Award of Oak Leaf Cluster (open access)

Award of Oak Leaf Cluster

Letter from John E. Dahlquist, Major General, U. S. Army, to Lois M. Sinclair notifying Sinclair of the Oak Leaf Cluster award he received for heroic achievement in combat on June 12, 1944 in Italy during World War II.
Date: August 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group of Soldiers in France July 1944

Photograph of a group of soldiers at Bourg de Peage, France in July, 1944. Buddy Sinclair is seated at the right.
Date: July 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Katie Sinclair by airplane 1944

Photograph of Katie Sinclair standing next to a P-51 airplane at the North American Aviation Inc. Dept 2 Plant A in 1944.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Katie Sinclair with Flags Italy 1944

Photograph of Katie Sinclair posing with an Italian and Nazi flag during World War II on January 29th, 1944 in Italy. Words are written on the Nazi flag.
Date: January 29, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two soldiers by jeep 1944

Photograph of Leroy Richter and Leo Highsmith, two soldiers in Italy during World War II. The soldiers are standing by a jeep with the Nazi flag draped over it. Leo Highsmith was wounded at Salerno Beach but returned to the division after recuperation.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History