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Ralph Rogers Wheeler Papers: Finding Aid, Bethany Latham
Ralph Rogers Wheeler Papers: Finding Aid, Bethany Latham
Finding Aids
This collection contains photographic prints, newspaper clippings, conference programs, photocopies from various sources, military records, booklets, original essays, and more most likely compiled by Ralph Rogers Wheeler (1918-2004), an Alabama native. Items relate to Wheeler’s life and especially his military service and time as a Japanese prisoner of war. Beginning in 1942, he was first housed in a prison camp in the Philippines, and then sent via ship to a prison camp near Osaka, Japan. He was rescued in 1945 after Japan’s surrender. Supplementary materials appear to be related to research he did into Bataan and Corregidor, as well as …
Chronicle Of The 39th Infantry Regiment From Normandy To The Elbe: June 1943 - May 1945, Richard B. Kann Jr.
Chronicle Of The 39th Infantry Regiment From Normandy To The Elbe: June 1943 - May 1945, Richard B. Kann Jr.
9th Infantry Division Association Documents
The 39th Infantry Regiment fought as part of the 9th Infantry Division during World War II. This chonicle is a diary of the Regiment's daily operations and actions as it progressed across Europe during 1944 and 1945. The chronicle is portrayed from the vantage point of Richard B. Kann (father of the author) and Dale E. Smith, who served as medics in the 39th Infantry Regiment during that time.
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 196. Letters sent to Stone and his mother, Nelle Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II from friends in armed service around the world. Includes letters, holiday greeting cards, telegrams, V-mail and postcards. Almost all correspondents were members of a local fraternal club known as the Senators which was composed of graduates of Bowling Green High School.
87th Depot Repair Squadron (Sc 1596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
87th Depot Repair Squadron (Sc 1596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1596. Humorous skit prepared for the second anniversary of the 87th Deport Repair Squadron's formation, celebrated at the Enlisted Men's Club, Foggia, Italy.
0630: R. Clinton Woodson Papers, 1942, Marshall University Special Collections
0630: R. Clinton Woodson Papers, 1942, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection contains a photograph of Clinton R. Woodson as well as a plaque stating, “Sgt. R. Clinton Woodson, Camp Lee, Va.” with a United States Army crest in the center.
Treasury Department, Second Auditor's Office, Treasury Certificate; July 17, 1868
Treasury Department, Second Auditor's Office, Treasury Certificate; July 17, 1868
Print Materials from the Richard Mette Collection
Treasury Department Form No. 21, stating is was sent September 1868 with an enclosed certificate for $65.17 payable to the recipient as the father of the deceased or to his order by the Paymaster of the U.S. Army. Date taken from writing on the back. Box:12 Folder:1 (M# 38)
Letter From John O'Fallon To George Sibley, May 3, 1819, John O'Fallon
Letter From John O'Fallon To George Sibley, May 3, 1819, John O'Fallon
George Champlin Sibley Papers
Transcript of Letter from John O'Fallon to George Sibley, May 3, 1819. O'Fallon discusses the establishment of three new locations along the Missouri, to station troops.