The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.

Photograph of Lieutenant Merchant William Colgin Jr. of Waco, Texas posing for a portrait in a military uniform. A handwritten message describes the journey of the photograph's subject: "Mert's part of embarkation. Sent from here on to Galveston, Texas to sail for England- Ship was sunk after torpedoed. Rescued & Taken to Bermuda. Back to states. Married. Shipped out again to England."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a source within the Air Force which says that an air force sergeant and a Russian Diplomat were arrested in a case involving secret papers. Also, the Skylab astronauts have plan some repair work and hope to eliminate two nagging technical problems.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of court papers which are made public revealed that the First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in New York which was involved in an espionage rendezvous with US Air Force Sergeant.

Letter from Dreer's to Daniel W. Kempner discussing that they are unable to fulfill Mr. Kempner's order for Wild Phlox or Geranium seeds in bulk and referring him to Rex Pearce.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Rex Pearce discussing his referral from Mr. Corts of Dreer's to Mr. Pearce in his search for Wild Phlox and Wild Light Blue Geranium seeds in bulk.

Letter from Rex D. Pearce to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the release of their plant catalog where Mr. Kempner may find the Phloxes and Geraniums he has been searching for and informing him that he would be entitled to their 25% wholesale discount.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Rex D. Pearce discussing a previous exchange in which they said their Phlox and Geranium seeds would not be ready by October and inquiring if they are available now.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Rex D. Pearce letting him know that he was recommended by Henry A. Dreer, Inc. and requesting a "catalogue of house plants and of Monstera of different kinds".

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Army Captain Robert White, the last known prisoner of war of the Vietnam War, to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about anti-war demonstrators being arrested in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, a plane crash in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and William Rogers flying for a meeting in London, England.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Army delivery receipt certifying that a UC-45 model aircraft was delivered to Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with radio and bomsight equipment.

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing in rows in an open field, with several buildings in the distance behind them. They are identified as the 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division Officers Call, Fort Dix, New Jersey. The troops had been trained at Camp Bowie before eventually being transferred to Fort Dix. The sixth man from the right on the front row is identified as "Grady Leach, Capt. Motor officer, Service Company, 142 Infantry Regiment." The twelfth man from the right on the front row is identified as "Price Middleton, Capt., Ballinger, Laten Battalion Commander in 1942." The second man from the left on the second row is identified as Leonard W. Spence. The seventh man on from the right on the third row is identified as 1st Lieutenant Frank S. Kula.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Attractive girls doing a song and soft dance from the back of a truck at Fort Dix, N.J. is a scene well-remembered by veterans of another era."

This study had three main purposes. The first was to determine the perceptions of public school administrators toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The second was to determine the perceptions of public school teachers toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The third was to compare the perceptions of administrators with those of teachers and to indicate areas where they seemed to be in agreement or disagreement.

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. standing in the snow at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in his army uniform. Trees and houses are visible behind him.