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Oral History Interview with Arch Gibson, April 8, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arch Gibson, April 8, 1976

Interview with Arch Gibson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 8, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gibson, Arch
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin Chambers, April 8, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Martin Chambers, April 8, 1982

Interview with Martin Chambers, 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. Chambers discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date: April 8, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Chambers, Martin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with E. F. Howard, April 8, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with E. F. Howard, April 8, 1989

Interview with E. F. Howard, a Army WWII veteran from Haines, Arkanas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Howard discusses entering the service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, the facilities and daily life there, the lead up to war, events of December 7th, 1941, and service, injury, and discharge afterwards.
Date: April 8, 1989
Creator: Smith, Melinda & Howard, E. F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[D'Hooghe Math Quiz #2] (open access)

[D'Hooghe Math Quiz #2]

Handwritten math quiz or math homework by Solange D'Hooghe with a grade of 100 written in green at the top of the first page.
Date: April 8, 1943
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[D'Hooghe Math Quiz #3] (open access)

[D'Hooghe Math Quiz #3]

Handwritten math quiz or math homework by Solange D'Hooghe with a grade of 86 written in green at the top of the first page.
Date: April 8, 1943
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inoculation Certificate for Marjorie Wakeham] (open access)

[Inoculation Certificate for Marjorie Wakeham]

International certificate showing that Marjorie Wakeham received vaccinations for several diseases, mostly administered in Tokyo, Japan.
Date: 1952-04-08/1953-10-27
Creator: United States. Public Health Service
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce WASP Sub-Committee Meeting (open access)

Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce WASP Sub-Committee Meeting

Official minutes for a Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce and WASP sub-committee meeting discussing the WASP reunion.
Date: April 8, 1993
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Three Kelly Girls Attain Goal--Join Wasps] (open access)

[Clipping: Three Kelly Girls Attain Goal--Join Wasps]

Newspaper clipping about five employees at Kelly Field who applied to join the WASP. The article notes that three of the women have been accepted into the April training class and that the other two women expect to join the May training class. The back of the clipping features an article about a baseball game at Kelly Field.
Date: April 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Printouts of Photos of Helen Snapp at Wings of Dreams]

Printouts of photographs of Helen Snapp at a Wings of Dreams gathering at Keystone Airport, Wings of Dreams Air Museum. Some of the photographs have captions below them.
Date: April 8, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
West Texas Historical Association Seventy-First Annual Meeting Schedule (open access)

West Texas Historical Association Seventy-First Annual Meeting Schedule

The West Texas Historical Association's Seventy-First Annual Meeting schedule for the meeting in Midland, Texas on April 8 and 9, 1994. It includes lists of all officers, members of the board of directors, and ex-officio broad members.
Date: 1994-04-08/1994-04-09
Creator: West Texas Historical Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 49, Thursday, April 8, 1943 (open access)

The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 49, Thursday, April 8, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: April 8, 1943
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 8, 1945]

Letter from C. K. Griggs to his son Captain Charles R. Griggs telling him that they are not worrying too strongly about him while he is away; his parents did not want to think they did not care about him. C. K. Griggs describes what is going at home, "Otto Carter is home from the Pacific, he and Lillain Pratt are to be married soon."
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: Griggs, C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Postcard]

Photograph of a postcard which says "It's fun to visit Dallas." It was sent to Mrs. Sheard Goodwin in Pinnacle, Arkansas from Private Sheard Goodwin who was stationed at Camp Barkeley. Handwritten note inside the postcard reads, "Honey, maybe you can find where I am with this card."
Date: April 8, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German Prisoners of War]

Photograph of German prisoners of war walking in a column in Wurzburg, Germany. There are other soldiers and a truck on the road. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hole in Turret]

Photograph of a hole in the turret of a tank.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sgt. Walter Lehman]

Photograph of Sergeant Walter Lehman with a gun at his side. There is a building in the background.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henry Taylor Among Debris]

Photograph of Henry Taylor standing among the debris of a house in Giebelstadt, Germany.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History