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[Man at Eisenhower rally podium]
Photograph of a man speaking at a podium at an event for Dwight Eisenhower in Denton, Texas. He, and several other people, stand on a platform beneath a theater marquee. Patriotic banners decorate the platform.
[Eisenhower Getting His Picture Taken]
Photograph of Dwight Eisenhower getting his picture taken by the press. He stands beneath a theater marquee. Several people are crowded around him.
[Eisenhower Addressing Crowd]
Photograph of Dwight Eisenhower addressing an audience. He stands on a stage decorated with patriotic banners that is set up beneath a theater marquee. Several people are crowded around him onstage, as well as on the ground below.
[Eisenhower on Stage]
Photograph of Dwight Eisenhower waving to an audience. He stands on a stage decorated with patriotic banners that is set up beneath a theater marquee. Several people are crowded around him onstage, as well as on the ground below.
[Eisenhower Addressing Crowd]
Photograph of Dwight Eisenhower addressing an audience. He stands on a stage decorated with patriotic banners that is set up beneath a theater marquee. Several people are crowded around him onstage, as well as on the ground below.
[Dwight Eisenhower at Podium]
Photograph of Dwight Eisenhower walking to a podium and tipping his hat. He stands on a stage decorated with patriotic banners that is set up beneath a theater marquee. Several people are crowded around him onstage, as well as on the ground below.
[Speech by John J. Herrera for San Jacinto Day - 1956-04-21]
Speech delivered by John J. Herrera at the San Jacinto Monument on April 21, 1956, in celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Herrera refers to the recent meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Adolfo Ruiz of Mexico, and the Canadian government.
[Telegram and articles from Danny Olivas to Pete Tijerina - 1956-10-23]
Copy of a telegram and articles from Danny Olivas to Pete Tijerina dated October 23, 1956 which include a telegram from Olivas to Tijerina: "We are not endorsing the Ike Dick Slate." Above the telegram, there are two articles and a telegram copied onto a piece of paper. One article with Felix Tijerina expressing his support for the Eisenhower-Nixon administration. The other article was John J. Herrera's rebuttal to Tijerina's support of the Eisenhower-Nixon administration: "We have bitterly realized in their past administrations that we were the last to be hired and the first to be hired. We will continue to support the Democratic party and their nominees, Stevenson and Kerauver." Herrera writes: "The great majority of the Latinos do not share his enthusiasm for the Republican Party, as 97 percent of the Latinos work for a living and do not own their business (as Mr. Tijerina does), or are professional people."
[Draft of article by John J. Herrera - 1956-10-22]
Onionskin paper carbon copy draft of an article by John J. Herrera dated October 22, 1956. This article was Herrera's rebuttal to Felix Tijerina's article on support of the Eisenhower-Nixon administration. "We have bitterly realized in their past administrations that we were the last to be hired and the first to be hired. We will continue to support the Democratic party and their nominees, Stevenson and Kerauver." Herrera also writes: "the great majority of the Latinos do not share his enthusiasm for the Republican Party, as 97 percent of the Latinos work for a living and do not own their business (as Mr. Tijerina does), or are professional people." At the top of this article in Spanish, there is a note which reads as such in English: "(Note: Despite certain Mexican 'leaders' knowing that Nixon 'was of the tricky politics' since October of 1956 many here in Houston on the radio or the TV begged 'Now more than ever four more years of Nixon': The least they should do is now after the failure, is to ask for forgiveness from the people before continuing to make recommendations on who to vote for."
Tijerina denies LULAC 'passed word' on Nixon
Article about League of United Latin American Citizens National President Felix Tijerina denies reports that LULAC has been urging members to vote against Richard Nixon in the upcoming presidential race: "The 51-year-old restaurant operator, wearing an 'Ike' pin in his lapel, said in a later statement to newsmen that he personally endorsed the Eisenhower-Nixon administration and will vote for their reelection Nov. 6."
[Reviewers and Spectators at Aggie Muster]
Photograph of General Eisenhower and several unidentified men standing in a line (center of photo) during muster, next to bleachers full of spectators, at right. In the foreground, another group of spectators, including men in uniform, are partially visible. Handwritten on back: "Gen. 'Ike' at Review."
[Spectators at Cadet Review]
Photograph of people standing in a large group, including a man on the left side of the image holding a camera to film something outside the right side of the image. Other spectators are in bleachers visible in the background. Handwritten note on back: "Gen. 'Ike' at review."
