[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying with bad weather and electrical problems, hand-cranking her landing gear, food, traveling, and Christmas.
Date: December 23, 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, December 23, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing trying to get a flight from Memphis to New York. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport's Red Cross Canteen and features two images of servicemen recreating.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas, correspondence, the end of the WASP, and trying to get transportation. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 23, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 23, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife wishing happy holidays to her and their daughter Sharon.
Date: December 23, 1943
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frederick T. Phillips, April 15, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frederick T. Phillips, April 15, 2002

Interview with Frederick T. Phillips, a captain in the US Air Force during WWII. He answers questions about his time in the military and life after the war.
Date: December 23, 2004
Creator: Mayo, Aimee & Phillips, Frederick T.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 23, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., on December 23, 1944. He tells of a friend who came back from the Rest Camp recently, with whom he compared the sights of Rome, and explains that someone broke into his footlocker and stole a fountain pen he'd gotten from Robert Evans, Jr., as well as a hunting knife. He wonders what kind of soldier would do something like that, and seems sure that the perpetrator will be caught.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cancellation of Enrollment] (open access)

[Cancellation of Enrollment]

Request for the cancellation of Justin L. Bible's enrollment due to his being on furlough.
Date: December 23, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History