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Army Navy Banner, Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, May 28, 1943 (open access)

Army Navy Banner, Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, May 28, 1943

Weekly newspaper published at the Pearl Harbor Navy Hard in Hawaii that includes news articles and information of interest to civilian workers of Civilian Housing, Area 3, along with advertising
Date: May 28, 1943
Creator: Storm, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 28, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a wedding shower for Baby, plans for dinner with Mammy, and Honey's plans to enlist in the Navy before he is drafted. Catherine also encourages Joe to ease off on his drinking.
Date: June 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 28, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including the weather, plans to go to Gonzales for the weekend, and eating dinner with Mr. Davis. Catherine also asks Joe to send a letter to Lorraine congratulating her on her new baby.
Date: November 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - September 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - September 28, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including supper with Nell, Baker, and James Logan, doing a puzzle with Dan Jr. and Bettie Lee at the Kopper Kettle. and John Watkins having an operation.
Date: September 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 28, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a trip to Gonzales, a visit with Floy and Worth, and Jessie starting school soon.
Date: August 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 28, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including getting her hair done at the beauty shop, potential New Year's Eve plans, and a request that he write her more often.
Date: December 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 28, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 28, 1945]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including missing church to wash her hair, getting Mexican food at Katy's with Evelyn, plans to play bridge with Maxine, Corrine, and Lois, receiving three of Joe's letters, and a quiet evening in.
Date: January 28, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - May 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - May 28, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his affection for his mother in law, Mrs. Dawe, sending her the $35 allotment check he received, and the mail service.
Date: May 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 28, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 28, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the quality of the food, the mail service, agreeing that James is young to be enlisting, and being excited to receive the Luling newspaper.
Date: January 28, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 28, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing playing pool with other men in his squadron, seeing the movie "Glass Key" the night before, taking up the habit of doing the crossword puzzle, and sharing his support of Catherine selling her bicycle.
Date: June 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 28, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the improvement of the mail service, missing having dinner with his mother-in-law, reading the newspapers, and fishing with other men in his crew.
Date: July 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 28, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing cleaning up his bunk, the mail service, apologizing for his tone in a previous letter, and making friends with other men in his squadron.
Date: September 28, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Wisecup, July 28, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Wisecup, July 28, 1987

Interview with John Wisecup, a Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wisecup talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: July 28, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wisecup, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Melford L. Forsman, July 28, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Melford L. Forsman, July 28, 1980

Transcript of an interview with Melford L. Forsman, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date: July 28, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Forsman, Melford L., 1921-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Hangar Scoop from New Mexico] (open access)

[Clipping: Hangar Scoop from New Mexico]

Newspaper clipping from the Cross Country News, a newspaper for civilian aviation, discussing flying activity in New Mexico, including Herman Fuchs and his aerial hunting. On the back is a piece discussing flying license suspensions and revocations.
Date: April 28, 1947
Creator: Shockley, Wanda
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 28, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 28, 1944?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing clothes, the effects of changing back to her maiden name from Colby, luggage and traveling, recent correspondence, and a C-47 crash. Written on Burlington Hotel (Washington) stationary.
Date: 1944-04-28?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 28, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying over Pennsylvania, riding in a DC-3 with no seats, Newark Airport, Pittsburgh, recent correspondence and news about people.
Date: May 28, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 28, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 28, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing some pictures, the Boeing factory in Wichita, and flying to California. Written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: 1943-09-28?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 28, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 28, 1942]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying and flight school, bills, a psychologist, and applying to be an Army Air Force ferrying pilot.
Date: October 28, 1942
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASP online," May 28, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASP online," May 28, 2004]

Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASPs online" sharing a page she put up on the Wings Across America website in honor of WASP Marion C. Hanrahan, including an email from Hanrahan to Parrish discussing her health and Nancy's eulogy for her, titled "The Greatest WASP I Never Met."
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: Parrish, Nancy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 28, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing letters and bonds, Christmas, meetings with airline officials and others about flying work for former WASPs, staying with her friend Bobby Willis' family, and other news. Typed on Memphis Red Cross Canteen stationary.
Date: December 28, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[AAF Pilot School (Basic) Operations Memorandum, January 28, 1944] (open access)

[AAF Pilot School (Basic) Operations Memorandum, January 28, 1944]

A memorandum from the operations office at Independence Army Air Field discussing reports of "padding" of flying time. The memo is signed by Gayle Snell.
Date: January 28, 1944
Creator: Taylor, Bryant
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 28, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 28, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing selling her car, the countryside, trainer aircraft, Sweetwater locals, and recent correspondence.
Date: June 28, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 28, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 28, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes typed on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary, discussing finances, a rumor that the WASPs will become proper Army officers, Army instructions, and life at her new base.
Date: 1943-08-28?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History