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Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 2013 (open access)

Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2013
Creator: Deeds, Lacey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 2013 (open access)

Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 2013

Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 2013
Creator: Deeds, Lacey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 42, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 2013 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 42, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 2013

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 17, 2013
Creator: Aldaz, Gina
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 173, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 173, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 152, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 152, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 130, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 130, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 228, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 228, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 186, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 186, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 165, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 165, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Carthon Phillips, November 17, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Carthon Phillips, November 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carthon Phillips. Phillips was born in Vera, Texas on 17 April 1920 and grew up during the Depression. Soon after joining the Army Air Corps in 1941, he attended the Aviation School of Medicine in San Antonio. Upon completing the course, he qualified as a flight surgeon assistant assigned to the 7th Bomb Squadron and boarded USS Republic (AP-33) bound for Australia. He tells of being assigned to Cloncurry, Australia and graphically describes a combat mission he flew in a B-17 involving the use of Thermite bombs. Returning to the United States in 1942, he commenced flight training and he tells of the various aircraft he flew. Phillips also relates his experiences as a ground control approach instructor and his involvement in the Berlin Airlift. He retired after twenty-eight years of service.
Date: November 17, 2013
Creator: Phillips, Carthon
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Don Engleking, October 17, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Don Engleking, October 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Don Engleking. Engleking was born in San Antonio in 1923. Upon graduation from high school, he entered the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Texas A&M University in 1941. He was withdrawn from college and placed into Officers Candidate School, receiving his commission in 1942. After graduation he was sent to the Philippines. Upon his arrival on Luzon, he was assigned as company commander of a prisoner of war unit and named the camp commandant without receiving formal instructions regarding the supervision of such facilities. He remembers being surprised that so many of his Japanese inmates could speak English and comments on the intelligence and self-discipline of his charges and notes that all of them were enlisted men. After the camp was disbanded and the Japanese inmates sent to Japan, he returned to the United States and reentered Texas A&M.
Date: October 17, 2013
Creator: Engleking, Don
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Calvin Beem, July 17, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Calvin Beem, July 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Calvin Beem. Beem volunteered for the Navy in September, 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. After training, Beem was assigned to USS LST-454 as a motor machinist. He was aboard in time for the invasion of Cape Gloucester and for several other invasions along New Guinea. He also recalls landings in the Philippines.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Beem, Calvin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daron Reedy, July 17, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Daron Reedy, July 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Daron Reedy. Reedy joined the 36th Infantry Division with the Texas National Guard when they mobilized in November of 1940. He served as an assistant supply sergeant. In 1943, he joined the Army Air Forces, completed flight training and worked as a P-39 and P-40 fighter pilot with the 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Observation Group. Reedy deployed to the Pacific Theater in New Guinea, flew 158 strafing missions, survived 4 plane crashes, jungle fever and malaria. He flew combat missions against Japanese installations and airfields, while supporting ground forces on New Guinea and Biak. He returned to the US and received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Reedy, Daron
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Scofield. Scofield joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and received training in South Carolina and North Carolina. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Fifth Marines and sent to Guadalcanal for further training. He was wounded on Okinawa just two or three days after joining a combat outfit. Scofield was shot in the abdomen and the wrist. He was evacuated by medics, who declared that he was dying. He was air-evacuated to a hospital after he assured the flight crew that his wounds were not mortal. Scofield returned home and spent a year recovering.
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Scofield, Robert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Elkington, January 17, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with Joe Elkington, January 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joe Elkington. Elkington joined the Navy in April of 1942. He trained in fire control and radar in San Diego. He was assigned to the USS Chicago (CA-29). His job aboard was fire control. Their ship was in the Pacific, at New Caledonia and Guadalcanal. The Chicago sank in 1943 and Elkington gives detail of this event. He also served aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) and traveled to the Solomon Islands. His job aboard was lookout and operating a searchlight. He describes his experiences aboard this ship, and the events of its sinking. Three of the five battles he was in include the Battle of Kula Gulf, the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Battle of Surigao Strait. He was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: January 17, 2013
Creator: Elkington, Joe
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Carthon Phillips, November 17, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Carthon Phillips, November 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carthon Phillips. Phillips was born in Vera, Texas on 17 April 1920 and grew up during the Depression. Soon after joining the Army Air Corps in 1941, he attended the Aviation School of Medicine in San Antonio. Upon completing the course, he qualified as a flight surgeon assistant assigned to the 7th Bomb Squadron and boarded USS Republic (AP-33) bound for Australia. He tells of being assigned to Cloncurry, Australia and graphically describes a combat mission he flew in a B-17 involving the use of Thermite bombs. Returning to the United States in 1942, he commenced flight training and he tells of the various aircraft he flew. Phillips also relates his experiences as a ground control approach instructor and his involvement in the Berlin Airlift. He retired after twenty-eight years of service.
Date: November 17, 2013
Creator: Phillips, Carthon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Don Engleking, October 17, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Don Engleking, October 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Don Engleking. Engleking was born in San Antonio in 1923. Upon graduation from high school, he entered the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Texas A&M University in 1941. He was withdrawn from college and placed into Officers Candidate School, receiving his commission in 1942. After graduation he was sent to the Philippines. Upon his arrival on Luzon, he was assigned as company commander of a prisoner of war unit and named the camp commandant without receiving formal instructions regarding the supervision of such facilities. He remembers being surprised that so many of his Japanese inmates could speak English and comments on the intelligence and self-discipline of his charges and notes that all of them were enlisted men. After the camp was disbanded and the Japanese inmates sent to Japan, he returned to the United States and reentered Texas A&M.
Date: October 17, 2013
Creator: Engleking, Don
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Calvin Beem, July 17, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Calvin Beem, July 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Calvin Beem. Beem volunteered for the Navy in September, 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. After training, Beem was assigned to USS LST-454 as a motor machinist. He was aboard in time for the invasion of Cape Gloucester and for several other invasions along New Guinea. He also recalls landings in the Philippines.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Beem, Calvin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daron Reedy, July 17, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Daron Reedy, July 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Daron Reedy. Reedy joined the 36th Infantry Division with the Texas National Guard when they mobilized in November of 1940. He served as an assistant supply sergeant. In 1943, he joined the Army Air Forces, completed flight training and worked as a P-39 and P-40 fighter pilot with the 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Observation Group. Reedy deployed to the Pacific Theater in New Guinea, flew 158 strafing missions, survived 4 plane crashes, jungle fever and malaria. He flew combat missions against Japanese installations and airfields, while supporting ground forces on New Guinea and Biak. He returned to the US and received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: July 17, 2013
Creator: Reedy, Daron
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Scofield. Scofield joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and received training in South Carolina and North Carolina. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Fifth Marines and sent to Guadalcanal for further training. He was wounded on Okinawa just two or three days after joining a combat outfit. Scofield was shot in the abdomen and the wrist. He was evacuated by medics, who declared that he was dying. He was air-evacuated to a hospital after he assured the flight crew that his wounds were not mortal. Scofield returned home and spent a year recovering.
Date: May 17, 2013
Creator: Scofield, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History