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Plano pintoresco de la Habana con los numeros de las casas [Sheet 2].

Description: Map shows street names, house numbers, buildings, fortifications, public institutions, and military facilities in Havana, Cuba; existing and proposed roads and railroads, division boundaries, cities, towns, and coastline detail for the island of Cuba. Includes table of distances, references, and note. Insets [Habana]: "Puerto y cercanias de la Habana." Illustrations: "Escudo concedido âa la isla en 1516," "Vista de la plaza de S. Francisco," "Toma del Morro de la Habana por los Ingleses 1762," … more
Date: 1860
Creator: Corning, E. L.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Tor… more
Date: March 31, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Solis, John G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Tor… more
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Solis, John G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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