[News Clip: Gramm]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
[News Clip: Polio]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
[Washington News Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson]
Newsletter from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson giving updates on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's peace plan, budgeting for flood control in Texas, Postmaster vacancies across Texas, the Texas State Society brunch which was attended President and Mrs. Eisenhower, and some "Quickies" including people who had visited Washington, D.C. and an enticement for the Agriculture Department's "Family Fare" cookbook.
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Duncan, October 7, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J. Kenneth Duncan. Duncan was born in Lowell, Indiana 12 February 1920. Upon completing high school in 1939 he attended Purdue University for two years. Drafted into the Army in 1942, he went to Camp Atterbury, Indiana for basic and medical training. He then went to Fort Benning and took charge of the base dispensary. Not caring for that job, he joined the 160th Combat Engineers. After finishing engineer training at Fort Meade, Maryland he went to Fort Ethan Allen for advanced training in bridge building. After maneuvers in Tennessee he went to Fort Rucker, Alabama for more reconnaissance and engineering training. In August 1944 the unit boarded HMS Queen Elizabeth bound for England. Upon arrival, they traveled to a temporary camp where they practiced building pontoon bridges, Bailey bridges and fixed bridges. On 1 August 1944 the unit was transported to Omaha Beach by LST. Duncan recalls completing their first bridge over the Seine River at Gironville, France. Duncan was wounded on five different occasions and he describes how each occurred. He had several personal encounters with General George Patton and met General Eisenhower in Le Havre in February 1945. He was involved in the development of the wire cutter used on military vehicles, the development of tusks used on rhino tanks to destroy hedgerows, as well as the painting of reconnaissance jeeps white to lessen detection during the winter. He was offered a battlefield commission but turned it down. Returning to the United States, he was discharged in May 1945. He still has dreams about the war.
Oral History Interview with Harold Brushwein, September 16, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Brushwein. Brushwein graduated from North Dakota State University ion 1939 and accepted his commission in the Army through the ROTC. When he was with the Third Infantry Division, he was a battalion adjutant working for Lieutenant Colonel Dwight Eisenhower. In 1940, he went to Hawaii and joined the 25th Infantry Division. He describes his experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor. After more training in Hawaii, he embarked for Guadalcanal in January 1943. Brushwein provides many details of the activities of the 25th ID on Guadalcanal. Brushwein even drank beer at the officer’s club on Tulagi with John F. Kennedy.
Oral History Interview with Russell Milliken, June 27, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Russell Milliken. He discusses being in the 82nd Airborne, parachuting into Normandy just after D-Day, being treated for frozen feet during the Battle of the Bulge and meeting a doctor he knew from home, serving on General Eisenhower's honor guard in Frankfurt, and coming home through New York and having to stay there for a Victory Parade before being allowed to go back to Texas.
Oral History Interview with Charles Ira, March 14, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Ira. Ira joined the Navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He completed boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Chicago. Ira served as a deckhand and gunner aboard USS Texas (BB-35). He tells of the ship accompanying convoys through the North Atlantic. He recalls his admiration for General Eisenhower who visited the ship prior to the Normandy Invasion and of the actions of the Texas during the invasion. This action was followed by participation in the Battle of Cherbourg. He relates his experiences there and tells of the damage to the Texas by German shore batteries. After returning to the States, the ship proceeded through the Panama Canal into the Pacific. There, the ship participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He returned to US in 1946 and received his discharge.
Oral History Interview with Harry Longerich, January 23, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harry Longerich. Longerich was born in Germany in 1917 and immigrated to the United States. He attended the Stanton Military Academy and was an amateur radio operator. After opening a successful radio service store with celebrity customers, he sold the business in 1938 and enlisted in the Army in anticipation of the war. He attended basic training and learned CW operation at Fort Monmouth. He was stationed on Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Days later, Longerich overheard Admiral Kimmel lamenting the loss so many young men. Because of his fluency in German, he was chosen for several offensive and defensive counterintelligence operations with the Sixth Army, broadcasting false information to Germany leading to a diversion of Hitler’s divisions on the Eastern Front, and attaching an antenna to a balloon to eavesdrop in hard to reach locales. He was so adept with radio equipment that he was called upon to repair Patton’s personal radio, and he hand-delivered eyes-only communications to Eisenhower. He later joined the Army Security Agency as an electronic countermeasures specialist and R&D engineer. After attending Command and General Staff College, Longerich retired in 1963.
