[Separation Qualification Record] (open access)

[Separation Qualification Record]

Separation qualification record, detailing the jobs Justin L. Bible held in the army.
Date: November 29, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photo Memories of a Seabee Battalion (open access)

Photo Memories of a Seabee Battalion

Book compiled by the 136th Naval Construction "Seabee" Battalion documenting the history of the group from boot camp in Virginia to various military installations across the U.S. and more permanent postings in Guam and Japan during World War II. There are photographs of various persons and evens as well as an epistolary narrative and lists of names by company at the end of the text.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 136th.
Object Type: Book
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
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, July 9, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, July 9, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, on July 9, 1945. He is sending them a copy of a letter from a friend.
Date: July 9, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, April 21, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, April 21, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on April 21, 1945. He details his voyage from Los Angeles, California on the way to Calcutta, India, including a stop in Australia where he met up with a friend.
Date: April 21, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from Corporal Park B. Fielder, 1945] (open access)

[Envelope from Corporal Park B. Fielder, 1945]

An envelope from Corporal Park B. Fielder addressed to Reverend and Mrs. C. B. Fielder and sent on June 9, 1945. A stamp in the lower-left corner says "Passed by U.S. Army Examiner 41073."
Date: June 9, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two Servicemen and Two Women at Night Club]

Photograph of two servicemen and two women at a night club in Dallas called Bagdad. The men are holding bottles of beer and the group is standing in front of a patterned curtain.
Date: January 28, 1945
Creator: W. M. Stein Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History