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[News Script: Wreck & British]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police in Japan saying that 4 people were killed and many were injured when a six-car train derailed near station. Also, about the Christmas night that bought a peaceful break from terrorism in London and Northern Ireland.
Date: December 26, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Charles Henry Nimitz, September 1905]

Description: Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz, writing from China, mentions leaving Manila just as a cholera outbreak occurred. Nimitz mentions his travel plans for he interior of China. He mentions the Boxer Rebellion briefly and various news on some other classmates in the fleet. He also describes a malfunction with one of his torpedoes. Between the time Nimitz started this letter and mailed it, he took an inland trip to Peking, which he describes. H… more
Date: {1905-09-08,1905-09-11,1905-09-12,1905-09-16}
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Charles Henry Nimitz, September 1905]

Description: Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz, writing from China, mentions leaving Manila just as a cholera outbreak occurred. Nimitz mentions his travel plans for he interior of China. He mentions the Boxer Rebellion briefly and various news on some other classmates in the fleet. He also describes a malfunction with one of his torpedoes. Between the time Nimitz started this letter and mailed it, he took an inland trip to Peking, which he describes. He als… more
Date: {1905-09-08,1905-09-11,1905-09-12,1905-09-16}
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[U.S. Army Men Talking Through Train Window]

Description: Photograph of two men interacting from the window of a train car. On the left stands a man in a dark double pocketed uniform jacket with an Army technician patch on the arm and sunglasses. He is resting his forearm on the train window from the outside. On the right, inside the train, is a light-haired man raising food to his mouth. Underneath the window is a sign that reads "Reserved for Allied Military Forces" in English and in Japanese characters underneath.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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