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Oral History Interview with Robert Lynch, March 29, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Lynch. Lynch joined the Army in May of 1945. He completed basic training at Fort Hood, Texas in September. He learned how to drive Army trucks, and qualified as a marksman. In October, he was transferred to Fort Ord in California. Lynch shares details of his training, and his travels to and through California. He deployed to Nagasaki, Japan and served with the 32nd Infantry Division occupation forces. He returned to the US… more
Date: March 29, 2015
Creator: Lynch, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Hector Mendieta, March 26, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hector Mendieta. Mendieta was born in Laredo, Texas in 1924. After graduating from high school in 1941, he attended Texas A & M University until March 1943. When he was inducted into the Army he underwent nine weeks of basic training at Camp Roberts, Texas and was then sent to Camp Abbot, Oregon. In February 1944, he was selected to attend Officers Candidate School. Upon receiving his commission on 14 June 1944 he was sent t… more
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: Mendieta, Hector
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jim Roby, March 17, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Roby. Roby was born in Nocona, Texas on 17 June 1927. After graduating from high school in Cunningham, Texas he signed up for the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. Upon entering the program he was sent to Las Cruses, New Mexico for training. The program was terminated shortly thereafter and he was sent to Wichita Falls, Texas for basic training. In 1946, following basic training, he was assigned as a teletype op… more
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Roby, Jim
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Winn Pinkston, March 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Winn Pinkston. Pinkston was born in Chireno, Texas in 1921. After graduating from high school he attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas for two years. He entered the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1941 and following this training he entered secondary Civilian Pilot Training in which aerobatics were taught. Upon graduating for this course, he accepted a job as an instructor with Coleman Flying School in Coleman, Texas.… more
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Pinkston, Winn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lloyd Bailey, March 6, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Bailey. Bailey was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 16 February 1922 and graduated from high school in Waco, Texas in 1940. After attending Texas A&M for one year, he enlisted in the Army. He went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas for basic training. While there, he was recruited by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to participate in an internal security program. Following basic entered the Corps of Engineer… more
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Bailey, Lloyd
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Wander, March 14, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Wander. Wander joined the Army and received basic training at Camp Wheeler. He went on to Officer Candidate School and was commissioned in 1942. He then worked as a platoon leader all over the United States. He went as a replacement to the Americal Division, working beside Filipinos to capture Japanese holdouts. After the war ended, he was reassigned to the Eighth Army in Yokohama as head of military police. Wander re… more
Date: March 14, 2015
Creator: Wander, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Troy Edward Shakles, March 19, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Troy Edward Shakles. Shakles joined the Navy in early 1943. He completed communications school, serving as a quartermaster and signalman. He speaks about the Golden Thirteen, who were the thirteen African American enlisted men who became the first African American commissioned and warrant officers in the United States Navy. On Treasure Island in California, Shakles worked in a signaling tower. He notes that segregation was still … more
Date: March 19, 2015
Creator: Shakles, Troy Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Major Franklin Stewart, March 7, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Major Franklin Stewart. Stewart joined the Army Air Corps in August of 1941. He served as a pilot in the 408th Bomb Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group. In 1943, they attacked Japanese targets on Papua New Guinea and New Britain. In 1944, he was stationed at Nadzab Airfield, attacking targets on Borneo and participating in the Philippines Campaign. Stewart continued his service after the war, retiring from the Air Force in 1983.
Date: March 7, 2015
Creator: Stewart, Major Franklin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Anna Gatti, March 10, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Anna Gatti, nee Cocchi. Gatti graduated from Boston University as a French major in 1942. While volunteering at a settlement house, she met her future husband, Corry, who was a student at Harvard. In 1942, Corry was drafted into the Army. In 1943, Gatti joined the Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). She completed Meteorology School in New Jersey and served as Aerographer, Third Class on a base in Califo… more
Date: March 10, 2015
Creator: Gatti, Anna
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Fred Glosser, March 1, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Glosser. Glosser was born 8 January 1924, and joined the Army in 1942. He served as a switchboard operator in the Signal Corps. He shares details of his basic training at Camp McCain, Mississippi. Glosser was assigned to the 2nd Army. He became very ill with pneumonia, and mastitis, and was transferred to several hospitals. He underwent an 8-hour mastectomy surgery at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1944, Glo… more
Date: March 1, 2015
Creator: Glosser, Fred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Tomlin, March 5, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Tomlin. Tomlin joined the Navy in September 1944 and received basic training in Illinois. He received aviation ordnance training in Oklahoma. While there, he contracted scarlet fever and was quarantined for six weeks. After the war, he was assigned to the USS Core (CVE-13), entrusted with keeping the ship’s log. Tomlin returned home and was discharged in July 1946.
Date: March 5, 2015
Creator: Tomlin, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Connelly, March 2, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Connelly. Connelly joined the Navy in early 1942. He served as a Radioman aboard the USS DuPage (APA-41). From January of 1944 through early 1945, they landed troops for the assaults on Kwajalein, Guam, Peleliu and the Philippines. Connelly was wounded and returned to the US, receiving a discharge in May of 1945.
Date: March 2, 2015
Creator: Connelly, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Share the ride to St. Patrick's events with DART, Uber and MADD

Description: News release about DART running additional rail service and Uber offering discounted rides to first time users on the day of a St. Patrick's Day parade as part of a partnership between DART, Uber, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving with the goal of reducing the number of intoxicated drivers on the road.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Ball, Mark; Hancock, Debbee & Wedel, Heather
Partner: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

Hayden named by Carrollton and Irving to DART Board

Description: News release about the appointment of Timothy A. Hayden to the DART board of directors, representing the cities of Carrollton and Irving.
Date: March 11, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Partner: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

DART plans minor schedule changes March 16

Description: News release about minor schedule adjustments on ten DART bus routes.
Date: March 9, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Partner: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0007

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county commissioners court must compensate a justice of the peace who retires prior to the end of his term (RQ-1219-GA).
Date: March 9, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0011

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a public school district may expend funds for the management of county school lands to determine if a lessee of a mineral estate is fulfilling its duty to explore and develop the mineral estate (RQ-1225-GA).
Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0013

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Commencement of term of office of a person elected sheriff as a successor to an individual who was appointed to fill a vacancy in that office (RQ-1227-GA).
Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0012

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of a salary increase for the sheriff that exceeded the amount listed in the initial public notice required by section 152.013 of the Local Government Code (RQ-1226-GA).
Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0009

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Qualification for early voting by mail under section 82.002 of the Election Code (RQ-1221-GA).
Date: March 9, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0006

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Appointment of an ex officio member to the Galveston Housing Authority (RQ-1218-GA).
Date: March 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0010

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Programs to which jurors may donate their juror reimbursement under subsection 61.003(a)(4) of the Government Code (RQ-1224-GA).
Date: March 9, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0008

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Edwards Aquifer Authority may provide funding to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for the implementation of a refugia program (RQ-1220-GA).
Date: March 9, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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