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DART plans light rail simulation for Texas-OU service

Description: News release about DART's testing of a special Green Line rail service intended to be used on the day of an upcoming football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma University.
Date: April 29, 2010
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Partner: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

DART sets date for Green Line completion

Description: News release about the upcoming completion of DART'ls light rail Green Line.
Date: April 29, 2010
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Partner: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

[The flag store check]

Description: The flag store check of $20.56 made on April 26, 2010.
Date: April 26, 2010
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Historic Marker Application: Harris County 1910 Courthouse]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Harris County 1910 Courthouse, in Houston, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: April 27, 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Location: 29.761164 -95.359727
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Ben Wagner, April 26, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ben Wagner. Wagner joined the Navy in 1944. He worked in the engine room on the USS Howard F. Clark (DE-533), and was onboard when the Clark accidentally rammed the USS Saratoga during a training mission. Wagner had several members of his boot camp company assigned to the USS Mount Hood (AE-11). He discusses how they were assigned and what he was able to learn about the loss of the ship. Wagner witnessed the Ommaney Bay (CVE… more
Date: April 26, 2010
Creator: Wagner, Ben
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Cecil Dykes, April 8, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cecil Dykes. Dykes volunteered for the Navy in July of 1944. He was trained to become a LCVP crewman on the USS Bosque (APA-135). Dykes traveled to Okinawa and took part in landing troops and ferrying wounded back to the ship. He witnessed several kamikaze attacks. Dykes was aboard the Bosque at Tokyo Bay the day of the surrender and helped land troops from the 1st Cavalry Division for the occupation of Japan. He was dischar… more
Date: April 8, 2010
Creator: Dykes, Cecil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Daniel Andrews, April 13, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Andrews. Andrews joined the United States Navy in 1941 where he became a SeaBee. Andrews was sent to Saipan to help build airfields and seaplane bases. He left Saipan in July of 1945.
Date: April 13, 2010
Creator: Andrews, Daniel
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Donald Shedd, April 19, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald Shedd. Shedd joined the Marine Corps with his two brothers in February 1942. He joined the 1st Division, 5th Marines after basic training. Shedd was sent to Guadalcanal where he witnessed shore bombardment by Japanese ships. He was then sent to Cape Glouster, New Britain where he saw combat on several patrols. Next Shedd’s unit was sent to Peleliu where he landed with the second wave. He was wounded on the tenth day o… more
Date: April 19, 2010
Creator: Shedd, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Glenn Lane, April 6, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Glenn Lane. Lane joined the Navy in February of 1940 and was assigned to the USS Arizona (BB-39) in Pearl Harbor. He worked in the Aviation Division as a Radioman Third Class, flying as an air crewman on the battleship’s Kingfisher scout planes. He was aboard the Arizona on 7 December 1941, when the Japanese attacked. An explosion blew him overboard and he swam to the USS Nevada (BB-36). Lane was then assigned to various squadron… more
Date: April 6, 2010
Creator: Lane, Glenn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Parr, April 20, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Parr. Parr was inducted into the Army in July 1942 where he served as a radio operator in the Signal Corps. In 1944 he was sent to OCS to become an officer in the Signal Corps. In November 1944, he was sent to Finschhafen, New Guinea to serve with the 3169th Signal Service Battalion. He later volunteered to serve in a signal unit attached to the 273rd Heavy Construction Company, an engineering unit consisting of prima… more
Date: April 20, 2010
Creator: Parr, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Hugo Werner, April 30, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hugo Werner. Werner joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He received training as a radio operator and gunner. Werner was then sent to Attu, Alaska to become a crewman on a B-25 with the 77th Bomb Squadron. He took part in missions over the Kuril Islands in Northern Japan. He shot down an attacking Japanese fighter during one mission. Werner served with the 77th for the rest of the war and left the service soon after the surre… more
