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[Instruction Manual for Military Correspondence] (open access)

[Instruction Manual for Military Correspondence]

Instruction manual for how to prepare military type correspondence. The manual is divided into seven sections: I. General, II. Channels of Communication, III. Military Letters, IV. Indorsements, V. Inclosures, VI. Nonmilitary Letters, and VII. Telegrams, Radiograms, and Cablegrams.
Date: August 21, 1942
Creator: United States Department of War
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Defense Plant Corporation to Charles A. Prince, August 21, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Defense Plant Corporation to Charles A. Prince, August 21, 1943]

Letter from Defense Plant Corporation to Charles A. Prince discussing the Bill of Sale, Plancor 937.
Date: August 21, 1943
Creator: Defense Plant Corporation
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from from Jack Vaughan to Fay Vaughan Garvin, August 21, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from from Jack Vaughan to Fay Vaughan Garvin, August 21, 1942]

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Vaughan to Fay Vaughan Garvin, on August 21, 1942. He asks about an election and her children, and tells her that the men fighting the war need to know the American public supports them.
Date: August 21, 1942
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gareth L. Pawlowski to Charlyne, Aug. 21, 1989] (open access)

[Letter from Gareth L. Pawlowski to Charlyne, Aug. 21, 1989]

Letter from Gareth L. Pawlowski to Charlyne (Creger?) discussing interviewing WASP and purchasing memorabilia for Pawlowski's writing material, as well as suggesting journal and magazine articles that feature WASP stories.
Date: August 21, 1989
Creator: Pawlowski, Gareth L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Philippine Islands

Map of the Philippine Islands.
Date: August 21, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Hendrick Memorial Hospital]

Postcard of Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene, Texas. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten from Woodrow W. Aten says "Dear Helen & all: Quite a nice day and now is a little warm. Received a letter from Fred today. Had a letter from Al Saturday and also one from the staff. We are plenty busy right now. As ever, Woodrow."
Date: August 21, 1944
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a Life Magazine article on Guam, bonds and finances, the end of hostilities with Japan, a visit from an admiral, a friend trying to get in touch, withdrawal of Marines, recent work, indoor flooding, sewing panties from cloth maps, running a "bulletin board of the air," swimming, and her friend Phyllis. Typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: August 21, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing transferring from Avenger Field to Love Field, getting uniform items, paperwork, and her car. Written on the back of a 5th Ferrying Group "photographic badge" request form.
Date: August 21, 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, August 22, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling. The postcard features an image of a Douglas DC-3.
Date: August 21, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with J. L. Summers, August 21, 1995

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with J.L. Summers, U.S. 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. Summers 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 and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), railway maintenance work in Burma (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), Bangkok (1945), and his liberation. The Appendix includes photocopies of various documents provided by Mr. Summers [13 p.].
Date: 1995-08-21/1995-08-22
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Summers, J. L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 21, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 21, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing seeing the movie "Young Ideas," having a good supper, a new man joining their squadron, the mail service, and his joy at Clifford Smith returning home.
Date: August 21, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James H. Barclay, August 21, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James H. Barclay, August 21, 1974

Interview with James Barclay, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: August 21, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Barclay, James H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library