Box 3
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Personal Memoir on Military Service in History of Clay County, West Virginia. photocopies, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Garnie Walker and Carmelo Testa, military photographs, circa 1938-1950
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Includes the following photographs, many of which have handwritten captions: Garnie W. Walker in uniform including cap. "About 1946." (shoulder patch signifies Military District - Washington.); Photographs of Garnie W. Walker in uniform 1947 (2 8x10s (1 b/w, 1 colorized); 1 5x6); Photograph of Carmelo Testa in uniform, sitting in a dog sled with dogs on snow-covered ground in front of a building (likely taken in Alaska, where he was station at this time); Six photographs of scenes that may...
Dates:
circa 1938-1950
Postcards from military travels, 1944-1949
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Includes the following items: Postcard of Hotel Maison Rouge where Walker stayed in Strasbourg, France November 19-21, 1948 (In Walker's handwriting. It is not addressed to anyone. It may have been included in an envelope perhaps with a letter.); Postcard of the Eiffel Tower from "Carmelo and Garnie." 1949 (In Walker's handwriting, stamped addressed to her mother home on the farm. "Mrs. Albert S. Walker, Ivydale, West Virginia U. S. A." GW and Carmelo Testa were on their honeymoon in Paris,...
Dates:
1944-1949
Handwritten letters from Garnie Walker in Europe sent to her sister, Ottie Walker Callison, in West Virginia, 1946
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Includes a series of letters, but one seems to be missing, per a note from the donor.
Dates:
1946
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia... U.S. Armed Forces, 1945
Item — Box: 3
Photocopies of My Life in the Service of the United States (1938-1959) with photographs, by Carmelo Francisco Testa, circa 1975
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Travel guides, language learning books, and history books regarding countries and regions Garnie Walker and Carmelo Testa traveled to while serving abroad, 1937-1951 and undated
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Includes an assortment of 110 guidebooks, pamphlets, language learning books, history and culture books, and more for regions across continental Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Dates:
1937-1951 and undated