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Forgotten Legacies: The U.S. Glider Pilot Training Program and Lamesa Field, Texas, During World War II
Rapidly initiated at the national, regional, and local levels, the American glider pilot training program came about due to a perceived need after successful German operations at the outset of World War II. Although the national program successfully produced the required number of pilots to facilitate combat operations, numerous changes and improvisation came to characterize the program. Like other American military initiatives in the twentieth century, the War Department applied massive amounts of effort, dollars, and time to a program that proved to be short-lived in duration because it was quickly discarded when new technologies appeared. At the local level, the real loser was Lamesa, Texas. Bearing the brunt of these changes by military decision makers, the citizens of Lamesa saw their hard-fought efforts to secure an airfield fall quickly by the wayside in the wake of changing national defense priorities. As generations continue to pass and memories gradually fade, it is important to document and understand the relationship between this military platform that saw limited action and a small Texas town that had a similarly short period of significance to train the pilots who flew the aircraft.
Date:
May 2016
Creator:
Garner, Christian A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1
First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date:
May 1984
Creator:
Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-434
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the State Highway Commission, under the authority granted by Article 6673a, V.C.S., can legally sell surplus land and improvements directly to the City of Lamesa for the established value without advertising and without requesting sealed bids from the general public under the facts stated.
Date:
May 6, 1965
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The West Texas Region
Report on economic forecast and outlook for the West Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date:
May 2002
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Oakleigh Lewis Thorne to Daniel W. Kempner, May 21, 1953]
Telegram sent by Oakleigh Lewis Thorne to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the salary and experience of a gentleman they intend to hire.
Date:
May 21, 1953
Creator:
Thorne, Oakleigh Lewis
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History