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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

End of Japan

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31604021744521]
Identifier: Mss-0374
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....
Dates: 1989

Charles Pierce Gordon, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0376
Abstract

The Charles Pierce Gordon, Jr. Papers can be used to research military life, the end of World War II and the occupation of Germany.

The collection contains correspondence, a diploma, a leather book cover, a newsletter, newspaper clippings, a notebook, and a photograph album that document his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, particularly the 13th and 707th Tank Battalions.

This collection contains language that is outdated, biased, or offensive.

Dates: Circa 1931-1935, 1945-1946, 1950, 1952

Robert Mason Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0371
Abstract The Robert Mason Papers are a resource for researching the U.S. Army Air Corps in India during World War II as well as the Panamanian banana trade in the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains mostly photographs but also includes an artifact, biographical information, correspondence, and a diploma. The material primarily documents Mason’s assignment to the 84th Air Depot Group in Bangalore, India during World War II and his work in the summer of 1949 at a banana plantation in...
Dates: 1940, 1944-1945, 1949, 2014

Remembrances of World War II

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31604021744521]
Identifier: Mss-0370
Abstract

The Remembrances of World War II provides information about campaigns in Italy’s northern Appennine Mountains and the Po Valley during World War II through the reminiscences of Ulysses S. Jones who served with the 530th Field Artillery Battalion there. The Remembrances also describes his experiences in Trinidad earlier in the war when he was assigned to the 252nd Coastal Artillery Regiment.

Dates: 1995

Robert M. Littlejohn Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0103
Scope and Contents These papers contain 17 chapters of Passing in Review, an aborted history of the Quartermaster Corps in the European Theater of Operations in World War II. It was conceived and edited by General Littlejohn; a number of officers who contributed chapters played major roles under Littlejohn's command. There is also a second volume, Storage and Distribution of Quartermaster Supplies in the ETO in WWII, published by the...
Dates: 1942-1968; 1942 - 1955

Roy Martin Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0171
Scope and Contents The Martin Papers consist of a biographical sketch (1998), correspondence (letters and postcards, 1935-1945), a 2003 eulogy of Martin delivered by his son Allen, a transcript of an oral history concerning D-Day recorded by Martin in 1995, and report cards from Clemson College (1937, 1939). The May 12, 1998 biographical sketch covers the years 1940-1945, giving an overview of the events covered in the correspondence for that period; it also lists individuals referred to in his letters. The...
Dates: 1935-1945, 1995, 1998, 2003; 1935 - 1945