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[Clipping: Women of War]

Newspaper clipping of a section of the May 1990 issue of The Miami Herald. Articles about the WASPs service in World War 2, why Maria Muniz joined the Marine Corps, two nurses who served in the Vietnam War, and more are included.

Date: May 27, 1991

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST … more

Date: August 24, 2002

Duration: 51 minutes 18 seconds

Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Alan Fouts, December 6, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Fouts. Fouts joined the Navy in 1939 and trained in San Diego. Upon completion of basic training, Fouts joined the USS Argonne (AG-31). Later, he was stationed at the submarine base at Pearl Harbor when the war started. He recalls witnessing the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. He managed to get guns operational on the USS Widgeon (AM-22) before it got underway during the attack. Between the attacks, Fouts went alongside the US… more

Date: December 6, 2001

Creator: Fouts, Alan

Item Type: Text

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[News Script: Coast Guard]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the coast guard saying that a cutter towing a disabled pleasure craft to Port Isabel which has arrived in port.

Date: April 15, 1974, 8:25 a.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Disabled Shop]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story a 32-foot boat "Freedom Quest" which was towed into Port Isabel after it drifted in the Gulf of Mexico without fuel.

Date: April 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.