[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?] (open access)

[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]

Letter from WASP Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell discussing a recent memorial event at Avenger Field. Typed on Women Air Force Service Pilots, World War II stationary.
Date: 1993-11-30?
Creator: Bartlett, Julia Lamm
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Jeannie, November 16, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Jeannie, November 16, 1994]

Photocopy of a letter from Charlyne Creger to Jeannie sending regards to her family, thanking her for the photos and explaining how she always had a desire to fly at a young age. A memorial of the Women Airforce Service Pilots is attached on the final page explaining their history, experiences and fight for militarization.
Date: November 16, 1994
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Suzanne Dee to Charlyne Creger, November 12, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Suzanne Dee to Charlyne Creger, November 12, 1993]

Copy of a letter from Suzanne Dee to Charlyne Creger expressing her admiration of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and suggesting that they share their experiences and knowledge of flying in order to inspire the next generation of pilots.
Date: November 12, 1993
Creator: Dee, Suzanne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Suzanne M. Dee to Velta Benn, November 3, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Suzanne M. Dee to Velta Benn, November 3, 1993]

Letter from Suzanne M. Dee showing her appreciation for the Women Airforce Service Pilots and suggesting that they share their knowledge and experience of flying to the next generation of pilots.
Date: November 3, 1993
Creator: Dee, Suzanne M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Tours of B-17 bomber will be given at regional airport] (open access)

[Clipping: Tours of B-17 bomber will be given at regional airport]

Newspaper clippings of an article about a B-17 bomber on display at Victoria Regional Airport. The article includes a photograph of the plane and one of the men who got the plane to the airport for display, Jim Ryan. On the back of the clippings are local advertisements and articles.
Date: November 19, 1997
Creator: Delaney, Tim
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Honorary Citizen of Bossier Certificate] (open access)

[Honorary Citizen of Bossier Certificate]

Certificate from the City of Bossier, Louisiana declaring Charlyne Creger an honorary town citizen.
Date: November 10, 1990
Creator: Dement, George
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil (open access)

Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil

Newspaper article from The Houston Chronicle, discussing new evidence uncovered about the beginning of the Holocaust in 1941.
Date: November 11, 1996
Creator: Dobbs, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Hussey to Charlyne Creger, November 10, 1990] (open access)

[Letter from John Hussey to Charlyne Creger, November 10, 1990]

Letter from John Hussey to Charlyne Creger congratulating her for winning the Bossier Breakfast Exchange Club's 1990 Forgotten Hero Award.
Date: November 10, 1990
Creator: Hussey, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Bennett Johnston to Charlyne Creger, November 8, 1990] (open access)

[Letter from J. Bennett Johnston to Charlyne Creger, November 8, 1990]

Letter from J. Bennett Johnston to Charlyne Creger congratulating her for receiving the "Forgotten Hero" award and thanking Ms. Creger for serving as a member of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during World War II.
Date: November 8, 1990
Creator: Johnston, J. Bennett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Empty Desk] (open access)

[Clipping: The Empty Desk]

Photocopied newspaper clipping about a teacher who keeps an empty desk the classroom in remembrance of fallen soldiers. A signature can be seen in the top left corner.
Date: November 1999
Creator: MacElwain, R. Wade
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John Cowden, November 27, 1991

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Transcript of an interview with John Cowden, a Navy veteran from Missouri, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: November 27, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cowden, John, 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with E. Benjamin Dunn, November 16, 1999

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Interview with E. Benjamin Dunn, a Army WWII veteran and POW from Gorham, Illinois, who was captured by the Japanese on Java with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Dunn discusses training in the Army, transfer to 2-131 and deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and being captured, experiences in internment in Batavia and later Changi Prison Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, and liberation.
Date: November 16, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dunn, E. Benjamin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James N. Hall, November 10, 1999

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Interview with James N. Hall, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Burkburnett, Texas. Hall discusses joining the Air Force from college, basic training, classification, flight training, the P-47, fighter tactics, deplyoment to Le Culot Airfield in Belgium, his first mission, briefings and intelligence, Air Support Parties, close air support, flak, bomber escort, air-to-air encounters, casualties, logistics, German civilians, crash landings, V-E Day, and return to civilian life.
Date: November 10, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, James N.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Warren Whitson, Jr., November 22, 1995

