Collections | Florida State University ArchivesSpace

Showing Collections: 1 - 3 of 3

James Lockett papers

Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2000 Box, Folder: 00.0889-Folder 1

Identifier: 02-00.0889

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...

Dates: Created: 1943-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 12/08/2000

Found in: Institute on WWII and the Human Experience

Roland Cadoret papers

Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2008 Box, Folder: 08.0183 - Folder 1

Identifier: 02-08.0183

Scope and Contents Roland Cadoret served as a B-17 pilot in the 351st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, in the European Theater. His collection contains a manuscript, "The Battle of Grounded Eagles," in which he details his entire POW experience from mission briefing to liberation, an excerpt from his diary, and his photocopied version of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's letter to Invasion Forces. The Polebrook Post 351st Bomb Group Association 8th Airforce Vol. XXVII-No. 2, and the English version of the Moorsburger Beitung, a newspaper, which had special stories all about the POWs which were kept at...

Dates: Created: 1943-1995; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/2008

Found in: Institute on WWII and the Human Experience

William C. Coleman transcript

Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box, Folder: 04.0050 - Folder 1

Identifier: 02-04.0050

Scope and Contents

This folder contains the oral history of William Coleman recorded on May 15, 2003. Coleman served with the 101st Airborne Division in England and participated in the June 6, 1944 D-Day airborne operation into Normandy, France. He was later captured by German troops and spent time in a prisoner of war camp.

Dates: Created: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 02/02/2004

Showing Collections: 1 - 3 of 3

James Lockett papers

Roland Cadoret papers

William C. Coleman transcript

Filtered By

Filter Results

Additional filters: