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[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - May 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - May 26, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Lorraine returning from Florida and plans to go to Gonzales for the weekend, Catherine also tells Joe to ask for things he would like so she can mail him a package.
Date: May 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 26, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 26, 1945]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including plans to go to a party that Corrine is throwing, housework to do over the weekend, the weather, and Baker's plans to build a tennis court and basketball court on their property.
Date: January 26, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 26, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a weekend with Mother, car troubles, Charlotte's sickness, and potential plans to go to New Braunfels to celebrate the Fourth of July with friends.
Date: June 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 26, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her hope that he will call her on Christmas Day, an update that John is a prisoner of the Germans, and that their dog, Teddy, killed a possum. In the postscript Catherine shares that she has saved $135 for him.
Date: November 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 26, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including the weather, plans to see a movie, and a car crash that occurred just outside of town.
Date: July 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 26, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 26, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing digging foxholes, going swimming, the mail service, and his looking forward to receiving the pictures she sent.
Date: January 26, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 26, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 26, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the ceremony where he received his Air Medal, and the slow days he has had, consisting of listening to the radio, playing records, and swimming.
Date: February 26, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 26, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his crew visiting their old station to retrieve clothing and equipment, asking if Jessie got his raise, and complaining that the movies they are seeing are old.
Date: June 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 26, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, struggling with finding Walter's address, supporting Bob's campaign for Justice of the Peace, struggling with his mosquito net the night before, and doing his laundry.
Date: July 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 26, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, his enjoyment of the fixed up watch she sent him, and celebrating Jessie's new job in San Antonio.
Date: August 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 26, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, completing his fourth mission, planning to send Catherine a picture of his new mustache, meeting someone else from Texas in his squadron, and flying in a plane named "Little Joe". A portion of text has been removed from the letter.
Date: September 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 26, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, getting candy and gum from the post exchange, and telling Catherine that he always brings his "Mae West" and his Bible when he flies.
Date: October 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 26, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing swimming at the coral reefs with other men in his squadron, watching the movie "The Iron Major," and wearing the shorts she sent him.
Date: November 26, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ilo B. Hard, March 26, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ilo B. Hard, March 26, 1980

Interview with Colonel Ilo Hard, 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. Hard talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Singapore (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: March 26, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hard, Ilo B., 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Columbus Savage, May 1994

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Colonel Columbus Savage, an Army Air Corps veteran (16th Bomb Squadron) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Savage discusses Bataan Airfield (1941-1942), the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1945), Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), Mukden, Manchuria (1945), and his liberation by Russian troops. Appendix includes a photocopy of an article from the May 24, 1991 edition of the Carswell Sentinel, titled, "Warrior received belated honors" by MSgt. Dick Hodgson [p. 1]
Date: 1994-05-26/1994-05-31
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Savage, Columbus
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Daniel Thomas, February 26, 1999

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Daniel Thomas, a Navy veteran (4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences while attached to the 4th Marine Division as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Thomas discusses his decision to join the Navy in 1943; Hospital Corps School, San Diego, 1943; assignment to the Fleet Marine Force; Field Medical School, 1944; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1944; Iwo Jima, February, 1945; detailed description of casualties and their treatment during the battle for Iwo Jima; and the postwar effects of his Iwo Jima experience.
Date: February 26, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Byrd, Richard W. & Thomas, Daniel B., 1925-2007
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People waving from street corner]

Photograph of ten adults and two children on a streetcorner in Sweetwater, Texas waving at someone to the left of the camera. Various 1970s- and 80s-style automobiles are parked in the background.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and Woman in Cockpit]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (right) and another woman seated in the cockpit of an SNJ Texan. A man's head with a hat on is visible on the opposite side next to Snell.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell, April 26, 2004] (open access)

[Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell, April 26, 2004]

Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell inviting her to participate in a historical project with the Air Force ROTC Arnold Air Society, where they will be educating the public on the WASP.
Date: April 26, 2004
Creator: Parrish, Nancy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASPs with American and WASP Flags (Negative)]

Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veterans and Others with Flag]

Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans and two kneeling younger women posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 26, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances featuring a black and white photo of a Douglas A-20 at low altitude practicing "skip-bombing."
Date: August 26, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and child on warbird wing]

Out-of-focus photograph of a boy sitting and Gayle Snell standing on the port wing of a vintage silver aircraft, probably a North American SNJ Texan. The boy wears a light-blue shirt; Snell is in a dark-blue shirt and black pants. More people stand in the background behind the plane.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, December 26, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her last flight as a WASP and flying by airline to New York. The postcard features an image of a TWA stewardess.
Date: December 26, 1944, 8:30 a.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History