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[Clipping: Girl Pilots]
Featured article in LIFE magazine about the WASP members and life at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The article includes many photographs of the women taking classes, performing tasks, and training at the flight school. On the back of one of the pages is part of an article on narcotics.
Date:
July 19, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, July 19, 1943 : week of July 8 to July 15, 201st week of the war, 83rd week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Sicily, Air offensive, Russia, New Georgia, New Guinea, Aleutians, Submarines. Includes list of senior commanders in the Invasion of Italy. Maps: New Georgia Islands; American 7th army positions in Licata and Vittoria Italy. Inset map: Italy and surrounding islands. Illustration: Landing on the underside [Allied air attack on ships unloading military cargo on the beaches of Southern Sicily]. Back: Text and color illustrations include various methods of enemy gas applications.
Date:
July 19, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Conklin and Half-Track]
Photograph of Donald Conklin standing next to his half-track and equipment. A building is visible in the background.
Date:
July 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Soldiers at Camp]
Photograph of four soldiers, Floyd Adams, Albert Gaus, Fernie Barnes, and Donzel Kelley, squatting in dress uniform at camp.
Date:
July 21, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Mrs. T. M. Willis, July 31, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Mrs. Thomas Middlebrook Willis, on July 31, 1943. He assures her that his mother has been sending her letters to him, and asks after a friend who recently got married and a few relatives.
Date:
July 31, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 17, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 17, 1943. He writes on the one year anniversary of his entering the army, and talks about his plans for the week, as well as what he's heard about what's happening in Waco.
Date:
July 17, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., July 1, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr. on July 1, 1943. He discusses his government fund and the money he's been sending home, and asks if his father will be able to make any money off the farm.
Date:
July 1, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 13, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 13, 1943. He discusses getting a magazine, and his plans to go fishing soon. He also denies ever signing up to fly planes, as his father had received a letter from the Air Force that claimed he had.
Date:
July 13, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 14, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 14, 1943. He asks for new fountain pens, and wants to know what happened to the watch he sent home.
Date:
July 14, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 6, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 6, 1943. He asks to be sent a dollar pocket watch, and mentions he is going to have another tooth filled soon.
Date:
July 6, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 12, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 12, 1943. He discusses a church service he went to, asks them to send him an Argus camera, and lists the magazines he already receives and the ones he'd like them to send him.
Date:
July 12, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., July 11, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis Sr. on July 11, 1943. He discusses the money he is putting in the bank, the reading room the soldiers made, and the shortage of help on his father's farm.
Date:
July 11, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 21, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 21, 1943. He discusses swimming at the beach, and what he wants to do and eat when the war is over. He also asks his father to send him a load of cigarettes and specifies what clothes he wants them to send him.
Date:
July 21, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 4, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 4, 1943. He mentions the Fourth of July baseball game and dinner, and asks them to send him a new fountain pen since his has been stolen.
Date:
July 4, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 28, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 28, 1943. He explains that the army sent some of his mail to the wrong place, discusses the weather, and asks after friends from home.
Date:
July 28, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 1, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 1, 1943. He has bought them an ottoman, and tells them how to stuff it when it reaches them. He also tells them to be on the lookout for a picture of him that a colleague sent them.
Date:
July 1, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 8, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 8, 1943. He details the new equipment the Red Cross has donated to the camp's day room, and talks about the melons that grow in Africa.
Date:
July 8, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 3, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 3, 1943. He talks about his Fourth of July plans, and asks them to write back and tell him if they fixed a watch he sent home.
Date:
July 3, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 2, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on July 2, 1943. He tells them about getting his teeth filled at the dentist, and his determination to find and visit Wilbur Crawford.
Date:
July 2, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 26, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 26, 1943. He discusses plans to go swimming, and tells them how he made a float with a mattress cover. He also asks to be sent cookies.
Date:
July 26, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Your Body in Flight
Textbook titled "Your Body in Flight" or Technical Order No. 00-25-13, created July 20, 1943 by authority of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces.
Date:
July 20, 1943
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William C. McKenna to A. H. Daniels, July 15, 1943]
Letter from William C. McKenna to A. H. Daniels discussing data requested in previous correspondence.
Date:
July 15, 1943
Creator:
McKenna, William C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Hans Klagsbrunn, July 16, 1943]
Letter from Charles A. Prince to Hans Klagsbrunn discussing a letter written by Prince to the Dallas Agency discussing the Bill of Sale, Plancor 937.
Date:
July 16, 1943
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from S. W. Bohls to J. E. Peavy, July 3, 1942]
Telegram from Dr. S. W. Bohls to Dr. J. E. Peavy of the Nolan County Health Unit discussing the existence of coli-form organisms in the Plosser-Prince Air Academy barracks and the lack of such organisms in the mess hall.
Date:
July 3, 1943
Creator:
Bohls, S. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History