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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 18, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent correspondence with friends, buying bonds, almost quitting the Red Cross, spending time with freed prisoners of war, work, giving her father power of attorney, her brother (?) John leaving the Navy, going to the movies, visiting Saipan, and supplies.

Date: September 18, 1945

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Trammell R. Roland to Mr. I. H. Kempner, July 18, 1945]

Letter from Mrs. Charles W. Roland enclosing a reply from Sam Rayburn regarding her grandson's naval appointment, discussing future prospects for his enlistment, and other news of her family.

Date: July 18, 1945

Creator: Roland, Trammell R.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

Oral History Interview with John Breckenridge Garrison, September 18, 1970

Interview with Brack Garrison, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Amarillo, Texas, accompanied by Nita Boynton. Garrison details his experiences defending Guam in the Japanese invasion of December 1941, and his subsequent surrender and internment in Japanese POW camps at Zentsuji and Osaka.

Date: September 18, 1970

Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Garrison, John Breckenridge (Brack)

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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Oral History Interview with Wilmer A. Moreau, April 18, 2003

Interview with Wilmer A. Moreau, an infantryman in the US Marine Corps during WWII. He describes his service and answers questions about his time overseas.

Date: April 18, 2003

Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds

Creator: Mcelhany, M. & Moreau, Wilmer A.

Item Type: Sound

Partner: Lee College