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Command Study 13, Chapter 5. Military Civic Action

Description: This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about counterinsurgency. This chapter discusses "civic action as a weapon against Communist-inspired subversion" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: December 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Current Study 11, Chapter 5. Communist Activities in Latin America

Description: This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter "is intended to show how the Communists have attempted to subvert the Latin American nations as a step toward the avowed Communist goal of world domination, and to show how the United States and other American Republics are meeting the perilous Communist threat" (p. 1). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions… more
Date: April 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Carte du Chili méridional, du Rio de la Plata des Patagons, et du Détroit de Magellan : ce qui fait l'extremité australe de l'Amérique Meridle [South America - Sheet 3].

Description: Map shows the geography and late eighteenth century settlements in the southern half of the South American continent. Includes historical notes and "Note pour les tres cartes du l'Amérique. Méridionale." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000].
Date: 1779
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Oral History Interview with Arlie Asmussen, December 27, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arlie Asmussen. Asmussen joined the Navy in 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served aboard the USS Owl (AM-2) beginning in February of 1942. His job aboard was to cook and serve as a deck ape, scrubbing the decks and bulkheads, and tying up the boats. In March they traveled to Bermuda and remained for 2 years. They provided target practice for submarines and went out on distress calls, rescuing a torpedoed cargo ship fr… more
Date: December 27, 2005
Creator: Asmussen, Arlie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Braniff International Airways Newsletter, July 10, 1950]

Description: Letter from Duke files District Traffic Manager of the Braniff International Airways regarding new flight schedules, a flight design specifically for businessmen who need to sleep on flights, new hours for their Ticket and Reservation Office and available flights to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Date: July 10, 1950
Creator: Braniff International Airways
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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Oral History Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, December 14, 2015

Description: Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, the director of Heart O' the Hills Camp, from Houston, Texas. Ragsdale recalls her time going to summer camps during her childhood, her time studying journalism at Texas Woman's University, and her time working at Heart O' the Hills Camp. Photos relating to the interview follow the transcript.
Date: December 14, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Ragsdale, Cynthie Jane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, December 14, 2015

Description: Transcript of interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, the director of Heart O' the Hills Camp, from Houston, Texas. Ragsdale recalls her time going to summer camps during her childhood, her time studying journalism at Texas Woman's University, and her time working at Heart O' the Hills Camp.
Date: December 14, 2015
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Maps of Dallas, Texas, and Central South America]

Description: This sheet contains a street map of Dallas, Texas on one side and a portion of South America on the other. The map of Dallas includes the location of parks, cemeteries, rivers, and railroads as well as street names. The map of South America includes parts of Chile, Argentina (labeled 'Argentine Confederation'), Uruguay, and Paraguay. Countries are shaded in color and various regions are outlined. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: 1900?
Creator: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Duration: 41 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Victor Oppenheim, 1995-1996

Description: Interview with Victor Oppenheim, a geologist and explorer, concerning his experiences working in mineral exploration and drawing geological maps for various governments in South America from 1929 to 1975. Oppenheim discusses being a geological consultant to governments of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru; being a research geologist for the governments of Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela; coal and oil discoveries; the completion of the first geological map of South America in 1944; … more
Date: {1995-10-15,1995-10-22,1996-01-20,1996-02-18}
Creator: Daniels, John D. (John David), 1946-; Levin, Ben; Levin, C. Melinda & Oppenheim, Victor
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

America.

Description: This map shows most of the Western Hemisphere, including North and Central America, South America, and the surrounding oceans and islands. Countries are outlined using various colors. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

America.

Description: This map shows most of the Western Hemisphere, including North and Central America, South America, and the surrounding oceans and islands. Countries are outlined using various colors. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:42,240,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Advertisement for "World Biography"]

Description: Pamphlet distributed by Institute for Research in Biography, Inc., seeking highly qualified applicants to provide biographies for the company's WORLD BIOGRAPHY publication. The pamphlet notes that only the most esteemed, accomplished, and elite applicants in their field may have their biography included in the publication.
Date: 1949
Creator: Institute for Research in Biography, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Buenos-Ayres [sic.], Chili, et Patigonie [sic.].

Description: Map shows cities, towns, provinces of "Gouvernement de Buenos-Ayres" [northern Argentina], Chil[e], and Patagonie [southern Argentina], and areas of Native American habitation. Political borders outlined in color. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:13,750,000].
Date: [1809..1812]
Creator: Jean Baptiste Marie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A chart of the Straits of Magellan.

Description: Map shows the island and channel formation of the Straits of Magellan with landmarks and directional arrows; tip of Patagonia, the Straits of Magellan, and the Falkland Islands on inset. Includes notes and points of anchorage. Inset: "A chart of Magellania with Falkland Islands." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures; depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:4,500,000] and [ca. 1:880,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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