80 Years On: Special Collections Remembers the Beginning of WWII
On December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into WWII. Texans from every community answered the call to serve in the…
A Living Gallery: Historic Photo Deepens Connection Between California Dean and WWII Hero Uncle
The photo is a simple portrait, if you don’t know who you are looking at—a young Japanese-American man in an Army uniform, his bag slung across…
A Living Gallery: Transatlantic World War II Memorial Given New Life with UTA Digital Gallery Photo
Claassens’ work has spanned nearly two decades, and still, he was looking for one thing: a good picture of his charge. And then...
“Skirted Soldiers:” The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
We are kicking off Women’s History Month by celebrating the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in World War II.
A Legacy of Service: Hispanics Serving in World War II
What do WWII veterans look like? What are their names? Where are they from? Do movies and shows reflect the diversity of the armed forces? In this…
The Lives of Heihachiro Izumi and Tamako Sasaki
A picture can be worth a thousand words, but historical and archival research can reveal the stories behind the photographs in our Fort Worth Star…
UTA Libraries Documents World War II Life in Fort Worth, Texas
In 1940, Fort Worth was a slow-paced city whose economy depended on cotton, cattle, and oil. By 1945, it was a fast-growing economic dynamo…