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Handmade Folk Grave Markers: Holy Cross Cemetery, Yorktown, Texas
No full textThis photograph is a part of the Kent Rush Folk Markers and Cemeteries Photograph Collection. All inscriptions are transcribed as they originally appear on the headstone, including all variations of spellings, misspellings, and alternating letter cases. Each headstone has its own variation of construction and decoration which are noted in the description. To view full photograph collection, please make an appointment at the UTSA Special Collections Reading Room.
Inscription: "ESMERGILDO VELA 1910 1995"
Construction: Cast.
Gravestone Marker Type: Single Marker
Interview with DeShann Schinkel
No full textOral History with DeShann Schinkel who was in the Air Force from 1982-2002. Schinkel was assigned to Lackland AFB, Hill AFB, FE Warren AFB, and the Wyoming Air National Guard
Interview with Zhane Woodall
No full textOral History with Zhane Woodall (Air Force) from Yuma, Arizona. Woodall enlisted in 2014, and completed her basic training at Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland, TX. From July 2016-January 2017 she was deployed to Kuwait. Currently (2021) she is stationed at Buckley Space Force Base, CO. She plans to stay in the military in the near future. Woodall serves in the Air Force, beginning service in 2014
Interview with Nancy Escobar
No full textOral History with Nancy Escobar, Army (2009-2017). Raised in California to Mexican American parents. As a first-generation American citizen, and second oldest of six, Escobar had big ambitions. Her time in the Army taught her valuable lessons and skills. Her first deployment was in 2011 to Afghanistan. Escobar left the military in 2017 to take care of her children. She served in the Army from 2009-2017
Interview with Chelsie Onken
No full textOral history with Chelsie Onken who described herself as “a young woman with hopes to travel” before she enlisted in the United States Air Force in 2014. She had high expectations of her life after she transitioned from a San Antonio College student to the Air Force. She was honorably discharged in 2017 after some bad experiences. Ms. Onken hopes to have more of a productive role in another branch and travel more as she originally wanted. She believes that by serving in a different capacity, she could in a way earn her title as a veteran by partaking in something where she is more physically productive than just in an office, where she felt she did not honor the title of a Military Veteran. She plans to re-enlist in another branch in 2-5 years after she gets her Associates Degree in Hospitality Management at St. Philips College. Onken served in the Air Force from 2014-2017
Interview with Heidi L. Zellar
No full textOral History with Heidi Zellar, Army (1985-1991), former college volleyball player who joined the military and did her basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. She was deployed to Germany alongside NATO forces and witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. She was not directly involved in war but she was involved with the military around the time of the USSR dissolution
Ron Keel Interview
No full textThis oral history interview was conducted by Gregory Peek as part of The Joe Anthony Project. Summary of the interview by Gregory Peek: "Ron Keel is a singer and musician for a variety of bands including Keel, Steeler, and Saber Tiger. He talks about his early days and influences, which led him down the path towards musical performance. Mr. Keel believes that he first learned that his band music was being played in San Antonio in January 1985, in particular a song called “The Right to Rock.” He learned from his management that San Antonio was an important market for hard rock and heavy metal artists trying to break nationally. He understood Joe Anthony’s importance to his career at that early point in time. The band met Joe Anthony during their first visit to San Antonio and they were interviewed by Joe Anthony live on the air. He describes Joe Anthony’s persona as larger-than-life. Talks about the reaction by San Antonio fans to his bands first show particularly strong memories of banners fans brought with them, unveiled, and hung from the balcony and San Antonio Majestic theater. He laments the current state of rock radio, it has become too corporate and disconnected from the tastes of the audience.
Interview with Clarizza Paz
No full textOral History with Clarizza Paz, (Army) 10th Mountain Division with Field Artillery and Infantry units being the only female in officer position and 2-2 Infantry Division. Paz served in the Army from 2010-2017
Interview with Victoria DeMark
No full textOral History with Victoria DeMark, Army (1991-2002). DeMark was in dentistry in the Army and was deployed in the 1990s to Germany, where she witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall
Interview with Antwanisha Williamson
No full textOral History with Antwanisha Williamson who served 18 years in the Navy