Oral History Interview with Robert Gayle, December 10, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert H. Gayle. Gayle joined the Army in 1943 and had basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Not wishing to be a tanker, Gayle applied for the Army Air Force and was accepted. He trained as gunner and was assigned to a B-17 crew. He was assigned to the 2nd Bomb Group in the 15th Air Force at Foggia, Italy in September, 1944. He describes some of his early missions where the crew had to ditch in the Adriatic and were rescued; a mid-air collision in which he was involved; being shot up by antiaircraft fire and having to bail out over Austria. After parachuting into a snowfield, Gayle was captured by Hungarian troops and made a prisoner of war in February, 1945. The Hungarians turned him over to the Germans in Vienna. The Germans eventually moved him to Moosberg. He was liberated by elements of Patton's Third Army in late April. Upon being transported back to France, General Eisenhower visited the former POWs. He returned home and was reunited with family.
Oral History Interview with Don Fox, July 27, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Don Fox. He was born July 3, 1926 in Pulaski, Indiana. He was drafted into the Army on January 9, 1945. Upon completion of basic training he shipped out to Leyte Island in the Philippines where he joined the 24th Division, 34th Regiment. During the transit the war with Japan ended. He recalls in September 1945 taking part in an unopposed amphibious landing on Matsuyama, Japan, where there was a Japanese Army base. He recalls marching through the town where there were starving Japanese children lined up waving American flags, and giving them chocolate. He describes how his unit paid the local Japanese to enter tunnels stocked with munitions, remove them and detonate them safely. He describes his battalion being trucked to Hiroshima five or six weeks after the atomic bomb was dropped. He recalls the desolation of the area. Upon returning to the city of Hiro, he recalls being sent out on patrols into cities where they would interview officials and check on schools, hospitals and other infrastructure. He recalls frequent encounters with starving Japanese seeking employment. He recounts an instance when he volunteered for honor guard duty for the arrival of General Eisenhower who was visiting General MacArthur. He recalls waiting at the station for almost an hour after the train had arrived. A month later he performed the same duties for Secretary of War Stimson. After six months in Hiro, he describes being transferred to Sasebo and making a day trip to Nagasaki. He recalls how Nagasaki was in much better condition than Hiroshima, which he attributes to the passage of time and to Seabees and Army Engineers efforts. In September 1946 he shipped out of Yokohama and back to the States, where he was …
Oral History Interview with Richard McKee
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard McKee. He was born 14 August 1924 in Rochester, Indiana and joined the Army in 1942. Completing basic training at Fort Screven, Georgia he was sent to Camp Atterbury, Indiana for infantry training with the 106th Infantry Division. He tells of departing New York on the RMS Aquatania for Fairford, England. After receiving additional training the division arrived in France and traveled to St Vith, Belgium where they participated in the Battle of the Bulge. He recalls being captured by the German Army and walking 137 miles to Stalag XIIA. From there the POWs were sent by rail to Stalag IVB at Mulburg, Germany. After a period of time McKee was with a group transported by train to Stalag VIII in Gorlitz, Germany. Soon thereafter, the Russian Army could be heard and the Germans gathered the prisoners for a forced march. He tells of escaping and describes various happenings prior to meeting American tanks in Kogishuten, Germany. He recalls meeting General Eisenhower while in a hospital in Paris. After taking a hospital ship to the United States he was sent to the Billings General Hospital in Fort Bend, Indiana where he spent the next 6 months. He was discharged November 1945.
Oral History Interview with Bill Carty
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue of Bill Carty. Carty was an Australian war correspondent . He discusses how he got t oNew Guinea to cover the war and his relationship General Robert Eichelberger. He discusses his role in the infantry and armor assault at Buna. Carty also mentions meeting John Bulkeley and going out with him on PT boats. Carty made the landing at Hollandia with the 42nd Infantry Division and Eichelberger. Later in 1944, Carty joined General MacArthur for his return to the Philippines and was able to shoot some footage of the general. Carty also discusses traveling to Japan for the surrender ceremony with Eichelberger and meeting MacArthur there. Carty also photographed the reunion between MacArthur and General Jonathan Wainwright. He also managed to travel to Hiroshima and photograph the damage. During the occupation, Carty stayed clse to General Eichelberger and was along for the trip when General Eisenhower toured Japan.
