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Scouting, Volume 1, Number 5, June 15, 1913

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: June 1, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Oral History Interview with Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972

Description: Interview with Jake Guiles, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Guiles discusses joining the service, training, being stationed at Nichols Field in the Philippines, the Japanese invasion and American retreat to Bataan, fighting as infantry, surrender at Marivales, the Bataan Death March, experiences in internment at Camp O'Donnell and Cabantuan, transit to Japan, internment at Hitachi mining camp, liberation, and reflections. In appendix is a notebook kept by Gui… more
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Guiles, Jake
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, June 22, 1988

Description: Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, a Army WWII veteran from Butler, New Jersey, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Rodgers discusses joining the Army and training, assignment to coastal artillery at Fort Shafter, operations there, work in communications, alerts, life in the peacetime Army, the morning of December 7th and reaction to the attack, handling communications at battalion HQ, the aftermath and following days, and his subsequent service in the Pacific War. In appendix is a letter by … more
Date: June 22, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rodgers, Martin J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Florence R. Cole - June 5, 1943]

Description: Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Florence R. Cole. McKie states that she has been listening to shortwave radio messages for four months and sending letters to families of P.O.W.s. McKie estimates she has already sent over 500 letters and has filled four scrapbooks. McKie also mentions family news and talks about life in California.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to B. P. Henker - June 27, 1943]

Description: Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. B. P. Henker, relative of Charles and Barbara (?)' stating she is hoping to get the correct address for Mrs. P. L. Bleckinger so she can forward the shortwave radio message from Lindsay Bleckinger to her. Scrapbook page 6.
Date: June 27, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William R. Sanchez, June 24, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with with William R. Sanchez. Born in Texas in 1918, Sanchez joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1938. He was drafted into the Army in 1940 and elected to serve in the Philippines. He was assigned to the 59th Regiment, Coast Artillery, Battery D and later Battery H at Fort Mills (Corregidor). He was then assigned to Army Intelligence in the Harbor Defense Headquarters. He recounts how the Army Intelligence at Corregid… more
Date: June 24, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Sanchez, William R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dwight Pendleberry, June 21, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight Pendleberry. Pendleberry joined the Army with his brother prior to the outbreak of war with Japan. After training as an ordnance man in the artillery, Pendleberry's company was sent to the Philippines in September, 1941. Pendleberry describes the Japanese attack on the Philippines and the subsequent fall of Bataan. He escaped to Corregidor with a few other people only to be captured there one month later. After being … more
Date: June 21, 2000
Creator: Pendleberry, Dwight
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 15.179962 120.523217
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to P. R. Lawson - June 1, 1943]

Description: Letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mr. P. R. Lawson, Assistant Treasurer at Manila Electric Company, acknowledging his letter of May 25, 1943. McKie describes her shortwave radio and how she records messages. She explains while she has not heard anyone mention the Manila Electric Company, some internees do mention 'the company'. Letter includes a list of names that the Manila Electric Company may recognize: 'David W. Levitt (Levy) (?); Louis Decoito; George Howard Crosby (?); Thomas P. Condy; Io… more
Date: June 1, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Mrs. Frank W. Scott to Cecelia McKie - June 7, 1943]

Description: Letter sent from Mrs. Frank D. Scott to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message and stating she had given Frances (her daughter) and Luis Backleder (her son-in-law) up for dead. She mentions other family members, daughter Evelyn Cherry and son-in-law Ralph Cherry, in the Philippines. Her other son-in-law Ralph (Bob) Bouth is also a prisoner. She mentions she has not heard directly from Ralph (Bouth) or Evelyn. Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from Venice, C… more
Date: June 7, 1943
Creator: Scott, Mrs. Frank W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dryer to Cecelia McKie - June 16, 1943]

Description: Letter sent from Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dryer to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message and stating their daughter, Marian Dryer Newsom, is interned with Elsie Luckman. Marian had been on her way to Manila on December 1st, 1941, and both girls were caught there by the war. Envelope addressed to Mrs. W. L. McKie, Sacramento, California from Mrs. Mabel Dryer, Wichita, Kansas.
Date: June 16, 1943
Creator: Dryer, R. L. & Dryer, Mrs. R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Laurel E. Weiskind to Cecelia McKie - June 7, 1943]

Description: Letter sent from Mrs. Laurel E. Weiskind to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from her brother, D. B. Ledermann, and stating the last time she heard from her brother was at Christmas. Envelope addressed to Mrs. W. L. McKie, Sacramento, California from (Mrs. A. A.) Laurel E. Weiskind, Wichita, Kansas.
Date: June 7, 1943
Creator: Weiskind, Laurel E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 9, 1908]

Description: Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz describes his trip to Saigon in some detail. Nimitz mentions riding in an automobile with the US consul. They traveled to several places over one hundred miles in about 4 hours. He also describes getting caught in a typhoon on the way back to Manila.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 9, 1908]

Description: Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz describes his trip to Saigon in some detail. Nimitz mentions riding in an automobile with the US consul. They traveled to several places over one hundred miles in about 4 hours. He also describes getting caught in a typhoon on the way back to Manila.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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