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Oral History Interview with William Galvin, August 25, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Galvin, August 25, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Galvin. Galvin joined the Navy in October of 1942. During boot camp at Great Lakes he was selected to complete Field Medical School at Camp Pendleton. He traveled aboard a Dutch freighter with Merchant Marines picking up and delivering troops. He traveled to Pago Pago in Samoa, New Caledonia, picking up wounded soldiers and delivering them back to the U.S. He continued this work on the SS Lurline. After getting into trouble on leave, he was given an opportunity to join the Marines to have all charges against him dropped. In early 1944 he was assigned to the 5th Marine Division. He provides details of training with the Marines at Camp Tarawa. Galvin was in the second wave going ashore at Iwo Jima. He describes his experiences as a medic through the battle. After getting wounded he was sent on leave, and later returned for duty as a Corpsman at Farragut Hospital. He was discharged in 1946.
Date: August 25, 2014
Creator: Galvin, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clyde Griffin, August 25, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Griffin, August 25, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Clyde Griffin. Griffin graduated from high school in 1937, enlisted in the Army Aviation Air Corps and was commissioned in Jun 1942. He went to Visalia, California for flying school, then to Merced, California for basic training and then to Stockton. When he graduated from Stockton Field Aviation School he was assigned first to a single engine squadron in South Carolina (a P-39 training school) and that's where he washed out with a busted eardrum. In one of the first flights he took, he had a head cold and his eardrum burst. After that, he was transferred to Florida where they lost him (the Army lost his papers). After about six months, they sent him to Amarillo Air Base where he was the Assistant Operations Officer. Amarillo was a Ferry Command stop over for planes that were being ferried back and forth across the country. They also had a general depot. Griffin got to fly a lot of different aircraft while he was there. He received orders to go overseas to New Caledonia where he was stationed for twenty-two months, doing mostly administrative flying. After New Caledonia, he was stationed in Hawaii for six …
Date: August 25, 2011
Creator: Griffin, Clyde O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Don F. Morell, August 25, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Don F. Morell, August 25, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Don F. Morell. Morell joined the U.S. Navy in January 1944. He was sent to the Pacific and became a submarine relief crewman. Morrell’s crew was responsible for refitting submarines that had returned from a war patrol. He was eventually assigned to the primary crew on the USS Chub (SS-329) and took part in two war patrols. During these patrols the Chub sank several ships and was depth charged. Morell was sent back to the States after the war was over where he helped decommission submarines until his discharge in May 1946.
Date: August 25, 2010
Creator: Morell, Don F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert V. Keeffe, August 25, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert V. Keeffe, August 25, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert V. Keeffe. Keeffe joined the Navy in the summer of 1943. He became a Seabee and trained as a heavy equipment operator. Keeffe was sent to the Russell Islands with Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 573 where he remained throughout the war. He was a crane operator and tells several stories including one about disposing of military equipment at the end of the war. Keeffe returned to the States in the fall of 1945 and became a reservist.
Date: August 25, 2010
Creator: Keeffe, Robert V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarence LeMieux, August 25, 2006 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clarence LeMieux, August 25, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence LeMieux. LeMieux was born on 16 December 1916 in Virginia, Minnesota. Graduating from high school in 1934, he joined the US Army Air Corps. He was sent to Chanute Field and enrolled in an engine and airframe training course. Upon graduation he was assigned to a B-10 crew and participated in gunnery and bombing practice. He was later, transferred to a B-17 crew and sent to Townsville, Australia. LeMieux tells of a bombing mission over Rabaul, of attacks by enemy fighters and of a forced landing in a swamp in New Guinea. He relates the harrowing trek out of the swamps and arrival at a native village and of being taken to Buna for travel to Australia. He tells of getting malaria and his return to the US. He received a direct commission from enlisted rank in 1943 and he tells of his various assignments and training he received prior to his retirement in 1965. The B-17 that crashed into the swamp was discovered intact in 1972. Given the name Swamp Ghost, it was reclaimed and taken to Honolulu in 2013.
Date: August 25, 2006
Creator: LeMieux, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur R. Liberty, August 25, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur R. Liberty, August 25, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Liberty. Born in Vermont, Liberty quit high school in 1942 to join the Marine Corps. He took boot training at Parris Island for nine weeks before going to Camp Lejeune where he was assigned to Company M, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines. After three more weeks of training, the company boarded a troop train to Camp Pendleton. Liberty boarded a ship bound for Rio-Namur during January 1944. He was in the third wave of the invasion and was wounded one hour after landing. He was taken to Aiea Naval Hospital in Pearl Harbor for treatment and recovery. Upon recovering, he returned to his division in time for the invasion of Saipan in June 1944. He landed with the first wave, endured heavy Japanese artillery and machine gun fire, which killed or wounded several members of his squad. Later, the battalion invaded Tinian where Liberty recalls being in a foxhole with three others when an artillery shell exploded close by wounding one and killing two others leaving him unharmed. Next, Liberty landed on Iwo Jima on 19 February. Of the 350 men in his company who landed on Iwo …
Date: August 25, 2005
Creator: Liberty, Arthur R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Play Ball Invitation (open access)

