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[Historic Marker Application: Ludwig Doebbler House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Ludwig Doebbler House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Ludwig Doebbler House, in Fredericksburg, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: December 9, 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 9, 2010] (open access)

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 9, 2010]

Minutes for the December 9, 2010 TXSSAR meeting, held by the McKinney chapter.
Date: December 9, 2010
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth E. Wavell, December 9, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Kenneth E. Wavell, December 9, 2010

Transcript of an oral interview with Kenneth E. Wavell. Born in 1919, he joined the Navy Air Corps in early 1941. After flight training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, he received his wings in February, 1942. He served as a flight instructor at NAS Corpus Christi for two years. He shares anecdotes about an emergency landing on the King Ranch; a mid-air collision; and a forced landing. He was transferred to Seattle and assigned to Composite Squadron 81 (VC-81). He provides information about the composition of the squadron. He served on a torpedo bomber. In late 1943, the squadron was assigned to the USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) in Hawaii. He describes his participation in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including successfully bombing a gun station on the Japanese battleship Yamato. He mentions that his plane was damaged by anti-aircraft fire at Iwo Jima. He was transferred to Squadron 74 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, but was not assigned to another ship because the war ended. He left active duty in October, 1945, but continued to serve in the Reserves for several years.
Date: December 9, 2010
Creator: Wavell, Kenneth E.
System: The Portal to Texas History