Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow papers

Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 1998 Box 22 (98.0550-98.0580)

Identifier: 98.0552

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow papers consist of a diary and various documents relating to his service as an ambulance driver for the 482nd Medical Collection Company. Sergeant Enlow's diary illustrates what life was like as an ambulance driver during the war. He describes in detail the casualties he witnessed, fighting during the Battle of the Bulge, traveling through Europe, basic training, prisoners of war, and the Buchenwald concentration camp. While some descriptions are graphic, they depict the true nature of the war. His documents include photographs taken at Buchenwald, basic training notice, a German train ticket, German advertisement, one Victory Mail letter, post-war customs declarations, Czechoslovakian prayer card, military immunization records, general orders guidelines, letter from a chaplain, post-war mail, road movements map, and smaller certificates.

Dates

Created: 1943-1952
Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1945
Other: Date acquired: 07/17/1998

Creator

Enslow, Hurtis "Jack" Lowell (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

Sergeant Hurtis “Jack” Lowell Enlow was born on November 28, 1909, and grew up in Madison, Indiana. He married Olive Enlow and enlisted into the United States Army in early 1943. Sergeant Enlow completed basic training in Boston, Massachusetts at Camp Miles. He arrived in Europe on the USS West Point in late 1944. Sergeant Enlow arrived in Belgium where he began his duties as an ambulance driver in the 482nd Medical Collection Company. He participated in Battle of the Bulge and along the Siegfried Line. After Battle of the Bulge, he went to France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. In Germany, he visited the Buchenwald concentration and Linberg prison camp. He aided numerous divisions throughout the war, including but not limited to the 9th Armored Division and the 106th Infantry Division. After the war Sergeant Enlow returned to his wife in Indiana. On June 21, 1975, Jack Enlow passed away at the age of 65.

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

Olive Enlow

Method of Acquisition

Donated

Processing Information

Entered 09/21/2017

Subjects

Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Basic training (Military education) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Diary Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Homberg an der Ohm (Germany) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indiana Subject Source: Lcnaf
Malmédy (Belgium) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Montebourg (France) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Paris (France) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Siegfried Line (Germany) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Stavelot (Belgium) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
USS West Point (Transport) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 9th
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 106th Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army. Medical Collection Company, 482nd. Subject Source: Local sources
War casualties--Medical care--History Subject Source: Local sources
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Belgium Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Germany Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Postal service--Censorship Subject Source: Local sources
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings