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Oral History Interview with Robert Allender, September 23, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Allender. Allender was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa 21 November 1925 and enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in 1943. He qualified for sonar school while in boot camp and went to San Diego. Upon graduating from the school, he was sent to duty aboard the USS YMS-387, an auxiliary motor minesweeper. He describes his time on the YMS, engaged in coastal minesweeping and training prospective minesweeper crews. He left the minesweeper in December 1944 and was assigned to the commissioning crew of a coastal patrol craft in Portland, Oregon in the spring of 1945. He describes convoy duty between Pearl Harbor and the South Pacific, and operations near Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam and Ulithi. He recalls that following the Japanese surrender, his patrol craft was sent to Yap to accept the surrender of the Japanese garrison. The ship left Ulithi in November 1945 and returned to Charleston, South Carolina for decommissioning. He was discharged from the Navy in April 1946.
Date:
September 23, 2001
Creator:
Allender, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Norman Apelt, September 23, 2001
Transcript of an oral interview with Norman Apelt. He discusses his service in the US Army Air Corps as an airplane mechanic in Pampa, Texas. After the war ended, Apelt was assigned duty in occupied Japan.
Date:
September 23, 2001
Creator:
Apelt, Norman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tabulation of Votes on Ballot 250, September 1959]
Summary page addressed to Truett Latimer listing Congressional bills up for consideration and the tabulation of votes among business owners in the Abilene district regarding the measures.
Date:
September 23, 1959
Creator:
Baird, J. Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sybil Bale, September 23, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sybil Bale. Bale was born in Clovis, New Mexico in 1920. In 1940 she went to Washington, D.C. to work for the Lend Lease Program as a secretary. She tells of seeing the program grow from a staff of four with four secretaries to over 750 employees when she left in 1941. Returning to New Mexico, Sybil was employed by the Selective Service Draft Board as an auditor and tells of the work it entailed. She describes the classification process of civilians including those who worked on the Manhattan Project. She tells of getting married in 1952 to a career Marine and of her life married to a World War II veteran who also served in Korea and Vietnam.
Date:
September 23, 2001
Creator:
Bale, Sybil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release Announcing the "Jubilations and Celebrations" Exhibition - September 3, 1991]
Press release announcing the "Jubilations and Celebrations" art exhibit to be hosted at Barnes-Blackman Galleries from October 5, 1991 through November 16, 1991. The exhibit will feature paintings by Bruce Brown and paper sculptures by Wilmer Cannon.t
Date:
September 23, 1991
Creator:
Barnes-Blackman Galleries
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frederick M. Bidwell, September 23, 2011
Transcript of an oral interview with Frederick M. Bidwell. Bidwell joined the Army in 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was assigned to the 69th Infantry Division and headed for France in mid-1944. He eventually was attached to the 35th Infantry Division and fought in France at the Battle of St. Lo. He also briefly mentions the Battle of the Bulge.
Date:
September 23, 2011
Creator:
Bidwell, Frederick M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Items Sold to US National Company, September 1946]
Invoice for items sold to US National Company including fasteners and galvanized strap hinges costing $0.25 stamped paid on October 11th, 1946.
Date:
September 23, 1946
Creator:
Black Hardware Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Brenners Park Hotel Charges, September 23, 1955]
Invoice for items sold by Brenners Park Hotel, including dinner.
Date:
September 23, 1955
Creator:
Brenners Park Hotel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Brenners Park Hotel Charges, September 23, 1955]
Invoice for items sold by Brenners Park Hotel, including lunch.
Date:
September 23, 1955
Creator:
Brenners Park Hotel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 9]
Memorandum outlining the induction of college students into the Student Army Training Corps, including eligibility, induction procedures, and physical examinations.
Date:
September 23, 1918
Creator:
Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 12]
Memorandum outlining payment vouchers, commutation to officers and medical personnel, payments to institutions, and travel vouchers.
Date:
September 23, 1918
Creator:
Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 13]
Memorandum outlining regulations pertaining to district medical officers, hospital accommodations, quarters for enlisted men, and height regulations.
Date:
September 23, 1918
Creator:
Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 13]
Memorandum outlining regulations pertaining to district medical officers, hospital accommodations, quarters for enlisted men, and height regulations.
Date:
September 23, 1918
Creator:
Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 13, Number 1]
Memorandum supplementing Administration Memo No. 13, issued September 23, 1918, outlining regulations pertaining to emergency medical attention.
Date:
September 23, 1918
Creator:
Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Cattle]
Invoice for cattle sold to purchasers, Huffman, W. C. Gregg, and R & J Food Market, by C. B. Johnson Live Stock Commission Company including eleven calves.
