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Hellcat News, (Kingman, Ariz.), Vol. 53, No. 5, Ed. 1, January 2000
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
January 2000
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Kingman, Ariz.), Vol. 53, No. 6, Ed. 1, February 2000
Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date:
February 2000
Creator:
Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia, July 21, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia. He discusses being a navigator/bombardier on the 14th plane in the Doolittle Raid, including the training leading up to the raid, the trip on the USS Hornet, the raid itself, bailing out over China, the weeks spent there before making it out through India and Egypt and stories about other men in the Raiders. He also discusses meeting with Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, seeing the Egyptian pyramids, crossing Africa then to Brazil before getting back to the US, landing in Miami, his later deployments in North Africa and Europe, his work after the war and reunions the Raiders have had since the war.
Date:
July 21, 2000
Creator:
Macia, James H. ""Herb""
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Orland J. ""Bud"" Harris, August 22, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Orland Harris. Harris went to Santa Anna, California for Aviation Cadet training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He went to primary flying school in Visalia, California and then went to LaeMoore, California for more training. From there he went to replacement training units, flying the P-38, P-322 and P-39. Harris had take civilian pilot training for one year at college before he went into the service. He received his wings at Williams Field in Arizona 3 Nov 1943 and became an officer that day. He went to the South Pacific in a C-54, along wih about 30 other pilots, ending up in Nadzab, New Guinea with the 8th Fighter Group (part of the 5th Air Force). His P-38 missions included targets of opportunity around New Guinea, a cave on Corregidor and straffed ships on the way to Borneo, and the Philippines. Normally they flew cover missions for B-17s and B-24s but on occasion covered B-25s and A-20s. Harris was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) when he was flying out of Mindoro in the Philippines on a night mission (26 Dec 1944) attacking a Japanese task …
Date:
August 22, 2000
Creator:
Harris, Orland J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from Dawn Seymour to Emily, September 2000]
Memo from Dawn Seymour to Emily summarizing activities the chair of memorial committee did from 1998 to 2000, specifically within the US Air Force Academy, Texas Women's University, and other organizations.
Date:
September 2000
Creator:
Seymour, Dawn R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James T. Murphy, October 1, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James T. Murphy. Murphy grew up in Montana and joined the Army Air Corps in May 1941. Once he finished training, he was assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group, 63rd Bomb Squadron. He then went to reconnaissance for the Battle of Midway. He then rejoined the Pacific Theater and pacticipated in skip bombing and flying B17s. He tells the story of receiving his Silver Star from General Douglas MacArthur. He mentions returning to the Air Force in 1949 and remaining in service for 20 years, until he left to join NASA as a civilian. He also mentions writing a book on Skip Bombing in the 1990s.
Date:
October 1, 2000
Creator:
Murphy, James T.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Ospry crash]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 13, 2000, 4:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Airplane Accident]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
April 16, 2001
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001
Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. It includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date:
April 25, 2001
Creator:
Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Powerball]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
August 23, 2001, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A new lizard species in the genus Xantusia from Arizona
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Date:
September 6, 2001
Creator:
Papenfuss, Theodore J.; Macey, J. Robert & Schulte II, James A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[60th Anniversary Reunion Schedule]
Copies of the schedule for the 2002 WASP reunion in Tucson, along with information about the planned reunion tours and a copy of a board meeting agenda.
Date:
2002
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Immediate Past President's Report WASP Biennial Convention, Tucson, AZ October 4-5, 2002
Report by Lucile Wise on her thoughts about improving the way the position of Immediate Past President of the Women Airforce Service Pilots serves on the group's board, as well as how the organization functions overall.
Date:
2002
Creator:
Wise, Lucille
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from the WASP Future Committee to All WASP]
Memo from the WASP Future Committee to all WASP discussing the future of the organization and its status as a nonprofit organization.
Date:
2002?
Creator:
WASP Future Committee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Planes on Airstrip]
Photograph of many rows of planes parked on on an airstrip in a desert area, with mountains seen in the background. A note on the back of the photo reads, "Tucson, '02".
Date:
2002
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: WASP 60th Anniversary Reunion]
Program for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 60th Anniversary celebration that includes a memorial tribute to Director Jackie Cochran. The pamphlet also lists pilot and NASA engineer, Marta Bohn-Meyer, as a guest speaker.
Date:
2002
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilot (U.S.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Exemption Note]
Tax exemption note for a Women Airforce Service Pilots business meeting to be filled out by receiver and pre-signed by WASP president, Maxine E. Flournoy.
Date:
2002
Creator:
Flournoy, Maxine E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Charlyne Creger, February 22, 2002]
Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Charlyne Creger and other WASPs, friends, and family, announcing her decision to not undergo further medical treatment and to place herself in hospice care. Francie Park's obituary is photocopied onto the back of the letter, which was written before her death and mailed out a few days afterward by Jonnie G. Bernard.
Date:
February 22, 2002
Creator:
Park, Francie Meisner
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changes in Heart Transplant Recipients That Parallel the Personalities of Their Donors
Study evaluating whether changes following heart transplant surgery parallel the history of the donors, based on the systemic memory hypothesis which predicts that all dynamical systems that contain recurrent feedback loops store information and energy to various degrees.
Date:
Spring 2002
Creator:
Pearsall, Paul; Schwartz, Gary E. R. & Russek, Linda G. S.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Vaughn Bercaw, April 22, 2002
Interview with Vaughn Bercaw, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force from East Lansing, Michigan who served in Germany during the Cold War and Thailand in the early days of the Vietnam War. Bercaw describes his training in basic aircraft weapon systems and experiences on various missions in both wars, including life upon returning to the United States.
Date:
April 22, 2002
Creator:
Brown, Chambra & Bercaw, Vaughn
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
By Laws Report, 2002
Report by Helen Cannon in which she writes and then answers several questions written to her about the by-laws of the Women Airforce Service Pilots organization.
Date:
August 12, 2002
Creator:
Cannon, Helen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women pilots flew for their country]
Page 2: Newspaper clipping of an article about a reunion of the WASPin Tucson, Arizona, and delving into WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown's experience as a female pilot. The article includes photos of Eleanor Brown, the author Jim Bishop, and a photo of Eleanor Brown perched on the wing of a plane. There are other articles on the back of the clipping, including two about car crashes.
Date:
October 13, 2002
Creator:
Bishop, Jim
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women pilots flew for their country]
Newspaper clippings of an article about a reunion in of the WASP group in Tucson, Arizona, and delving into WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown's experience as a female pilot. The article also discusses the lack of recognition for WASP by the military. The article includes photos of Eleanor Brown, the author Jim Bishop, and a photo of Eleanor Brown perched on the wing of a plane. There are other articles on the back of the two clippings, including two about car crashes and several obituaries.
Date:
October 13, 2002
Creator:
Bishop, Jim
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plunging into her 90s]
Newspaper clipping of an article about a WASP member, Frances L. Cisternino, who went skydiving for her 90th birthday, briefly describing her experience as service pilot in WWII. The article includes several photos of Cisternino preparing for and floating down from her sky-dive. The article is continued on the back of the clipping, with a photograph of the onlookers at the event, along with some obituaries and part of another article.
Date:
December 10, 2002
Creator:
Copenhaver, Larry
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History