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United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Nicholas and Jeanne Baldino transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0106 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0106
Content Description

This collection relates to Nicholas Baldino who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 5th and 11th Bomb Groups in the Pacific Theatre and his wife Jeanne Baldino. This collection contains an oral history transcript detailing Nicholas Baldino's military service and how Jeanne met Nicholas Baldino.

Dates: Other: Date accessioned: 2005-04-13; Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1946

Eugene S. Brown transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2003 Box 4 (03.0078-03.0124), Folder: 03.0105 - Folder 1
Identifier: 03.0105
Scope and Contents

Eugene S. Brown served as a member of the 78th Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II. He served from 1943-1946. His unit arrived in France in November of 1944. He performed duties as a runner and a jeep driver for his unit. This collection contains a transcript from an interview conducted June 7, 2000.

Dates: Created: 1923-2000; Other: Majority of material found within 1943-1946; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2003

Melvin Brown transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0107 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0107
Content Description

This collection relates to Melvin Brown who served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945 in the European Theatre. This collection contains an oral history transcript detailing his service and life after the war.

Dates: January 12, 2005; Event: Majority of material found within 1941-1945

Lawrence Burzynski collection

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2007 Box 2 (07.0075-07.0157), Folder: 07.0088 - Folder 1
Identifier: 07.0088
Content Description

This collection relates to Lawrence Burzynski, who enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939 and was discharged in 1946 with the rank of Chief Electricians Mate. This collection contains a compilation of entries from Burzynski's diary during his seven years in the Navy. The diary provides an account of nearly every facet of U.S. Navy life during WWII and provides testimony on key moments of the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Dates: June 11, 1939 - June 30, 1946; Other: Date accessioned: 2007-07-17

Louis Dodaro transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0109 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0109
Content Description

This collection relates to Louis Dodaro who served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 in the Pacific Theatre. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Dodaro describes his military service and life after the war.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1934-1945; Other: Date accessioned: 2005-07-08

Daniel Duffy transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0110 , Folder: 01
Identifier: 06.0110
Content Description

This collection relates to Daniel Duffy who served as a U.S. Navy executive officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Duffy details his experience with the U.S. Navy, the V-12 program, descriptions of his time in the Pacific theater, and the GI Bill.

Dates: July 20, 2005; Event: Majority of material found within 1941-1945

Ross Hansen transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0114 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0114
Content Description

This collection relates to Ross Hansen who served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946 in the Pacific Theatre. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Hansen details his work for the War Department during World War II and his life upon his return to the U.S.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-1946; Other: Date accessioned: 2005-01-18

Margarita and William H. King collection

 Collection — 12.0006 - Box 1
Identifier: 12.0006
Content Description

This collection relates to the wartime correspondence between Margarita King and her husband William H. King, who served in the Army Air Corps in the Philippines during World War II. The collection contains letters collected and sent between Margarita and William, personal photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, and employment documents.

Dates: 1938-1946; Majority of material found within 1944-1946; Other: Date accessioned: 2012-01-11

Joseph E. Peel transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 11 (01.0278-01.0305), Folder: 01.0281 - Folder 1
Identifier: 01.0281
Content Description

This transcript pertains to Joseph E. Peel, a gunner's mate who served aboard the USS Antietam starting in 1944. While the transcribed interview includes Peel's testimony on the latter years of World War II, it mostly details his experiences attending college after the war under the benefits of the GI Bill.

Dates: February 1, 2000; Majority of material found within 1944-1952; Other: Date accessioned: 2001-07-26

Richard N. Peters collection

 Collection — 03.0194 - Box 1
Identifier: 03.0194
Scope and Contents

This collection relates to First Lieutenant Richard N. Peters who served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operations in Italy with a troop carrier squadron. This collection contains an oral history interview transcript and three flight training yearbooks.

Dates: November 17, 2003; 1942-1945; Other: Date accessioned: 2003-12-02

Robert Hoffmann papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2009 Box 2 (09.0048-09.0084), Folder: 09.0069 - Folder 1
Identifier: 09.0069
Scope and Contents

The collection of Robert Hoffmann contains an oral history transcript provided by the Reichelt Oral History Program. Hoffmann served with the United State Marine Corps during World War II on the island of Guam.

Dates: Created: 1927-1987; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 05/14/2009

William C. Coleman transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box 2 (04.0046-04.0075), Folder: 04.0050 - Folder 1
Identifier: 04.0050
Scope and Contents

This folder contains the oral history of William Coleman recorded on May 15, 2003.  Coleman served with the 101st Airborne Division in England and participated in the June 6, 1944 D-Day airborne operation into Normandy, France.  He was later captured by German troops and spent time in a prisoner of war camp.

Dates: Created: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 02/02/2004

Willis Winston transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0131 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0131
Content Description

Willis Winston served with 2nd Battalion 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He participated in the campaigns for Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu This collection contains an oral history.

Dates: 2004-05-12; Event: Majority of material found within 1940-1946