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Oral History Interview with Francis Sheahen, May 11, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Francis Sheahen, May 11, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis Sheahen. Sheahen joined the Naval Reserve in Chicago as an Apprentice Seaman in 1940. He transferred to the Baltimore Reserve Unit to complete Naval Academy prep school. Upon completion he entered the Academy in April of 1941 and graduated with an engineering degree with the Class of 1945. He provides some detail of his experiences in the Academy. Upon graduation he was commissioned as an ensign. From there he was sent to Jacksonville, Florida for aviation orientation. Upon course completion he was ordered to Little Creek, Virginia to assemble a crew in order to take command of the USS USS USS LSM-117. They were bound for Guam to deliver a load of dredging parts, then up to Saipan where they boarded a unit of Marines to deliver them to the invasion of Okinawa in April 1945. He provides detail of these missions. Their crew also took troops to Japan. He was ordered to decommission the ship in June of 1946. He was discharged around 1948.
Date: May 11, 2017
Creator: Sheahen, Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public investment around DART Rail moving North Texas (open access)

Public investment around DART Rail moving North Texas

News release about a UNT economic study which demonstrated the positive economic impact of publicly funded developments near DART light rail stations.
Date: May 11, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0147 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0147

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: Scope of residence homestead tax exemption in Tax Code subsection l l.13(l)(2)(B) (RQ-0140-KP).
Date: May 11, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0148 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0148

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: Applicability of the International Energy Conservation Code to new school district building construction after November 1, 2016 (RQ-0141-KP).
Date: May 11, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History