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Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 30, Pages 4403-4520, July 23, 2021

Description: A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 23, 2021
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Jack Owen, July 23, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Owen. Owen was born in Lufkin Texas in 1926. He went to Texas A&M for a year after high school then joined the Navy after turning 18 in 1944 and trained at San Diego in June. In December, he was in the commissioning crew of USS Colusa (APA-74). Owen recalls hauling wounded from Iwo Jima back to Pearl Harbor aboard the Colusa before heading for Australia to repatriate American sailors whose ships had sunk. When the war e… more
Date: July 23, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Owen, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Owen, July 23, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Owen. Owen was born in Lufkin Texas in 1926. He went to Texas A&M for a year after high school then joined the Navy after turning 18 in 1944 and trained at San Diego in June. In December, he was in the commissioning crew of USS Colusa (APA-74). Owen recalls hauling wounded from Iwo Jima back to Pearl Harbor aboard the Colusa before heading for Australia to repatriate American sailors whose ships had sunk. When the war e… more
Date: July 23, 2020
Creator: Owen, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Melvin Pratt, July 23, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Melvin Pratt. Pratt joined the Navy in April of 1944. He served as Seaman 3rd Class with the gunnery gang aboard the minesweeper USS Strength (AM-309). In December, they arrived in Pearl Harbor, and began training in preparation for the Iwo Jima invasion. On 16 February 1945, they began sweeping off Iwo Jima to clear the way for the invasion fleet. In late March, they assisted in clearing the approaches to the beaches off Okinawa… more
Date: July 23, 2019
Duration: 58 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Pratt, Melvin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Melvin Pratt, July 23, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Melvin Pratt. Pratt joined the Navy in April of 1944. He served as Seaman 3rd Class with the gunnery gang aboard the minesweeper USS Strength (AM-309). In December, they arrived in Pearl Harbor, and began training in preparation for the Iwo Jima invasion. On 16 February 1945, they began sweeping off Iwo Jima to clear the way for the invasion fleet. In late March, they assisted in clearing the approaches to the beaches off Okinawa… more
Date: July 23, 2019
Creator: Pratt, Melvin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Edward Monroe Polk's headstone and SAR emblem]

Description: Photograph of Edward Monroe Polk's headstone at the Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas. At the base is a newly added SAR emblem that has been buried so that only the face of the piece is visible.
Date: July 23, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jerry and Ted at Edward Monroe Polk's headstone]

Description: Photograph of Jerry Cope and Ted E. Wilson, from the Arlington Chapter (#7) of TXSSAR, after placing a SAR marker piece in the ground in front of Edward Monroe Polk's headstone. There are shovels behind Wilson and the markers for Evelyn Allison Polk and Rosine Blair Polk are on either side.
Date: July 23, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jerry and Ted placing a SAR marker]

Description: Photograph of Jerry Cope and Ted E. Wilson, from the Arlington Chapter (#7) of TXSSAR, burying a SAR marker piece in the ground in front of Edward Monroe Polk's headstone. There are shovels behind Wilson and the markers for Evelyn Allison Polk and Rosine Blair Polk are on either side.
Date: July 23, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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