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[Station Hospital at Camp Barkeley, Texas]

Photograph of Camp Barkeley's station hospital and it's courtyard. The one story building has several pairs of windows along its side and is topped by three metal chimneys. A stone pillar topped by a stylized statue of an eagle bears a relief of a caduceus. Three trees stand around this pillar. A fenced-in pool has a raised statue of a stylized bull at its center.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rose and Nathan Levine in Front of a House]

Photograph of Rose and Nathan Levine standing together in front of a dark wooden house. Rose is wearing a jacket, blouse, and skirt, while Nathan is wearing a U.S. Army dress uniform and garrison cap. Behind them, a picket fence and bare trees surround the house.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli and Nathan Levine Standing by the 82nd Medical Battalion Headquarters]

Photograph of Dan Melli and Nathan Levine standing on either side of a sign for the 82nd Medical Battalion's headquarters. They are wearing dress uniforms and garrison caps. A building with multiple pairs of windows and a metal chimney passes behind them.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dan Melli Standing Beside a Jeep]

Photograph of the Dan Melli wearing a U.S. Army dress uniform while standing beside an army jeep. The jeep is parked beside the 82nd Medical Battalion's headquarters, which is a lightly colored wooden building with a single visible window.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nathan Levine and a Donkey]

Photograph of Nathan Levine standing between a two-story brick building and a donkey. Levine is wearing U.S. Army dress uniform and garrison cap. One end of a rope is tied about the donkey's head, while the other end is tethered to a fence with broken pickets.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rose and Nathan Levine in a United Service Organizations Courtyard]

Photograph of Rose and Nathan Levine standing together in front of a gated wall in a United Service Organizations courtyard. Rose is wearing a jacket, blouse, and skirt, while Nathan is wearing a U.S. Army dress uniform and holds a garrison cap. The wall behind them has gate with chevron-shaped slats.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nathan Levine Holding the Reins of a Young Donkey]

Photograph of Nathan Levine holding reigns attached to a young donkey. Levine is wearing a U.S Army dress uniform and garrison cap. A two-story brick building stands behind them, and a bare tree appears from the right.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 30, 1943. He laments missing the opening of fishing season for the first time in years, and asks his parents to send him film and a camera.
Date: April 30, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 30, 1944. He thanks them for boxes of food they sent him, and commends his outfit's EM Club, which he went to with his friend Wilbur Crawford recently. He mentions that it's getting warmer where he's stationed, and asks his parents to hold on to the catalogs he's been sending them.
Date: April 30, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 30, 1944. He summarizes a few letters he's received from friends, asks after what his parents have decided about selling their house, and mentions a camping trip he and Wilbur Crawford are planning to go on after the war is over.
Date: April 30, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 30, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 30, 1943. He has been very busy working, and discusses the weather in North Africa. He reminisces about the last time he was home exactly a year ago.
Date: November 30, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 30, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on January 30, 1944. A man from the Red Cross brought the soldiers donuts, and Willis says Wilbur Crawford may be down to see him soon.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 30, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on August 30, 1944. Willis mentions that the mail is getting through again, and regrets hearing that Waco has been so hot recently. He recalls that dove season opens on September 1st, and he wishes he could go. He also mentions that he's talked to a friend who recently got married, and Willis doesn't think his friend was in the right position to get married. He's gone swimming a lot recently, and he hasn't gotten to see Robert, Jr. yet.
Date: August 30, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 30, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 30, 1944. He says that Wilbur Crawford is getting better, and you can't even tell that his leg was ever injured. He urges his mother to get well, saying that he hopes he will be home that year. He dwells on the weather for a while, and tells them not to send him his bathing suit as he already has one.
Date: May 30, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 30, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 30, 1943. He encloses some pictures, and asks them to send him print paper so he can send some different ones.
Date: November 30, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of a Request for Reimbursement] (open access)

[Copy of a Request for Reimbursement]

Copy of a request for reimbursement by the Defense Plant Corporation in Dallas, Texas for expenditures made on the construction of plant of Plosser & Prince Flying School in Sweetwater, Texas totaling $48,185.30.
Date: September 30, 1942
Creator: Defense Plant Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser, April 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser, April 30, 1943]

Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser offering Claiborne's assistance in helping Plosser through his trial.
Date: April 30, 1943
Creator: Claiborne, Harry C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, January 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, January 30, 1944]

Letter to Cecile from her father discussing his concern about investment related decisions she made and offers advice. He writes about conflict between Russia and Germany in the war.
Date: January 30, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker, August 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker, August 30, 1943]

Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker discussing the requirements for applying to the Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program .
Date: August 30, 1943
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with H. L. Obermiller, April 30, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with H. L. Obermiller, April 30, 2004

Interview with H. L. Obermiller, a Pharmacist's Mate during World War II. He discusses his involvement in the Battles of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, where he served as a Pharmacist's Mate. He remembers having Spam for Thanksgiving, meeting Navajo code talkers, and writing letters home.
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: Metzler, Ed & Obermiller, H. L.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Braden, September 30, 2000 transcript

Oral History Interview with David Braden, September 30, 2000

Interview with David Braden, a member of the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He discusses his training in the U.S. to become a navigator; his deployment to Saipan with the 870th Squadron, 497th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing; initial attacks on Tokyo in a B-29 bomber at high altitude (during which the jet stream interfered with the bombing raids); a low-altitude fire-bombing mission over Tokyo in March, 1945; living conditions on base at Saipan; a mission in which the B-29 he was on ditched in the ocean and his subsequent rescue; Victory in Europe (V-E) Day on Saipan; completing 35 missions; and going home.
Date: September 30, 2000
Creator: Johnson, Kep & Braden, David
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Guinn Rasbury, April 30, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Guinn Rasbury, April 30, 2004

Interview with Guinn Rasbury, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses joining the Marines, being part of the invasion force at Florida and Tulagi Islands, having multiple malaria attacks, being transferred to Maine to cure his malaria, being transferred around the United States, and finally returning to the Pacific theater. He explains how being sick with malaria and getting bumped from a plane ride home saved his life. He shares anecdotes about sounding "Taps" at a memorial service for President Roosevelt and being chairman of the Second Marine Division Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee.
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: Graham, Eddie & Rasbury, Guinn
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Church Membership Certificate] (open access)

[Church Membership Certificate]

Certificate of membership to First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo, Texas for Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brown.
Date: August 30, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon, March 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon, March 30, 1944]

Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing her appointment to the WASP, his flight training, the weather, and how busy he is.
Date: March 30, 1944
Creator: Werner, D. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History