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[Clipping: The flying bug will get you]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about a man named Danny Kubecka, from Edna, Texas, reconstructing AT-6 planes he purchased from the South African Air Force. The article includes a photograph of Kubecka standing in front of an AT-6 plane in a hangar. Other articles with photographs are visible on the back of the clipping, including a articles about a judge election and Black History Month.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wolff, Henry, Jr.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: The Massawa Miracle]

Description: Magazine clipping recounting the story of how an American tugboat, the "Intent," traveled from Port Arthur to Massawa during WWII to open a bottleneck for the 8th Army and save North Africa for the Allies. Some parts of the article have handwritten notes and underlining. The back of the second page has text from portions of other articles and advertisements.
Date: November 13, 1943
Creator: Dorcy, Biddle & Kiesling, Barrett C.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Oral History Interview with William Tucker, September 25, 1985

Description: Interview with William Tucker, a business executive from Boston, regarding his experiences working for Caltex Petroleum Corporation, their refinery construction and expansion during World War II and after the war, the oil industry, and Caltex in India, Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, and South Africa.
Date: September 25, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tucker, William
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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