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WWII. World War II

 Topic Guide
Identifier: WWII
This classification groups together collections on the topic of World War, 1939-1945.

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Stanley Bagnall Oral History Interview (SC-263)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-263
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a DVD of an oral history interview of Stanley Bagnall concerning his experience as a pilot in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The interview was conducted by Professor Sam Wilson (of the University of Rio Grande) on November 15, 2007.

Dates: 2007

Pearl Harbor Collection (SC-269)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-269
Scope and Contents The collection contains twelve 5” x 7” letterpress halftone photographs taken by Navy photographers on December 7, 1941 during and immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Included are photographs of the USS Arizona, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS West Virginia, USS Tennessee, USS Shaw, USS Downes, USS Cassin, USS Pennsylvania, USS Helena, USS Nevada, and USS Oglala. Two photographs pre-date the attack: Amelia Earhart in Honolulu, Hawaii, and of Franklin D. Roosevelt with his son...
Dates: circa 1934-1941, 1986; Majority of material found in 1941

Martin "Ray" Hertz, War & Work Memoirs (SC-278)

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SC-278
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one binder of writings by Mr. Hertz on his career in the US Army Air Corps through the United States Air Force, and later the Ohio Air National Guard. The writings chronicle the time period between 1940 and 1957.

Dates: 1940-1957

U.S. Army WWII Correspondence Course Kit (SC-280)

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SC-280
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of several correspondence courses which were to be taken by Army medics preparing for deployment to the Pacific Theatre. There are ten booklets on various diseases and treatments, two exams, and instructions.

Dates: 1943-1944

George Higginbotham World War II Letter (SC-104)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-104
Scope and Contents

Copy of letter written by Higginbotham to his father while he was stationed in Italy during World War II.

Dates: 1943

Edward Lang Papers (SC-105)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-105
Scope and Contents

Letters from Lang written while in US Navy during World War II, describing family issues and his role as an investigator of persons of interest in Germany following the war.

Dates: 1942-1945

Lloyd Kress Papers (SC-106)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-106
Scope and Contents

V-mail written by Kress home and photocopies of newspaper clippings, both from 1945 and from 1995, as part of a retrospective series. Kress witnessed the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

Dates: 1945-1995

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215) in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-215 CORE Scholar
Dates: 1978 - 1995

Dayton Daily News Archive (MS-458) - Air Force History Photographs SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-458 AF History CORE Scholar
Dates: 1943 - 1996