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Oral History Interview with Edgar Hessek, December 22, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edgar Hessek, December 22, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar Hessek. Hessek joined the Navy in October of 1942. In February of 1943 he was assigned to the American Builder, a commercial ship, as a radio operator. They traveled to South Africa and England delivering war materials. In 1944 he was transferred to the USS Swenning (DE-394). From late 1944 into 1945 they traveled to Casablanca, the Pacific, Guam, Wake Island and Okinawa. He describes a torpedo attack by a submarine on their trip to Guam and witnessing a number of kamikaze attacks. He describes crossing the equator and the Shellback initiation. He was discharged in February of 1946.
Date: December 22, 2017
Creator: Hessek, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Michael Long, August 22, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Michael Long, August 22, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Michael Long. Long joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He served as a Private, First Class in E Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Artillery, 4th Marine Division. He trained as a machine gunner and was assigned to a 50-caliber machine gun crew as gun captain. His outfit fought at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands, securing the island. They also participated in battles on Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands beginning in June of 1944. From there they served on Iwo Jima beginning in February of 1945. He provides some detail of fighting on Iwo Jima. Long was discharged in late 1945.
Date: August 22, 2017
Creator: Long, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bwisagi (open access)

Bwisagi

A poem on Boro New year festival Bwisagu included in a mouthpiece of the All Odalguri Silver Jubilee year celebration, Odalguri College, Udalguri held on 15-22, April 2017.
Date: April 22, 2017
Creator: Boro, Kiran
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Adoption Statement of Jeanette Scinto] (open access)

[Adoption Statement of Jeanette Scinto]

Personal statement of Jeanette Scinto regarding her adoption from the Chenzhou Welfare Center in Hunan Province, China. She shares her desire to know her entire story and thoughts regarding her Chinese name, Dan Dan. There is a photo of Jeanette included on the second page of her statement.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Scinto, Jeanette
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Tinka] (open access)

[Adoption Statement of Tinka]

Personal statement of Tinka regarding the adoption of her son from Hunan Province. Tinka discusses her work as a volunteer in orphanages in Hunan Province from 1995-2005 and how she adopted her son and moved back to Switzerland. There is a photo of her with her son at the end of her statement.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Tinka
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART, TRE adjusting schedules for Memorial Day (open access)

DART, TRE adjusting schedules for Memorial Day

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
Date: May 22, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Unveils Labor Day Weekend Schedule (open access)

DART Unveils Labor Day Weekend Schedule

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Date: August 22, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0133 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0133

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the proposed Upper San Saba River Management Plan unlawfully delegates legislative power to a private entity (RQ-0124-KP).
Date: February 22, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History