Date:
September 23, 1952
Creator:
C. B. Johnson Live Stock Commission Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ken Cook, September 23, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ken Cook. Born in Dallas, Texas on January 19, 1927, he joined the Navy in October 1943 and attended boot camp in San Diego. Upon completing boot camp, he was ordered to engineering school in Gulfport, Mississippi and was assigned to the USS Sigourney (DD-643) for the duration of the war. He reported aboard Sigourney in May 1944 as a Fireman Striker, but after serving a stint as Mess Cook, changed his rating to Cook Striker. He recounts being aboard the vessel during July 1945 in San Pedro, California, when the crew was ordered to stand by for inspection due to a reported "theft of articles from a sailor's locker." Liberty was cancelled, the inspection was never conducted, and the ship got underway after embarking a mysterious individual dressed in a Chief's uniform. He recalls that the "Chief" soon changed into civilian clothes and, to his knowledge, spoke to almost no one during the ensuing days as the vessel sailed north to the Alaskan coast and a rendezvous with the USS Washington (BB-56). The Sigourney pulled alongside the Washington, which had the ship's band turned out and playing, …
Date:
September 23, 2001
Creator:
Cook, Ken
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jerome Crowley, September 23, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jerome Crowley. Crowley was born in Cituate, Maine 17 March 1924. He graduated from high school in 1941 and joined the US Navy 17 January 1942. Upon completion of boot camp he was sent to Aviation Machinist Mate School in Jacksonville, Florida where he received six months training on aircraft engines. He then volunteered for PT boats and underwent two months of training in Melville, Rhode Island. Crowley was then assigned to Torpedo Squadron 9 and went to Tobago for additional training. In March 1943 his unit arrived in Tulagi and he was assigned to the engine room aboard PT-156. He participated in the invasion of Munda and the Treasury Islands as well as doing patrols in the Kula Gulf. Crowley comments on the high morale among the crew members.
Date:
September 23, 2014
Creator:
Crowley, Jerome
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Balance due]
Invoice for items sold to Mrs. D. W. Kempner by Cupples Radio, including balance due on bill rendered July 11, 1952.
Date:
September 23, 1952
Creator:
Cupples Radio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ronald DeWitt, September 23, 2008
Transcript of an oral interview with Ronald DeWitt. In 1943, he joined the Navy when he was 17. He went to Newport, Rhode Island for basic training and then went to radar operator school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From there, he was assigned to Port Hueneme, California for more radar training. He evetually volunteered for sea duty and was posted to the USS Algol (AKA-54) in August, 1944 as a radar man. He describes the function of and gear aboard the attack cargo ship; being the ranking radar man; traveling in a convoy. After entering the Pacific, he participated in the invasion of the Philippines and was present for the landing at Lingayen Gulf. From there, they delivered cargo at Leyte, then headed for Okinawa. Th eAlgol ws there for the first nine days of the invasion before heading for Guam and then the US. toward the end of the war, the Algol was back in the Pacific, where, after the war, it delivered its boats to China. From there, it returned to Seattle and DeWitt left the Navy in March, 1946.
Date:
September 23, 2008
Creator:
DeWitt, Ronald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Ginn and Company, September 1919]
Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by Ginn and Company as part of Texas' free textbook law.
Date:
September 23, 1919
Creator:
Ginn and Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice to Freight and Weight Adjustment for Sugarland Industries, September 23, 1953]
Invoice for services sold to Sugarland Industries by H. Kempner, including freight and weight adjustment.
Date:
September 23, 1953
Creator:
H. Kempner (Firm)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo regarding Air Patrol Report, 23 September 1928]
Official air patrol memo containing extracts from a report of a mission flown the previous day over Nicaragua. Included in the report are mail drops and communication with Marine ground patrols. One Marine's disappearance in a river and another's injury by airdropped rations are recorded.
Date:
September 23, 1928
Creator:
Headquarters Fifth Regiment
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Hockensmith, September 23, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Hockensmith. Hockensmith was drafted in the Army in 1942. He was assigned to the 626th Military Police Battalion in Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. They patrolled the streets and served as auxiliary police. He was then assigned to the 394th Military Police Escort Guard Company in Fort Bliss, Texas. They were trained to handle prisoners of war. He also received instruction on personnel management. He was then transferred to a little town about 35 miles east of Waco where a POW camp was established. In 1943 he went by troop ship to North Africa to pick up African and German prisoners from the Afrika Korps to transfer back to a POW camp in Mexia, Texas. He describes the work of a POW at the camp. From Mexia, Hockensmith was transferred to another POW camp in Camp Swift, Texas. He was then transferred into the personnel section of the Medical Corps and was shipped out to the Pacific in late 1944. They traveled to Okinawa, then to Kadena Airfield and remained in this area until January of 1946. He was discharged in early 1946.
Date:
September 23, 2010
Creator:
Hockensmith, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Texas Dairy]
Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the Imperial Mercantile Company, including Texas Dairy feed.
Date:
September 23, 1949
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History