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1941: Texas Goes to War

Description: This book is a collection of essays discussing the role of Texans in World War II. It examines both the Texas soldiers fighting in the European and Pacific theaters as well as the Texans on the Homefront. The essays describe both the military and social aspects of the war. Index starts on page 241.
Date: 1991
Creator: Lee, James Ward; Barnes, Carolyn N.; Bowman, Kent A. & Crow, Laura
Partner: UNT Press

[Photograph of Two Soldiers Sitting Near a Jeep]

Description: Photograph of two uniformed soldiers sitting on a table by a road near Camp Campbell in Kentucky. Jeeps are lined up along the road with men attending to them. Writing on the back of the photograph indicates that the men in the foreground may be Arthur Sweeny and Lieutenant Hill.
Date: 1942
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Woodrow Aten]

Description: Photograph of Woodrow Aten wearing a large overcoat and standing in front of a tree. Aten was born in 1915 and enlisted in 1940. He was a TSGT from Zwolle, LA in L company 411 Infantry, 103rd Infantry Division in 1944. He was a Platoon Sergeant wounded 19 Dec 44 by a Bayonet with that company.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers In Front of Building]

Description: Photograph of four soldiers posing in front of a wooden building at Camp Barkeley. Nick Garcia and Le Roy Page are wearing 494th FAB baseball uniforms and standing in the back; Melvin Terrell and Donald Coombes are kneeling in the front and Coombes is wearing boxing trunks.
Date: [1943..1944]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Two Photographs]

Description: Two photographs taken in 1944. In the first photo, an M7 105mm Howitzer drives through a field at Camp Barkeley. In the bottom photo, a soldier stands outside Chateau Auffay in France, which was the first command post of the Division Artillery.
Date: 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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