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[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Ralph P. Davidson, September 15, 1977]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Ralph P. Davidson, publisher of Time magazine, asking him to consider including an article on the WASPs and their efforts to obtain veterans' status. She mentions that she has attempted to contact over fifty members of Congress with little success and that she hopes that an article in Time will help increase awareness of the WASPs' cause.

Date: September 15, 1977

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.

Date: June 3, 1944

Creator: Hill, Paul A.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Paul Mantz Wins Bendix Race at 435 M.P.H. for New Mark]

Newspaper clipping of the front page of the New York Herald Tribune, including articles about about international relations, local politics, Nazi trials, and more. Of particular note is the article about the Bendix Trophy race where Jacqueline Cochran took third place.

Date: August 31, 1946

Creator: Allen, C. B.

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Dawn R. B. Seymour to WASP Members, July 14, 1984]

Letter from Dawn R. B. Seymour to WASP Members discussing a recent invitation to a POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony and listing the WASP association's most immediate goals. The letter includes a photocopy of the invitation and envelope front.

Date: July 14, 1984

Creator: Seymour, Dawn Rochow Balden

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Dawn R. B. Seymour to WASP Members, April 21, 1984]

Letter from Dawn R. B. Seymour to WASP members discussing updates on WASP association news.

Date: April 21, 1984

Creator: Seymour, Dawn Rochow Balden

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[News Script: On this day]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Date: December 15, 1969, 6:30 a.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. in his army uniform.

Date: November 4, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Approaching New York Harbor]

Photograph of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, taken on the approach of the ship carrying the 12th Armored Division.

Date: 1946

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Private Bob Trump]

Photograph of Private Bob Trump posing in front of a tree and wooden building.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers on Tank]

Photograph of soldiers posing on a tank. Those in the top row are, from left to right, Pvt. Jake Cohen, Pvt. Bud Thomas, and Pvt. Tom Brennan. The soldiers in the bottom row are Sgt. Emmett Greeley, Pvt. Bill Witrey, Sgt. Louis Gagnon, and Pvt. Buck Everett.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers at Stoney Point, NY]

Photograph of S/Sgt. Vern M. Thomas and Silas Frasure standing in a field at Stoney Point, New York.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Entering New York Harbor]

Photograph of three ships entering New York Harbor. The ship in the foreground is decked out with streamers and banners, one of which reads: "Welcome Home - Well Done", and a band is visible on the ship's deck.

Date: October 10, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Capt. W. S. Shape]

Photograph of Capt. W. S. Shape of the 35th Armored Regiment posing in dress uniform at Pine Camp, New York. A handwritten note on the photo reads: "Capt. W. S. Shape, Serv. Co. 35th A.R. Pine Camp".

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Rifle Drill Team]

Photograph of Pvt. Jake Cohen looking at a rifle drill team at Pine Camp in New York. The drill team includes Sgt. John Storms, Sgt. Carl Edmunds, Sgt. Bill Musir, PFC Ed Tungate, Sgt. Ed Smyth, Sgt. Ed Presley, Sgt. Louis Ganon, and Sgt. Bill Riley.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Officers at Stoney Point]

Photograph of Capt. W. S. Shape and another unidentified officer posing outdoors at Stoney Point, New York. Trees are visible in the background.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Corporal E. Sweet]

Photograph of E. Sweet, a corporal in a medical detachment, posing in front of buildings at Pine Camp, New York.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers in the Snow]

Photograph of Carlisle, James, Moore, Cpl. Jimison, Young, Carothers, Knoch, and Blankenship kneeling in the snow at Pine Camp, New York. Buildings and a car are visible in the background.

Date: [1941..1942]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, December 6, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, on December 6, 1944, thanking her for the Christmas box she sent him. He talks about the weather, and says that the food is getting bad because it's all canned, so her box is very welcome. He expresses hope that a relative made it safely to France.

Date: December 6, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Senator Tom Connally - February 26, 1943]

A Western Union telegram sent to Hon. Tom Connally, U.S. Senate, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, dated February 26, 1943. Carswell advises of the concern of parents of soldiers already dead and of sons now in the fighting zones, that they are understandably critical of a national do-nothing policy about strikes, slow downs and absenteeism and are asking if the Congress cannot act courageously and effectively when the very life of the nation is threatened, as it now is. … more

Date: February 26, 1943

Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[War Department issued Change of Address postcard from 2nd. Lt. Ashley J. Carswell addressed to T. N. Carswell - October 21, 1944]

A Change of Address postcard, issued by the War Department, addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Lt. A. J. Carswell, N.Y., N. Y. The reverse side includes a Notice of Change of Address, dated October 21, 1944, regarding 2nd. Lt. Ashley J. Carswell in care of Postmaster, New York, N. Y.

Date: October 21, 1944

Creator: Carswell, Ashley

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998

Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.

Date: March 9, 1998

Creator: Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee

Item Type: Text

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Memories of Wartime Wanderings: What I Did in World War II

Personal memoirs of Ann van Wynen Tomas about her time in the U.S. Foreign Service during World War II, serving in South Africa and later at the Dutch Government in Exile, in London.

Date: 2013

Creator: Thomas, Ann van Wynen & Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942-

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin College

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 9, 1942]

Letter to Cecile from her father, wishing her a happy birthday and discussing the conflict between China and Russia. He writes about Herbert, a relative in the military, who is expected to come back from overseas and Bell Kirkland, a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy as well as Browne Baker, a civilian working for the Navy in Washington. He also says that he plans to be in New York soon.

Date: May 9, 1942

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I.H. to Cecile Kempner, April 3, 1949]

Letter to Cecile from her father about family that recently visited, a speech that Winston Churchill gave in MIT, nuclear weapons, past wars, a possible future war, tax returns, the Thompsons, and a film he watched with his wife.

Date: April 3, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

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