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[Clipping: Spanish Republicans in Dire Need - UNRRA Says Its Hands Are Tied]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the plight of the Spanish soldiers after the fall of the Spanish republic to the Nazi party in 1939. The article briefly touches upon the horrors that fell upon these captured Spanish soldiers and the possibility of escaping. Finally, the author of this clipping touches upon the Spanish resistance and the need for allied assistance.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: Van Devander, Charles
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[List of Military Personnel in Eritrea]

Description: List of people associated with Massawa and Asmara, Eritrea, organized by their affiliation with the British or U.S. militaries and contracting companies. It includes names, brief descriptions, and relationship to the author.
Date: 194X
Creator: [Bradford, Alex]
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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Oral History Interview with Ronald Girard, October 31, 2017

Description: Interview with Ronald Girard, a veteran of the United States Air Force and post office worker. Girard describes his experiences as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force, participating in experimental tests run by the CIA at Area 51 as a part of the 1129th Special Activity Squad, experience in the Vietnam War, and working as a mail carrier in Kerrville.
Date: October 31, 2017
Duration: 58 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Girard, Ronald Lee
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017

Description: Interview with Waynne Rogers, a rancher from Harper, TX near Kerrville. Rogers talks about family, his work ranching and shearing sheep and goats, his past education at Tivy High School and undergraduate metallurgical engineering degree, and different positions he held as an engineer.
Date: October 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 01 second
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Rogers, Waynne
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with the Schumacher Sisters, November 8, 2016

Description: Interview with Frances Schumacher Andrews, Billie Schumacher Zuber, and Jeanne Schumacher Sutton, three sisters who grew up in Kerrville. They discuss their family history, the Schumacher family business and land, and individual experiences working at the Kerrville Courthouse, becoming an accountant, and joining the military.
Date: November 8, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Andrew, Mary Frances Schumacher; Zuber, Billie Gayle Schumacher & Sutton, Jeanne Clare Schumacher
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Wichita County

Description: Directory of the men and women from Wichita County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served. There are several letters from local officials addressed to World War II veterans included at the beginning of the book.
Date: 1946?
Partner: Private Collection of the Ritchie Family

Our Boys and Girls in World War II

Description: Directory of the men and women from Lulling, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served. There is an overview of World War II's event's included at the beginning of the book.
Date: 1944
Creator: The Luling Newsboy
Partner: Private Collection of the Ritchie Family

[Letter from D. M. Leopold to Alex Bradford - January 10, 1939]

Description: Letter from D. M. Leopold to Alex Bradford discussing the approval of recovering the oil rig drilling equipment from the Lawrence Lease blowout. Along with the approval of recovering the drilling equipment, Mr. Leopold has approved of a payment plan of $2,000.00 for each recovered piece of equipment or 50% of its evaluation.
Date: January 10, 1939
Creator: Leopold, D. M.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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