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SS Argentina (Passenger ship)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Edward L. Herp papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 1997 Box 3 (97.0044-97.0072), Folder: 97.0067 - Folder 1
Identifier: 97.0067
Scope and Contents

The Edward L. Herp papers document Captain Edward Herp's time spent as a radio operator for the 321st Fighter Control Squadron of the 9th Air Force for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. The collection contains an oral history, various photographs, the bulk of them taken at the Buchenwald concentration camp, a letter discussing the photographs, personal documents, postcards, and other items that illustrate his service in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Also in the oral history, Herp discusses his time spent working at Florida State University for WFSU-TV and as a professor of television production.

Dates: Created: 1942-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/1998