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[Remarks by Mary Jane Rogers on Dr. Chauncey D. Leake]

Notes for the remarks given by Mary Jane Rogers on her former boss, the late Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, at the 1989 History of Medicine Society meeting. Rogers, who worked as his secretary, discusses Leake's character and career, as well as a New Years' poem by Leake.

Date: 1989

Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978

Item Type: Text

Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Clipping: The Forgotten Flyers of WWII]

Photocopied clipping from the November/December 1989 issue of the Fireside Companion. It shares the story of the WASPs in celebraion of Veteran's Day.

Date: November 1989

Creator: King, Julie Adair

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Oral History Interview with Huddleston W. Wright, November 1989

Interview with Huddleston Wright, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wright discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944-1945), Phet Buri, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.

Date: {1989-11-02,1989-11-14}

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wright, Huddleston W., 1905-

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Clipping: Women, Wings and War]

Photocopy of an article discussing Margaret Harper's experience serving in the WASP, duties she was given, the discontinuation of the WASP, and sexual discrimination against female veterans. Another article about the history and preservation of WASP history in Texas Woman's University is also included.

Date: July 18, 1989

Creator: Porter, Bob