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National WASP WWII Museum
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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 3, 1945?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her parents) written on Burlington Hotel (Washington, D. C.) stationary, discussing travelling, a visit to Chicago, war bonds, and letters.
Date:
1945-05-03?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing the weather, getting a haircut, and flying into Shreveport, with a postscript mention of returning to Dallas the following day. Written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date:
November 3, 1943, 7:30 a.m.
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck with a faulty plane in Jackson, MS. Written on American Red Cross stationary.
Date:
1944-11-03?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3-4, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing typewriter ribbon, her friend Phyllis, dinner, chores, and a dance.
Date:
1945-10-03/1945-10-04
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, money, flying, and a "ground loop." Typed on Hotel Lassen (Wichita) stationary.
Date:
1943-10-03?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a UC78, a letter from her husband Dick, and other correspondence. Written on San Juan Hotel (Orlando) stationary.
Date:
October 3, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 3, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her request to be stationed in Dallas instead of Wilmington, possibilities for visiting home, graduation of her class at Avenger Field and the climate in Sweetwater, her classmates' assignments, and other related news.
Date:
August 3, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 3, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing photos of a graduating class at Avenger Field, basing, hope that they'll be inducted into the Army Air Force, and correspondence with friend Bob Price.
Date:
July 3, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, January 3, 1945]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing preparing for her interview with the Red Cross and visiting the Russian embassy. The postcard features an image of a silver DC-3 with red trim in flight.
Date:
January 3, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, May 3, 1944]
Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father Fred discussing ferrying P-47s and P-51s. The card features an image of four US Army Air Forces P-47Ds flying in formation.
Date:
May 3, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, June 3, 1945]
Letter to Cecile from her father about work and remaining issues in Syria, Lebanon, Persia, Egypt, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.
Date:
June 3, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. H. Knowles to B. V. Boatner, July 3, 1942]
Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to B. V. Boatner discussing two document being forwarded, and the payment for a railroad spur to be built to Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
July 3, 1942
Creator:
Knowles, M. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal: Citizen Ambassador Program, World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots Delegation to the Soviet Union, May 3-16, 1990
Journal documenting the trip several Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II took to Moscow, Russia in 1990 to meet with a group of Russian Night Witches who also served in the war. The book includes a biography section of each WASP that made the trip, letters from the WASP to Presidents Bush and Gorbachev, and a letter from the Soviets. Two loose leaflets included with the book are a bibliography of books about the WASP and a flyer from Texas A&M Press about a new book on WASP training at Avenger Field to be released.
Date:
1990-05-03/1990-05-24
Creator:
Lazarsky, Barbara Ward
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Interview with Ms. Charlyne Creger
Interview with Charlyne Creger, a former WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). She answers questions about her childhood, her time in the WASP Program during WWII, her career as a nurse, and events in her later life.
Date:
May 3, 2003
Creator:
Lynch, Phil
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Glenn C. Blouse, August 3, 1998
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Glenn C. Blouse, a Army WWII veteran from Long Level, Pennsylvania. Blouse discusses his family life, being drafted, basic training, deployment to the European Theater via North Africa, assignment to the 135th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division in Italy, duties as a machine gunner, first combat experiences, fighting on the Monte Cassino front, foxhole life, shelling, tactics, taking prisoners, Italian civilians, the Anzio landing, assaulting a hill, liberating Rome, the Apennines Campaign, nightwatch and a firefight which earned him the Bronze Star, breaking into the Po Valley, Mussolini's corpse, the end of the war. In appendix is Blouse's Bronze Star citation.
Date:
August 3, 1998
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Blouse, Glenn C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Horace Chumley, April 3, 1974
Interview with Horace Chumley, retired law enforcement officer, U.S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and member of the “Lost Battalion.” Chumley discusses his experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
Date:
April 3, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Chumley, Horace, 1916-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John E. Darst, March 3, 1976
Interview with John E. Darst, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, about his experiences while aboard the minelayer USS Sicard during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
March 3, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Darst, John E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Vernon Fuller, July 3, 1974
Interview with Navy veteran Vernon Fuller. The interview includes Fuller's personal experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
July 3, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fuller, Vernon
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Hubenak, November 3, 1976
Interview with John Hubenak, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with the Fleet Air Wing Two during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
November 3, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hubenak, John
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Louis B. Read, November 3, 1972
Interview conducted in 1972 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project with Louis B. Read, a businessman, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
November 3, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Read, Louis B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Warren Saunders, December 3, 1977
Interview with Robert Saunders, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, M Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
December 3, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Saunders, Robert Warren
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Smeltzer, August 3, 1996
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with William Smeltzer, a Army WWII veteran and Navy contractor from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Smeltzer discusses quitting high school and moving to California in 1940, experiences working at Mare and Pearl Harbor Navy Yards as a civilian contractor before and after the start of the war, the raising of the sunken USS Oklahoma (BB-37), being drafted into the Army and infantry training, assignment to the 45th Infantry Division and participating in the drive into Germany, the end of the war and demobilization, and his career afterwards. In appendix are a photo of the insignia for the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard and two photos of the capsized Oklahoma.
Date:
August 3, 1996
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Smeltzer, William
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack J. White, June 3, 1976
Interview with Jack J. White, a university purchasing agent and U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
June 3, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & White, Jack J., 1922-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd V. Willey, March 3, 1999
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Lloyd V. Willey, U.S. Marine Corps WWII veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Appendix includes poems written by the interviewee and photocopied picture of the interviewee.
Date:
March 3, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Willey, Lloyd V.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library