The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.

Funeral program for Floria Natalie Turner McCorkle. The funeral was held January 30,2010 at Mt. Zion First Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Otis I. Mitchell. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Northlawn Cemetery in Akron, Ohio.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on "The Arts: Race, Economics, and Politics in America" with Dr. Barbara R. Nicholson held on November 6th, 2011. The footage shows tables set up with food being served to members of the community from across DFW in education, arts, pastoral, and civic backgrounds. This tape focuses on the featured speaker setting up the context of the conversation with working definitions and themes starting with the economics section.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on "The Arts: Race, Economics, and Politics in America" with Dr. Barbara R. Nicholson held on November 6th, 2011. The footage shows tables set up with food being served to members of the community from across DFW in education, arts, pastoral, and civic backgrounds. This tape focuses on the featured speaker setting up the context of the conversation with working definitions and themes starting with the economics section.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on "The Arts: Race, Economics, and Politics in America" with Dr. Barbara R. Nicholson held on November 6th, 2011. The footage shows tables set up with food being served to members of the community from across DFW in education, arts, pastoral, and civic backgrounds. This tape focuses on closing the economics section and continuing into politics and institutions.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on "The Arts: Race, Economics, and Politics in America" with Dr. Barbara R. Nicholson held on November 6th, 2011. The footage shows tables set up with food being served to members of the community from across DFW in education, arts, pastoral, and civic backgrounds. This tape focuses on the arts, connections and advocacy.