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1996

World War II

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0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of letters written daily, sometimes multiple times a day, from Beecher Ray Burnett to his wife Anita between September 3 and October 5, 1943 from Burnett while he was being trained as part of the 47th Army Air Force Training Detachment in Huntington and other cities in West Virginia. Topics mentioned in the letter include what he was learning and doing in training, social events, and personal matters.


0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, civic leader; Second World War veteran. Papers consist primarily of Dowling’s scrapbooks and memorabilia related to her service as an army nurse with the 1st Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) unit; included are photocopies of certificates and letters related to her civic activities and election to the Huntington Hall of Fame.