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[Historic Marker Application: John & Bessie Parker House]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the John & Bessie Parker House, in Houston, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: February 2, 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Location: 29.743941 -95.381990
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Historic Marker Application: Southside School]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Southside School, in San Marcos, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: August 2, 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Location: 29.874965 -97.937888
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with EJ Robertson, July 2, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with EJ Robertson. Robertson joined the Navy at the age of 17 and received basic training at Great Lakes. In the summer of 1942 he was assigned to the USS Brooklyn (CL-40) as an apprentice seaman. At Casablanca, a victory over the French fleet was aided by the Free French. After providing long-range artillery support to the 45th Army Division throughout North Africa, his ship hit a mine in Sicily, temporarily paralyzing Robertson… more
Date: July 2, 2012
Creator: Robertson, EJ
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Myers, July 2, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Myers. Myers joined the Navy in 1941. He served aboard the USS Maryland (BB-46) as a gunner on five-inch 51s and five-inch 25s. He provides details of the guns aboard the ship and how they function. They traveled to Pearl Harbor in May of 1941. They were docked next to the USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Up until the attack, they mostly completed training missions from the base. He describes the December 7th attack, and his duties ab… more
Date: July 2, 2012
Creator: Myers, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Phelps, April 2, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Phelps. Phelps joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He completed flight officer training and navigation school. Phelps served as a B-25 bombardier and navigator with the 12th Air Force, 340th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Squadron. He completed 39 missions in the European Theater. He flew over Italy, including Brenner Pass and Sicily, targeting enemy airfields, railroads and bridges. Phelps was stationed around Mount Vesuvius when i… more
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: Phelps, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas Knighten Starnes, April 2, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Knighten Starnes. Starnes graduated from business school in 1941 and joined the Navy that fall. He was a civilian pilot and assisted in gunnery training in Las Vegas. When preparing for deployment to the Pacific, Starnes was instructed that in the event of impending enemy capture he should kill as many Japanese as he could but also warned that the Japanese would not take prisoners, so he was to save one bullet for him… more
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: Starnes, Thomas Knighten
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Eberhardt Niemeyer, November 2, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eberhardt Niemeyer. Niemeyer finished at the University of Texas in 1941 and was at Midshipman’s school at Northwestern when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. When he was commissioned in early 1942, he reported aboard the submarine R-18 and trained the fleet on sounding equipment in the Atlantic Ocean. In early 1944, he put the USS Sea Cat (SS-399) into commission and made four war patrols on her. Niemeyer relates several anecd… more
Date: November 2, 2012
Creator: Niemeyer, Eberhardt
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Agenda: The Dallas Way, October 2, 2012]

Description: Agenda for the October 2nd meeting of the Dallas Way listing topics of discussion planned for the organization meeting.
Date: October 2, 2012
Creator: The Dallas Way
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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