[Award of the Bronze Star Medal] (open access)

[Award of the Bronze Star Medal]

General orders bestowing the Bronze Star Medal on members of the 96th Infantry Division, including Justin L. Bible, Nazaret Cherkezian, Eli J. Corriveau, Norman Flanders, Myron J. Franz, and Jacob C. Graber.
Date: June 6, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Plane Talk, Vol. 1, Number 10, August 11, 1945] (open access)

[Plane Talk, Vol. 1, Number 10, August 11, 1945]

The August 11, 19456 issue of Plane Talk magazine. It includes a photo contest, a diary of recent events, short stories, recipes, comics and more.
Date: August 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Individual Clothing and Equipment Slip] (open access)

[Individual Clothing and Equipment Slip]

Slip issuing individual clothing and equipment to enlisted men. It reads: "Issued the articles listed below to Justin L. Bible, ASN 18216582 593rd JASCO APO 70. 1 ea. carbine, Ser. Nu. 2140735, 1 ea. knife, trench M3, w/scabbard, M8."
Date: August 31, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 165] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 165]

Special orders number 165, transferring Justin L. Bible, among others, to the 11th Replacement Battalion.
Date: September 15, 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

[Notice of Classification Card]

Notice of Classification card for Ren W. Powell.
Date: February 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Announcement for Susan Lynne Dalby] (open access)

[Birth Announcement for Susan Lynne Dalby]

Birth announcement of Susan Lynne Dalby, born November 5, 1945, to Captain and Mrs. Marion Cranford Dalby. It is tied at the top with a pink ribbon.
Date: November 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Military Equipment] (open access)

[Japanese Military Equipment]

Request from Justin L. Bible to release Japanese military equipment as his personal property. It reads: "SUBJECT: Japanese Military Equipment. AC/S A-2, Fifth Air Force, APO 710. 1. Request that the following items of Japanese military equipment now in my possession be cleared by War Department Agents and if released, be declared my personal property. 2. I hereby certify that these articles were secured on the field of battle and not secured on the Japanese mainland by looting. No ammunition or other explosives are included in this list. 1 rifle. 1 bayonet."
Date: October 10, 1945
Creator: Bible, Justin L.
Object Type: Text
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
[Special Orders Number 131] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 131]

Special orders number 131, transferring Justin L. Bible, among others, to the 11th Replacement Battalion.
Date: October 9, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Military Equipment] (open access)

[Japanese Military Equipment]

Permission for Japanese military equipment to be made Justin L. Bible's personal property. It reads: "SUBJECT: Japanese Military Equipment. TO: Whom it may concern. 1. The following items of Japanese military equipment are hereby declared to be the personal property of Justin L. Bible. This equipment is surplus to the various agencies of the War Department and its release conforms to the rules and regulations established by superior headquarters. 1 ea. Rifle #82798. 1 ea. Bayonet, with scabbard. Nil ea. Pistol, # (cannot be mailed). Nil ea. Sword. AUTHORITY: 8th Army operation directive #17 dated 29th Sept. 1945, Par. 9B."
Date: October 10, 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
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, June 6, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, June 6, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on June 6, 1945, describing his tent mates.
Date: June 6, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Six Servicemen in Germany]

Photograph of six servicemen in Germany. The men in the photograph are Carpenter, Banning, Horan, Selvege, Rodgero, and Sunday.
Date: August 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, January 23, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, January 23, 1945]

Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, discussing how he hasn't heard from some of his friends for some weeks now. He writes that he has not heard from his dad and does not believe that he is writing.
Date: January 23, 1945
Creator: Powell, Beal S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, October 2, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, October 2, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on October 2, 1945. He laments the slowness of the mail service now that the Army is only focusing on getting soldiers home, and talks about things he remembers from home.
Date: October 2, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, November 5, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, November 5, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on November 5, 1945. He discusses the decommissioning of soldiers abroad, and his pride in being an American.
Date: November 5, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, May 12, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, May 12, 1945]

Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, discussing his homesickness and the letters he has received. Powell writes he is in love with Dona and cannot wait to be back home with her.
Date: May 12, 1945
Creator: Powell, Beal S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, July 28, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, July 28, 1945]

Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, discussing his concern with the prospect of invading Japan. Powell writes that many American soldiers will be killed if this happens. He writes that it is difficult to try to meet some of his friends in different outfits because they are difficult to find.
Date: July 28, 1945
Creator: Powell, Beal S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, August 12, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, August 12, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on August 12, 1945, relating his reaction and that of the soldiers in his outfit to the news that Japan has surrendered and the war is over. He is delighted at the thought of coming home and starting a family.
Date: August 12, 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 Claude Horan]

Photograph of Claude Horan standing outdoors in Welzheim, Germany.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History