Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains documents, correspondence, and photographs belonging to James David "J. D." Blankenship Jr., a private in the U.S. Army during World War II. Documents include several ration booklets and cards, military training booklets, copies of local Kingsport, Tennessee newspaper articles related to Blankenship's draft and entrance into the Army, and a photocopy of Blankenship's copy of "The 5th Division in France," an account of his division's movements during the war....