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[Camp Wolters Soldiers at Mass]

Illustrated here is a photograph of a large group of solders seated in wooden chairs inside a large room. There are two aisles running between the groups of chairs and doors are visible in the background. A text at the top of the image says, "Early Sunday Mass, Camp Wolters, Texas." A handwritten note on the back says, "from Ted Gurney."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters:  A  picture book of the camp and its activities (open access)

A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters: A picture book of the camp and its activities

According to the introduction, "Here is your Camp Wolters, a photo-record of faces and places to hold for you the memory of your first days in Our Army at this infantry replacement training center." The booklet includes photographs and a commentary regarding different sorts of training and exercise, meal times, recreational activities, and camp buildings.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unit History of 845th Engineer Aviation Battalion: 1 January 1956 to 29 February 1956 (open access)

Unit History of 845th Engineer Aviation Battalion: 1 January 1956 to 29 February 1956

This document gives a narrative of the activities of the 845th Engineer Aviation Battalion, as they prepared to leave one station (England Air Force Base, Louisiana) for their new headquarters at Wolters Air Force Base in Texas. There is a description of their drills, inspections, and preparations as well as an appendix with the original movement orders. The motto beneath the shield translates: "We build a nest."
Date: March 1956
Creator: Myers, William L. & Allison, A. G.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Facts for Pilots (open access)

Medical Facts for Pilots

This pamphlet gives an overview of information for pilots to maintain good health and recognize warning signs of problems they might face specific to flying.
Date: July 1972
Creator: Siegel, Peter V. & Mohler, Stanley R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The United States Army Welcomes You to its Newest Aviation Training Center, 13 July 1956 (open access)

The United States Army Welcomes You to its Newest Aviation Training Center, 13 July 1956

This pamphlet was a program for the activities surrounding the formal reconstitution of Camp Wolters as an Army installation. It includes a greeting from Colonel John L. Inskeep, a brief history of Camp Wolters, a list of the day's events, and two sketched maps of the camp and parade grounds.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: United States. Army.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Wolters, Infantry Replacement Training Center, Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

Camp Wolters, Infantry Replacement Training Center, Mineral Wells, Texas

This booklet gives an overview of the camp at Fort Wolters including the facilities, activities, and general rules. It also includes sketched maps of the camp.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Firing and Deflection Conversion Tables] (open access)

[Firing and Deflection Conversion Tables]

This document (FT 81 B3, abridged) consists of two pages, each with a separate table. The first table is a chart that shows range and elevation for firing particular mortar shells. The second page includes a chart with range and deflection (presumably for the same kind of shells), as well as notes which give additional instructions.
Date: November 1, 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Ordnance Dept.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Facts about the U. S. Army Replacement Center, Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

Facts about the U. S. Army Replacement Center, Mineral Wells, Texas

This item appears to be about the size of a bookmark. It contains a list of facts and statistics about the facilities and personnel at Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Last Days of Camp Wolters, 15 August 1946 (open access)

The Last Days of Camp Wolters, 15 August 1946

This pamphlet describes the last eight months of Camp Wolters, during which time it was closed down, and its personnel were transferred to positions in other places.
Date: August 15, 1946
Creator: Coing, Edward E.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Radar Summary Chart (open access)

Radar Summary Chart

This booklet gives an overview of radar summary charts as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes an "Introduction to Radar Summary Charts." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on page 14.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Maerk, Allen E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Depiction Chart (open access)

Weather Depiction Chart

This booklet gives an overview of weather depiction charts as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes, it includes information on "The ceiling and visibility at specific locations and the areas of IFR and VFR weather conditions." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: May 1970
Creator: Garza, J.; Turgeon, A; Sukalski & Maerk, Allen E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Terminal and Area Forecasts (open access)

Terminal and Area Forecasts

This booklet gives an overview of terminal and area forecasts as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes an "Explanation of the information provided on terminal and area forecasts; to include valid time, forecast weather, and hazards to flight." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Capener, Eugene J.; Sukalski, M.; Burdick, R. L. & McKinney, S. A.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Icing (open access)

Icing

This booklet gives an overview of icing as it relates to aviation. It includes information on "Three types of icing and associated cloud formations and temperatures" as well as "Hazards and flight procedures in icing", according to the scope notes on the title page. The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: February 1971
Creator: Snyder, Henry W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fog (open access)

Fog

This booklet gives an overview of fog as it relates to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Types of fog and factors for formation and dissipation; flight procedures when fog has been forecasted or encountered en route"; and the en-route weather aids available to the aviator." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Turgeon; Sukalski & Maerk, A.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thunderstorms (open access)

Thunderstorms

This booklet gives an overview of thunderstorms as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Factors necessary for thunderstorm formation, structures, types and dangers of thunderstorms, [and] flight techniques." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Turgeon; Sukalski; Burdick, R. L. & McKinney, S. A.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mountain Circulation (open access)

Mountain Circulation

This booklet gives an overview of mountain circulation as it relates to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information to "Identify mountain circulation patterns, flight hazards, and recommended flight procedures for mountainous operations." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Snyder, Henry W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface Weather Map (open access)

Surface Weather Map

This booklet gives an overview of surface weather maps as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Surface Weather Map, interpretation of data from plotted station models, [and] analysis of maps to include pressure centers and fronts" as well as the "Use of map for flight planning." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: June 1969
Creator: Randall; Turgeon & Randall
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frontal Weather (open access)

Frontal Weather

This booklet gives an overview of frontal weather as it relates to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes a "Discussion of frontal weather systems to include identification, characteristics and flight techniques to be used when penetrating a given frontal system." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: February 1970
Creator: Simmons, Jerry A. & Maerk, Al
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Winds Aloft (open access)

Winds Aloft

This booklet gives an overview of winds aloft, as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Winds aloft, modes of observation, forecasts and charts." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Snyder, Henry W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teletype Sequence Reports (open access)

Teletype Sequence Reports

This booklet gives an overview of teletype sequence reports as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes "A complete explanation of the symbols and abbreviations used in teletype sequence reports." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Christy; Myers; Sukalski; Randall, Guy & Maerk, A. E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pressure and Wind (open access)

Pressure and Wind

This booklet gives an overview of pressure and wind as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes an "Explanation of the effects of pressure in the atmosphere to include altimeter error, identity of the standard reference plane, identity of and weather connected with high and low pressure systems plus associated winds." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Christy, J. J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Atmosphere and Temperature (open access)

Atmosphere and Temperature

This booklet gives an overview of atmosphere and temperature as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Pressure scale measurement, isobars, forces that affect winds, high and low pressure systems and associate weather[-]formation prevailing wind belts." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: January 1971
Creator: Christy, J. J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moisture and Clouds (open access)

Moisture and Clouds

This booklet gives an overview of moisture and cloud formations as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Cloud formation, international classification, abbreviations, and symbols" as well as "General flight conditions associated with stratiform and cumuliform clouds." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: June 1971
Creator: Christy, J. J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Masses (open access)

Air Masses

This booklet gives an overview of air masses as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes an "Explanation of the classification of air masses; weather associated with particular air masses; [and the] trajectory and source region of air masses that invade the United States." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
Date: February 1971
Creator: Snyder, Henry W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History