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Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004
Interview with John Andrews, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps from Kentwood, Louisiana. It includes a list of questions regarding Andrews's training and service in World War II as a B-29 command pilot and flight instructor throughout the United States.
Date:
March 26, 2004
Creator:
Coy, Larisa L. & Andrews, John
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date:
February 23, 2004
Creator:
Day, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date:
February 23, 2004
Creator:
Day, Albert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beech Bayou Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Haddens Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Logansport East Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Logansport West Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Salter Creek Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Union Springs Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Larry Clemmons, April 23, 2004
Interview with Kenneth Larry Clemmons, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War from Houston, Texas. Clemmons describes his time in basic training and experiences in Vietnam, including seeing Bob Hope and how he was treated upon returning to the United States.
Date:
April 23, 2004
Creator:
Nawaz, Muhammad & Clemmons, Kenneth Larry
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Observational and Predictive Study of Inner Shelf Currents over the Louisiana-Texas Shelf
This report is about the study of the inner shelf currents over the Louisiana and Texas shelf.
Date:
December 2004
Creator:
Rouse, Lawrence J., Jr.; Wiseman, William J. Jr.; Bender, Leslie C.; Guinasso, Norman L. Jr.; Kelly, F. J.; Brooks, David A. et al.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sabine River Compact Administration Annual Report: 2004
Annual report of the Sabine River Compact Administration describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2004.
Date:
2004
Creator:
Sabine River Compact Administration
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 107, July 2003 - April, 2004
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 643.
Date:
2004
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brushy Creek Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
United States. Forest Service.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
East Hamilton Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
United States. Forest Service.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Huxley Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2004
Creator:
United States. Forest Service.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History