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[Letter from Mary Jones-Wilkinson to Charlyne Creger, August 28, 2002] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Jones-Wilkinson to Charlyne Creger, August 28, 2002]

Letter from Mary Jones-Wilkinson to Charlyne Creger discussing details of her invitation to the Oklahoma Air & Space Museum for the Awards Ceremony. The letter states the event details, dress attire and travel accommodations.
Date: August 28, 2002
Creator: Jones-Wilkinson, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
[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
By Laws Report, 2002 (open access)

By Laws Report, 2002

Report by Helen Cannon in which she writes and then answers several questions written to her about the by-laws of the Women Airforce Service Pilots organization.
Date: August 12, 2002
Creator: Cannon, Helen
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul F. Lemmon, August 16, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Paul F. Lemmon, August 16, 2002

Interview with Paul F. Lemmon, a fireman in the US Navy during WWII. He answers questions about his life prior to enlisting and his experience overseas.
Date: August 16, 2002
Creator: Coates, Evan & Lemmon, Paul F.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History