Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced (open access)

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced

Special edition of a technical manual containing training documentation on three subjects related to instrument flying. The name, "Hottman, W. B." is written in the top left corner of the cover, followed by a handwritten note about returning the manual.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal operations in the Corps and Army. (open access)

Signal operations in the Corps and Army.

Outlines briefly "the organization of the corps and army, the organization and operation of assigned signal corps units, and the application of signal corps activities to tactical operations."
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Special Service Company. (open access)

The Special Service Company.

Describes the functions and services provided by the Army Special Service Company.
Date: January 5, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radio communication. (open access)

Radio communication.

Discusses "radio communication fundamentals and the methods and technique involved in the installation and operation of radio communication equipment."
Date: January 28, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced, Special Edition (open access)

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced, Special Edition

Special edition of a textbook titled "Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced," published January 15, 1944. It is split into three sections, all with different creation and publication dates. The first section is titled "Instrument Flying: Basic without Radio Aids" or Technical Order No. 30-100A-1, published June 1, 1943. The second section is titled "Instrument Flying: Advanced with Radio Aids" or Technical Order No. 30-100B-1, published January 15, 1944 to replace T. O. No. 30-100B-1 dated October 1, 1943. The final section is titled "Instrument Flying Army Air Forces Instrument Approach System" or Technical Order No. 30-100F-1, published November 10, 1943.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying: Technique in Weather (open access)

Instrument Flying: Technique in Weather

Textbook titled "Instrument Flying: Technique in Weather" or Technical Order No. 30-100D-1, created January 1, 1944 by authority of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces.
Date: January 1, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Max Glauben, January 1990

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Interviews with Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Glauben discusses his family origins, growing up with Sephardic Hebrew, education, the invasion of Poland, losing the family business, the move to the ghetto and life there, people's different reactions to oppression, ventures outside the ghetto, escalating extermination by the Germans, Warsaw Uprising, transfer to KL Lublin, the organization of the camp, transfers to and labor at Wieliczka, Mielec, Budzyn and Flossenburg, illness, sabotage, daily routine in the camps, the approach of the front, being on a train strafed by Allied planes and wounded, escape, rescue by American forces, moving to the United States, and his thoughts on faith.
Date: 1990-01-09/1990-01-24
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Glauben, Max
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William P. Schiff, January 12, 1990

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Interview with William Schiff, a Holocaust survivor from Kraków, Poland. Schiff discusses his family, antisemitism before the war, the invasion of Poland, being put into forced labor by the Germans and Poles, the ghetto and survival there, getting married, experiences in internment at Kraków-Płaszów, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps, liberation, returning to Kraków and finding his wife, and life afterwards.
Date: January 12, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Schiff, William P.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Lyndle Lynch, January 10, 1995

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Interview with Lyndle Lynch, a Navy WWII veteran from El Paso, Texas, who was aboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lynch discusses going into the Navy, work aboard the Utah, liberty in Honolulu, the morning of the attack, the sinking of the Utah and abandoning ship, assisting the wounded, duties after the attack, morale and reactions, and service aboard the USS Detroit.
Date: January 10, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lynch, Lyndle
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Inga Pennock, January 27, 1990

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Interview with Inga Pennock, a Holocaust survivor from Berlin. Pennock discusses her family background, experiencing antisemitism and the start of Nazi rule, trying to leave Germany and hiding, increasing violence, Kristallnacht, losing family, fleeing to Shanghai, Japanese occupation and the ghetto, working as a nurse for the Japanese, living conditions, liberation, and life afterwards.
Date: January 27, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith G. & Pennock, Inga
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrument Flying: Basic (open access)

Instrument Flying: Basic

Technical manual containing training documentation related to basic flying of aircraft.
Date: January 3, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots (open access)

Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots

Textbook titled "Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots" describing basic regulations for pilots such as rules of flight and various certifications. "S. D'Hooghe" is handwritten in the top right corner of the cover.
Date: January 1941
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aircraft engines. (open access)

Aircraft engines.

Discusses the principles, classification, description, and construction of internal combustion engines used in military aircraft. Includes instructions for storage of engines.
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
CONAC Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Number 45-7550. Increment 2, Volume 2 (open access)

CONAC Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Number 45-7550. Increment 2, Volume 2

This book is volume 2 of an Air Force Reserve instructor course that discusses teaching methods and strategies for Air Force flight instructors to educate and evaluate flight students. The name, Paul A. Hill, can be seen written near the top left of the cover page and a pen sketch of a house along with a study note can be seen inside the cover.
Date: January 1, 1951
Creator: United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced (open access)

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced

Special edition of a technical manual containing training documentation on three subjects related to instrument flying. A blotch of dark ink is smeared on the front covered.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of United States Air Force Correspondence Courses (open access)

Catalog of United States Air Force Correspondence Courses

Catalog of classes available via correspondence courses from Air University that includes information about course numbers, teachers, and class structure. A note penned on the inside cover page states, "Application in back of catalog".
Date: January 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1C. Two Worlds in Conflict (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1C. Two Worlds in Conflict

This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 1, Part C issue of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the history and spread of the concept of democracy, especially as it pertains to 'American democracy" in comparison to communist ideologies. The book contains a blank exam on the material in the back..
Date: January 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Course 45-7550, Increment 2, Volume 2 (open access)

Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Course 45-7550, Increment 2, Volume 2

Worksheet booklet supplementary to Increment 2, Volume 2 of the United States Air Force Reserve Instructors Course. This booklet discusses the development of courses and lesson plans, as well the use of demonstrative methods of teaching.
Date: January 1, 1957
Creator: United States. Air Force. Air Training Command. Technical Training.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with T. G. Crews, January 22, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with T. G. Crews, January 22, 1972

Interview with T. G. Crews, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Stephenville, Texas. Crews, among the first Americans taken prisoner by the Japanese during the war, discusses his time with the North China Marines in Peking, his unit's duties there, his capture, and his experiences during internment at Tianjin, Shanghai, Peking, Busan, and Hakodate.
Date: January 22, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crews, T. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Crayton R. Gordon, January 31, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Crayton R. Gordon, January 31, 1977

Transcript of an interview with Crayton Gordon, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date: January 31, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crayton, Gordon R.
System: The UNT Digital Library