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Oral History Interview with Celeste Williams, November 13, 2014
Interview with Celeste Williams, the first female sports editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The interview includes discussion of her days as sports editor of her eighth-grade yearbook, working for several different newspapers in different cities, and finally ending up at the Star-Telegram.
Date:
November 13, 2014
Creator:
Copeland, Alex; Gutierrez, Tony; O'Hanlon, Adrian & Williams, Celeste
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Gayle Snell debit memorandum receipt]
A USAAF memorandum receipt for a parachute and flight jacket issued to WASP Gayle Snell.
Date:
November 10, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell regulation certificate]
A certificate signed by WASP Gayle Snell affirming that she read and understands AAF regulation 60-16.
Date:
November 9, 1944
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]
Envelope from the War Department sent to Gayle Snell.
Date:
November 27, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #2]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Whitaker, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell officers' mess statement]
A credit statement given to Gayle Snell by the Independence Army Air Field officers' mess, showing that she owed $20.00 for dining, laundry, and other services.
Date:
November 28, 1944
Creator:
Independence Army Air Field Officer's Mess
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell]
USAAF order indicating Gayle Snell's promotion from trainee to pilot, raising her pay, and rebasing her from Avenger Field to Independence Field.
Date:
November 7, 1944
Creator:
Taylor, C. O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cornelius D. Wiens, November 26, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cornelius D. Wiens. Wiens grew up in Montana and Kansas and was drafted into the Army in 1944. After completing training, he departed about the Sea Snipe for the Philippines. His first landing was at Leyte, where he remained fighting for three months. He describes coming to land on the small landing craft. From Leyte he went to Negros, then Masbate, and finally Mindanao. He describes the Japanese soldiers who were unwilling to surrender. After Japan's surrender he also spent time in Korea as a radio operator.
Date:
November 26, 2000
Creator:
Wiens, Cornelius D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt enlisted in the Army Air Forces in July of 1942. He describes the planes he flew during training, including the PT-19, the BT-13 and the UC-78. Hildebrandt was commissioned and received his pilot rating in November of 1943. Upon graduation he trained on the B-26 at Laughlin Field. Hildebrandt served as a pilot in the 95th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. They first traveled to Morocco, North Africa, then to northern Italy and Southern France. Their job was to bomb Marshaling yards, bridges and troop replacements. Hildebrandt describes some of his missions. He flew a total of 64 missions and was discharged in July of 1945.
Date:
November 12, 2009
Creator:
Hildebrandt, Alan
System:
The Portal to Texas History