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[Photograph Corporal Raymond G. George]

Photograph of Corporal Raymond G. George wearing a shirt and hat. The text on the bottom of the photo contains information about his rank, birth and death date/location, and the regiment he belonged to: "Corporal Raymond G. George Born May 17th, 1920 Old Decker, Texas Killed New Georgia Islands Sept. 18th, 1943 Co. C. 27th Infantry Regiment 25th Division."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

Oral History Interview with L. B. Smith, February 20, 1989

Interview with L. B. Smith, a Army WWII veteran from Magnolia, Mississippi, who was present at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Smith discusses entering the Army and training, events prior to the attack, the morning of December 7th and the bombing of Schofield Barracks, the aftermath and defensive preparations, and his later service in the Pacific Theater.

Date: February 20, 1989

Creator: Cruse, Stephen & Smith, L. B.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Our Fighting Men

Five stanza rhyming poem in rhyming couplets composed as song lyrics on the subject of multiple members of branches of the army arriving on the island of Guadalcanal. A shorter poem at the bottom of the page addresses soldiers of planes flying over Guadalcanal.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Poem

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation