Military history.

Scope and Contents This collection contains papers, photographs, and physical materials of the 103d Infantry Division during World War II (1942-1945). This collection follows the soldiers of the 103d division as they train and deploy to Europe during WWII. It contains Morning Reports that give daily updates of the soldiers in the 103d, 328th, 383d, 384th, 803d, 928th, 1089th, 409th, 410th, 411th units. Narratives of the 103d, 409th, and 410th headquarters explain the journey the soldiers undertook once they...

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Materials from the 103d Infantry Division during WWII, reunion materials and Harold Branton's book, 103rd Infantry Division: "the trail of the cactus".

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This collection contains materials related to Lionel Dyck, Jr.

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History of Confederate Company "D", 15th Mississippi Infantry.

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Typescripts of his memoirs of service in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific.

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Autograph book of 309 officers imprisoned at Johnson Island Military Prison near Sandusky, Ohio.

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Family correspondence of Confederate soldier in Company "F"/"Marion's Men."

Form of Material Research materials for Michael Sledge’s book Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor our Military Fallen (Columbia University Press, 2005). The book addresses the complicated physical, social, religious, economic, and political issues concerning the remains of men and women who die while serving their country. Michael Sledge is a freelance journalist and writer. He has extensively studied the sociology and psychology of the behavior...

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Letters from a Confederate surgeon with Loring's Division in Alabama and Georgia.