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Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0668 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0668

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether certain posted agenda items satisfy the notice requirements of the Open Meetings Act, chapter 551, Government Code (RQ-0696-GA)
Date: October 6, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ledford Coggeshell, October 6, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ledford Coggeshell, October 6, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ledford Coggeshell. Coggeshell joined the Navy in 1938 as a means of earning money for college. Following boot camp, he boarded the USS California (BB-44) in Long Beach and sailed to the Atlantic. The California sailed back to the Pacific through the Panama Canal, where Coggeshell witnessed President Roosevelt board with South American heads of state. Coggeshell soon transferred into mine warfare and and boarded the USS Preble (DD-345). During the Pearl Harbor attack, the ship was in overhaul and unarmed. Coggeshell assisted the USS Cummings (DM-20) which needed help manning guns, and he also helped survivors of the USS West Virginia (BB-48) escape the fiery waters. But at the battle of Leyte Gulf, Coggeshell felt helpless when the ship could not stop for survivors of burning and sinking ships. Coggeshell was discharged as a chief watertender in August 1945, just days after the second atomic bomb was dropped. He later became an electrical engineer and worked on cruise missiles, the B2 bomber, and outer space weaponry.
Date: October 6, 2008
Creator: Coggeshell, Ledford
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Allen-Fowler House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Allen-Fowler House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Allen-Fowler House, in Bastrop, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, maps, and photographs.
Date: October 6, 2008
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History