Military transportation service in theaters of operations. (open access)

Military transportation service in theaters of operations.

A training guide describing "the mission, functions, policies, organization, and operation of the military transportation service in theaters of operations. "
Date: December 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marin Bockwinkel Seated]

Photograph of Martin Bockwinkel seated in a chair and wearing a dress uniform.
Date: December 26, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Soldiers Standing Among Trees]

Photograph of Lieutenant Novak, Albert Iggi, Katz, and Winstad standing in a row outside between bare trees. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and jackets.
Date: December 26, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, December 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, December 27, 1945]

Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots discussing the details of their next meeting scheduled in Austin, Texas.
Date: December 27, 1945
Creator: Quist, Mary C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, December 14, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, December 14, 1945]

Letter from Mary C. Quist to the Women Airforce Service Pilots providing a questionnaire about their activities, meetings and memberships in regards to the Order of Fifinella.
Date: December 14, 1945
Creator: Quist, Mary C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[File for Discharge Record] (open access)

[File for Discharge Record]

Slip of paper filed for record in Grayson County. It reads: "The State of Texas, county of Grayson. I, J. C. Buchanan, Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that the foregoing instrument of writing, with it Certificate of Authentication, was filed for record in my office on the 14 day of Dec, 1945 at 3 o'clock P.M. and duly recorded this 19 day of Dec, 1945 in the Discharge Records of said County, in Vol. 8, pages 86. Witness my hand and seal of said Court at Sherman, Texas this 19 day of Dec, 1945. J. C. Buchanan, Clerk County Court, Grayson County, Texas."
Date: December 14, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Medical Certificate #2] (open access)

[Eleanor McLernon Medical Certificate #2]

Medical certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Administration certifying that Eleanor McLernon meets the examination requirements for second class.
Date: December 28, 1945
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women with Christmas Tree]

Photograph of a group of eight women in front of a Christmas tree. A not written on the back of the photo reads, "Reg, Trixie Fiebrantz,", "Necia", and "12/29/45".
Date: December 29, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 4 years after Pearl Harbor

Front: Text describes photographs: U.S. destroyer Shaw -- Third Fleet Unit -- Nazis march in Vienna -- 35th Infantry Division troops in Polch, Poland -- Joachim von Ribbentrop -- Signatures on the United Nations Security Charter -- Nipponese who helped capture the headquarters of Chinese 29th Army at Tungchow -- Pfc. Cecil Cunningham, of St. Louis, MO in Tokyo -- Navy Secretary Frank Knox draws the second number in the Third Selective Service drawing -- Five Michigan men leave a separation center at Fort Sheridan, Ill. after discharge. Back: Map shows eastern portion of the United States with population statistics by state and per person income payments in 1940 and 1944.
Date: December 10, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : U.S. role in world affairs

Text describes U.S. role in world affairs and is keyed to map. Map projection is "designed to minimize distortions along the 40th parallel which runs approximately through Tokyo and Washington."
Date: December 17, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 1945: Year of Victory

Front: Text describes photographs. Photographs: German PWs arriving in States on V-E-Day; January: Yanks on Luzon; February: "Big three" at Yalta; March: across the Rhine at Remagen; April: Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies; May: V-E-Day; June: United Nations; July: Potsdam Conference; August: atomic age begins; September: V-J-Day ends World War II; October: Goering and 23 other high Nazis indicted for war crimes; November: new chief of staff; December: Moscow meeting. Back: If you plan to return to school or college. Text describes how to apply for college credit for Army training. 2 photographs.
Date: December 31, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Troop deployment

Front: Chart of U.S. troop deployment is keyed to world maps. 3 maps include Asiatic-Pacific, European, American areas of deployment. Back: V-E, V-J, VD : there is an enemy still to be defeated. Text warns of venereal diseases.
Date: December 24, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Changes in Army and Navy commands

Front: Text describes Generals Marshall, Eisenhower, and McNarney, as well as Admirals King, Nimitz, and Spruance. Includes 6 photographs. Back: Where will the best jobs be? Illustration and text.
Date: December 3, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[John Harrell and a Truck]

Photograph of John Harrell standing next to a medicine truck. A building is visible behind it.
Date: December 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers on the Beach]

Photograph of soldiers, tanks, and trucks on the beach at Luzon, Philippines
Date: December 12, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her father's passing.
Date: December 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 8-10, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 8-10, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a package, her schedule, flying in a B-26, remnant Japanese troops on Guam and safety on the island, getting Seabees to help her move things, doing laundry, meeting someone she went to grade school with, and food.
Date: 1945-12-08/1945-12-10
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 25, 1945?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 25, 1945?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas on Guam, running a Red Cross canteen, how she thinks of home, and an incident where someone pulled a gas alarm. Written on Burlington Hotel (Washington D. C.) stationary.
Date: 1945-12-25?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a backlog of mail, Christmas decorations on Guam, weather, problems with water and electricity, meeting someone from Jacksonville, changes in personnel on the island, and her typewriter. Written on American Red Cross stationary.
Date: December 26, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 21, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 21, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent correspondence, the difficulty of coming home for Christmas and trying to decide whether to try, and news about her friends Bobby and Marion. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: December 21, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History