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: Werner, Hugo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Frost, April 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Frost. Frost joined the Army Air Forces around late 1942 and served as a pilot in the 13th Army Air Force, 5th Bombardment Group, 394th Bomb Squadron. In mid-1944 he was assigned to pilot and serve as Squadron Navigator aboard B-24s in the Pacific. They provided air support during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He describes one event where he and his crew were shot down over Mindanao in the Philippines. They were taken to Morotai… more
Date: April 28, 2010
Creator: Frost, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Keith Lea, April 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Keith Lea. Lea took part in the V-12 program and then was activated as a lieutenant (j.g.) in 1943. He was eventually sent to join the crew of LCI-762, a ship being converted into an LCI(R). They traveled across the Pacific and took part in the invasion of Okinawa providing rocket and gunfire support for troops on shore. Lea witnessed several kamikaze attacks on ships operating off of Okinawa. He describes in detail an attac… more
Date: April 18, 2010
Creator: Lea, Keith
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lou Spellman, April 13, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lou Spellman. Spellman was in college when he enrolled in the Navy’s V-12 program. The Navy sent him to Southwestern University before being assigned to Notre Dame Midshipman School. Then he went to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for fire control/gunnery school. From there he went to Newport, Rhode Island where he helped commission the USS Amsterdam (CL-101). After a shakedown cruise, they went through the Panama Canal to Hawaii a… more
Date: April 13, 2010
Creator: Spellman, Lou
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ralph H. Ketcham, April 21, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ralph H. Ketcham. Born in 1923, he joined the Marine Corps in September, 1942. He describes boot camp in San Diego, California. He was assigned to the 3rd Division, 19th Marine Regiment, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion. He describes conditions aboard the MS Bloemfontein en route to New Zealand. He was transported on the USS President Polk (AP-103) to Guadalcanal where he constructed roads and unloaded ammunition. He talks about the fire at the Hell’s Point Amm… more
Date: April 21, 2010
Creator: Ketcham, Ralph H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Scott, April 30, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert M. Scott. Scott was born in Chicago 30 September 1926 and spent part of his youth in foster homes. He quit school and joined the Navy in July 1943 and took boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Upon completing boot camp he went to Pleasanton, California where he received orders sending him to New Guinea. Upon arriving after a two week trip he did stevedore work for a period of time and then worked as a … more
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: Scott, Robert M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Wesley Clum, April 22, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Wesley Clum. Clum joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1943. He served as a Bombardier aboard a B-24 Liberator with the 484th Bomb Group, 827th Bomb Squadron. In October of 1944 they traveled to Bari, Italy to the headquarters of the 15th Air Force. They completed 25 combat missions, traveling over Germany, Czechoslovakia, northern Italy and Libya. Clum was honorably discharged from active duty as lieutenant in 1945, … more
Date: April 22, 2010
Creator: Clum, Robert Wesley
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Virgil Sansing, April 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Virgil Sansing. Sansing joined the Army Air Forces in November of 1941. He completed Aircraft Maintenance School, and served as a repairman for over a year, then received approval for flight school. In late 1943 Sansing served as a fighter pilot with the 359th Fighter Group, 369th Fighter Squadron in England. He flew missions over Europe in P-47s and P-51s. On 20 June 1944, while participating in the invasion of Normandy, Sansing… more
Date: April 28, 2010
Creator: Sansing, Virgil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Wilbur Moerbe, April 7, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wilbur Moerbe. Moerbe joined the Navy in February of 1943. He provides some details of his boot camp experiences. He completed fireman school, learning about the engine rooms, water pumps, running the boiler and how to fight fires. He served in the boiler room aboard the USS Highlands (APA-119) beginning November of 1944. They first traveled to Hilo, Hawaii to pick up Marines. They traveled to Eniwetok and Saipan. On 19 February … more
Date: April 7, 2010
Creator: Moerbe, Wilbur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0766

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a city manager of a general-law municipality may simultaneously serve as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district whose boundaries contain the municipality (RQ-0828-GA)
Date: April 5, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0767

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of the Board of Directors of the Texas School Safety Center under various provisions of sub chapters G, chapter 37,Texas Education Code (RQ-0835-GA).
Date: April 5, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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