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World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 328 Collections and/or Records:

Clyde W. Kiker Collection on the 290th Combat Engineers

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0385
Overview

This collection, compiled by Clyde W. Kiker, contains material documenting the 290th Combat Engineers during and after World War II. Included is a typescript memoir entitled “Incident at Bernau [Germany]” by Guy deGrand (undated); a copy of “Reflections of a Combat Infantryman” by James Graff (1977); and a newsletter of the 290th Combat Engineers Veterans (1989).

Dates: 1977-1989

Cornell Houston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0021
Abstract

This collection consists of books, currency, maps, negatives, notes, photographs, and press clippings pertaining to Cornell Houston's service in the United States Air Force during World War II.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

Cortland Bassett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0242
Overview

This collection documents the World War II service of Major Cortland A. Bassett. The collection includes correspondence, military documents, photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, and more that document his time with th 10th Armored Division in training and in the European Theater of War.

Dates: 1911 June 16-1947 May 9; Majority of material found within 1941-1946

Curtis A. Williams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0335
Overview

This collection contains articles, short stories, a log book, and military documents related to Curtis Williams and his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Dates: 1945-1946

David C. Laing Letter of Wartime Experiences

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0364
Overview

This collection contains a letter written by World War II veteran David Laing regarding his wartime experience during the Battle of the Bulge. Written in 1984, the letter is nine typed pages and includes a hand-drawn map. Accompanying this letter is a secondary letter (a single typed page) written by Laing in 1988 with additional information.

Dates: 1984-1988

David F. Ross Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0081
Abstract

This collection features various military documents, photographs, and books from David F. Ross, a Lieutenant in the 5th Air Force deployed in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Dates: 1944-1949, 1984, undated

Delmar Wiley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0296
Overview This collection documents the World War II experiences of soldier Delmar Wiley who was declared missing in action for seven months in the Pacific Theater of War after his aircraft was attacked and shot down. The collection contains Wiley's autobiography, entitled Wiley's Island (1986), which chronicles his life and his WWII experiences. The collection also includes a pamphlet for the USS Yorktown CV-5 Club entitled "The Crier and Bylaws" (1986), and a...
Dates: 1943, 1986

Dennis Coughlin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0103
Abstract

This collection features correspondence between Sy Hyman and Dennis Coughlin as well as a collection of diary entries made by Hyman in 1946 from his World War II service.

Dates: 1946, 1986, undated

Dewey E. Crowe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0023
Abstract

This collection consists of military documents, yearbooks, photographs, and correspondence which document Dewey E. Crowe's service in the United States Air Force during World War II.

Dates: 1938-1943, 1987

Digby G. Seymour Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0175
Abstract

World War II documents and photographs of veteran Digby G. Seymour including pieces of Japanese currency and photographs of a Nazi Party rally in Austria.

Dates: 1945-1987

Don Loth Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0342
Overview

This collection contains a typed memoir manuscript from Don Loth. Approximately 55 pages, the memoir details Loth's experiences in the military with the 12th Armored Division Hellcats during and after World War II.

Dates: undated

Donald B. Heffron Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0042
Abstract

This collection consists of a photocopy of Donald B. Heffron's handwritten, personal account of his World War II experiences as a Marine Raider. The manuscript begins with his last few years in high school and ends circa 1946. Also available is a press clipping from The Knoxville News-Sentinel, part of an advertising supplement in the September 6, 1998, issue on Townsend, TN.

Dates: 1996 June 26, 1998 September 6

Donald L. Askerman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0112
Abstract

This collection contains one copy of "My Forties," Donald L. Askerman's typed memoir of his experiences during World War II.

Dates: circa 1940

Dr. Harold Diftler Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2603
Abstract

The Dr. Harold Diftler Oral History, 2003 is a typescript from an oral history interview with Dr. Harold Diftler by Dr. Kurt Piehler and Brad Mason of the University of Tennessee for the Veteran's Oral History Project conducted by the Center for the Study of War and Society. The interview focuses primarily on his World War II experiences, but also covers pre-war and post-war periods.

Dates: 2003

Dr. Hermes Grillo Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2614
Abstract

The Dr. Hermes Grillo Oral History, 2002, is a typescript from an oral history interview with Dr. Hermes Grillo by Dr. Kurt Piehler and Crystal Dover of the University of Tennessee for the Veteran's Oral History Project conducted by the Center for the Study of War and Society. The interview focuses primarily on his World War II experiences, but also covers pre-war and post-war periods. Dr. Grillo shares the experience of surgery on the war front.

Dates: 2002

Dr. James L. Pointer Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2696
Abstract

This interview covers Pointer's boyhood on a farm in Heiskell, Tenn. (Knox County) through his experience flying as a pilot in WWII.

Dates: 2003

Dwight L. McReynolds Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0174
Abstract

This collection includes photographs, maps, papers, newspapers, documents, booklets, and other publications kept by Brig. General Dwight L. McReynolds during his service in World War II (European Theater) and shortly after.

Dates: 1926-1969; Majority of material found within 1941-1945

Earl S. Wilson Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0367
Overview

This collection is the World War II memoir of Earl S. Wilson, particularly Wilson’s time training in 1942. The manuscript is a 21-page typed document, made in 1987. The memoir begins with Wilson’s entry into the service in July 1942 and follows him through the end of the year; he recounts stories of his training at Camp Wolters, Fort Leonard Wood, and the University of Kentucky. Wilson later served in the Pacific Theater of War, though this time is not covered in this manuscript.

Dates: 1987

Earl W. Quintrell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2594
Abstract

These papers consist of two December 1944 action records for the Destroyer USS Edwards made by the ship's Commanding Officer, Earl W. Quintrell. Also included are his typed answers to a 2002 questionnaire from a researcher, and a letter to the National Archives where copies of the action reports were sent.

Dates: 1944-2002

Ed Merkel Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0024
Abstract

This autographed memoir, entitled "My Last Mission", describes Lieutenant Colonel Ed Merkel's time, May 1943 -July 1945, as a B-17 pilot and German POW during World War II.

Dates: undated