Oral History Interview with Frank Gleason, May 10, 2001
Transcript of an oral interview with Colonel (Ret.) Frank Gleason. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on September 20, 1920. After graduation from Penn State, he was commissioned into the Army in 1942. His first assignment was to Fort Belvoir, Virginia as the leader of a platoon of African-American soldiers. In 1943 he was recruited into the Office of Stregic Services (OSS) and sent to a camp outside of Frederick, Maryland (later Camp David). His duties there included training agents in heavy duty demolitions, explosives and booby traps. His next assignment was temporary duty to London for six weeks and training in sabotage and underwater demolition. He recalls that, upon arriving in London, he delivered a crate of fresh fruit to Major General Dwight Eisenhower. He was subsequently assigned to the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) headquarters in Chungking, China where he spent several months training Thai troops. Captain Merry Miles assigned him as Executive Officer to the SACO unit at Camp 3 in Linju, China. The mission was to train guerillas in demolition, small arms, scouting, patrolling and other duties as assigned. He recounts one of those duties in January, 1944 resulting in the destruction of a bridge over the Yellow River, east of Loyang, China. He relates that soon a schism developed between the OSS and SACO, and in March, 1944, all Army officers were withdrawn from Camp 3. He was transferred back to SACO headquarters in Chungking, where he worked under General Dai Li as the Commander of Advance Base 21, located in Kweilin, China until the summer of 1944, when the Japanese forced their withdrawal. His next assignment was to block the road from Indochina to North China and during a three month period, his unit destroyed more than 150 bridges. His unit next destroyed 50,000 tons …
Oral History Interview with Russell Milliken, June 27, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Russell Milliken. He discusses being in the 82nd Airborne, parachuting into Normandy just after D-Day, being treated for frozen feet during the Battle of the Bulge and meeting a doctor he knew from home, serving on General Eisenhower's honor guard in Frankfurt, and coming home through New York and having to stay there for a Victory Parade before being allowed to go back to Texas.
[Letter from A. L. Blair]
Letter from A. L. Blair discussing Eisenhower's character in the democratic party.
Oral History Interview with Charles Ira, March 14, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Ira. Ira joined the Navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He completed boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Chicago. Ira served as a deckhand and gunner aboard USS Texas (BB-35). He tells of the ship accompanying convoys through the North Atlantic. He recalls his admiration for General Eisenhower who visited the ship prior to the Normandy Invasion and of the actions of the Texas during the invasion. This action was followed by participation in the Battle of Cherbourg. He relates his experiences there and tells of the damage to the Texas by German shore batteries. After returning to the States, the ship proceeded through the Panama Canal into the Pacific. There, the ship participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He returned to US in 1946 and received his discharge.
Oral History Interview with Frank Gleason, May 10, 2001
Transcript of an oral interview with Colonel (Ret.) Frank Gleason. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on September 20, 1920. After graduation from Penn State, he was commissioned into the Army in 1942. His first assignment was to Fort Belvoir, Virginia as the leader of a platoon of African-American soldiers. In 1943 he was recruited into the Office of Stregic Services (OSS) and sent to a camp outside of Frederick, Maryland (later Camp David). His duties there included training agents in heavy duty demolitions, explosives and booby traps. His next assignment was temporary duty to London for six weeks and training in sabotage and underwater demolition. He recalls that, upon arriving in London, he delivered a crate of fresh fruit to Major General Dwight Eisenhower. He was subsequently assigned to the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) headquarters in Chungking, China where he spent several months training Thai troops. Captain Merry Miles assigned him as Executive Officer to the SACO unit at Camp 3 in Linju, China. The mission was to train guerillas in demolition, small arms, scouting, patrolling and other duties as assigned. He recounts one of those duties in January, 1944 resulting in the destruction of a bridge over the Yellow River, east of Loyang, China. He relates that soon a schism developed between the OSS and SACO, and in March, 1944, all Army officers were withdrawn from Camp 3. He was transferred back to SACO headquarters in Chungking, where he worked under General Dai Li as the Commander of Advance Base 21, located in Kweilin, China until the summer of 1944, when the Japanese forced their withdrawal. His next assignment was to block the road from Indochina to North China and during a three month period, his unit destroyed more than 150 bridges. His unit next destroyed 50,000 tons …
Oral History Interview with Bill Carty
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue of Bill Carty. Carty was an Australian war correspondent . He discusses how he got t oNew Guinea to cover the war and his relationship General Robert Eichelberger. He discusses his role in the infantry and armor assault at Buna. Carty also mentions meeting John Bulkeley and going out with him on PT boats. Carty made the landing at Hollandia with the 42nd Infantry Division and Eichelberger. Later in 1944, Carty joined General MacArthur for his return to the Philippines and was able to shoot some footage of the general. Carty also discusses traveling to Japan for the surrender ceremony with Eichelberger and meeting MacArthur there. Carty also photographed the reunion between MacArthur and General Jonathan Wainwright. He also managed to travel to Hiroshima and photograph the damage. During the occupation, Carty stayed clse to General Eichelberger and was along for the trip when General Eisenhower toured Japan.
