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Lyle Salisbury transcript
Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0122 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0122
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript of an oral history interview with Lyle Salisbury who served with the 537th Engineer Light Pontoon Company during World War II in the European Theater from 1944 to January 1946.
He describes seeing the small Regen and Cham concentration camps. He also discusses the camaraderie with German civilians after the war was better than it was with the French.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-1946; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 06/21/2006
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Kenneth A. Skoog papers
Collection — Container: 05.0105 - Box 1
Identifier: 05.0105
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal papers of Kenneth A. Skoog. Skoog served in the European Theater (ETO) in the 121st and the 118th US Army Signal Radio Intelligence Corps. His collection includes nine World War I photos and 82 World War II photos. The World War II photographs related to the 118th and 121st Signal Radio Intelligence Companies. Also included are personal photographs of Skoog, Charles A. Bowen, Jr., and Army comrades. There are photographs taken in Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, and Austria. The collection also includes letters from Charles A. Bowen, Jr., who was a U.S. Marine Corps photographer, to Kenneth A. Skoog. The letters include descriptions of fine art,...
Dates:
1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found within 1943; Other: Date acquired: 07/25/2005; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-06-02
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Carlton K. Smith papers
Collection — Container: 99.0556 - Box 1
Identifier: 99.0556
Scope and Contents
The collection of Carlton K. Smith, who served with the 185th Field Artillery during World War II, contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. This collection also contains a World War II history magazine, correspondence with French General Pierre Denis, summaries of unit actions, personal letters to family, newspaper clippings, unit newsletters, a binder with photocopies of newspaper articles, and one copy of Liberty's Victorious Conflict: A Photographic History of the World War I.
In the oral history interview, Smith discusses the combat situations in which he was involved including the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1945; Other: Date acquired: 11/12/1999
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives