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The Frontline, March 1, 2001 (open access)

The Frontline, March 1, 2001

Newspaper clipping of The Frontline, containing various stories of military personnel and veterans, as well as photographs and advertisements.
Date: March 1, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

In God's hands: a posthumous autobiography of Stephen Lloyd Smith

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
A portion of missionary Stephen Lloyd Smith's unpublished autobiography, "In God's Hands," depicting the experience of his family as civilian internees of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II.
Date: May 1, 2001
Creator: Smith, Stephan Lloyd, 1893-1983 & Smith, Donald P., 1922-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Information for WASP Movie] (open access)

[Information for WASP Movie]

Information for WASP members the film project, Sweetwater- Based on the True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, with a brief movie synopsis and bio on writer, Paul Sinor and the producer, Pixie Monroe. Included is a blank release form agreeing to let American Dream Productions, LLC. and Monroe Casting and Productions Services, Inc. use footage and recordings of the signer in their projects.
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maxine E. Flournoy to WASP, Sept. 1, 2002] (open access)

[Letter from Maxine E. Flournoy to WASP, Sept. 1, 2002]

Letter from Maxine E. Flournoy to WASP members discussing an enclosed proposal for the future of WASP.
Date: September 1, 2002
Creator: Flournoy, Maxine E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elliott Ross, May 1, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Elliott Ross, May 1, 2001

Interview with Elliott Ross who joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. He discusses being a landing craft coxswain carrying troops and supplies from ships to the shore in seven invasions: Guam, Leyte, Luzon, Santacristo, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and as an occupation force in Japan after the surrender. He talks mostly about Guam, Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan, but also mentions burials at sea and on the beachs, seeing his brother's ship get hit by torpedoes, and the emotional toll of the war.
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: Cox, Floyd; Misenhimer, Richard & Ross, Elliott
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lowell Dean Cox, February 1, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lowell Dean Cox, February 1, 2005

Interview with Lowell Dean Cox, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He discusses joining the Navy and serving aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35). He was on board when the cruiser was attacked by a Japanese submarine and survived for five days in the water before being rescued.
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Bryk, Clarence & Cox, Lowell Dean
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003

Interview with Peter Chu regarding his experiences in China during World War II. Peter's son Alan Chu also participates in this interview. Peter Chu discusses the Japanese occupation in Nanking (Nanjing), China in 1937 when he was 10 years old.
Date: November 1, 2003
Creator: Nichols, Chuck & Chu, Peter
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP WWII Stores Report to the Board] (open access)

[WASP WWII Stores Report to the Board]

Report from Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds describing her varying availability to run the Women Airforce Service Pilots Stores over time due to personal health changes. She also mentions status of WASP Stores stock and the Store's relevancy in the event of organization downsizing.
Date: September 1, 2002
Creator: Shutsy-Reynolds, Florence G.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History