Favorite port for Navy vets

Publication

Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2026.1015.7.1

Name/Title

Favorite port for Navy vets

Entry/Object ID

2026.1015.7

Description

The Houston Chronicle, Sunday, October 19, 2008. Newspaper clipping covering the USS Texas Veterans Association's annual reunion to the ship. Article pages sent to Robson with a letter in an envelope from a fellow veteran.

Context

The Battleship Texas Museum was operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from 1983 to 2020. She was located at San Jacinto State Park on the Houston Ship Channel. John E. Robson served on Battleship Texas beginning on October 16, 1943. He was made a MM3c on May 20, 1944, a MM2c on August 1, 1945, and departed from the ship on November 16, 1945. He was a supporter of turning Battleship Texas into a museum and visited regularly for veteran reunions.

Collection

Collection (John E. Robson), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clipping, Newspaper

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clipping

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Publication Details

Date Published

Oct 19, 2008