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[Clipping: Wings of Freedom]

Newspaper clipping of an article about a WWII airplane being displayed at the Victoria Regional Airport in Texas. The article details the history of the aircraft. There is another article about cotton pickers and cowboys beneath, and on the back of the clipping, there are anniversary announcements and an article about florists.

Date: February 25, 2007

Creator: Jone, Martha

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Nancy Russell's Southwest Airline's receipt]

Nancy Russell's Southwest Airline's receipt that include, payment summary, fare rules, check in requirements, in flight service, and refund information.

Date: February 4, 2002

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a Ge… more

Date: February 27, 2000

Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek

Item Type: Text

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

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Oral History Interview with Lowell Dean Cox, February 1, 2005

Interview with Lowell Dean Cox, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He discusses joining the Navy and serving aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35). He was on board when the cruiser was attacked by a Japanese submarine and survived for five days in the water before being rescued.

Date: February 1, 2005

Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 06 seconds

Creator: Bryk, Clarence & Cox, Lowell Dean

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with LC Eaton, February 19, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with L C Eaton. Eaton joined the Navy in 1937 and received basic training in Norfolk, Virginia. He was sent to San Diego, California, for hospital corps training. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Savannah (CL-42) and transferred to the USS Boise (CL-47) to complete his first enlistment. He re-enlisted in the Navy to avoid the Army draft and was assigned to the USS Republic (AP-33). On 6 December 1941 the Republic moved… more

Date: February 19, 2000

Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 25 seconds

Creator: Eaton, LC

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with D. L. Misenhimer, February 14, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with D L Misenhimer. Misenhimer joined the Navy around 1943. In Maine he was assigned to work in the boiler room and engine room aboard a seagoing salvage tugboat, the ATR-77. They pulled barges of aviation gas to Eniwetok, Okinawa and the Philippines. During the Okinawa invasion his group pulled the LSTs off the beach and ran the picket lines. They towed the USS Ward (DD-139) and a hospital ship to dry dock after each was hit by a ka… more

Date: February 14, 2008

Duration: 59 minutes 42 seconds

Creator: Misenhimer, D. L.

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Harlie Beale, February 14, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harlie Beale. Beale joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Patuxent (AO-44) as a seaman. In September 1944 he had the opportunity to strike for quartermaster and joined the bridge gang. One of Beale’s most daunting experiences was enduring a typhoon near Ulithi. He found it tiring to stand on the bridge, and terrifying to see nearby destroyers tossed about like toys. At Iwo Jima, Beale learned of plans to suppor… more

Date: February 14, 2008

Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 22 seconds

Creator: Beale, Harlie

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Lowell Dean Cox, February 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with L.D. Cox. He discusses joining the Navy and serving aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35). He was on board when the cruiser was attacked by a Japanese submarine and survived five days in the water before being rescued.

Date: February 1, 2005

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 49 seconds

Creator: Cox, Lowell Dean

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Lefteris Lavrakas, February 19, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lefteris Lavrakas. Lavrakas graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis in May of 1942. From 1942 to 1949 Lavrakas served aboard four operational units on sea duty, including service in the Atlantic, Caribbean, North Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific during World War II and in post-war occupation duty. Lavrakas was Assistant Gunnery Officer and Officer of the Deck aboard the USS Eberle (DD-430), escorting convoys to England … more

Date: February 19, 2007

Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 09 seconds

Creator: Lavrakas, Lefteris

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Wayne Holtzman, February 13, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wayne Holtzman. Holtzman joined the NROTC at Northwestern and graduated in February 1944 with a degree in chemistry and a commission in the Navy. He then boarded the USS Iowa (BB-61) as an antiaircraft gunnery officer. After performing an intense but brief shore bombardment at Iwo Jima, he watched the invasion. At Okinawa, the Iowa unleashed tremendous fire power on kamikazes, almost running out of ammunition. An enemy plane… more

Date: February 13, 2007

Duration: 55 minutes 21 seconds

Creator: Holtzman, Wayne

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Thomas Koltoniak, February 21, 2006

