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Date: October 4, 2007
Robert H. Zimmerman was inducted into the Army (Air Force) in 1943 and served until 1946 in the Second Air Force. Interviewed by Deborah Pye on Oct 4, 2007, Zimmerman…
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Date: June 15, 2007
Jim Stokes enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and served until 1947 on the USS Erben, Third Fleet. He was originally classified 1-E, which meant that he could not be…
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Date: June 28, 2007
Richard Steffen enlisted in the Army (Air Force) and was sworn in on October 28, 1942, and served until February 14, 1946, in the 489th Squadron. He was stationed in…
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Date: September 18, 2007
Millard Spencer enlisted in the United States Army in approximately 1957 and served until 1959 in the 190th Medical Detachment. Interviewed by Nancy L. Porter on September 18, 2007, Spencer…
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Date: September 25, 2007
Leo Smith enlisted in the Army (Air Force) in 1941 and served until 1945 in the Sixtieth Air Depot Group. Interviewed by Deborah Pye on September 25, 2007, Smith talked…
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Date: August 23, 2007
Jack Proctor was inducted into the United States Army and served until 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on Aug 23, 2007, Proctor talked about military experiences in the Second World…
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Date: July 10, 2007
Jesse Pacheco enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943 and served until 1946 in the Fourth Raider Battalion and Fourth Marine Regiment. Interviewed by Brian Grubbs on Jul 10, 2007,…
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Date: July 25, 2007
Don Otto enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 576th Signal Company, 35th Quartermaster Truck Company. Interviewed by Deborah Pye on Jul 25,…
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Date: May 23, 2007
John “Buck” Newsom received an appointment to the Naval Academy after one year at Duke University. He graduated in February 1941 and was sent to the Pacific Fleet. He first…
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Date: February 16, 2007
Robert Mellon was inducted into the United States Army in 1942 and served until 1945. He did his basic training at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii and was stationed in various…
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Date: June 12, 2007
Alois (Bud) Madl was inducted into the Army (Infantry) in 1944 and served until 1946. He was stationed in Belgium and Czechoslovakia. Interviewed by Brian Grubbs on Jun 12, 2007,…
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Date: March 29, 2006
Harold Jones enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and served until 1946 on the SS Palawan and Sombrero Key (a tugboat). He did his basic training at Camp Wallace, Texas…
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Date: June 21, 2007
Ellis Hayden enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and served until 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on Jun 21, 2007, Hayden talked about military experiences in the Second World War.…
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Date: August 14, 2006
Archie Hawkins was drafted into the Army (Air Corps) in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 83rd Squadron. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on Aug 14, 2006, Hawkins talked about…
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Date: August 3, 2007
Les Hannon enlisted in 1941 in Britain’s Royal Air Force and served until 1945. Interviewed by Nancy Porter on Aug 3, 2007, Hannon talked about military experiences in the Second…
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Date: August 31, 2006
Paul Getto enlisted in the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1946. He worked as a dentist in Alabama. Apparently, he did not serve overseas. Interviewed by Pattie…
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Date: June 8, 1934
This is a program from the pageant of the brides event at the Jennings Methodist Episcopal Church, Jennings, Kansas. Listed in the program are the names of the participants and…
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Date: February 16, 1942
This is a letter from Dr. W.H. Goldsbury, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, to the Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. In the letter, Goldsbury recounts an Indian massacre that supposedly took place…
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Date: August 14, 1880
This letter is from E.A. Claar, Hawkeye, Kansas, to her son Earl H. Claar. In the letter, E.A. writes of the hardships that occur during settlement. From having little to…
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Date: March 17, 1946
This is a letter from Mrs. Lawrence Claar, Oberlin, Kansas, to the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. In the letter, Mrs. Claar writes that she is sending a story…
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Date: 1945-1959
The Santa Fe railroad compiled and filed these reports by law with the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Date: May 17, 1955
A program from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announcing the first anniversary rally of the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public education. The rally…
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Date: 1903
This is a program for Miss Lillian Tooley’s elocution recital, held at the Anna Morgan Studio Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois. The program lists the sheet music for “Babe,…
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Date: Between 1878 and 1881
A small leaflet containing hymns and choruses, most likely used by Exodusters leaving the South after Reconstruction, as they moved westward.
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Date: 1879
A small pamphlet from the Colored Refugee Relief Board. This organization helped black emigrants from the South receive aid, such as food and shelter, as they traveled westward to find…
