World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

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Correspondence and photographs of a Bowling Green, Ohio podiatrist. Includes extensive correspondence written while serving with the U.S. Army in Naples, Italy and Okinawa, Japan, written to his mother. Also correspondence from his sons while they were serving with the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany. Details activities and impressions of servicemen's lives.

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The Boltz Family Papers consist of materials including correspondence, legal and financial documents, photographs, printed material, and certificates of the period from 1871 to 1981.

Abstract Correspondence written while serving with the U.S. Army during World War II in Europe, detailing the life of a soldier in the 82nd, and later the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, as he is trained, transferred to England, dropped behind the lines during the D-Day Allied invasion as a paratrooper in a glider, returned to England, sent to Belgium for what would become known as the Battle of Bastogne, and ends at Berchtesgaden when Germany surrenders. Also includes photocopies of...

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World War II era correspondence of a soldier from Bryan, Ohio stationed in England, with letters to his family and the letters from his family and fiancée, Marie Jost; Marie was employed at the Emerson Electric plant, where she worked in the construction of gun turrets.

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The D.L. Sears papers consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, maps, and printed material relating to service during World War II in the Pacific and covering period from 1938 to 1945.

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The Donald F. Rodawig Papers consist of transcripts, with some photocopies, of original letters and a diary written by a physician serving during World War II.

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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from soldiers and their families to Smith, while he was President of New York State Teachers College at Cortland, N.Y.

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The Gerald Rees papers consist of original letters written during World War II by a resident of Toledo, Ohio (who had been a student his freshman year at Bowling Green State University before his Army service).

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The Harvey Henry Smith papers (1911-1975) contain personal journals, photographs and military memorabilia documenting Colonel Smith’s career in the U.S. Army, as well as family papers.

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The LaVerne Snyder and Harold Patten letters consists of almost 800 letters, dozens of photographs, and some newspaper clippings sent between the couple during World War Two (March 1941 to September 1945) and documenting their daily lives in Ohio and on the front.

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Personal collection centered on the families of Lena B. Rees and James L. Carter, their ancestors, and children. Contains extensive genealogical material, photographs, and some correspondence, including a few letters written by Rees family members in the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and an extensive series by Robert A. Carter while in training for submarine service during World War II.

Scope and Contents The Robert Warren Wolfe Papers span the years 1942 to 1945. The largest portion of the collection is the correspondence of Robert Warren Wolfe, written to his family during his service in World War II. He provides a vivid portrayal of army life and the character changes affected by the deprivation of war.A scrapbook of wartime mementos contains photographs of his fellow soldiers, Camp White (Medford, Oregon), Holland, and Germany. Several photographs of a liberated concentration...

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The correspondence of Vernell R. Miller consists of 101 letters and 6 miscellaneous items written during service at the end of World War II from 1945 through 1946.

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The papers of William A. Spratt consist of approximately 1.25 linear feet of letters, photos and related printed material from his period of service in the U.S. First and Third Army during World War II.