[Letter from Charlyne Creger to The U.S. House of Representatives, September 21, 1981] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to The U.S. House of Representatives, September 21, 1981]

Letter from Rosa C. Creger to the U.S. House of Representatives discussing the obstacles faced by some members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots Organization (U.S.) due to a lack of timely militarization.
Date: September 21, 1981
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sidney C. Matlock, September 9, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney C. Matlock, September 9, 1981

Interview with Sidney Matlock, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Matlock discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), railroad maintenance work in Burma (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date: September 9, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Matlock, Sidney C., 1917-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library