[Application for Special Shoe Stamp] (open access)

[Application for Special Shoe Stamp]

Application for a special shoe stamp, to be used to buy new shoes. Instructions at the top request: "do not fill in this application unless you will suffer serious hardship if you are unable to obtain an extra shoe ration before a new War Ration Stamp becomes valid. Hardship need not be shown to replace defective shoes."
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Benefits of Reenlistment] (open access)

[Benefits of Reenlistment]

Document listing the benefits of reenlisting in the Marine Corps, including a reenlistment period; mustering out pay; reenlistment allowance; choice of station; furlough travel allowance; furlough if you reenlist for two, three, or four years; retention of rank; transfer to fleet Marine Corps Reserve after 20 years of service; and retirement.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Appreciation for War Service] (open access)

[Certificate of Appreciation for War Service]

Certificate of Appreciation for war service awarded to Justin L. Bible, signed by the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Proficiency, Frank W. Gardner] (open access)

[Certificate of Proficiency, Frank W. Gardner]

Certificate awarded to Frank W. Gardner. It reads: "Army Air Forces Combat Crew School, Tarrant Field, Texas. Pilot Transition Training. Certificate of Proficiency. This is to certify that Frank W. Gardner, 2nd Lt., A. C. has successfully completed a course of instruction in Pilot Training and Ground Technical Instruction on B-24 D type equipment and is awarded this certificate in testimony thereof." It is signed by Louis R. Hughes, Jr., Lt. Col., A. C., Director of Training, and James S. Stowell, Col., A. C., Commanding Officer.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: Army Air Forces Combat Crew School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Coupon Book] (open access)

[Coupon Book]

Coupon book supplied by the Panama Canal Supply Department Commissary.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: Panama Canal Supply Department
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Enlisted Man's Pass]

A blank "enlisted man's pass," used to authorize a soldier to be away from his post.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[First Methodist Church Pamphlet] (open access)

[First Methodist Church Pamphlet]

Pamphlet issued by the First Methodist Church, detailing an upcoming service where the church will replace plaques honoring members of the congregation who served and died in World War II.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hall of Honor Article] (open access)

[Hall of Honor Article]

Article entitled "Hall of Honor" about Col. Valin Woodward, USAF, who is being inducted into the Military Science Hall of Honor by the University of Texas at Arlington, which he attended when it was the North Texas Agricultural College.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Identification Card]

Identification card of Bob Powell, a merchant seaman in the United States Marine Corps including a headshot, fingerprint, and personal information.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Insignia Patch]

Cloth insignia patch belonging to Shirley C. Foster. The patch has a dark blue background with striped silver stitching in arcs and the top and coming to a point at the bottom. There is an open diamond at the center.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Insignia Patch]

Cloth insignia patch belonging to Shirley C. Foster. The patch has a tan background with striped gold stitching in arcs and the top and coming to a point at the bottom. There is an open diamond at the center.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter Regarding Replacement of Ration Books] (open access)

[Letter Regarding Replacement of Ration Books]

General letter regarding the replacement of ration books, requesting that the family who has lost a book search for it thoroughly before requesting a new one.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: Tarrant County War Price and Rationing Board
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
["A Medal, please, for a service man's wife"] (open access)

["A Medal, please, for a service man's wife"]

Poem, written anonymously, entitled "A Medal, please, for a service man's wife". It tells of a returning soldier who wishes to give his wife a medal for enduring life without him.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bernice Eugene Brewton]

Photograph of Bernice Eugene Brewton in his army uniform.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Earl Cecil Brewton]

Photograph of Earl Cecil Brewton in his army uniform.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Elliott Alvin Brewton]

Photograph of Elliott Alvin Brewton in his army uniform. A small pin is attached to his shirt on the right pocket.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Frances Bondurant Wearing Future Farmer Sweetheart Jacket]

Photograph of Frances Nadley Bondurant. She is wearing her "Future Farmer Sweetheart" jacket and white cowboy boots. Bondurant is standing outdoors in front of a brick building and shrub. Text on the back reads, "Frances Nadley Bondurant in 1940 -A. H. S.-wearing "Future Farmer Sweetheart" jacket."
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of PFC George Kirby Beard]

Photograph of PFC George Kirby Beard in his army uniform.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Six Soldiers]

Photograph of six men standing in front of a plane. The two men in the middle hold a paper between them, which all six soldiers are looking at. The men are identified as McFarley, Capt. Foster (age 32), Forbes, Lt. Woodward (barely age 21), Finneberg, and Foreman.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Valin Woodward and Other Officers]

Photograph of Valin Woodward standing outdoors with other officers 1st Platoon Lieutenant Stephen Bruck and Company 1st Sargent Derwin Lett.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Delmar Pachl]

Photograph of Delmar Pachl, an art teacher at North Texas Agricultural College until he enlisted in the U. S. Army. He is visible from the chest up and is wearing a suit and tie. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says "Delmar Max Pachl, NTAC art teacher, Pachl Hall named for him, killed in action at Leyte 1944."
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Sticker]

Square sticker with a red cross inside a white circle, on a dark blue background. The words "Moisten gummed edges and apply to window" are at the bottom of the sticker.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Replacement Application] (open access)

[Replacement Application]

Application for the replacement of stolen, lost, mutilated, destroyed, or wrongfully withheld ration books or coupon sheets.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Small NTAC Pennant]

A small triangular North Texas Agricultural College pennant. The background is blue, with the letters "NTAC" printed on it in white.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: North Texas Agricultural College
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History