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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 66, Ed. 2 Tuesday, August 22, 1944
Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Francis Lesniak and William Giannopoulos Crouching by a Cactus]
Photograph of Francis Lesniak and William Giannopoulos kneeling together by a cactus beside a drainage ditch. A truck is driving on a road to the right, while a person can be seen on a dirt path near camp buildings to the left.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a trip from Houston to Dallas, new bedspreads, recent correspondence, and ferrying planes.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling between Selma, AL, and Houston. The postcard features an image of an AT-6 in flight.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Student Flight Sheet]
Worksheet with details such as speed and fuel consumption calculated by Catherine Parker with an E-6B flight computer.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[William Giannopoulos with a Bazooka]
Photograph of William Giannopoulos holding a bazooka while standing next to plywood hutments at Camp Barkeley, Texas. A truck can be seen on a dirt road to the right of Giannopoulos. A handwritten note on the reverse side of the photo discusses the bazooka.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[William Giannopoulos with Prime Mover Truck]
Photograph of William Giannopoulos standing on the ground beside a 7 1/2 ton prime mover truck. He is wearing a U.S. Army uniform, glasses, and a helmet while holding a carbine in his right hand. The truck contains tank treads and gas cans and carries an M4 tank on a trailer. Giannopoulos explains the picture in a handwritten note on the reverse side of the photograph.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History