World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Adelaide Gresham DeVault Family Papers
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: Acc-852
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of DeVault family correspondence and undated photographs. The correspondence mainly includes letters exchanged between Adelaide Gresham DeVault and William Weldon DeVault, Sr. both before and after marriage, letters exchanged between Mary Elizabeth DeVault and Edward Burke prior to their brief marriage, and a large number of letters written from Robert DeVault to Adelaide and Elizabeth [Betts] DeVault during World War II. The photographs are mostly of...
Dates:
1886-1987, undated
Edward R. Feagins Memoir
Collection — Box G (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0431
Scope and Contents
The Edward R. Feagins Memoir consists of a photocopied 105-page typescript reminiscence of the donor's experiences as a private soldier in the United States Army during World War II. The reminiscence documents Feagins basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama (October 1943-February 1944); his journey on a transport ship from Newport News, Virginia, to North Africa; his combat experiences in Italy and France (May 1944-March 1945) as a private first class in Company E, 143rd Infantry, 36th...
Dates:
circa 1993
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Edward R. Feagins Memoir
Kent Herrin Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0582
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1842-1997 and undated; Series 2, Recordings, 1994 and undated; and Series 3, Photographs, 1942-1970 and undated.
Dates:
1842-1997
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Kent Herrin Papers
