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Midland Airfield, Texas: Advanced Twin Engine School, General Layout

Map shows proposed and existing roads, structures, runways, rail lines and facilities while Midland Airfield operated as a training facility during World War II. Scale [1:4800].

Date: 1941

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from H. A. Palmer to T. N. Carswell - August 9, 1941]

A letter written to T. N. Carswell, Commander, Parramore Post No. 57, The American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from W. B. Preston, Post Commander by H. A. Palmer, Post Adjutant, Midland, Texas, dated August 9, 1941. Preston acknowledges the announcement by Carswell that the Post has Abilene's hat in the ring for the 1942 Departmental Convention assuring Carswell that he is "rootin' for you all the way".

Date: August 9, 1941

Creator: Palmer, H. A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Midland Police Force, 1941]

Photograph of several officers of the Midland Police Department in front of the Midland City Hall. The officers stand in front of black police cars and motorcycles in uniform, facing forward. The officers are identified from a note on the back: from left to right, Frank Manning, W. C. Durham, Bill Moreland, Mac McCaslin, Glen Hudson, [Jack] Merritt, and Charlie Adkins.

Date: April 1, 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.999424 -102.075431

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Military Parade, Downtown Midland]

Photograph of an U.S. army vehicle in a military parade (part of the Searchlight Battalion, on maneuvers) passing through downtown Midland on April 7, 1941. The parade passes in front of the courthouse, visible at left in front of the Petroleum Building. A crowd of people have lined the streets along the sidewalk to watch the parade.

Date: April 7, 1941