Oral History Interview with Don Fox, July 27, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Don Fox. He was born July 3, 1926 in Pulaski, Indiana. He was drafted into the Army on January 9, 1945. Upon completion of basic training he shipped out to Leyte Island in the Philippines where he joined the 24th Division, 34th Regiment. During the transit the war with Japan ended. He recalls in September 1945 taking part in an unopposed amphibious landing on Matsuyama, Japan, where there was a Japanese Army base. He recalls marching through the town where there were starving Japanese children lined up waving American flags, and giving them chocolate. He describes how his unit paid the local Japanese to enter tunnels stocked with munitions, remove them and detonate them safely. He describes his battalion being trucked to Hiroshima five or six weeks after the atomic bomb was dropped. He recalls the desolation of the area. Upon returning to the city of Hiro, he recalls being sent out on patrols into cities where they would interview officials and check on schools, hospitals and other infrastructure. He recalls frequent encounters with starving Japanese seeking employment. He recounts an instance when he volunteered for honor guard duty for the arrival of General Eisenhower who was visiting General MacArthur. He recalls waiting at the station for almost an hour after the train had arrived. A month later he performed the same duties for Secretary of War Stimson. After six months in Hiro, he describes being transferred to Sasebo and making a day trip to Nagasaki. He recalls how Nagasaki was in much better condition than Hiroshima, which he attributes to the passage of time and to Seabees and Army Engineers efforts. In September 1946 he shipped out of Yokohama and back to the States, where he was …
Oral History Interview with Richard McKee
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard McKee. He was born 14 August 1924 in Rochester, Indiana and joined the Army in 1942. Completing basic training at Fort Screven, Georgia he was sent to Camp Atterbury, Indiana for infantry training with the 106th Infantry Division. He tells of departing New York on the RMS Aquatania for Fairford, England. After receiving additional training the division arrived in France and traveled to St Vith, Belgium where they participated in the Battle of the Bulge. He recalls being captured by the German Army and walking 137 miles to Stalag XIIA. From there the POWs were sent by rail to Stalag IVB at Mulburg, Germany. After a period of time McKee was with a group transported by train to Stalag VIII in Gorlitz, Germany. Soon thereafter, the Russian Army could be heard and the Germans gathered the prisoners for a forced march. He tells of escaping and describes various happenings prior to meeting American tanks in Kogishuten, Germany. He recalls meeting General Eisenhower while in a hospital in Paris. After taking a hospital ship to the United States he was sent to the Billings General Hospital in Fort Bend, Indiana where he spent the next 6 months. He was discharged November 1945.
Oral History Interview with Harold Brushwein, September 16, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Brushwein. Brushwein graduated from North Dakota State University ion 1939 and accepted his commission in the Army through the ROTC. When he was with the Third Infantry Division, he was a battalion adjutant working for Lieutenant Colonel Dwight Eisenhower. In 1940, he went to Hawaii and joined the 25th Infantry Division. He describes his experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor. After more training in Hawaii, he embarked for Guadalcanal in January 1943. Brushwein provides many details of the activities of the 25th ID on Guadalcanal. Brushwein even drank beer at the officer’s club on Tulagi with John F. Kennedy.
Oral History Interview with Robert Gayle, December 10, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert H. Gayle. Gayle joined the Army in 1943 and had basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Not wishing to be a tanker, Gayle applied for the Army Air Force and was accepted. He trained as gunner and was assigned to a B-17 crew. He was assigned to the 2nd Bomb Group in the 15th Air Force at Foggia, Italy in September, 1944. He describes some of his early missions where the crew had to ditch in the Adriatic and were rescued; a mid-air collision in which he was involved; being shot up by antiaircraft fire and having to bail out over Austria. After parachuting into a snowfield, Gayle was captured by Hungarian troops and made a prisoner of war in February, 1945. The Hungarians turned him over to the Germans in Vienna. The Germans eventually moved him to Moosberg. He was liberated by elements of Patton's Third Army in late April. Upon being transported back to France, General Eisenhower visited the former POWs. He returned home and was reunited with family.
