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Oral History Interview with William Alexander Hatcher, December 4, 2008

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Transcript of an interview with William Hatcher, a World War II Army veteran (29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force). Hatcher discusses concerning his his childhood and education; family's experiences in the Great Depression; decision to attend University of Tennessee-Knoxville and major in mechanical engineering; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942; 1943 call-up; basic training at Ft. Belvoir, Va.; instruction in engineering, communications, and radar repair at City College of New York and Chanute Field, Ill.; assignments to Truax Field, Wis., and Boca Raton, Fla.; meeting future wife, Jean E. Sheppard, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; transfer to B-29 unit and bases in Neb. And Kan.; deployment to Guam with 29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, March 1945; details of high-altitude radar repair work; aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Guam; descriptions of devastation of Japan, including Hiroshima; transfer to base on Tinian; return to U.S. in February 1946; wedding; return to UT-Knoxville using GI Bill benefits; work at Oak Ridge; decision to transfer to University of New Mexico for Mrs. Hatcher's health; career with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Convair Corp. of Fort Worth; …
Date: December 4, 2008
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Hatcher, William Alexander, 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents, discussing a flight from Memphis to Newark via Atlanta and her choice to ferry a P-40 or P-63. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport Red Cross Canteen and features two photos of servicemen recreating.
Date: November 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas gifts, traveling by train, meeting a Russian fur trapper, recent correspondence, the WASP program and pay. Typed on Hotel John Marshal (Richmond) stationary.
Date: 1943-12-26?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 15, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying from Nashville to Newark. The postcard features a photograph of a Douglas A-20 at low level practicing "skip bombing."
Date: August 15, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Yerkes, November 16, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents. The postcard is from the American Red Cross and features two photos of the Red Cross Canteen in Memphis, with several men and at least one woman in uniform enjoying drinks and billiards.
Date: November 16, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flyers being grounded by a hurricane, new pilot suits and uniforms, commercial licenses, her typewriter, and her car. Typed on Hotel Andrew Jackson (Knoxville) stationary.
Date: September 20, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, December 23, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing trying to get a flight from Memphis to New York. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport's Red Cross Canteen and features two images of servicemen recreating.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.
Date: January 20, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, 1943?]

Undated letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing moving into living quarters at a new base and her new Army Air Force uniform. Typed on Hotel Andrew Jackson (Knoxville) stationary.
Date: 1943-23~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 5, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 5, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her morning and taking a train to Memphis. Written on 4th Ferrying Group Officers Club stationary.
Date: January 5, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 14, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 14, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her uniform and clothing, a check ride, a Red Cross canteen, vaccinations, news from home, and seeing "The More the Merrier." Typed on Hotel Andrew Johnson (Knoxville) stationary.
Date: September 14, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas, correspondence, the end of the WASP, and trying to get transportation. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 24, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, clothes, news from home, flying, and her friend Marion. Typed on Hotel Andrew Johnson (Knoxville) stationary.
Date: September 24, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 22, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent work. The postcard is from the Medici Society's Herb Garden Series and features an image of borage and camomile, and accompanying short text.
Date: November 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger, December, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger, December, 1995]

Letter from Charlyne Creger discussing the past year's activities, such as traveling, seeing old friends, attending WASP events, and visiting her sister, Violet.
Date: December 1995
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charlyne Creger: An Oral History (open access)

Charlyne Creger: An Oral History

Transcript of and oral history interview of Charlyne Creger conducted by interviewer, Dawn Letson. They discuss Creger's family history, her life growing up in Oklahoma, and her life and career after entering and graduating the Women Airforce Service Pilots. An index of subjects discussed is listed at the end of the interview.
Date: May 26, 1988
Creator: Letson, Dawn & Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977

Interview with Thomas Roth regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: October 15, 1977
Creator: Bowman, Larry & Roth, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Randolph Lockwood, August 24, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Randolph Lockwood, August 24, 1974

Interview with Randolph S. Lockwood regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941. It also contains a list of corrections made to the interview for content regarding phrases that were initially mis-typed.
Date: August 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lockwood, Randolph S.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]

Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "War Remembered by Women Pilots"] (open access)

[Clipping: "War Remembered by Women Pilots"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about World War 2 and the WASP.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Byrd Granger's Documentation for WASP Hearings] (open access)

[Note on Byrd Granger's Documentation for WASP Hearings]

A note written on a letterhead from the Texas State Board of Education that reads, "Byrd Granger's documentation for WASP hearings 1977-1978".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Board Meeting Agenda] (open access)

[WASP Board Meeting Agenda]

Agenda for the WASP board meeting held March 25, 2006.
Date: March 25, 2006
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes from the WASP "Unofficial" Board Meeting] (open access)

[Minutes from the WASP "Unofficial" Board Meeting]

Minutes from the WASP board meeting held March 25, 2006 in Nashville, TN.
Date: March 25, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip Patton, April 11, 2002

Interview with Phillip Patton, an aircraft mechanic in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He answers questions about life before the war, his experiences overseas, and returning home post-war.
Date: December 30, 2004
Creator: Elterman, Dora & Patton, Phillip
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History