James Lockett papers
Scope and Contents
James William Lockett served in the U.S. Army 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, 1st Army, in the European (ETO), North African, and Mediterranean Theaters. Colonel Lockett was a 1928 West Point graduate. The collection includes a ten-page manuscript entitled "The March," which is about Lockett's serving with the Army in the European Theater and being a POW. Lockett was made to march by German guards with approaching Russians in January 1945. He discusses his encounters with the guards and the people along "the March." In March 1945, US artillery takes the Serbian compound where they were and freed them. Also, he describes the subsequent days to get out of danger, and he is eventually sent to Paris to speak with the press. In the manuscript, there are references to General Patton's son-in-law whose presence in the camp was a motivator for forming escape plans.
Dates
- Created: 1943-1945
- Other: Majority of material found in 1944
- Other: Date acquired: 12/08/2000
Creator
- Lockett, James (Family)
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
Lockett served in North Africa, Sicily, and during the invasion of Normandy as a commander of the Army's 28th Infantry Regiment with Bradley's 1st Army. He was captured outside the city of Aachen, Germany, in the winter of 1944 and sent to a POW camp, Oflag No. 64, in Shubin, Poland. Included in the collection are six cartoon postcards from Africa (1943), newspaper clippings, a transcript of a memoir with an epilogue and prologue by Colonel Lockett's son, a 1928 West Point graduate listing, and a photograph of POWs after escaping the POW camp.
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
creator
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
James Lockett
Method of Acquisition
donation
- Aachen, Battle of, Aachen, Germany, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
- Prisoners of war Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war--Europe--Interviews Subject Source: Local sources
- Prisoners of war--Germany--History--20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army
- United States. Army Ground Forces Subject Source: Lcnaf
- 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. Army. European Theater of Operations
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North 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--Italy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- James Lockett papers
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 02/27/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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