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James W. George papers
Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2011 Box 1 (11.0001-11.0095), Folder: 11.0029 - Folder 1
Identifier: 11.0029
Scope and Contents
This collection relates to James W. George who served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the 9th U.S Army Air Force. Wilmot R. George was James George's brother and also served in the European Theater. He served as a Tech Sergeant and received a Silver Star. This collection contains a one-page handwritten summary of James George's military service and ten-page memoir of his brother Wilmont's service during the Second World War.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1970; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 03/30/2011
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