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[Letter from Dale Martin to Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans, June 20, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from Dale Martin to Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans, June 20, 1972]

Letter from Dale Martin, president of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce, extending well-wishes to the participants of the 1972 WASP reunion.
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Martin, Dale
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972

Interview with Jake Guiles, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Guiles discusses joining the service, training, being stationed at Nichols Field in the Philippines, the Japanese invasion and American retreat to Bataan, fighting as infantry, surrender at Marivales, the Bataan Death March, experiences in internment at Camp O'Donnell and Cabantuan, transit to Japan, internment at Hitachi mining camp, liberation, and reflections. In appendix is a notebook kept by Guiles, containing names of fellow prisoners, a self-made Japanese dictionary, a diary, and other recordings.
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Guiles, Jake
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Dale Martin to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, June 20, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from Dale Martin to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, June 20, 1972]

Letter from Dale Martin to the Women Airforce Pilots thanking them for hosting their 30th Memorial Reunion at the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Martin, Dale
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Training Base Historic Marker Inscription] (open access)

[WASP Training Base Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.
Date: February 20, 1972
Creator: Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History