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[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - May 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - May 31, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including making cotton clothes to wear to work, seeing a movie with Mr. Figart, and receiving a letter from Bob with photos take on them in Tonopah.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 31, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including coffee with Lorraine and Crockett, playing Tripoli with Evelyn, Elaine, and Baby, purchasing him a Christmas present, and the weather.
Date: August 31, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 31, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including going for a drive with Mother, mailing a package to him that will serve as a birthday present, and her coworker Lorraine quitting due to her pregnancy.
Date: July 31, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 31, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing her New Year's Eve celebration with Dan, Corrine, Bea, Joe, and Emma. On the last page of the letter, there are notes from Emma and Dan sending their well wishes.
Date: December 31, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - May 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - May 31, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing expecting to get a pass to go into Honolulu the next day, mailing her his watch, and getting to know the men in his squadron.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 31, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing seeing the movie "Gung Ho," looking at the moon and missing her, and plans to request a package from her.
Date: July 31, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 31, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, receiving his paycheck, responding to the news from home Catherine shared, and seeing the movie "Double Indemnity."
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James D. Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes, May 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from James D. Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes, May 31, 1944]

Letter from James Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes discussing a recent note from her and her time flying as a WASP.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: Palmer, James D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of WASP Cornelia Yerkes Colby in her service uniform.
Date: March 31, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell earnings statement] (open access)

[Gayle Snell earnings statement]

Statement of earnings and deductions for WASP Gayle Snell for the pay period ending on May 31, 1944. She was paid $134.40.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Parker Earnings and Deductions Statement, May 31, 1944] (open access)

[Parker Earnings and Deductions Statement, May 31, 1944]

Employee earnings and deductions statement of Woman Airforce Service Pilot, Catherine Parker.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #3] (open access)

[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #3]

Women Airforce Service Pilots pay stub for Eleanor McLernon from the Department of Training.
Date: December 31, 1944
Creator: War Department (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #4] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #4]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Clara Evans Willis, May 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Clara Evans Willis, May 31, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Clara Evans Willis, on May 31, 1944. He entreats her to get well and be careful while recovering from her operation, and thanks her for some boxes of food she sent to him. He tells her his company has moved into tents, with six men to a tent, which he finds to be a relief from living in a room with thirty other men.
Date: May 31, 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 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 31, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on August 31, 1944, detailing a visit he's had from Robert [Evans] Jr. He details the things they talked about, and going to look at Robert's plane. He also mentions eating at the fields mess hall off of real American ware.
Date: August 31, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tent on New Year's Eve]

Photograph of a tent in snow, taken on New Year's Eve 1944.
Date: December 31, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers In Overcoats]

Photograph of Jack Stephenson, Cassidy, and Weber wearing large overcoats at Camp Campbell.
Date: December 31, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of Snake Eyes Gun Crew]

Photograph of five members of the Snake Eyes gun crew standing in front of a tent in the snow on New Year's Eve 1944. They are identified as Leslie Cassady, Albert Campana, George Connelly, Nick Garcia, and Joe Birong.
Date: December 31, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Small boats and harbor craft. (open access)

Small boats and harbor craft.

A manual for U.S. Army sailors assigned to the Harbor Boat Service. Describes company organization, duties of personnel, equipment used, and basic seamanship.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Umpire manual. (open access)

Umpire manual.

Describes procedures to be used by umpires in military exercises used in the training of ground forces.
Date: March 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 255th week of the war, 137th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts : Eastern front, France, Italy, Marianas, Southwest Pacific. Maps: northern Italy; Pacific Ocean; Guam, Rota, Tinian, Saipan. Photographs: flight deck of aircraft carrier, unloading of LST, German submarine pen, weapons left during Lt. Gen. Stilwell's retreat. Back: Map of Europe as viewed from the Soviet Union. Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000] 1 map : col. ; 77 x 116 cm.
Date: July 31, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, January 31, 1944 : week of January 20 to January 27, 229th week of the war, 111th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, USSR, Pacific, Europe. Inset maps: [Central Italy] -- [USSR]. Photographs: Nazi multi-barrel rocket weapon, Mine and booby trap training, Twenty-fifth division men in a Southwest Pacific combat area, Winter flying conditions in Sicily, Propeller trip vapor trails, Revetments and flak guns, "Zebra" dazzle camouflaged PT boat, Two members of a German submarine boat, Jeri-cans. Back: Map of France. Scale: [ca 1:1,267,200] 1 map : col. ; 105 x 82 cm.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library