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[Shoe Purchase Coupon]
Shoe purchase coupon for Carl A. F. Holler and administered by the Office of Price Administration.
Date:
August 18, 1945
Creator:
Office of Price Administration
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Directive From Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces]
A directive from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces on the surrender of Japan.
Date:
September 2, 1945
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surrender Ceremony - 2 September 1945
Hal Lamar's copy of a document entitled "Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945." The document lists a Schedule of Arrivals, Procedure for Assembling, and lists the names of Officers, Allied Representatives, and Japanese Representatives expected to attend. Several diagrams lay out the personnel arrangements on the USS Missouri.
Date:
September 2, 1945
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surrender Ceremony - Sequence of Events
Document describing the surrender ceremony sequence of events on Truk Islands aboard the USS Portland. Document gives instructions on meeting and interacting with the Japanese delegation during the surrender. The appendices illustrate arrangement of personnel.
Date:
September 2, 1945
Creator:
Maquin, O. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Information Education Bulletin No. 21, October 4, 1945
Bulletin providing information on Japanese customs, including the Japanese life cycle from birth until death and Japanese education, religion, family structures, clothing, and food culture.
Date:
October 4, 1945
Creator:
27th Infantry Division
System:
The Portal to Texas History
T-N-T
Typed account "T-N-T" of bombing of USS Marathon at Okinawa on July 22, 1945, written by Kenneth E. Haden of the ship's crew. Included with the document is an envelope addressed to Mrs. Silas Haden with handwritten notes including "Kenneth account of Bombing."
Date:
October 11, 1945
Creator:
Haden, Kenneth E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Information Education Bulletin No. 26, October 14, 1945
Outline for the Information & Education Conference on October 20, 1945 regarding the odds of another war occurring following World War II, based on an article by John Fischer titled "Odds Against Another War" published in Harper's Magazine of which a copy is furnished. The outline and article discuss how the two world Super Powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, are the only nations capable of waging a global war and how their mutual desire to build a security sphere orbiting around each nation will likely lead to a tense and unstable peace.
Date:
October 14, 1945
Creator:
27th Infantry Division
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War History of the U.S.S. Monitor]
A war history of the U.S.S. Monitor (LSV-5) sent by A.L. Main commander U.S. Navy.
Date:
November 1, 1945
Creator:
Main, A. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service, January 13, 1946]
Certificate of Satisfactory Service issued by the United States Navy and signed by Lieutenant Commander E. W. Holzapfel certifying that Lieutenant junior grade Edgar Jones has completed a period of training and service during World War II in the navy from June 17, 1943 to January 13, 1946 and is released to inactive duty.
Date:
January 13, 1946
Creator:
United States Navy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Maintenance Management Certificate]
A certificate award to 1st Lt. Clifford R. Baird for completion of a Maintenance Management course at Special Staff School at the AAF center in Orlando, Florida.
Date:
February 21, 1946
Creator:
Army Air Forces Special Staff School
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Captain Promotion Certificate]
A certificate promoting Clifford R. Baird to a Captain in the U.S. Army, Air Corps.
Date:
May 26, 1947
Creator:
United States. Army. Air Corps.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Master Sergeant Promotion Certificate]
A certificate promoting Clifford R. Baird to Master Sergeant (temporary).
Date:
February 21, 1949
Creator:
United States. Army.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Temporary Promotion Certificate]
A certificate that temporarily promotes Clifford R. Baird to Master Sergeant.
Date:
February 21, 1949
Creator:
United States. Army.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bronze Star Medal Certificate]
The certificate for a Bronze Star Medal awarded to Captain Clifford R. Baird.
Date:
April 21, 1950
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Retirement Certificate]
Certificate of Retirement from the United States Air Force presented to Master Sergeant Clifford R. Baird.
Date:
February 12, 1953
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Bumgarner, March 18, 1995
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Bumgarner. He discusses his childhood and education and what led him to join the US Army. He describes his experiences as a doctor during World War Two and how he was captured and lived in a Japanese POW camp.
Date:
March 18, 1955
Creator:
Bumgarner, John & Marcello, Ronald E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Honorable Certificate of Service for Mary L. Laager]
Certificate of service for honorable service presented to Mary L Laager, First Lieutenant, Regular Army, listing the dates of service.
Date:
May 4, 1955
Creator:
United States. Army. & Klein, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Honorable Discharge Certificate, #1]
Honorable discharge certificate for retired Major Sergeant Clifford R. Baird.
Date:
May 14, 1960
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Iron Bottom Bay Club Membership Card]
Iron Bottom Bay Club membership card issued by Lieutenant W. M. Holmberg to Lieutenant junior grade Edgar Jones.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Iron Bottom Bay Club
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Navy Commissioned Officers' Mess Pass]
United States Naval commissioned officers' mess pass for two dollars.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States Navy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Navy Officers Wine Mess Coupon Book]
United States Naval officers wine mess coupon book containing two dollars of ten cent coupons.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States Navy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oahu Country Club Score Card]
Blank golf score card from Oahu Country Club providing local club rules and policies.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Oahu Country Club
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Off Base Pass Card]
Class "A" Pass Card issued from Barksdale Field for Clifford R. Baird.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with a Palau Native
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with a native of Palau born in 1917. He lived briefly in Saipan and returned to Angaur, Palau, as a young man. In 1943 when the bombing of Palau first began, he volunteered for the Japanese Navy to avoid starvation, since natives were prohibited from buying imported food such as rice. He boarded a ship that was sunk by an American submarine and spent the night floating amidst 12-foot sharks. In the morning, he swam to a damaged but surviving Japanese ship and repaired their engine upon boarding. He then spent 10 months on an island at a Japanese airbase that sustained daily bombings. When the base was invaded by Australian troops, he hid in the jungle for three months before surrendering. He spent 10 months at a prisoner-of-war camp on Morotai. In 1946, he returned to Saipan and was reunited with his family.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History