World War, 1939-1945
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
Paul A. Atkins, Soldier, World War II Letters
Letters from Atkins while serving with the First Cavalry, U.S. Army. Atkins was stationed in Australia in 1943, his unit moving to New Guinea in January 1944, the Admiralty Islands in March 1944, and the Philippines in October 1944. He was wounded in the fight for Rizal Stadium in Manila. Letters deal with routine camp life and more rarely with battles in which the unit was engaged. After the war Atkins became a professor of journalism at West Virginia University.
Phyllis Temple Stealey Williams Scrapbooks
Pocahontas Operators Association Records
Preston Family Papers
Correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of John J.D. Preston, his ancestors, and his relatives. The correspondence is primarily between members of the Preston family with topics being discussed, such as living conditions, business conditions, military training camps, Civil War battles, politics and campaigns, political personalities, education, schools, and the World Wars. Correspondents include John Preston, Rev. David Preston, John J. Davis, and John W. Davis.
Robert C. Edgell, Soldier, World War II Letters and Other Material
Robert Paul Evans, WWII Soldier, Typescript Regarding Experiences in a Japanese Prison Camp
Ronald Ondish Collection
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers
SS Morgantown Victory Builder's Plate
Builder's plate retained from the SS Morgantown Victory, a United States military vessel built under the War Shipping Administration during World War II and named in honor of West Virginia University (called Morgantown instead because it was shorter and easier to say). The plate denotes the ship's name, builders' organization (Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.), location (Baltimore, Maryland), and date of completion (February 1945).