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[Clipping: A Fascinating Cadre] (open access)

[Clipping: A Fascinating Cadre]

Newspaper clipping describing details of the book "A WASP Among Eagles: A Woman in Military Test Pilot in World War II" by Ann Baumgartner Carl with publication and pricing information. The clipping also provides a brief biography of Ann Baumgartner Carl, and lists additional books about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).
Date: October 25, 1999
Creator: Booher, Alice A.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John A. McVean, October 25, 1995

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with John McVean, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 25, 1995
Creator: Maynard, Stephen Ronald & McVean, John A., 1919-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
WASP_01-2007-02-200 (open access)

WASP_01-2007-02-200

Certificate addressed to Charlyne Creger from Governors' Camp in Masai Mara for ascent in an air ship balloon named the "Mara Rainbow".
Date: October 25, 1987
Creator: Mara Balloon Safaris
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Kuhn, October 25, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Kuhn, October 25, 1976

Interview with John Kuhn, a Navy WWII veteran from Winnebago, Minnesota. Kuhn discusses his experience at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941, including joining the Navy in 1940 and training, attachment to the USS Thornton, radio duty on Ford Island, the events of the attack, and the following evening.
Date: October 25, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kuhn, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972

Interview with C. L. Permenter, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Permenter discusses his pre-war service with the North China Marines at Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), the situation in Japanese-occupied China, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, Kiangwang, and Fengtai.
Date: October 25, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Permenter, C. L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Application for National Service Life Insurance] (open access)

[Application for National Service Life Insurance]

Application for National Service Life Insurance filled by Justin L. Bible. There are instructions on the back of the application.
Date: October 25, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the American Red Cross to Clara Willis, October 25, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from the American Red Cross to Clara Willis, October 25, 1945]

Letter from the American Red Cross to Clara Willis, thanking her for her contribution to the success of the Red Cross Program at the Waco Army Air Field.
Date: October 25, 1945
Creator: American Red Cross
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 25-26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 25-26, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, a road trip across the southwest, visiting Los Angeles, reuniting with her friend Bobby, and waiting for orders. Written on American Airlines stationary.
Date: 1944-10-25/1944-10-26
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 25, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 25, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, his surprise at Floy and Worth's visiting Luling, and his thoughts on all the babies that have been born.
Date: October 25, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 25, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 25, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying into Los Angeles at night, living quarters in Long Beach, the food service, and preparing to ferry new Vultee aircraft to Dallas. Written on Hilton Hotel stationary.
Date: October 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, October 25, 1943 : week of October 14 to October 21, 215th week of the war, 97th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Italy, Schweinfurt, Southwest Pacific, Burma, North Pacific, U.S. subs. Inset maps: Bridgeheads across the Dnepr River, [Pacific Ocean off coast of New Guinea], [Areas in Southern Europe providing targets for bomber forces], Operations begin in Burma. Photographs: Nazis use Soviet equipment and men in battle for Italy, Soviet soldier and RAF officer, Lieut. Col. Chesley G. Peterson, Salt Lake City, Fuel pipe lines, Fifth Army engineers, In the Naga Hills of northern Burma. Back: Photographic view of the world with the center at Berlin, Germany. Includes instructions for using a detachable scale that, when centered on Berlin, measures distances along any line running through Berlin.
Date: October 25, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library