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Liverpool (England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Judie Campbell transcript

 File — Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box 5 (04.0155-04.0183), Folder: 04.0155 - Folder 1
Identifier: 04.0155
Content Description

This collection relates to Judie Campbell who served in the U.S. Army with the 3104 General Quartermasters attached to the 450th Engineers in the European Theater of operations during World War II. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Campbell recounts his experiences in Liverpool, England, and throughout Europe as an African African. Campbell discusses desertion, his experiences being a squad leader, his experiences with European women, other soldiers who fathered children, and his experiences with race and racism.

Dates: Event: 1943-1945; Other: Date accessioned: 2004-06-25

James W. George papers

 Collection — 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

Joseph K. Pettengill collection

 Collection — 05.0030 - Box 1
Identifier: 05.0030
Abstract

The Joseph K. Pettengill Collection was donated to Florida State University by Robert Sherman Pettengill in 2005, having discovered his father’s letters after retiring in 1999.  The centerpiece of the Pettengill Collection is a series of letters from Joseph Pettengill, an army clerk with the G-3 Section of the 6th Army Group, Hq Special Troops in the ETO, to his mother and wife throughout his time serving in the United States Army in World War II.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2005

Simeon C. Sparkman collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16.0030
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a compilation of personal letters and official documents, photographs, personal items, and military badges of Sgt. Simeon C. Sparkman who served with the 8th Air Force from 1943 to 1945, at Burtonwood Air Depot, Warrington, England, also known as Base Air Depot No. 1. Sparkman was specifically assigned to Hangar 5, Mary Ann Site, “B” Shift, Aero Repair Crew 6, and was the ranking NCO on Crew 6 in the grade of T/Sgt. The papers in this collection are comprised of correspondence with his wife, parents, and other family members and close friends.

Dates: 1940-1976; Other: Majority of material found within 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 2016-10-28; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-06-01