Oral History Interview with Harry Longerich, January 23, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harry Longerich. Longerich was born in Germany in 1917 and immigrated to the United States. He attended the Stanton Military Academy and was an amateur radio operator. After opening a successful radio service store with celebrity customers, he sold the business in 1938 and enlisted in the Army in anticipation of the war. He attended basic training and learned CW operation at Fort Monmouth. He was stationed on Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Days later, Longerich overheard Admiral Kimmel lamenting the loss so many young men. Because of his fluency in German, he was chosen for several offensive and defensive counterintelligence operations with the Sixth Army, broadcasting false information to Germany leading to a diversion of Hitler’s divisions on the Eastern Front, and attaching an antenna to a balloon to eavesdrop in hard to reach locales. He was so adept with radio equipment that he was called upon to repair Patton’s personal radio, and he hand-delivered eyes-only communications to Eisenhower. He later joined the Army Security Agency as an electronic countermeasures specialist and R&D engineer. After attending Command and General Staff College, Longerich retired in 1963.
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Duncan, October 7, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J. Kenneth Duncan. Duncan was born in Lowell, Indiana 12 February 1920. Upon completing high school in 1939 he attended Purdue University for two years. Drafted into the Army in 1942, he went to Camp Atterbury, Indiana for basic and medical training. He then went to Fort Benning and took charge of the base dispensary. Not caring for that job, he joined the 160th Combat Engineers. After finishing engineer training at Fort Meade, Maryland he went to Fort Ethan Allen for advanced training in bridge building. After maneuvers in Tennessee he went to Fort Rucker, Alabama for more reconnaissance and engineering training. In August 1944 the unit boarded HMS Queen Elizabeth bound for England. Upon arrival, they traveled to a temporary camp where they practiced building pontoon bridges, Bailey bridges and fixed bridges. On 1 August 1944 the unit was transported to Omaha Beach by LST. Duncan recalls completing their first bridge over the Seine River at Gironville, France. Duncan was wounded on five different occasions and he describes how each occurred. He had several personal encounters with General George Patton and met General Eisenhower in Le Havre in February 1945. He was involved in the development of the wire cutter used on military vehicles, the development of tusks used on rhino tanks to destroy hedgerows, as well as the painting of reconnaissance jeeps white to lessen detection during the winter. He was offered a battlefield commission but turned it down. Returning to the United States, he was discharged in May 1945. He still has dreams about the war.
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Isaac H. Kempner III, January 12, 1953]
Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Isaac H. Kempner III offering him a book about Texas and wishing him well in his work.
[Texas A&M Honor Guard]
Close-up photograph of Texas A&M Corps members in dress uniform parading with rifles, in formation. Handwritten text on back: "Gen. 'Ike' & Honor Guard."
[Letter from R. B. Snowden to Harris L. Kempner, October 11, 1955]
Letter from R. B. Snowden to Harris L. Kempner thanking him for the donation and discussing his opinion on various amendments proposed by the Eisenhower Administration.
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Jimmy Phillips, March 23, 1953]
Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Senator jimmy Phillips requesting he provide more funding to the state's medical facilities.
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac H. Kempner, August 4, 1952]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to his parents Isaac and Henrietta Kempner updating them on business and family news.
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Lamar Fleming, August 25, 1953]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Lamar Fleming congratulating him on his appointment to President Eisenhower's Study Commission on United States foreign economic policy.
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to John H. Blaffer, June 25, 1952]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to John H. Blaffer announcing he is making a $500 donation to National Committee, Eisenhower or President.
[Letter from Edward F. Hutton to Isaac H. Kempner, January 15, 1954]
Letter from Edward F. Hutton to Isaac H. Kempner warning him that socialism is bound to take over and corrupt the country if not stopped and asks him to make a donation to the Freedom Foundation.
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, February 24, 1951]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing scandals in basketball, family news and Dwight D. Eisenhower's recent trip to Europe.
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, June 27, 1952]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne thanking him for his letter and discussing the current state of American politics.
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston, March 30, 1957]
Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston thanking her for her donation made on behalf of his late brother. Mr. Kempner also complains about the state of the American economy and the harm he believes President Eisenhower is causing.
[Letter from William H. Beheler to Isaac H. Kempner, October 23, 1956]
Letter from William H. Beheler to Isaac H. Kempner asking for donations to the Dwight D. Eisenhower reelection campaign.
The Medallion, Volume 50, Number 3, Summer 2012
Quarterly publication of the Texas Historical Commission containing articles about historic sites, events, and conservation in Texas, as well as organizational and related news.
Scouting, Volume 33, Number 2, February-March 1945
Monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide. Index appears on page 1.
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