Play Ball Invitation

A printed invitation, with blank spaces handwritten, addressed to Mr. John Sprague of Aline requesting he 'Play Ball' (baseball) on Aug. 25, 1898 at 'Suray Picnic,' signed by the team Captain Russell, Kansas team.
Date: August 25, 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez to Mexico's agriculture department] (open access)

[Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez to Mexico's agriculture department]

Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez to the agriculture department of Mexico. On the first page are small blocks of text printed above a wide text column that fills the page and continues onto a second page, ending above a signature.
Date: August 25, 1970
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006 & Gonzalez, Pedro J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Marcus Fellow Program Continuation Review Form] (open access)

[Marcus Fellow Program Continuation Review Form]

A documented review and routing form submitted to the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, meticulously detailing the progress, impact, and future plans for the Marcus Fellow Program.
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Authorization for Club Charges, August 25, 1953] (open access)

[Authorization for Club Charges, August 25, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 2 Charges to my account."
Date: August 25, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Authorization for Club Charges, August 25, 1953] (open access)

[Authorization for Club Charges, August 25, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 2 Charges to my account."
Date: August 25, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Monthly Bill for Galveston Country Club: August 1953] (open access)

[Monthly Bill for Galveston Country Club: August 1953]

Monthly bill for dues, taxes, and other charges made at Galveston Country Club, including dues for the month September worth $10 along with three other charges which make it $15.00 in total. Stamped paid on August 28, 1953.
Date: August 25, 1953
Creator: Galveston Country Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Plain Pot Labels and Green Palm Tubs] (open access)

[Invoice for Plain Pot Labels and Green Palm Tubs]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by American Florist Supply Co., including 1000 plain 6 inches pot labels, four 14 inches green palm tubs and two 16 inches green palm tubs of total worth $21.90. Second page contains an acknowledgement receipt as a memorandum for the invoice.
Date: August 25, 1953
Creator: American Florist Supply Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Sea Island Green Twine, August 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Sea Island Green Twine, August 1953]

Invoice for items sold to Plantersville Nurseries by American Florist Supply Co., including sea island green twine shipped on August 18th, 1953 via parcel post and postage worth $3.1.
Date: August 25, 1953
Creator: American Florist Supply Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement for a Term at Duke University: Fall, 1960] (open access)

[Statement for a Term at Duke University: Fall, 1960]

Statement for Marion Lee Kempner from Duke University for charges associated with the Fall Semester of 1960, including tuition, fees, and room rent.
Date: August 25, 1960
Creator: Duke University
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Galveston Club, August 25, 1954] (open access)

[Invoice for Galveston Club, August 25, 1954]

Invoice prepared for Daniel W. Kempner by Galveston Club listing itemized charges and total amount due of $7.50.
Date: August 25, 1954
Creator: Galveston Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Warehouse Brooms, August 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Warehouse Brooms, August 1955]

Invoice for items sold to U S National Co. by Black Hardware Company, including warehouse brooms worth $2.72. Written paid on September 27th, 1955.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Black Hardware Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Second Commandment (open access)

The Second Commandment

A handwritten manuscript using the text Exodus 20:4-6 and Isaiah 44:12-17. The second commandment says that we are not to worship any graven images or idols. This sermon looks at how to obey this commandment, and avoid violating it. Preached in Cisco, Texas.
Date: August 25, 1918
Creator: Baten, A. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Balance Due to Grand Hotel Des Bains, August 1952] (open access)

[Invoice for Balance Due to Grand Hotel Des Bains, August 1952]

Invoice by Grand Hotel des Bains, including services, etc. worth 3.62 Francs.
Date: August 25, 1952
Creator: Grand Hotel Des Bains
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advisory board meeting agenda] (open access)

[Advisory board meeting agenda]

An advisory board meeting agenda outline for a meeting dated August 25, 1989.
Date: August 25, 1989
Creator: AIDS ARMS Network, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice for Charges to D. W. Kempner, August 1939] (open access)

[Invoice for Charges to D. W. Kempner, August 1939]

Invoice for charges to D. W. Kempner for Bell & Howard Company, including returning property of customers, etc.
Date: August 25, 1939
Creator: Bell & Howell Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[DGPC board meeting notes dated August 25, 1980] (open access)

[DGPC board meeting notes dated August 25, 1980]

Notes from Dallas Gay Political Caucus open board on August 25, 1980. Includes tasks that are assigned to board members.
Date: August 25, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[DGPC board meeting notes dated July 28, 1980] (open access)

[DGPC board meeting notes dated July 28, 1980]

Notes from Dallas Gay Political Caucus open board on July 28, 1980.
Date: August 25, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART's Labor Day Weekend Schedule (open access)

DART's Labor Day Weekend Schedule

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History