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[Letter from Ashley Carswell to T. N. Carswell - September 13, 1944]

Description: A letter written to Uncle Norwood [T. N. Carswell] from Ashley [Ashley Carswell], Tucson, Arizona, dated September 13, 1944. Ashley Carswell advises that he has completed training and is ready to go overseas. He has a nine-day delay with his crew to pick up a new ship and equipment in Topeka, Kansas, drive to Dallas then fly to Jacksonville to be home four or five days. He assures his Uncle that he is "not worried about going across because I've got the best crew on the field―but I am the on… more
Date: September 13, 1944
Creator: Carswell, Ashley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Order to Report for Induction: Alaniz]

Description: Military order for Jose Alaniz to report for induction into the U.S. Armed Forces; it requires that he report at 1:00pm on November 11, 1943 to the local military board at Sinton, Texas.
Date: October 30, 1943
Creator: United States. Selective Service System.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Sinton Texas Historical Museum

Air Power

Description: Book detailing the work of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, including training programs, personnel, types of airplanes in use, and methods of fighting.
Date: 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Negative of Soliders Hauling Packs of a Ship at Night]

Description: Negative of soldiers in long collared uniforms with utility belts, helmets, side bags and bayonets hauling large dark packs off a ship. There are two soldiers on the ramp, with a third at the top. The deck of the ship is crowded with more soldiers. The sky is dark suggesting the photo was taken late at night with an unseen light source coming from the left.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Filing Off Ship for Bayonet Training]

Description: Photograph of soldiers in full uniform including helmets, large backpacks and bayonets, as they file off a large ship for basic training somewhere in the South Pacific. On the deck of the ship a long line of soldiers can be seen making their way to the stairs located on the right. At the base of the stairs is a large puddle.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Solider Impales Sandbag with Bayonet]

Description: Photograph of a soldier in a dark uniform, large utility belt, boots and a cap impaling a sandbag suspended between two wooden poles with a bayonet. Off to the right two other soldiers watch in their undershirts, pants and boots. Several other soldiers are milling around behind the soldier with the bayonet.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Undergo Basic Training]

Description: Photograph of two lines of three soldiers face off against each other during basic training. The three soldiers on the left hold wooden sticks while the three on the right hold guns. On the far left stands another soldier with his hands on his hips supervising the training. On the right is a group of soldiers also overlooking the training. All the soldiers are wearing full body collared uniforms, bulky utility belts, caps and boots.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Face Off in Training]

Description: Photograph of two long lines of soldiers facing each other in a large grass field. The soldiers are dressed in uniform jackets, gasmasks and brimmed hats and holding guns. In between the two lines stands a lone soldier. In the background is a small building with a pointed roof nestled amongst several trees.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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