Transcript of an oral interview with Thomas Koltoniak. He joined the Navy despite being underage. He was assigned to the USS Texas (BB-35), first in the radio division, then in the aerial division. He shares an anecdote about visiting a munitions dump in Iceland on one of the ship's Atlantic crossings. He mentions the radio broadcast of General Dwight Eisenhower?s ?Voice of Freedom? message from the Texas while off the coast of North Africa. He participated in aerial photography missions along … more

Date: February 21, 2006

Duration: 36 minutes 10 seconds

Creator: Koltoniak, Thomas

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Leonard Dearing, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leonard Dearing. Dearing joined the Navy at seventeen in 1942. He completed basic training in San Diego and then went to Oklahoma for aviation ordnance school where he also trained as a radar operator. He went on to California where he trained as an aerial gunner. While there he also trained with a Norden bombsight on a PBM as a bombardier. At Kaneohe, their planes received jet assisted take off. He flew patrols for air-sea … more

Date: February 18, 2005

Duration: 57 minutes 54 seconds

Creator: Dearing, Leonard

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Billie Campbell, February 20, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Billie Campbell. Campbell was born on 10 June 1926 in Oklahoma. He joined the Navy in 1944 and served as a signalman aboard USS Calvert (APA-32) and USS Montour (APA-101). He tells of crossing the equator and undergoing the King Neptune ritual. He recalls arriving at Manus Island and observing the aftermath of the USS Mount Hood (AE-11) explosion. He describes ships being hit by Japanese planes and observing the American flag-rai… more

Date: February 20, 2005

Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 48 seconds

Creator: Campbell, Billie

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Henry Kalinofsky, February 17, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Kalinofsky. Kalinofsky grew up in Pennsylvania and joined the Navy in 1941. After training, he joined the destroyer DE 581 McNulty and took several convoys into the North Atlantic and Mediterranean. The destroyer took convoys for the invasion of Normandy. Kalinofsky was a captain on a twin mount 40 mm. He was next on the ship USS LSM (R) 198. He describes being in a truck with German prisoners of war and sharing his ci… more

Date: February 17, 2001

Duration: 42 minutes 58 seconds

Creator: Kalinofsky, Henry

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glenn G. Morgan. He was a bugler aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) and discusses a kamikaze attack during the Okinawa campaign, carrying a crate to Tinian that contained the first atomic bomb, the ship's sinking, and the four days/five nights he spent in a life raft waiting to be rescued.

Date: February 17, 2005

Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 30 seconds

Creator: Morgan, Glenn G.

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with James Bowell, February 17, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Bowell. Bowell entered service in the Navy in February 1942 and trained as a signalman and on sonar. In February, 1944 he was assigned to USS Defense (AM-317). Bowell speaks about the relationships he developed aboard ship. He also mentions minesweeping and kamikaze attacks off Okinawa and talks about fire support for the Marines on Iwo Jima. Bowell also recalls going into the water to rescue men from other vessels. Wh… more

Date: February 17, 2005

Duration: 1 hour 32 seconds

Creator: Bowell, James

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with William Tinney, February 6, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Tinney. Tinney joined the Navy in June of 1943. In October he was assigned to the USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) and traveled to the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Yap, Truk, Okinawa, Australia, the Caroline Islands, the Admiralty Islands and the Philippine Islands. He worked in the black gang as a fireman, firing boilers. He provides details of his work, which he remained in for the 25 months he … more

Date: February 6, 2007

Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 34 seconds

Creator: Tinney, William

Item Type: Sound

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

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Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005

Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, a bugler in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a bugler aboard the USS Indianapolis and experienced a kamikaze attack during the Okinawa campaign. He also describes transporting the crate that contained the first atomic bomb to Tinian, the ship's sinking, and the four days and five nights he spent in a life raft waiting to be rescued.

Date: February 17, 2005

Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 06 seconds

Creator: Morris, Cork & Morgan, Glenn G.

Item Type: Sound

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