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Savannah (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Leon Lindauer collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 98.0767
Scope and Contents This collection consists of personal effects, personal letters, and documents related to U.S. Army Infantryman Leon Lindauer who served with the 88th Infantry Division during World War II. Objects such as a posthumous Purple Heart, yarmulke, writing utensils, personal toiletries, and Jewish prayer books are included in the collection. Lindauer's written collection includes biographical documents, primarily papers from his time as a Boy Scout before the war, and a vast number of personal letters to his family during the war. Also included are official letters of condolences and documentation concerning his burial and pension/insurance claims to his family after his killed in action death...
Dates: 1924-1948; Other: Majority of material found within 1943-1944; Other: Date acquired: 11/05/1998; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-04-21

James E. McDaniel collection

 Collection — Box Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0145 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0145
Content Description

This collection relates to James E. McDaniel who served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. He served in the 48th Bomb Group at Will Rogers Field and 15th Bomb Squadron Light 1st All American Unit. This collection contains flight notes, french paper money, a war department identification card, immunization papers, pay record, 32 black and white postcards from Italy, a photography book of Cambridge England, and a Paris transit park ticket.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-1944; Other: Date accessioned: 2006-07-17

John F. Peacock collection

 File — Single Folder Collections - 2000 Box 2 (00.0025 - 00.0054), Folder: 00.0034
Identifier: 00.0034
Content Description

This collection relates to John Peacock who served with the the 8th Air Force, 45th Combat Wing, 388th Bomb Group, 560th Squadron also known as “The Peacock Crew” who served in England and Ireland during World War II. This collection contains a brief manuscript written by John F. Peacock entitled, “The Peacock Crew” that details information regarding their service and includes short biographies for the individuals. The collection also contains an addendum to the manuscript, including a list of crew members in chronological order by date of death. There is a digitally reproduced 8 by 11 photograph of the “Peacock Crew” at Avon Park, Florida, in 1944.

Dates: Event: 1943-1945; November 1999; Other: Date accessioned: 2000-03-18

Clarence H. and Elizabeth P. Ratliff collection

 Collection — Box Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0093 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0093
Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Lieutenant Clarence H. Ratliff who served in the United States Navy during World War II and his wife Elizabeth P. Ratliff who served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for almost 7 years. This collection contains military documents, photograph negatives, and miscellaneous documents related to their service.

Dates: 1944-1951; Other: Date accessioned: 2006-06-07

Hugh Zeigler papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 11 (01.0278-01.0305), Folder: 01.0300 - Folder 1
Identifier: 01.0300
Scope and Contents

Hugh Zeigler served with the 454th Heavy Bomb Aviation Ordnance Company, handling and caring for bombs, during World War II in the Philippine Islands. He was captured there by the Japanese and spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp. This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript conducted on January 6, 2000.

Dates: Created: 1917-1951; Other: Date acquired: 07/26/2001