Charles W. Aiken collection

Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box, Folder: 04.0304 - Folder 1

Identifier: 02-04.0304

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection relates to Charles Aiken who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operation during World War Two. This collection contains a newspaper clipping and an oral history transcript.

Dates

2005-01-19
Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1945

Creator

Tanner, Stacy (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish, exhibit, or broadcast works from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience must be requested and granted in writing by the director of the Institute. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Institute on World War II as the owner of the physical items and the copyright holder. Possession of a copy of an item does not constitute permission to publish, exhibit, or broadcast it. The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience reserves the right to refuse permission to individuals and publishers who have not complied with its policies. Permission fees must be paid before images are provided. Please contact the director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience for current publication and duplication rates.

Biographical / Historical

Charles William Aiken was born on October 18, 1920 in Pelzer, South Carolina. He served in the 9th U.S. Air Force division, 644th Bomb Squadron, and 410th Bomb Group in the European Theater of Operation during World War II. He served in France and Germany and flew 38 missions over Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. His squadron received the Presidential Unit Citation. He returned to the U.S. in 1945 and started the Aiken Brother’s Automotive Supply and Aiken Chemical Company in Greenville, South Carolina. In 1959, he established Boys of America Home (later called Boys Home of the South) for boys who had been abandoned, neglected, abused, or orphaned. Charles Aiken passed away on March 4, 2006 at the age of 85. He is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Greenville, South Carolina.

Extent

1 folders (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Airplanes, Military--Armament Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Barksdale Air Force Base (La.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Belgium Subject Source: Lcnaf
Draft--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Fort Myers (Fla.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
North Carolina Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sheppard Field (Tex.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
United States. Army Air Forces
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Austria Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--France Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--France--Paris Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Germany Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings