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Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002

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Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James N. Hall, November 10, 1999

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Interview with James N. Hall, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Burkburnett, Texas. Hall discusses joining the Air Force from college, basic training, classification, flight training, the P-47, fighter tactics, deplyoment to Le Culot Airfield in Belgium, his first mission, briefings and intelligence, Air Support Parties, close air support, flak, bomber escort, air-to-air encounters, casualties, logistics, German civilians, crash landings, V-E Day, and return to civilian life.
Date: November 10, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, James N.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jack Browder, January 15, 1998

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Interview with Jack Browder, a Army WWII veteran from Duncan, Oklahoma. Browder was a staff officer with the 741st Tank Battalion in Europe; he recounts his education and entry to active duty in 1941, transfer to the new 741st, armor training and exercises, duties as a supply officer, preparations for the Normandy invasion, DD tanks, D-Day, attachment to the 2nd Infantry Division and advances through northern France, the M4 Sherman, his thoughts on General George S. Patton, the Battle of Saint Lô, souvenirs and trading, the Battle of the Bulge, crossing Germany into Czechoslovakia, returning to the States, and postwar service.
Date: January 15, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Browder, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Asa M. Duncan transcript

Oral History Interview with Asa M. Duncan

Interview with Asa M. Duncan, an infantryman in the US Army during WWII. He answers questions about service overseas and his experiences of coming home.
Date: 1995~
Creator: Jeffrey, Erin & Duncan, Asa M.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Summary of an Interview with Asa M. Duncan] (open access)

[Summary of an Interview with Asa M. Duncan]

Summary describing an interview with Asa M. Duncan, highlighting his service to the military as an infantryman in the US Army during WWII, and his experiences of coming home. It also includes comments and observations by the author about the interview experience and Mr. Duncan himself.
Date: 1995~
Creator: Jeffrey, Erin & Duncan, Asa M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interviews with Max Pila, 1993-1994

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Interview with Max Pila, a Holocaust survivor from Zlav, Poland. Pila discusses his family and Jewish background, antisemitism, the German invasion, life in the ghetto, executions, labor, transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, daily experience in internment, mining at Janina, the forced march to Bergen-Belsen, liberation, and life afterwards.
Date: {1993-10-15,1994-04-01}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pila, Max
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of Private Dayton Simon O'Keefe]

Portrait of Private Dayton Simon O'Keefe with a caption on the photo saying this was taken at "Ft. Worth, Texas at the Wallace Studio May 10, 1943." The text on the slip at the bottom of the picture contains information about O'Keefe and his role in the military: "Dayton Simon O'Keefe Private Battery B, 190th Field Artillery Battalion # 3831117 Died November 12, 1944 in Belgium."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Sergeant Troy Weldon Norris]

Portrait of Sergeant Troy Weldon Norris wearing his military uniform. The text on the bottom of the picture contains information about his role in the military and the dates of his birth and death: "Sgt. Troy Weldon Norris, Co. I. 101st Airborne Inft. Born April 29, 1920 Killed in action Jan. 13th, 1945 in Belgium."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions

Front: Text describes 5 Moscow conference decisions. Maps: Moscow conference decisions as reflected on the global map. Includes photograph of Ernest Bevin (Britain), V. M. Molotov (Russia) and James F. Byrnes (U.S.) Back: Reenlistment. List of reasons to reenlist. Charts of income and retirement income for enlisted classes.
Date: January 7, 1946
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of Eldon Kohler]

Photograph of Eldon Kohler in Brussels, profile facing to the left, wearing a dark-colored jacket. A multistory building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bass in Belgium]

Photograph of T/5 Charles F. Bass posing in uniform at Hasslet, Belgium.
Date: October 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "War In Europe Over! Germany Quits!"] (open access)

[Clipping: "War In Europe Over! Germany Quits!"]

Photocopy of a portion of The Shreveport Times front page and several articles for May 1945, including information about combat in Manila, the redeployment of 800 planes, the attack on Pearl Harbor, news of the end of World War II, and more are included.
Date: May 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945]

Letter to Cecile from her father about his dental health and the war.
Date: May 6, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. K. Griggs to Charles R. Griggs, March 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from C. K. Griggs to Charles R. Griggs, March 27, 1945]

Letter from C. K. Griggs to his son Charles R. Griggs concerning daily life back home; the letter actually is written by Charles' mother as she says "Daddy and I were hot and hostess at the USO for Sunday night." Later she discusses the new lace cloth being made and saying that cloth at home runs "from 10 cents to 25 cents per yard."
Date: March 27, 1945
Creator: Griggs, C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beer Wagon in Antwerp]

Photograph of a beer wagon being pulled by two horses in Antwerp. Two women and a man stand in the bottom right corner.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Draw Bridge in an Antwerp Harbor]

Photograph of a draw bridge of the harbor in Antwerp, Berlin. The bridge is up at the time of this picture.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Enck and Shafser in Antwerp]

Photograph of Roy Enck and Lloyd Shafser standing in uniform by a truck in Antwerp. There is a crowd of soldiers to the right.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A German Soldier Walking Along Line of Rail Cars]

Photograph of a line of rail cars. A flatbed is carrying a truck. In the distance there is a German soldier walking along the line of cars.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German Soldiers Sitting on Flatbed Rail Cars]

Photograph of German soldiers resting on flatbed rail cars. One soldier is walking towards the men from down the tracks.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Getting in a Train]

Photograph of Allied soldiers getting on a train. The train is heading to Camp Top Hat near Antwerp, Belgium.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tent City]

Photograph of soldiers standing together in the middle of a tent city at Camp Top Hat.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Vehicles Parked on a Sidewalk in Flanders]

Photograph of three motor vehicles parked along a sidewalk in a town in Flanders, Belgium.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Soldiers]

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing around a tank. A note on the back reads: "The day we were pulled out of St. Vith by the 82nd Airborne."
Date: December 18, 1944
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Outside Building]

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing outside a building. They are identified as Cunningham, Ugent, Schmidf, Kinsinger, Ziegler, Gross, Dro, and Fox.
Date: December 18, 1944
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History