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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2]

Orders for several Air Force and WASP pilots to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Moultrie, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas. The three WASP pilots are Gayle D. Ewing, Nadine B. Ramsey, and Helen A. Turner.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 24, Edition 1, Thursday, August 24, 1944 (open access)

The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 24, Edition 1, Thursday, August 24, 1944

Biweekly newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas, published for the personnel of Avenger Field, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to Maxine Flournoy, Aug. 24, 2002] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to Maxine Flournoy, Aug. 24, 2002]

Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to Maxine Flourney discussing the growing WASP member email list and the number of members that the group has lost track of.
Date: August 24, 2002
Creator: Murphy, Catherine A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 24, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her disappointment at not having received a letter in four days, a drive around town with Evelyn, dinner plans with Elaine and Mrs. Mieler, and a call from Missie requesting that Joe send a message to Walter.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, August 24, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, August 24, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on August 24, 1945, informing them of his living arrangements in China, and his lack of mail in the past few weeks.
Date: August 24, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 24, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, spending the night with Walter, seeing a biographical movie about Mark Twain, and hemming his shorts.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, August 24, 1942 : week of August 14 to August 21

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Northern France, Air assault, Allied conference, Southwest Pacific, Mediterranean, Russia, North Africa, Aleutians, China, Brazil. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show The European theatre, Main area of operations in the Solomons, USSR. Includes photographs: Landing party; Commando glider; Last stop in North Africa; War in the heart of Africa. Back: China's Cadets. 10 photographs are accompanied by text.
Date: August 24, 1942
Creator: [United States]. Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. G. Prochnow, August 24, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. G. Prochnow, August 24, 1974

Interview with Alex Prochnow, U. S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the minelayer USS Montgomery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Prochnow, Alex G.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harry W. Brooks, August 24, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harry W. Brooks, August 24, 1974

Interview with Harry Brooks, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brooks, Harry W., 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.
Date: August 24, 2002
Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joaquin Gomez, August 24, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joaquin Gomez, August 24, 1974

Interview with Joaquin Gomez, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences at the Schofield Barracks with the 24th Division during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gomez, Joaquin, 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth R. Isaacs and Eliza E. Isaacs, August 24, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Kenneth R. Isaacs and Eliza E. Isaacs, August 24, 1974

Interview with Kenneth R. Isaacs and his wife Eliza E. Isaacs, concerning their experiences living in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Kenneth is a U.S. Navy veteran who was a crew member of the repair ship USS Dobbin.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Isaacs, Kenneth R. & Isaacs, Eliza E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Randolph Lockwood, August 24, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Randolph Lockwood, August 24, 1974

Interview with Randolph S. Lockwood regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941. It also contains a list of corrections made to the interview for content regarding phrases that were initially mis-typed.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lockwood, Randolph S.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Soldiers]

Photograph of two soldiers standing with their arms around each others' shoulders, outside of a building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says Butch & I, Aug. 24, 1942."
Date: August 24, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers Shaking Hands]

Photograph of two soldiers shaking hands in front of a building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Aug. 24, 1943- Camp Campbell. Col. Wood Congratulating on my promotion in front of our headquarters."
Date: August 24, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Radio Signal Test] (open access)

[Radio Signal Test]

Flight school test on radio ranges and signals with answers filled out in pencil by Catherine Parker.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: Parker, Catherine
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History