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[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Student Activities and Avenger Field Naming]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings about student and teacher activities in Sweetwater, Texas, including the naming of the Avenger Field Air School by means of a contest.
Date:
{1942-05-13,1942-05-14}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, December 28, 1942 : week of December 18 to December 25
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea -- Burma -- Solomons -- East Indies -- Tunisia -- Libya -- Russia -- Aleutians -- Pacific. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show roads and railways in Burma -- Tunisia, [Libya, and Algeria throughout the Mediterranean Sea and Italy]. Includes photographs: Tin Fish Launched [bomber] -- Mosquito Bomber -- Ready for Trouble [U.S. Warship loaded with ammunition] -- [trenches] -- [Moving an army] -- [Lockheed] -- Assault Gun [mounted on Mark III] Back: For Yanks Dreaming of A White Christmas. Text and photographs highlight the tasks in winter operations.
Date:
December 28, 1942
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph of the 339th Army Air Force Band]
Photograph of the 339th Army Air Force Band. The band is from Blackland Field Army Flying School in Waco, Texas. The young men are lined up with their instruments in hand and in uniform.
Date:
December 24, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, December 22, 1942]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing an inspection of her class by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, seeing the "Army War Show," her student pilots, seeing a dentist, mail and packages, her brother Francis, and uniforms. The letter is typed on the back of two sheets from a set of training instructions for flight controls.
Date:
December 22, 1942
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, late 1942?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing uniforms, bonds, a raise, an arm injury and leave, tire rationing, and food.
Date:
1942-24~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, late 1942]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing a recent phone call with them, waiting to hear from Jacqueline Cochran about being accepted into the Women's Flying Training Detachment, preparations for transferring to the detachment, and related news.
Date:
1942-24~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, 1942?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing his favorite wrist watch, ground school, her schedule, and her car.
Date:
1942-24~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 21, 1942]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on December 21, 1942. He tells them to go visit a friend of his who recently left the army and is going to be in Waco soon.
Date:
December 21, 1942
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, December 21, 1942 : week of December 11 to December 18
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Libya; Tunisia; New Guinea; Solomons; China; Russia; Aleutians Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: New Guinea; Mediterranean Sea; Russian front. Photographs: Supply dock; wrecked by recoil; Captured Italian flag; Hot on Rommel's heels; Yanks advance on Japs in New Guinea Back: Text describes the history and power of infantry. Includes 19 photographs and a map of Stalingrad and the Caucasus operations area.
Date:
December 21, 1942
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph of Co. "D" of the 56th A.I.R.]
Photograph of Company "D" as part of the 56th A.I.R. These men were under the umbrella of the 12th Armored Division. This company would later be renamed "A" Company and a member of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion.
Date:
December 19, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, December 18, 1942]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father Fred discussing money, potential leave for Christmas, her flight classes, and her fellow students. Attached is a "LITIS Syllabus" for instructing student pilots on radio and flying procedures.
Date:
December 18, 1942
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. M. Renaud to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, December 18, 1942]
Letter from Claims Accountant H. M. Renaud to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince discussing the lack of payment for Debit Note Number APR 811 to the British Air Commission.
Date:
December 18, 1942
Creator:
Renaud, H. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statement Signed by Justin L. Bible]
Statement signed by Justin L. Bible. It reads: "I, the undersigned, hereby state that my dependent(s) will not accompany me to school. This is in compliance with AG 220.428-31, dated June 26, 1942."
Date:
December 18, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, December 16, 1942]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing a gift of oranges, recent correspondence, dinner, befriending an Air Corps lieutenant, changing flight instructors, her car, riding stables, not having enough time to fly more, and pay.
Date:
December 16, 1942
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of SSgt. Ralph Casey]
Photograph of SSgt. Ralph E. Casey sitting next to an unidentified soldier at Camp Campbell.
Date:
December 15, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Kuenning to Mickey McLernon, December 14, 1942]
Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kuenning to Mickey McLernon discussing aviation,Thomas Kuenning's work, and wishing her happy holidays.
Date:
December 14, 1942
Creator:
Kuenning, Earl & Kuenning, Mrs. Earl
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, December 14, 1942 : week of December 4 to December 11
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea, Solomons, Pearl Harbor, Tunisia, Libya, Dakar, Toulon, Italy, Russia, France. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: Dakar; Northeast Tunisia; Tripoli and environs; Russian Front; Guadalcanal Island; Bougainville Island; New Britain Photographs: Convoy to Africa; Advance to Tunisia; Street scene: French Morocco Back: The text entitled "Antiaircraft artillery" describes antiaircraft weapons. The other text "The Dance of the Ninety" describes a 90mm gun. Includes photographs: KEEPS 'EM FALLING -- EYES -- EARS
Date:
December 14, 1942
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Albert Gaus in Fatigues]
Photograph of Albert Gaus posing in fatigues with a cigarette in his mouth on the porch of a building at Camp Campbell. A face is visible in the window of the door behind Gaus.
Date:
December 13, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, December 11, 1942]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing giving a flight school lecture.
Date:
December 11, 1942
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall Jr. to Gordon Stater, December 10, 1942]
Letter from James H. Beall Jr. to Gordon Stater discussing the impossibility of Beall travelling to California to meet with Stater.
Date:
December 10, 1942
Creator:
Beall, James H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater, December 10, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Jas. H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater discussing the improbability of a business meeting in California and the ongoing legals matters between Victor J. Nelson and Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
December 10, 1942
Creator:
Beall, James H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from James H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater, December 10, 1942]
Telegram from James H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater reporting that it would be impossible for Beall to travel to California.
Date:
December 10, 1942
Creator:
Beall, James H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from James H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater, December 10, 1942]
Copy of a telegram from Jas. H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater stating that it is impossible for him to come to California and that a letter will be sent later.
Date:
December 10, 1942
Creator:
Beall, James H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, December 9, 1942]
Letter from James H. Beall Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing the lack of response from the Defense Plant Corporation and the possibility of meeting with Plosser and Prince.
Date:
December 9, 1942
Creator:
Beall, James H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History