World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
William R. Bomar Papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 0111-96-099-001]
Identifier: 0111
Scope and Contents
Biographical information and memorabilia regarding William R. Bomar and his wife, Birdie Perkins Bomar.
Dates:
1988-1991
Lester Boutte Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0526
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, photographs and photocopies of printed material related to Captain Lester Boutte's rescue of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in 1942. It also includes information from the 1985 Ames, Iowa reunion of Boutte and some of the men that he rescued.
Dates:
1942; 1985
John L. McGrady Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1221
Scope and Contents
This accession consists of photographs taken by John L. McGrady documenting the lives of the veteran students and their families who lived in the trailer court at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API, now Auburn University) in the late 1940s following the Second World War.
Dates:
1946 - 1949
Eugene B. Sledge Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0096
Scope and Contents
This collection of materials, 1805-2017 (bulk 1946-2000), related to the military service and academic career of Eugene B. Sledge consists of correspondence, clippings, articles, book reviews, journals, drawings, photographs, slides, video cassettes, memorabilia, awards, and artifacts. Much of the collection concerns Sledge's experiences during World War II and the writing of his memoirs. Portions of the collection contain Sledge family genealogies, along with the papers of John Wesley Rush,...
Dates:
1805 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1946 - 2000
