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Oral History Interview with Neil Elder, July 6, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Neil Elder. Elder joined the Navy in 1940. He completed Radio Communications School, and served as an Aviation Radioman. He flew scout missions in the Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft, catapulted from USS Portland (CA-33). He participated in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Savo Island, the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. Elder returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date: July 6, 2021
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Elder, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Sam Harless: June 2021

Description: Newsletter of Sam Harless for his constituents in district 126 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the issues that will be discussed in the upcoming special sessions, conclusions of the legislations authored or co-authored by Harless that were addressed in the 87th Legislature, and a COVID-19 update.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: Harless, Sam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Neil Elder, July 6, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Neil Elder. Elder joined the Navy in 1940. He completed Radio Communications School, and served as an Aviation Radioman. He flew scout missions in the Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft, catapulted from USS Portland (CA-33). He participated in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Savo Island, the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. Elder returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: Elder, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Historical Marker for St. Joseph's Catholic Church in New Waverly, TX]

Description: Photograph of the Historical Marker in front of St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Elmore St. in New Waverly, TX. Marker Text reads: "The Rev. Felix Orzechowski, who came to Texas in 1866 to answer an appeal for Polish missionaries, organized St. Joseph's Parish in 1869. The first Catholic church in Walker County, it served the many Polish families who settled this area in the 1870s. Church tradition often sustained the immigrants until they adjusted to life in a new country. Services were held ou… more
Date: July 6, 2022
Creator: Hicks, William
Partner: UNT Libraries
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