"Mission Field (Tex.)" . . . . "Contains information pertaining to the following war: World War II (WWII)."@en . "Contains the following types of materials: letters, memoirs, clippings, newspapers, photographs, ephemera."@en . "Grace Dayton papers"@en . "Archives"@en . . "Papers of Grace Dayton"@en . . . . . . "Records and correspondence"@en . . . . . "General description of the collection: The Grace Dayton papers consist of 116 letters to and from Leon Meacham, 9 letters to Grace Dayton from various writers, and 4 miscellaneous letters from others to their families. The Meacham letters describe his induction at Fort Niagra, New York; basic training at Harlington, Texas, where he saw Paramount Pictures making a movie; his assignment to Mission Field, Texas, with 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron as a mechanic where he describes in detail his leave times in Mexico and Brownsville; preparing planes for bad weather; local football games; daily life and his work routine as a shift worker; his further education in instrument training at Randolph field, Texas; the USO and its traveling shows; Charro Days in Matamoros, Mexico; news about Moore Field post-war activities; and the arrival of the first Women's Army Corps (WAC) units to relieve men for duty elsewhere. He includes a copy of THE RAMP, vol. 2, #18; a postcard showing enlisted barracks; a bullfight program; and a football program along with clippings about the area. Also included are letters to Grace Dayton mainly of personal information; two printed speeches by Douglas MacArthur and Dennis Hart Mahan; and miscellaneous letters to people seemingly unconnected to Dayton."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Dayton papers"@en . . . "Contains information pertaining to the following military units: Corporal Leon A Meacham -- 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron; 12th Base Headquarters (HQ) and Air Base Squadron, Student Detachment; 2529th Army Air Forces Base Unit, Section C (new designation for 504th SEFT Squadron); Private Kenneth Winslow -- 210th General Hospital; Private Wilson J. Marshall --441st Engineer Depot Company ; Private William Marshall -- Medical Detachment and Anti-Tank Company, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; 9/S Charles Dayton -- F22, Company 488, United States (U.S.) Navy Training Center ; Corporal Austin W. Long -- 4th Infantry Division, 24th Infantry Regiment, HQ, 1st Battalion; Seaman First Class P.J. Knickerbocker, U.S. Navy, Patrol Bomber VPB 25."@en . "Randolph Field (Tex.)" . . . .