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[Clipping: Miss Charlyne Creger]
Newspaper clipping stating that Charlyne Creger completed anesthesia training at the Baylor University Medical School at Dallas and that she will begin a new position in Norman, Oklahoma.
Date:
March 7, 1955
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran Envelope]
Empty envelope with a portrait of Jacqueline Cochran in WASP Uniform printed on the left side above the text, "Jacqueline Cochran Founder and Leader of Women Airforce Service Pilots World War II". The envelope also has the official Jacqueline Cochran postage stamp in the top right corner, with "First day of issue" ink-stamped beneath it.
Date:
March 9, 1996
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to WASP Members, March, 1979]
Letter from Lillian Roberts to the rest of the Women Airforce Service Pilots announcing victory in gaining WASP active military status and explaining how to apply for honorable discharge.
Date:
March 1979
Creator:
Roberts, Lillian
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Female WWII pilots receive medals]
Newspaper clipping providing a brief history about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and stating that they will receive the Congressional Gold Medal from Congress as a symbol of their honorable service during World War II.
Date:
March 10, 2010
Creator:
Dorell, Oren & Rulon, Malia
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Registered Nurse Certificate]
Certificate from the Arkansas State Board of Nursing stating that Charlyne Creger is authorized to work as a registered nurse.
Date:
March 1967
Creator:
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: First Day of Issue Stamp Ceremony, Jacqueline Cochran]
Program for the first day of issue ceremony for the Jacqueline Cochran stamp. The program lists WASP member a British Air Transport Auxiliary pilot as speakers and includes a brief biography of Cochran's life and achievements.
Date:
March 1996
Creator:
United States Postal Service
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, March 29, 1943 : week of March 19 to March 26, 185th week of the war, 67th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tunisia, Air offensive, Submarines, Southwest Pacific, Russia, China. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Gulf of Gabes region, Moscow region. Includes photographs: Counter attack at Kasserine, New Navy planes, Enemy hospital ship. Back: Gas. 5 gases are illustrated and described; Lewisite, mustard, tear gas, phosgene and clorpicrin.
Date:
March 29, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, March 8, 1943 : week of February 26 to March 5, 182nd week of the war, 64th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea -- Solomons -- Submarines -- Tunisia -- Russia -- Western Europe. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Tunisia -- Moscow/Leningrad region. Includes photographs: Attack: A-20 Boston bombers in central Tunisia -- Jeep rider: South Sea islander hitches a ride on an Army jeep -- Loudspeaker on Guadalcanal -- Jap 75 on New Guinea. Back: German Navy uniforms and insignia. Includes color illustrations of uniforms and components, and insignia with informational text. Chart of German pronunciation of military ranks with equivalent ratings in U.S. and German navies.
Date:
March 8, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Eliminating The Wesel Pocket
Map of eliminating the wesel pocket 3-11 march 1945.
Date:
March 1945
Creator:
DeFrance D.L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maurice Stamps, March 18, 2009
Interview with Maurice Stamps, a serviceman in the U. S. Army during World War II. Stamps discusses growing up on a farm in Iowa, joining the army, going to Hawaii and staying at Schofield Barracks. He was assigned to the Classification/Assignment section at Fort Shafter without ever having basic training. He was later assigned to the Message Center at Ft. Shafter. He remembers his correspondence with his girlfriend Enid, whom he married upon his discharge in 1946.
Date:
March 18, 2009
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Stamps, Maurice
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Carl Peltier, March 4, 2001
Interview with Carl Peltier, a U. S Marine during World War II. He begins by discussing his reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then joined the Marines when he was old enough. He trained in San Diego before shipping out to Hawaii where he joined the 2nd Marine Division. Further training included heavy weapons and mortars. Later, he landed on Saipan and describes his small arms and rations. He witnessed General Simon Buckner getting killed on Okinawa. He was later wounded on Okinawa. After the war ended, Peltier served in the Pentagon during the Korean War.
Date:
March 4, 2001
Creator:
Nichols, Chuck & Peltier, Carl
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arwin Bowden, March 9, 2000
Interview with Arwin Bowden, a marine during World War II. He begins by discussing his training in San Diego and New Zealand before the Battle of Tarawa. He describes being wounded in the battle, the casualties he saw, and being shipped back to Pearl Harbor for treatment before joining the battle of Saipan. He describes ancedotes about Japanese killing themselves rather than surrendering, eating food from a garden watered from rainwater running down from outhouses, the wages he made, and the time he had leave.
