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[News Clip: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake ; Marciano ; Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair Opens ; Police Identify Amnesia Victim ; Bird and Cat]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany five news stories. The first is about Timothy Murphy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visiting Dallas for the organization's 37th National Encampment. He campaigns for veteran's pensions and thinks the court martial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon is a mistake. Next is a story about Rocky Marciano and his relationship to a real estate company that is developing Lake Echo. The third covers the first annu… more
Date: August 10, 1956
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cox-1]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about retired Army Captain William Cox petitioning President Eisenhower to grant clemency to a marine sergeant that was court-martialed for the deaths of six trainees.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Admiral Burke Arrival]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Admiral Arleigh Burke arriving in Dallas for the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual encampment.
Date: August 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Add to Wilson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a military parade at the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment.
Date: August 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Pate]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about General Randolph Pate arriving in Dallas, Texas, to speak at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention.
Date: August 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: VA Chief-2]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Harvey Higley of Veteran's Affairs being questions regarding the status of A. B. Shoemake following a suicide attempt.
Date: August 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Timothy Murphy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visiting Dallas for the organization's 37th National Encampment. He campaigns for veteran's pensions and thinks the court martial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon is a mistake.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Armless Vet Stops Briefly in Dallas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actor and veteran Harold Russell stopping in Dallas on his way to Boston, Massachusetts, following the Disabled American Veterans convention in San Antonio.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: 1918 Fliers Honored at Memorial Service]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual memorial service of the World War I Fliers Club for Canadian servicemen who died while training in the Fort Worth area. The Canadian fliers are buried in a section of Greenwood Cemetery.
Date: November 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Alligator escapes, spoils VFW gesture]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an alligator that was meant to be a gift from J. T. Lindenberg of the Dallas chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars. The alligator was meant to be donated to the James R. Record Aquarium in Fort Worth, but it fell out of the car in which it was being transported and was hit by another vehicle.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Legion sends invalid to Memphis hospital]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Robert J. DeVaughn, a Korean veteran who was badly injured in a car wreck in Fort Worth. Police are chipping in for his return home to Mississippi and his hospital treatment.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Air National Guard]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Air National Guard Veteran's Day parade in Grand Prairie. Members of the 136th Fighter-Interceptor wing, and some of their fathers, take part in the parade.
Date: November 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Marines]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a party in Dallas, held in observance of the 181st anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps. Two-hundred people attend the event.
Date: November 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bronze Stars]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bronze Star medals being presented to Captain James E. Wood and Lieutenant Francis H. Thompson. They earned the medals while fighting in World War Two.
Date: October 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Old Vet Honored with Army Medal]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Walter W. Williams. At age one-hundred-and-thirteen, Williams is the oldest surviving veteran of the Civil War. He receives a medal authorized by the eighty-fourth Congress.
Date: November 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Air Research Chief to Speak in Dallas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Major General Floyd D. Wood, deputy commander for Air Research and Development, visiting Dallas for an address to the Lone Star Chapter of the American Ordnance Association.
Date: February 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Recruiting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Sam Davidson, a retired Air Force warrant officer and recruiter visiting the Fort Worth recruiting office, where he accepts a belated medal of commendation for his service.
Date: February 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Anderson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by former U.S. Navy Secretary and Deputy Defense Secretary Robert B. Anderson for a speaking engagement. Also arriving in Dallas is the Thai ambassador to the U.S., Pote Sarasin.
Date: May 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: War dead honored in annual rites]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Memorial Day services honoring servicemen killed in action, held at the Doughboy Monument at Fort Worth's Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Date: May 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Doolittle]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about retired General James Doolittle stopping over in Dallas on his way to San Francisco.
Date: April 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bomb blast wounds land case witness]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car bomb seriously injuring a Brady attorney who is a key witness in an upcoming trial regarding a scandal surrounding a state program of land grants for veterans. He is expected to survive.
Date: June 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Flattop]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Fort Worth Navy veterans building a homemade boat from inner tubes and plywood, and testing the craft on Mountain Creek Lake in Grand Prairie.
Date: May 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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