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[File for Discharge Record]

Description: Slip of paper filed for record in Grayson County. It reads: "The State of Texas, county of Grayson. I, J. C. Buchanan, Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that the foregoing instrument of writing, with it Certificate of Authentication, was filed for record in my office on the 14 day of Dec, 1945 at 3 o'clock P.M. and duly recorded this 19 day of Dec, 1945 in the Discharge Records of said County, in Vol. 8, pages 86. Witness my hand and seal of said Court at Sherman, Texas t… more
Date: December 14, 1945
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[First Methodist Church Pamphlet]

Description: Pamphlet issued by the First Methodist Church, detailing an upcoming service where the church will replace plaques honoring members of the congregation who served and died in World War II.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Five Servicemen Sitting on a Hill]

Description: Photograph of five servicemen sitting single file on a steep grassy hill. Handwritten text on the back reads, "On the upgrade ( or is it downgrade?) of the rerement-the other boy would have been in too, but he just backed over the top of the rerement."
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Five Servicemen Standing Together]

Description: Photograph of five servicemen sitting together outdoors. Text on the back reads, "These pictures were taken in a rerement-that is, a horse shoe shaped dam like structure that planes are put in in case of attack from the enemy."
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Five Servicemen Standing Together]

Description: Photograph of five servicemen standing together outdoors. Text on the back reads, "O ran around with Smith practically all the time - sure is a good kid - also goes to First Christian Church - Lives in Norman, Okla."
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Five Soldiers With Skull]

Description: Photograph of five soldiers standing outside. The man in the middle wears a white shirt, and the men on either side of him wear helmets. The man on the far left holds a skull in one hand and a gun in the other. These men are identified as Cole, C. E. Few, Nichols, Clark, and Smith.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Flying Cadets' Oath]

Description: A handwritten oath signed by four Flying Cadets. It reads: "Brogdon House, April 9, 1943. We the undersigned do solemnly swear, that on or about June 1, 1942 by oath to ourselves, we have agreed to become Flying Cadets. Furthermore: that we will go as a group, unless called to Colors before our enlistment date - In All-mighty GOD we trust and rest our future. Signed this date: Edward Gaynel Gregory, Gene Douglas Mitchell, Elton Leslie Brogdon, James O. Elder, Jack Verne Watson."
Date: April 9, 1942
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Four Boys Sitting On a Rock]

Description: Photograph of four boys outside arranged around a rock. They are identified as Grub, Richard A. Fanning, Ashcraft, and Ray. The two on the left stand behind the rock, while the third sits on it and the fourth sits in the third boy's lap. Trees are visible behind them.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Four Men on a Trail]

Description: Copy negative of four men standing on a trail in a wooded area. The man on the right, pointing, is Lt. Col. Max G. Oliver, a professor of military science and tactics at North Texas Agricultural College. The two men in the middle wear army uniforms, and the boy on the left is a cadet.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Four Soldiers In A Camp]

Description: Photograph of four soldiers, James Menlinger, Rodey Scinto, Calvin Rosacken, and John Weik, standing outside in their camp in the desert. Scanto, Rosacken, and Weik are shirtless.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Four Soldiers Outside Camp]

Description: Photograph of four soldiers in uniform standing in front of a row of tents. Three are standing, holding their rifles, and one is kneeling. The man on the right is identified as Shultze.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Fourth of July Celebration]

Description: Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Waddell eating barbeque at a Fourth of July celebration. Mrs. Waddell holds a fork full of food in front of her husband's mouth. There are several plates of food sitting on a wooden plank in front of them.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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