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Sheppard Field (Tex.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles W. Aiken collection

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box 8 (04.0264-04.0310), Folder: 04.0304 - Folder 1
Identifier: 04.0304
Content Description

This collection relates to Charles Aiken who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operation during World War Two. This collection contains a newspaper clipping and an oral history transcript.

Dates: Other: Date accessioned: 2005-01-19; Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1945

Harold G. Blunk papers

 Collection — 14.0004 - Box 1
Identifier: 14.0004
Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Harold G. Blunk served as Sergeant Major for the 5th Air Depot Group, 39th Station Composite Squadron, Administrative Division, 35th Depot Repair, in the 8th Air Force Command Station in England from 1943-1945. This collection contains photographs, a newspaper clipping, and documents relating to his personal life and military career.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-1962; Other: Date acquired: 12/14/2013

Robert L. and Virginia Butler papers

 Collection — 17.0030 - Box 1
Identifier: 17.0030
Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Corporal Robert L. Butler, who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the U.S., and his wife Virginia Butler. This collection contains letters sent between Robert and Virginia while he was training at six different locations from 1944 to 1945. Also included in the collection are letters to Robert from his mother Vedale Butler (née Irwin) and letters to Robert from his brother Charles. The letters are personal but some discuss Robert’s daily routine while in training. Virginia’s letters mostly discuss her day-to-day routine at home in Michigan and the lives of their friends and family.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1945; Other: Majority of material found within 1944-1945; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/2017