Date:
March 9, 2000
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Bowden, Arwin J.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William F. Graham, March 24, 2001
Interview with Bill Graham, a Marine during World War II. He begins by discussing joining the Navy and becoming a corpsman, then being transferred to the 2nd Marine Division after the Pearl Harbor attack. He also talks being in the first wave on Guadalcanal and various things that happened during the six months there, as well as contracting a severe strain of malaria, getting shipped back to the States and stationed near his home in Fort Worth, then returning to training in Virginia to prepare for an invasion of Japan.
Date:
March 24, 2001
Creator:
Smith, Ned A. & Graham, William F.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joseph B. Brown, March 24, 2001
Interview with Joseph Brown, who was in the Marine Corps during World War II. He discusses going to Guadalcanal, various guns and artillery he used, the battle of Tarawa and getting malaria just before it, then going to Hawaii for more training before returning to the South Pacific and fighting on Saipan and Tinian. He also discusses being wounded on Saipan, having a bayonet run through his forearm and keeping the bayonet as a souvenir after the war, and he talks about some of his experiences and travels after the war.
Date:
March 24, 2001
Creator:
Cox, William G. & Brown, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, March 29, 2003
Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Olivares dropped out of high school and decided to join the U. S. Navy after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He took his 16-week basic training course at Great Lakes in Illinois where he learned how to fire various guns and recognize aircraft. After basic training, he was assigned to Algiers, Louisiana where he learned how to weld. Aboard the USS Bordelon (DD-881), he served as a Ship Fitter in the damage control department. After WWII, he remained in the reserves and was called up for duty in Korea. He served aboard the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86). After Korea, he worked as a civilian for the Army Corps of Engineers as an oiler on a dredge. He then served in the Merchant Marines, hauling refined petroleum products from South America to North America. He also discusses going to French Indochina (Vietnam) and traveling up the Saigon River in a merchant vessel.
Date:
March 29, 2003
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Olivares, Hazael R.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Pocket Reference Guide: Army-Navy-Marine Corps]
Booklet belonging to Jack Vaughan, which lists Army, Navy, and Marine Corps insignias and what they signify.
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
Newsweek Magazine
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Stephen A. Melisko]
Full length photograph of Stephen A. Melisko standing in front of a barracks at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
Date:
March 13, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Military Vehicles Between Two Houses]
Photograph of jeeps and tanks located around two half-timbered German houses. One jeep is coming through a fence to the left. Between the two homes, two jeeps are parked in a row and another tank is parked beside them. Helmeted soldiers can be seen standing around or on top of the right tank. A forested hill rises behind the two houses on the right. The reverse side of the photo has a note that indicates that the group was in combat.
Date:
March 29, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photographs and a Note from a Former Prisoner of War]
Photographs and a handwritten note from James Turner. The top left photograph is of the side of a school building in Mühlhausen, Germany. The top right photograph features two young Dutch women, Emily and Patricia, wearing floral print dresses. These photos are taped to a note wherein Turner inquires about this area where he was a prisoner of war during World War II.
Date:
March 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[American Tank Crossing Pontoon Bridge at Over the Rhine River]
Photograph of an American tank crossing a pontoon bridge that spans the Rhine River. Soldiers can be seen on top of the tank and walking along the bridge. Remnants of a stone bridge can be seen in the river to the right. These piles of rubble lead up to an ornate bridge archway. The stone archway has a damaged roof and two turrets that would have framed the bridge.
Date:
March 27, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Don Mercier at Camp Campbell]
Photograph of Don Mercier standing in the road at Camp Campbell. He is wearing a peaked cap and dress uniform. Buildings line the road behind him.
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Test Firing an M4 Tank]
Photograph of three soldiers on an M4 tank. Two of the soldiers are standing behind the tank's turret and look to the left with binoculars, while the other man sits within a hatch on the tank's turret. The reverse side of the photo has a note that says they were testing sandbag and armor plate reinforcement on tanks.
Date:
March 12, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[44th Tank Battalion on Parade]
Photograph of the 44th Tank Battalion on parade in a field in the Philippines. Tents are visible in the background.
Date:
March 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Generals Conferring in Luneville, France]
Photograph of Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr., Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch, and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley standing together and talking.
Date:
March 20, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History