7 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972

Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date: April 7, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Captain Charles R. Griggs, April 7, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Captain Charles R. Griggs, April 7, 1945]

Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to their son Captain Charles R. Griggs discussing the house work that they have done recently including replacing fence posts, and wondering if they should get a barbecue pit. They also tell Charles that they do not worry about him as they "had the assurance of God [that he] would take care of you."
Date: April 7, 1945
Creator: Griggs, Mrs. C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Sitting on Either Side of Artillery Gun]

Photograph of two men sitting on a tank, with an artillery gun between the two aimed at the camera. Description on the back of the photo identifies the men as Downey and Foster.
Date: April 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men on Tank]

Photograph of a pair of young men sitting on a tank with the artillery gun pointed at the camera. Description on the back of the photo identify the men as Stone and Foster.
Date: April 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General Grant and Tank]

Photograph of three men sitting on a tank with the words "General Grant" and "medium" written on the photograph. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Stone - Radio; Foster - Gunner; Cowen - Commander."
Date: April 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men on Tank]

Photograph of two men holding hands while sitting on a tank in a barren field. Description on the back of the photo identifies the men as Stone and Downey.
Date: April 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice of Separation for Jack Vaughan] (open access)

[Notice of Separation for Jack Vaughan]

Notice of separation from the U. S. Marine Corps for Jack Vaughan.
Date: April 7, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History