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[Historic Marker Application: New Cavalry Barracks] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: New Cavalry Barracks]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the New Cavalry Barracks, in Fort Clark Springs, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, and photographs.
Date: May 19, 2009
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Officers' Quarters 2-3 and 4] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Officers' Quarters 2-3 and 4]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Officers' Quarters 2-3 and 4, in Brackettville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: August 3, 2007
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Partrick Building] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Partrick Building]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Partrick Building, in Brackettville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 2009
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Robert E. Lee Building] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Robert E. Lee Building]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Robert E. Lee Building, in Brackettville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, and photographs.
Date: July 16, 2009
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: U.S. Army Signal Corps Building] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: U.S. Army Signal Corps Building]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the U.S. Army Signal Corps Building, in Brackettville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with George E. Fortenberry, September 24, 2003

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Interview with George E. Fortenberry, who is an Army veteran and college professor from Arlington, Texas. In the interview, Fortenberry discusses his experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theatre during his time as a member of the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard during World War II. He also describes what it was like growing up during the Great Depression and attending various different schools in both Texas and Oklahoma. Fortenberry discusses why he decided to join the National Guard, and also his experiences in early basic cavalry training. During much of the interview, Fortenberry reminisces about many of his various assignments and duties while serving in the war. Among these discussed include his assignment as a clerk to the veterinary section, time in Fort Bliss and Fort Clark, his shipment overseas to Noumea in New Caledonia, his transfer to the Medical Detachment as a clerk, and his time in New Britain, New Guinea and the Philippines. Fortenberry also recollects about everyday life in the Southwest Pacific, and includes details on tropical diseases and combat-related psychological problems that many of his comrades suffered through.
Date: September 24, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Fortenberry, George E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with W. W. Hughes, November 17, 2003

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Interview with W. W. Hughes, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Grand Prarie, Texas. Hughes discusses growing up in the Great Depression, joining the National Guard and equestrian service in the 112th Cavalry at Fort Clark, the start of war and deployment to New Caledonia and Australia, preparations for combat, amphibious landings at Arawe Island off New Britain, scout patrols and combat, operations in New Guinea at the Driniumor River, Japanese POWs, actions in the Philippines at Leyte and Luzon, returning to the US as an instructor, and reflections on his service.
Date: November 17, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Hughes, W. W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library