Camp Howze Museum

Items

• Notice of 86th Blackhawk Reunion
  Notice of 86th Blackhawk reunion including topics to be discussed at the reunion held on September 22, 1990.
• 86th Blackhawk Division to Rockford Museum Historian
  A letter by the 86th Blackhawk Division's Executive Director, Kathleen Juni, thanking David Puhl, the historian at Rockford Museum for a meeting and discussing a WWII museum exhibition.
• Moon Maids with dog
  dog pictured being pampered by the Moon Maids
• Moon Maids
  Moon Maids newspaper advert
• Civilians of Howze Buy Bonds
  A photo of a bond buying rally hosted by Camp Howze.
• Male Call - “Dream Of Genii”
  An issue of Male Call that shows two soldiers lamenting that Miss Lace would not visit them even though she stands right behind them.
• Airwacs See Infantry
  A photo of a group of Air Force WACs who visited Camp Howze.
• Untitled Comic
  A comic that shows a woman climbing in a car while two passing soldiers look at her backside.
• Helpless Patient
  A photo of nurse’s aids helping a patient while changing the sheets.
• WAC Corporal Kay Henderson
  A photo of WAC Corporal Kay Henderson.
• Showtime At Howze
  Photos of multiple performers who came to Howze on Sunday.
• Hi Ya Soldier
  A photo of actress Ann Sheridan saluting a soldier.
• “Well, Well, If It Isn’t Private Hornelocke”
  A comic by WC Petty, G-2 in the 84th company.
• Male Call - “In Attacking, Never Take Terrain For Granted”
  An issue of Male Call that shows Miss Lane turning down two soldiers for another date, so they decide to retaliate by shaving the soldier’s hair, only to find him already bald.
• Male Call - “Tasty Dish on the T/O”
  An issue of Male Call that shows Miss Lace talking with a soldier about title codes.
• Male Call - “Bagged by the J.A.G.D.”
  An issue of Male Call that shows Miss Lace turn down a soldier for a previous engagement, and he fines her for $500.
• Male Call - “Combat Report”
  An issue of Male Call that shows a pushy general who gets what he deserves.
• Male Call - “You’re Riding, Now, Red”
  An issue of Male Call that shows some soldiers who are worried about looking or turning into The Wolf, only to do exactly that the second they see Miss Lace.
• Male Call - “Some Stuffing!”
  An issue of Male Call that shows Miss Lace and all of the general gathered for dinner, where Miss Lace is forced to cut the Turkey so the men can stare at her chest.
• Male Call - “Heart Chart”
  An issue of Male Call that compares dating as a woman to jungle warfare, and provides a comedic guide on how to survive.
• Male Call - “Elevation Not Corrected For Recoil”
  An issue of Male Call that shows a lonely general, and Miss Lace shows him all he needed was a little feminin grace.
• Male Call - “Like A Fetter From Home”
  An issue of Male Call that shows a homesick soldier, and Miss Lace helps and comforts him.
• Male Call - “It Was Rank”
  An issue of Male Call that shows Miss Lace and a soldier standing in the rain trying to light a cigarette, while a passing officer offers a light and has too many stars on his collar.
• Male Call - “There’s A War On, Don’t Be A No Show”
  An issue of Male Call that shows a letter from a soldier asking Miss Lace to wear more Pin-Up girl outfits, and she responds with why she can’t while wearing multiple Pin-Up girl outfits.
• Male Call - “It’s All In the Way You Look At It”
  An issue of Male Call that shows soldiers singing and creating songs, so one soldier creates a song for Miss Lace and get a punch for his efforts.
• Male Call - “ Fire Control Manual” + “Why Don’t You Do Wright”
  Two strips of the comic Male Call, the first shows a Miss Lace helping a soldier figuer out how to ask the girl he likes on a date, while a soldier looking to ask Miss Lace out misunderstands. The second comic shows all the soldiers ignoring Lace in favor of a test plane that fails to take.
• Joe Louis with gear
  Joe Louis walking through a camp while soldiers watch.
• Unpaved road at Camp Howze.
  Dirt road on camp.
• Order to Report for Induction
  Order for Joseph Bernard Walter to report to board, at Courthouse, Gainesville, Texas, no later than 0700 on 11 April 1944.
• German POW ring.
  Mercury head ring created by German POW.
• Laughter, dancing, sandwiches.
  Soldiers and women at Camp Howze recreation.
• Bus station employees
  Original photograph of camp bus station employees.
• Camp Howze ID
  Identification for George P. Ware
• We Are Going To Win the War
  From the back of a food menu. Quote belongs to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
• "African-American 761st Tank Bn at the 1993 Cactus Reunion"
  An article with a photograph of 103rd Division veterans who served together in Europe during WWII
• Staff Sergeant Charlie David Mitchell
  Image of Staff Sergeant Charlie David Mitchell taken from his WWII oral history video recorded by the Veteran's History Project.
• Remarkable Willys
  Flying Willy Jeeps caricature
• Good Night Wherever You Are
  A wife and soldier separated by war.
• Rich soil
  Description of Cooke County in late nineteenth century. Gainesville is in Cooke County. Camp Howze was on Gainesville soil.
• Roger Anderson
  An image of a young Roger Anderson in France during his time fighting over seas.
• Camp Howze Band
  Image of Camp Howze band from the Morton Museum and Shana Powell's "Images of America: Gainesville and Cooke County."
• Image of pilots.
  Black and white image from Morton Museum and Shana Powell's book Gainesville and Cooke County of pilots.
• Cover Image of Dr. Rothacker Childs Smith's WWII Memoir
  Cover image of Dr. Rothacker C. Smith's WWII memoir which provides details of his experiences as a Black soldier in a wide variety of circumstances, job assignments, and duty stations, including Camp Howze.
• 103rd Infantry Division Sgt. Frank J. Waldeck
  Photo of Frank J. Waldeck, a 103rd Infantry Division platoon sergeant who trained at Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas.
• No 48-Hour Week For Them
  A photo of volunteer workers from USO Clubs.
• Dance at service club two
  an Image from the Camp Howze Howitzer. the image shows soldiers, women and their chaperons at a dance
• Male Call - “Slight Snaf In Cupid’s Plan”
  An issue of Male Call in which a soldier attempts to woo Miss Lace by playing music out her window, and instead his friend plays German for Beginners.
• Gainesville USO Volunteers
  A clipping from the camp Howze Howitzer of over30 volunteers. these women assisted USO workers, working over 48 hour weeks.
• 103rd Infantry Division Annual Reunion and Monument Dedication
  Documentation of the monument dedication ceremony in Gainesville on November 11, 2006, with pictures as well as the 2006 reunion of the 103rd Infantry Division Association of World War II in Dallas.
• Miniature House Reconstruction
  A reconstruction of the miniature house made by the POW for Kay Hively. The reconstruction was made by Eric Geyer for the Camp Howze Christmas Revue. This is not the real doll house, but Kay Hively saw it in person and said that it was an accurate reconstruction.