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[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Harry Ives Shoemaker - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Harry Ives Shoemaker - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Harry Ives Shoemaker, recorded in the letter as 'Mr. H. R. Shoemaker' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Lowell Gustin Bagman (?)', who is attempting to get a message to 'Mrs. Ronald Barnick (Barney) (?), Max (Knox) (?), North Dakota'. McKie explains that the message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo asks that Shoemaker be notified but does not know the reason. McKie asks that he write back with the correct name and address of the internee's family.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Abraham H. Birsh - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Abraham H. Birsh - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Abraham H. Birsh' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Charles Birsh'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to brother from internee on Radio Tokyo. McKie mentions she had a cousin who lived in Mount Vernon, New York (whose husband's name is Clarence Cole) and asks Mr. Birsh to say hello to her cousin, as they have not been in contact for many years.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Herman Besser - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Herman Besser - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Herman Desser', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Leo Besser, recorded in the letter as 'Leo Desser'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to brother from internee on Radio Toyko.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. C. R. Bickford - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. C. R. Bickford - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. C. R. Bickford, Tivoli, Texas (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Clara May Bickford, Second Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to mother from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. Berman - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. Berman - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Berman (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'William Howard Berman (Doorman)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to father from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Frank C. Bennett - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Frank C. Bennett - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Frank C. Bennett', of Carmel, California, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Frank C. Bennett, c/o Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to wife from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. R. J. Barnick - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. R. J. Barnick - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. R. J. Barnick, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Ronald Barnick (Barney) (?)', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Roane Justin Bergman, recorded in the letter as 'Lowell Gustin Bagman (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to family from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger, May 2, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger, May 2, 1945]

Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger to her family recounting her daily life while sailing from the United States to the Philippine Islands and upon arriving there. On the island, she tells them that they live in an old Catholic Academy with partial damage from the war, sleep on cots with mosquito bars, and eat with mess kits and canteens in a tent. She mentions that upon arriving, the Filipino people were happy to see them. Agnes' life on the boat consisted of dancing, singing, performances from the G. I. Orchestra, movies, and sleeping on the boat deck. She says it is the first day they received mail since leaving the U.S., and that she received letters from many friends and family, and that she was shocked to hear of President Roosevelt's death and excited to hear of Adolf Hitler's death. She asks if they received a brown envelope that they talked about when she was previously home, and says she will write when she can.
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: Niernberger, Agnes Langley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, May 2, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, May 2, 2006

Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. LeBow joined the navy in 1943 and went from Lubbock, Texas to San Diego for recruit training. He shipped out to Pearl Harbor aboard an LST from San Francisco. At Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to a work detail aboard the USS Oklahoma, which had just been righted. Shortly thereafter, he boarded the USS Indianapolis to serve as a range finder operator on one of the gun turrets. Upon leaving Hawaii, the Indianapolis went to Tarawa and then the Marshall Islands. LeBow witnessed Japanese civilian suicides on Saipan. He also witnessed the flag-raising on Iwo Jima from his range finder position aboard the ship. LeBow describes being hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa. He also discusses delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian and being torpedoed on the way to the Philippines. He describes abandoning the ship and spending five days in the water, including his faith in God, hallucinations, rescue, and his recovery.
Date: May 2, 2006
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Lebow, Cleatus A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History