiple malaria attacks, being transferred to Maine to cure his malaria, being transferred around the United States, and finally returning to the Pacific theater. He explains how being sick with malaria and getting bumped from a plane ride home saved his life. He shares anecdotes about sounding "Taps" at a memorial service for President Roosevelt and being chairman of the Second Marine Division Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee.
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: Graham, Eddie & Rasbury, Guinn
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Brown to Eleanor Brown, April 12, 2006] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Brown to Eleanor Brown, April 12, 2006]

Letter from Betty Brown to Eleanor Brown thanking her for agreeing to remain in her position on the WASP board.
Date: April 12, 2006
Creator: Brown, Betty J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History