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Oral History Interview with Raymond F. Higgins, October 25, 1997 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond F. Higgins, October 25, 1997

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Raymond F. Higgins. Higgins joined the Navy in February 1941 as a commissioned officer. He trained with the Marines at Quantico and then with the Medical Corps at Paris Island. He also trained in tropical and aviation medicine and learned to fly N3N's at Pensacola. Higgins was transferred to the U.S. Naval Hospital at Pearl Harbor. He then transferred to islands in the southwest Pacific. He was in Fleet Air Wing 101, a flight patrol squadron based out of Australia. He returned to the United States for leave in 1944. He then is assigned to the USS Ranger (CV-4) and leaves from San Diego to the sea for training. After V-J Day, the Ranger went to New Orleans and then Norfolk. He remained in service until 1947.
Date: October 25, 1997
Creator: Higgins, Raymond F.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Dorothea 'Didi' Moorman"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Dorothea 'Didi' Moorman"]

Newspaper clipping about women dispelling male fears about the B-29 Superfortress. A photo of Dorothea "Didi" Moorman standing with Brig. General Paul Tibbets in Fort Walton Beach Florida is shown.
Date: October 21, 1997
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Versace investigation] captions transcript

[News Clip: Versace investigation]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the murder of Gianni Versace in Miami and the search for suspect Andrew Phillip Cunanan. This footage includes interviews with unidentified law enforcement agents, Versace's sister Donatella, a memorial to Versace, newspaper headlines, and a graphic map labeled "Murder Trail," which alleges Cunanan killed multiple men --effrey Trail on April 28, David Madson on May 03, Lee Miglin on May 04--after learning he was HIV Positive. This footage was broadcast at 10pm.
Date: July 16, 1997
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Eye of the Storm" exhibition walkthrough video with artist talk narration] captions transcript

["Eye of the Storm" exhibition walkthrough video with artist talk narration]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1997 James E. Kemp summer exhibition featuring artist Claude R. Fiddler entitled "Eye of the Storm". The footage shows the gallery space along with shots of the individual paintings. The video is narrated by the artist as he places his work in the greater context of society, black culture, and his lived experience. Fiddler explains the role of the strength of black women to his work as well as a contrasting male voice of rejection and anger.
Date: Summer 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Florida Space Port to Helen Snapp, April 3, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Florida Space Port to Helen Snapp, April 3, 1997]

Letter from Bobbi Lasher, Chairman of the Florida Space Port Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, to Helen Snapp discussing the Spaceport Chapter's invitation for Snapp and other Women Airforce Service Pilots to a meeting on May 17, 1997.
Date: April 3, 1997
Creator: Lasher, Bobbi
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History