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[List of WASP Paraphernalia Merchandise] (open access)

[List of WASP Paraphernalia Merchandise]

List of available WASP paraphernalia pieces for sale by the WASP WII Stores, with Helen B. Sheffer listed as the main contact.
Date: March 23, 1984
Creator: Sheffer, Helen B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Leonard Bock, August 7, 1997

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Interview with Leonard Bock, a Navy veteran (PC-1135 and PC-1128), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date: August 7, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bock, Leonard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[A Mailing Receipt for a Letter From Mrs. Hellen McKee to Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[A Mailing Receipt for a Letter From Mrs. Hellen McKee to Jacqueline Cochran]

A mailing receipt for a letter from Mrs. Helen McKee to Jacqueline Cochran on July 9, 1970. It includes addresses for the two locations, and includes a stamp on the back.
Date: July 9, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Mailing Receipt for a Letter From Cochran Oldum Ranch to Hellen Forest McKee] (open access)

[A Mailing Receipt for a Letter From Cochran Oldum Ranch to Hellen Forest McKee]

A mailing receipt for a letter from Cochran Oldum Ranch to Hellen Forest McKee for $15.34 on July 7, 1970. It includes addresses for the two locations, and includes a stamp.
Date: July 7, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with William H. Haugh, January 12, 1999

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Interview with William H. Haugh, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Haugh discusses growing up in Wrightsville, getting his own farm, the wartime economy, being drafted into the Army, becoming a machine gunner in the 35th Infantry Division, arrival in Metz and advancing to the Battle of the Bulge, artillery, experiences in combat, the Rhineland Campaign, the Ruhr Valley, being wounded, the German surrender and the Army of Occupation, reflections on combat, and returning to civilian life.
Date: January 12, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Haugh, William H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John R. Leber, January 15, 1999

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Interview with John R. Leber, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who flew with the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. Leber discusses enlisting in the Air Corps, training as an aircraft mechanic and becoming a crew chief, the C-46 and the C-47, deployment to India, flying over the Himalayas, living conditions, and continued service postwar. In appendix are handwritten letters of Leber from his time overseas.
Date: January 15, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Leber, John R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997

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Interview with Kenneth Poff, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who served with the 1913th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Poff discusses his early life, being drafted and training, shipping out to Townsville, Australia, and landing on New Guinea, fighting attached to the 1st Marine Division for the Cape Gloucester and Hollandia campaigns, constructing and maintaining an airstrip, the Lingayan Gulf campaign in the Philippines, the atomic bomb and VJ-Day, and returning home.
Date: August 10, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Poff, Kenneth
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Teresa D. James, March 15, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from Teresa D. James, March 15, 1972]

Letter from Teresa D. James discussing the efforts by members of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots to gain recognition for their services rendered during World War II. She explains some methods of gaining their recognition such as signing a petition, forwarding petitions and letters of endorsement to her or a local congressman and providing addresses of WASP members if known.
Date: March 15, 1972
Creator: James, Teresa D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.
Date: August 24, 2002
Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003

Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date: January 21, 2003
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier with Woman]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing with his arm around a woman in Ingram, Pennsylvania. A fence, trees, and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #3] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #3]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a P-510 aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to an Air Force base in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Girl Flyers Who Tow Targets May Be Real "Soldiers" Soon] (open access)

[Clipping: Girl Flyers Who Tow Targets May Be Real "Soldiers" Soon]

Newspaper clipping of articles about the WASP, how it feels to fly a plane, a dance that will be held to raise funds for infantile paralysis, the marriage of teacher Batrice Howell, war bonds, and more.
Date: January 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Special Tribute to W.A.S.P.'s of World War II] (open access)

[Flyer: Special Tribute to W.A.S.P.'s of World War II]

Flyer to Women Airforce Service Pilot Members inviting them to the Spirit of Flight Air Show where they will be given a special tribute.
Date: 1998
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Marvin Krieger Obituary] (open access)

[Marvin Krieger Obituary]

Photocopy of the text from Marvin A. Krieger's obituary along with a "Big League Card" from Business and Commercial Aviation with his name and photo seen in the bottom right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971

Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date: January 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James G. Turner, August 7, 1999

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Transcript of an interview with James G. Turner, Marine Corps veteran (Regimental Headquarters Company, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences on Saipan in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Turner discusses his decision to join the Marine Corps, December 7, 1942; boot camp, Parris Island; formation of the 4th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, 1943; preparations on Maui for the invasion of Saipan; the amphibious landings on Saipan, June 15, 1945; his duties with the Motor Transport Section and Headquarters Company; return to Maui.
Date: August 7, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Turner, James G.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Glenn C. Blouse, August 3, 1998

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Interview with Glenn C. Blouse, a Army WWII veteran from Long Level, Pennsylvania. Blouse discusses his family life, being drafted, basic training, deployment to the European Theater via North Africa, assignment to the 135th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division in Italy, duties as a machine gunner, first combat experiences, fighting on the Monte Cassino front, foxhole life, shelling, tactics, taking prisoners, Italian civilians, the Anzio landing, assaulting a hill, liberating Rome, the Apennines Campaign, nightwatch and a firefight which earned him the Bronze Star, breaking into the Po Valley, Mussolini's corpse, the end of the war. In appendix is Blouse's Bronze Star citation.
Date: August 3, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blouse, Glenn C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Grace Schiverea to Lt. Roy E. Johnson, August 1944]

Postcard written to Lieutenant Roy E. Johnson from Grace Schiverea, that says: "Hi, Lt. -- Roy - the navy was never like this!!! It sure is a wonderful life - sleeping, swimming & sunning. - Time is going much too quickly. - will see you, on the 25th. (Note "Air Corp" insignia on the front of card - Ahem!!!) Grace." The front of the postcard contains an illustration of a military airplane flying over an ocean at night. The moon is visible in a cloudy sky above the plane and the Air Corps insignia is in the lower-left corner. Text above the image says "Keep 'em Flying."
Date: August 1944
Creator: Schiverea, Grace
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stamp of Front Street]

Stamp showing a photograph of Front Street in Berwick, Pennsylvania. There are cars driving down the road, and buildings on both side of the road.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania]

Postcard of the Susquehanna River seen from Sullivan Trail near Berwick, Pa. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten from Woodrow W. Aten at Camp Campbell says, "Howdy- Thurs. Morn. We three of us arrived here safely last nite at 6:00. Now it is raining and there is plenty of mud but some sidewalks. The camp is real, very new and very [?]. This is one you should see. I'll be resettled by the weekend I hope. Will write more very soon. Woodrow."
Date: September 17, 1942
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Giant Potato]

Postcard of a man standing on a giant potato in a train car. Typed text on the front of the postcard says "Potato - The Kind we Raise in Maine." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen Aten says "Dear Helen, I saw a Indian an wigwam it was made out of birch bark. I am sitting in the trailer writing this do you want one of these potatoes? Claire."
Date: May 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Cartoon Men]

Postcard with a cartoon of a policeman and other man standing next to a red armchair under a street lamp on a street corner. Text on the cartoon says "They sure make you feel at home here!" A handwritten note addressed to Mrs. Clara Aten & Family says "Dear Friends: Just a line to let you know I am well, hope you are all the same, I received your card a few days ago, I'm on my way west, somewhere in Texas now. My new address is on this card. Had a nice trip so far, don't know how the rest of it will be, we have several days riding yet. Write when you can. Nevin."
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hermsinger, Nevin E.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Tennessee Road]

Postcard of a road surrounded with green grass and trees, and typed text: "One of the good roads through Tennessee." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten from Woodrow W. Aten at Camp Campbell says, "Dear Helen and all. This is [?] and we officers are gathering at Dunbar Cave near Clarksville to have a chicken barbeque which is sponsored by the International [?] Co. (pause) we had a delicious chicken barbeque and a swell time. We went into the cave etc. Everything was very good. I went to Nashville Sat. nite and stayed till yesterday (Sun 4:00 pm) Send my gas ration book immediately. Bro. Woodie."
Date: September 20, 1942
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History