Richard Webb papers

Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 3 (06.0151-06.200), Folder: 06.0197 - Folder 1

Identifier: 06.0197

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Richard Webb was a storekeeper first class in the US Navy in the European Theater. He was a mail clerk and storekeeper and received three Bronze Stars This collection includes a 10-page typed memoir about a trip to England aboard the LST-293, an account of D-Day, and an account of actions taken at Mount St. Michel. Also included are his reflections on death and dying and the role of "ducks" in WWII as well as 28 photographs of the LST, its crew, the dead and wounded GIs on D-Day, German POWs, and other naval craft.

Dates

Created: 1943-1944
Other: Majority of material found in 1944
Other: Date acquired: 10/03/2006

Creator

Webb, Richard (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical or Historical Information

Webb was a mail clerk and storekeeper and received three Bronze Stars (he also served as a sergeant first class in the Army during the Korean War )and he served aboard an LST ship (LST-293), one of many that participated in the DDay invasion.

Extent

1.00 folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Source of Acquisition

Richard Webb

Method of Acquisition

donation

Subjects

Bronze Star Medal (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Landing craft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Prisoners of war Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army
United States. Army--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army--Military life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Navy--History--20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--France Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings