Box 1
Contains 28 Results:
War-era Documents, 1943-1948
This collection houses military newspapers, veterans' newsletters, articles, letters, and official military documents showing the life of the enlisted Army soldier serving in the Pacific theater during World War II. The 106th Infantry Regiment is particularly well represented.
Postwar Documents, 1978-1992
This collection houses military newspapers, veterans' newsletters, articles, letters, and official military documents showing the life of the enlisted Army soldier serving in the Pacific theater during World War II. The 106th Infantry Regiment is particularly well represented.
Photograph of U. S. Navy Women, 1943
This photograph, taken in 1943, records twenty-six women and two men in Navy uniforms before a plane. Imprinted on the front is "AMM M-14 SEC. A / NATTC Memphis 43."
Letter to Mrs. H. B. Warner in Paris, Tenn., from her husband at Camp Polk in Leesville, La., 1943
This collection contains a letter to Mrs. H. B. Warner in Paris, Tennessee, from her husband at Camp Polk in Leesville, Louisiana. He discusses the horrible weather and teaching men about decontamination. The collection also houses three patches (General Headquarters Grand Forces, Port of Embarkation, and a unidentified three-leaf clover and star patch), an Army pin, and a Good Conduct Medal.
Assorted WWII patches and pins, circa 1939-1945
This collection contains a letter to Mrs. H. B. Warner in Paris, Tennessee, from her husband at Camp Polk in Leesville, Louisiana. He discusses the horrible weather and teaching men about decontamination. The collection also houses three patches (General Headquarters Grand Forces, Port of Embarkation, and a unidentified three-leaf clover and star patch), an Army pin, and a Good Conduct Medal.
Order of Induction into Military, 1918 April 18
This collection houses correspondence, orders, and ephemera documenting John Cripple's service with Company D of the 61st Infantry during World War I.
Individual Pay Record Book, 1918 November 26-December 18
This collection houses correspondence, orders, and ephemera documenting John Cripple's service with Company D of the 61st Infantry during World War I.
American Red Cross Bag and Cord, circa 1918
This collection houses correspondence, orders, and ephemera documenting John Cripple's service with Company D of the 61st Infantry during World War I.
Letter, circa 1918
This collection houses correspondence, orders, and ephemera documenting John Cripple's service with Company D of the 61st Infantry during World War I.
Photograph of John Cripple, circa 1918
This collection houses correspondence, orders, and ephemera documenting John Cripple's service with Company D of the 61st Infantry during World War I.
Ezra Decker Letter, 1865 March 17
This collection houses a letter written by Ohio artilleryman Ezra Decker to Job Sweet. Decker was sick when he wrote the letter, which contains rumors about the war coming to an end and speculation as to Confederate troop movements after the impending fall of Richmond. Decker believes that Robert E. Lee and the remainder of the Confederate Army will raid Knoxville, Tennessee, where his unit was stationed at the time.
Hilston Kilcollins Awards for Valor, 1939 June 1-1943 September 25
This collection houses photocopies of official documents and newspaper clippings showing the numerous awards and honors that Lieutenant Hilston Kilcollins earned for his bravery under fire during World War II.
Toucan Topics
Newsletter, 1945 August 25
The newsletter is hand typed and contains snippets of news from around the world. Such news stories include the war crimes trial for atrocities committed at Dachau Internment Camp and General Douglas MacArthur's movements in Japan. The newsletter also includes an information page about the history, flora and fauna, and primary imports and exports of British Guiana
Not By Grace Alone: Sergeant York's Sons and World War II (partial), undated
This collection houses certificates, articles, correspondence, pamphlets, maps, and photographs documenting the history of the Jewish community in Goeppingen, Germany and Hugo Lang's service with the U. S. Army during the Second World War. Of particular interest are the items showing Lang's emigration from Germany shortly before its Jewish population was deported and murdered.
Guide to German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin, 1991
This pamphlet contains a wealth of information about Germany in the Second World War in addition to Holocaust and World War II memorials in Berlin.
Hugo Lang's Discharge Records, 1945 November
This collection houses certificates, articles, correspondence, pamphlets, maps, and photographs documenting the history of the Jewish community in Goeppingen, Germany and Hugo Lang's service with the U. S. Army during the Second World War. Of particular interest are the items showing Lang's emigration from Germany shortly before its Jewish population was deported and murdered.
Jesse Saunders McMurry Papers, circa 1945
This collection consists of photographs and other materials created and collected by Jesse Saunders McMurry while he was working with the Postal Service in England and France during World War II. The photographs include street scenes in France and England, a mailroom, an outdoor powder room, a tent city, bombed areas, and individual soldiers. Other materials include a 1945 University of Tennessee Alumni Card, a boarding pass, and ration cards.
The German Hits Back
by General Omar N. Bradley, circa 1944-1945
This collection houses certificates, articles, correspondence, pamphlets, maps, and photographs documenting the history of the Jewish community in Goeppingen, Germany and Hugo Lang's service with the U. S. Army during the Second World War. Of particular interest are the items showing Lang's emigration from Germany shortly before its Jewish population was deported and murdered.
Correspondence between George Weber and Hugo Lang [Written in German], 1966 July 28-August 16
This collection houses certificates, articles, correspondence, pamphlets, maps, and photographs documenting the history of the Jewish community in Goeppingen, Germany and Hugo Lang's service with the U. S. Army during the Second World War. Of particular interest are the items showing Lang's emigration from Germany shortly before its Jewish population was deported and murdered.
Birth and Emigration Papers for Hugo Lang and POW Camp Articles, 1923-circa 1945
This collection houses certificates, articles, correspondence, pamphlets, maps, and photographs documenting the history of the Jewish community in Goeppingen, Germany and Hugo Lang's service with the U. S. Army during the Second World War. Of particular interest are the items showing Lang's emigration from Germany shortly before its Jewish population was deported and murdered.