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Warren Whitson, Jr., a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses his pre-flight and flight training in 1943, his assignment to the 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron at Stone, England, the characteristics of the B-17G, his first mission in Berlin, problems with flak, tactics to counter German radar, his engine trouble and crash landing in eastern Germany, his rescue by Russian troops, his trip by C-47 back to England via Poltava, Tehran, Cairo, Tripoli, and Dijon, his assignment to a new crew, being shot down by German fighter planes on his seventeenth mission, his brief experiences as a POW, and his liberation by British troops.
Date: November 22, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, Warren, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with W. D. Whitson, November 15, 1995

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Transcript of an interview with William D. Whitson, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (442nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), from Denton, Texas, concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses flight training, his flight from the U.S. to Grafton-Underwood, England, his personal relationship with Curtis Le May, his missions and German defenses, his nineteenth mission and crash landing, and his twenty-fifth mission.
Date: November 15, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, William D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Jim McCrery to Mel Yarnell, November 5, 1990] (open access)

[Letter from Jim McCrery to Mel Yarnell, November 5, 1990]

Letter from Jim McCrery to Mel Yarnell expressing gratitude toward the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their service during World War II. He also thanks Charlyne Creger specifically and honors her as the recipient of the "Forgotten Heroes" Award for the year 1990.
Date: November 5, 1990
Creator: McCrery, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Shipley to Doris, Nov. 15, 1998] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Shipley to Doris, Nov. 15, 1998]

Letter from Betty Shipley to Doris discussing to articles that were enclosed and a list of suggestions for a WASP event.
Date: November 15, 1998
Creator: Shipley, Betty
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James A. Hill (open access)

Oral History Interview with James A. Hill

Interview with James A. Hill, an engineer in the US Army. He answers questions about his time in the military.
Date: November 4, 1992
Creator: Shirley, David & Hill, James A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James A. Hill transcript

Oral History Interview with James A. Hill

Interview with James A. Hill, an engineer in the US Army. He answers questions about his time in the military.
Date: November 4, 1992
Creator: Shirley, David & Hill, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Brinker Tanner to Homer, Nov. 25, 1998] (open access)

[Letter from Doris Brinker Tanner to Homer, Nov. 25, 1998]

Letter from Dorris Brinker Tanner to Homer (Taylor) discussing suggestions from WASP members about reunion details.
Date: November 25, 1998
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer K. Taylor to WASP Committee Members, November 12, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Homer K. Taylor to WASP Committee Members, November 12, 1997]

Letter from Homer K. Taylor to WASP Committee Members discussing planning for the year 2000 WASP Reunion.
Date: November 12, 1997
Creator: Taylor, Homer K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Roberts, November 6, 1994

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Interview with Charles H. Roberts, a Marines WWII veteran from Denton, Texas, who was present at Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station, Oahu, on December 7th, 1941. Roberts discusses the different waves of attacking Japanese aircraft, returning fire, the immediate aftermath, reactions on Oahu and defensive measures, and casualties.
Date: November 6, 1994
Creator: White, Melinda & Roberts, Charles H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Michael R. Winn to Charlyne Creger, November 22, 1999] (open access)

[Letter from Michael R. Winn to Charlyne Creger, November 22, 1999]

Letter from Micharl R. Winn to Charlyne Creger thanking her for participating in the Veterans Day Program during the week of November 7-13, 1999.
Date: November 22, 1999
Creator: Winn, Michael R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda: WASP Committee Meeting, November 19, 1992] (open access)

[Agenda: WASP Committee Meeting, November 19, 1992]

Agenda for the WASP Committee meeting listing action items and discussion points for the November 19, 1992 meeting, followed by the meeting minutes discussing the WASP monument and fundraising, as well a partial balance sheet with an address label for Rigdon Edwards seen on the back.
Date: November 19, 1992
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History