Antiaircraft artillery
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Irvin Baker manuscript
Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 1 (06.0001-06.0084), Folder: 06.0027 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0027
Scope and Contents
1st Lieutenant Irvin Baker's unpublished manuscript describes his experiences as a platoon leader with the 4th Marine Division and 10th Amtrac Battalion of the United States Marine Corps. He led his platoon through the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 03/09/2006
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Butler and Cowart families collection
Collection — 15.0014 - Box 1
Identifier: 15.0014
Scope and Contents
This collection pertains to Thomas A. Butler, who served as a First Lieutenant in the 468th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion during World War II. Butler served in France and Germany from 1944-1945, receiving five battle stars and a bronze star medal. In the immediate months following the war, he was stationed at the Berchtesgaden Hof Hotel, which was adjacent to Hitler’s retreat at Obersalzberg, where he operated the Hotel as a retreat for Army officers. Butler maintained a detailed Service Record Book that includes his personal information, transfers, the locations he was deployed, the people he met, and military letters he received during and after the war. In aggregate,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-1950; Other: Majority of material found within 1945-1947; Other: Date acquired: 07/28/2015 by Dr. Marie E. Cowart
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
William Ernest Spence papers
Collection — Box 06.0144
Identifier: 06.0144
Scope and Contents
This collection relates to First Sergeant William Ernest Spence who served with the 11th Antiaircraft Auto Weapons Group in the European Theater during the World War II. The collection includes letters, foreign currency, military service documents, photographs, a newspaper, postcards, and ephemera.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 2006-07-17
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
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