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[Basic Training Squadron Portrait]

Photograph of a large group of male flight cadets, WASP, and instructors posed outdoors on an air field in front of a plane. Information printed across the bottom edge of the photo reads, "Basic Training SQDN. 2 Flights A&B Class 44-4 (12 April 1944) Randolph Field, Texas". Faded, unreadable signatures can be seen on the photo, and an address written on the back of the photo mat reads, "Creger 3048 Sandra Dr. Shreveport, La. 71119".
Date: April 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boxing Match]

Copy photograph of two boxers and a referee in a boxing ring during CatClaw Fest. Soldiers sit around watching the ring. The referee is Arthur Hyatt, the boxer on the left is Jerome Bentar, and the boxer on the right is James Hart. Al Hostak, the trainer of the Black Cats, stands at the extreme right corner of the ring.
Date: May 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Coombes Against McGuire]

Copy photograph of Donald Coombes fighting in a boxing match against McGuire. Coombes won the match.
Date: May 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Admiral Bryant and Captain Baker]

Photograph of Rear Admiral Carleton Bryant standing with Captain Charles Baker on board the U.S.S. Texas in the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. According to the photo, the large shell between the men was one that "penetrated the ship off Cherbourg." Both men are wearing their black dress uniforms, with the ship's large guns looming overhead.
Date: October 12, 1944
Creator: United States. Navy.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #3]

Photograph of Adjutant Lieutenant Byrens and Commanding Officer Major Baird posing together in uniform. Both men stand with their hands behind their backs and look toward the photographer.
Date: April 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Referee and Donald Coombes]

Copy photograph of Lt. Hyatt, the referee, holding up the hand of Donald Coombes after Coombes won a boxing match.
Date: May 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History