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[News Script: Philippines Marcos]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about martial law being declared in the Philippines.
Date: September 23, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Ship]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a U. S. ship carrying the bodies of soldiers in the Philippines.
Date: October 1, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Major Alfred Morris Jr.]

Description: Taken by Lt. Geo. L. Forward of Texarkana, Ark. at the Liba Staging area, Philippines, December 1945, of Maj. Alfred Morris, Jr. sun bathing. From the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: December 1945
Creator: Forward, George L.
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Part of Asia.

Description: Map shows cities, major roads and trade routes, and physical features for the southern portion of the Asian continent: Arabia, Persia, Hindoostan, China and the Chinese Empire, Tibet, the Burman Empire, the Philippine Islands, and portions of Korea and Japan. Includes historical notes and alternative place names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:11,000,000].
Date: [1812..1832]
Creator: Lizars, Daniel, 1760-1812
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Edgar F. Sadd to Lois Sadd, September 24, 1945]

Description: Letter from Edgar F. Sadd to Lois Sadd discussing how he has been accruing points in order to go home, the fresh water showers he has been taking, breakfast with Royer and Smith, selling perfume to the natives and other aspects of his daily life.
Date: September 24, 1945
Creator: Sadd, Edgar Fraser
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Filipina Woman Sewing Fabric]

Description: Photograph of a Filipina woman sewing a piece of fabric while sitting in a wooden chair. She wears a necklace, a white shirt, and a skirt. There are more fabrics on a in front of her on a table or work bench. Behind her is a scarf with that embroidered text reading "Philippine Islands."
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: DeWitt, Gill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner, January 8, 1959]

Description: Letter from Dillon Anderson to Harris Leon Kempner thanking him for his letter of January 6, enclosed with a copy of he Foreign Policy Bulletin on Laos which is of his interest. So, Anderson requests Kempner to suggest any names of the people who are living in The Philippines, South Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand so he could ouch bases with them.
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: Anderson, Dillon
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Herman Lurie to Harris Leon Kempner, February 9, 1953]

Description: Letter from Herman Lurie to Harris Leon Kempner referring to a previous letter from December 8, 1953, and updates that Mr. Crinkley indicated no progress on the proposed service by his company between the Far East and the Gulf on Japanese ships. The matter is still in discussion and not expected to conclude for several months. Lurie expresses interest in meeting Kempner in New York to discuss a personal matter.
Date: February 9, 1953
Creator: Lurie, Herman
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Asa Porter to Chester Porter - May 9, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his brother Chet about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses how he is glad to hear that Unit 41 is getting some credit back home in the States but that many others are getting credit for what they did. The envelope is included.
Date: May 9, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Asa Porter, Sr., March 1, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his father about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses how things are going in the Philippines. He talks about the liberation services and the cock fights that his friends went to. The envelope is included.
Date: March 1, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Arza Porter - May 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his brother Arza about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses how he had just finished two campaigns and was glad to have downtime. He talked about how it had been over three years since he had been overseas and was ready to come home. The envelope is included.
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Arza Porter - May 19, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his brother Arza about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses how he is not in the mood to write much. He does talk about his sister having a baby and her husband having to go overseas. He talks about the point system of going home again and is still hopeful. The envelope is included.
Date: May 19, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Rizzie Porter - April 15, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his mother about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses that he is in combat again and is glad he is in a safe place. He mentions his Aunt's death again and is happy to hear it was painless. The envelope is included.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Arza Porter - February 22, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his brother Arza about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses how he is now in the Philippines, and he tells his brother who they know from home is also in the Philippines. The envelope is included.
Date: February 22, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Rizzie Porter - May 12, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his mother about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses war bonds and how he took another out. He then asked his mom to look for the receipts for the cash war bonds he took out and to confirm if he took out three or four of them. He then mentioned the point system for being sent home and how he feels he should have enough and is hopeful for when they tell them more. The envelope is included.
Date: May 12, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Rizzie Porter - May 26, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his mother about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses how they have a service center that offers cokes, cookies, and coffee in the evenings. He discusses the weekly dances and the wooden shoes the Chinese and Filipino women wear. He talks about how, at midnight on May 31, they will start driving cars on the road's right side. This letter also includes two pictures, one of a vehicle and one of a wooden building. The envelope is included.
Date: May 26, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Asa Porter to Asa Porter, Sr., and Rizzie Porter - April 5, 1945]

Description: Letter from Asa Porter to his parents about his time in the United States Army. This letter discusses how he heard about Aunt Jean passing and how sad he didn't get to see her one last time. He talks about his sister and how he heard she had moved. The envelope is included.
Date: April 5, 1945
Creator: Porter, Asa C., Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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