Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a trip to Gonzales to see Mother, a dinner with Mammy, Jenny, and Emma, her guilt at not having written back to her friends, and Dan's promotion to flight instructor at Boca Raton.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including the weather, dinner with Evelyn at the Reegers' house, and Forrest Foeh being killed in action in France on July 7.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her busy day at work, receiving his letters from the previous month, and a plan to visit Charlotte Gilmore.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her receiving four of Joe's letters, plans for a bridge game with Charlotte, Margaret, and Evelyn, an upcoming trip to San Marcos, and a quiet night in.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe expressing her concern over not having received letters from him in a while. Catherine discusses taking a flying lesson so she can understand what Joes does.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing breaking his New Year's resolution to write her every day, being glad that Catherine bought a new coat, having pictures taken, worrying about Catherine taking flying lessons, and completing 22 missions.

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Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing receiving a mosquito net, seeing the movie "Cover Girl," news that Joe DiMaggio is playing baseball for the Seventh Air Corps, and his gratitude that their dog, Teddy, is at home to protect Catherine.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing enjoying his shooting practice, the mail service, having sympathy for Charlotte, who is sick again, and his joy at hearing that H.D. is coming home.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing reading the book "The House on the Roof," the quality of the mail service, undergoing advanced field training, and mailing Catherine his diploma.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing drinking beer and whiskey with other men in his squadron, the mail service, and looking forward to receiving his Christmas packages.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his relaxing day off, Holquin giving Captain Trewitt a haircut, and his belief that his squadron will spend the winter overseas.

Interview with Dale Messler, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Jack Kenner, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Kenner talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), Hakodate, Sapporo, and Muroran, Hokkaido (1942-1945), and his liberation.

Photograph of a large group of men posing together outside of a Red Cross blood donation site at the Waco Army Airfield. Handwriting on the back of the photograph notes that only 30 of the men pictured could give blood. Mr. V. J. Jacox, Red Cross Field Director, poses in the center.

Interview with Clifton Bellew, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Detroit during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with James Bow, Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Bishops Point with the Hawaiian Naval Reserve during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Transcript of an interview with William Hatcher, a World War II Army veteran (29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force). Hatcher discusses concerning his his childhood and education; family's experiences in the Great Depression; decision to attend University of Tennessee-Knoxville and major in mechanical engineering; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942; 1943 call-up; basic training at Ft. Belvoir, Va.; instruction in engineering, communications, and radar repair at City College of New York and Chanute Field, Ill.; assignments to Truax Field, Wis., and Boca Raton, Fla.; meeting future wife, Jean E. Sheppard, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; transfer to B-29 unit and bases in Neb. And Kan.; deployment to Guam with 29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, March 1945; details of high-altitude radar repair work; aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Guam; descriptions of devastation of Japan, including Hiroshima; transfer to base on Tinian; return to U.S. in February 1946; wedding; return to UT-Knoxville using GI Bill benefits; work at Oak Ridge; decision to transfer to University of New Mexico for Mrs. Hatcher's health; career with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Convair Corp. of Fort Worth; …

Transcript of an interview with Commander Edmund Thomassen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a naval officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Thomassen discusses the New York State Merchant Marine Academy in 1941, his assignment to the USS Sheridan (APA 51), Tarawa landing, Marshall Island landings, Saipan landing, his assignment to Newport, Rhode Island, his assignment to the USS Dutchess for amphibious landings, and his Korean War experiences.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing burning her hand, flying across the country at night, the P-51, news from home, her divorce, rumors about the future of the WASPs, the book Bombers Across, flying to the Pacific Northwest, and a rough flight on an airliner.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing an upcoming flight, clothes, an acquaintance having a car accident, bonds, the weather, flying to an airfield on the border, and spending the night in Mexico. Typed and written on Hutson Hotels stationary.

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent correspondence and getting a job with the Red Cross. The postcard features an image of clouds from an airliner window, flanked by curtains.

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances discussing flying to Kansas City to ferry a P-51. The postcard features a color drawing of the Hotel Continental in Kansas City, MO.

Letter from Lt. Col. Dale Johnson to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka awarding her the World War II Victory Medal, with the text of a 1977 Congressional law expanding eligibility for campaign awards.