Content Information From the Collection:

The Robert Mason Papers covers the period 1940-2014, with all but one item dating from 1940-1949. The photographs and other materials in the collection relate to Mason’s service in India during World War II, his work at a banana plantation in Panama, and a visit to the Mayan ruins at Quiriguá in Guatemala.

Content Information From the Collection:

The Robert Mason Papers covers the period 1940-2014, with all but one item dating from 1940-1949. The photographs and other materials in the collection relate to Mason’s service in India during World War II, his work at a banana plantation in Panama, and a visit to the Mayan ruins at Quiriguá in Guatemala.

Abstract

The Franklin Wallace Photographs are a useful resource in documenting the Iraq War 2003-2011 by illustrating First Lieutenant Wallace’s tour of duty in Baghdad in 2005.

Abstract The End of Japan is a memoir by William Burton who served in the maintenance units of the 3rd and 20th Armored Divisions and the ordnance section of headquarters for the 2nd and 8th Armies. The collection is important in that it provides information on early World War II training of U.S. armored units, a view from the headquarters of the 8th Army of the campaigns in New Guinea and Leyte Island in the Philippines, and the occupation of Japan just after the end of the war....