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[17th Armored Infantry Battalion Soldier]
Photograph of three uniformed soldiers from the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion together in front of a corrugated tin building. Two of the soldiers wear helmets and stand on either side of a sitting man. The building has straw and canvas on its roof. Clothes hang from a nearby tree branch to the right.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 136, Ed. 2 Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 1, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Billets at Auffey]
Photograph of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion billets in Auffey, France. There are helmets and crates outside the billet.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carl Lyons With Buddies]
Photograph of Carl J. Lyons and two friends outside their barracks at Auffey, France.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Honorable Service for Gayle Snell]
A certificate signed by General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cochran affirming that Gayle Snell completed pilot training to become a WASP.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Headquarters
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: S.A. Girl Gets WASP Wings]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Eleanor McLernon and her training with the WASP. The back of the clipping includes an advertisement.
Date:
1944-11~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five Posing Soldiers Below a Building]
Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers posing among rocks and small shrubs that lie below large stone building. A cement stairway leads down from the building to the rocky area. The soldiers are identified from the top left as Dan Melli, Jackie, John, Davis, and Ross.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell card]
Personal card that says "Gayle M. Snell, Women Airforce Service Pilot"
Date:
[1944-11..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Large Group of Soldiers in Anglesville, France]
Photograph of a large group of soldiers in the field in Anglesville, France, November 1944. A number of men are identified on the image with the names Eaton, Hoeweler, Guthrie, Drawers, Orzel, Deyton, Czecha, Callihan, Danielson, Biesman, Scott, Brown, Bixley, Anderson, Booth, Roszman, Harms and Lovelace.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wallace C. Thompson to W. J. Bryan, November 1, 1944]
Letter from Thompson, Wallace C. to W. J. Bryan thanking him for the letter he sent and informing Mr. Bryan that he recently spoke with Senator McDonald Meachum. Mr. Thompson also inquires about the political scene in Abilene and informs Mr. Bryan about the situation in Houston, Texas.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
Thompson, Wallace C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nine Soldiers by a Lean-To in France]
Photograph of nine uniformed soldiers near a lean-to. Three helmeted men on the left look down at a man kneeling by a bucket. Two men are under the shade of the lean-to. To the right, a mustached soldier holds a hammer over another soldier who is bending over.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #6]
Women Airforce Service Pilots pay stub for Eleanor McLernon from the Department of Training.
Date:
November 1, 1944
Creator:
War Department (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Advance Detachment Soldiers]
Photograph of John Pado, Lee Baird, C. Smith, and R. Castell squatting near a small tent, with other tents and soldiers in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Hijinks with advance detachment near Cherbourg, France. November, 1944."
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Charlie Staples]
Photograph of Charlie Staples standing in front of a barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Three Soldiers]
Photograph of three men outside a shelter, ready to receive visitors. Taken at Auffey, France, November 1944.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Van Hauklon and Donkey]
Photograph of a soldier, Van Haulkon, standing next to a donkey on a dirt road at Camp Ennis.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pilots' Information File]
Pilot's information file No. 24A from the United States War Department, A.A.F. approved on February 28, 1944. The file details pilot information and came in a brown envelope that reads "Pilots' Information File No. 14, Revision No. 14," dated November 1, 1944. On the back of the envelope is a detailed warning and rules to follow.
Date:
November 1, 1944
Creator:
United States Department of War
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - November, 1944]
An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor, for work in District 7-B from November 1, 1944 through November 17, 1944. The reverse side includes a blank form.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers at Rear of Truck]
Photograph of nine soldiers with the Advance Detachment near Cherbourg, France, goofing off at the rear of a truck. On the right, a soldier stoops down to pick up a metal bucket, and the man behind him holds up a hammer. Another man in the middle of the photo sits on the ground in front of a bucket, and the other four look at him.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Lined Up Beside a Medical Station]
Photograph of nine helmeted U.S. Army soldiers standing in a row beside a medical station. The station, left, is a structure with a single visible window and the image of a dark cross on a white square. The soldiers are visible from shoulders up. They are identified as Addock, Ewing, Lieutenant Ray, Nat, Leone, Dan, Quillman, Thomas, and Captain Halpern.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Soldiers Standing Outside of Their Hut]
Photograph of three soldiers standing outside of their hut. The photo reads: "A Co. 17th AIB ready to receive visitors."
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Graduation Announcement for Catherine Parker]
Formal invitation card with envelope inviting guests to attend the Women Airforce Service Pilots graduation dance for the class of 44-W-9. A small card with the name of Catherine Parker is included in the announcement.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Posed Outdoors]
Photograph of twelve WASP posed in two rows in a field outdoors. The front row can be seen kneeling while the back rows stand, and all are in uniform with wing pins. Notes listing the names of those in the photo can be seen on the back that read, "Back L to R Kathleen Dooly, Marjorie Nakrhan "Bobbie", Mary Ann Showers "Peter", Mary Rance, Yvonne Pateman, Eleanor Feeley, F L to R, Beverly Dietrich, Marybelle Lyall, Margarie Papeel, Ethel Meyer, Irene MacConnihay, Irene Minter, Jeanne Norlock killed, Betty Lefevre - on duty army, Nov. 1944 Shaw Fld, Sumpter, S.C."
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 137, Ed. 2 Thursday, November 2, 1944
Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 2, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History