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United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

8th Evacuation Hospital 16mm training film, 1945

 Item
Content Description

This item consists of one 16mm film featuring members of the US Army Signal Corps engaged in training exercises at the 8th Evacuation Hospital in Italy.

Dates: 1945

Ernest Butler photograph album

 Collection — Flat_box 1: [Barcode: X032669528]
Identifier: MSS 16875
Content Description This collection contains the photograph album of Ernest Butler, a United States Army soldier who served in Germany during the Second World War. Butler was among the one million African American men and women who served during the war. The album documents his time in Germany, his return to the United States, and his post-war life. The album contains over 250 black and white silver gelatin photographs over its thirty pages. The images depict Butler’s service in Germany, where he...
Dates: c. 1942-1945

Herbert R. Davis photograph albums

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16840
Content Description This collection contains two photo albums of Herbert R. Davis of Richmond, Virginia that document Black pre-World War II life in Richmond; Davis's service in the South Pacific (Guam, Guadalco, and Peleliu) as a Black Marine; and Davis's family life upon his return from combat during the early 1930's to the late 1940's. Many of Davis's fellow soldiers in the 11th Marine Depot Company, 16th Field Depot are posed in photographs. The 11th Company, who fought at the Battle of Peleliu,...
Dates: c. 1930-1950

Ernest Butler photograph album

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_box 1: [Barcode: X032669528]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0151

Hilda Franklin and Dick Bell film of their wedding and the 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit, circa 1945

 Item
Content Description

This item consists of one (1) 8mm film reel and two (2) digitized copies of the 8 mm film produced by Hilda Franklin and Dick Bell of the U.S. Army 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit. The file depicts the couple's wedding, members of the 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit, and Italian landmarks and scenery.

Dates: circa 1945

Madeleine Coleman Roach papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16869
Content Description This material contains references to offensive and harmful language and crimes involving racism. The purpose of this note is to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials. This collection contains photographs, diaries, a memory book, a prayer book, witness reports, scrapbook pages, photographs, certificates, newsletters, telegrams, menus, and ephemera...
Dates: 1942-1945

Taylor family papers

 Series
Identifier: MSS-16857
Content Description This collection contains personal letters, postcards, U.Va. grade reports, certificates, a Monticello Association Lifetime Pass, various Army documents, and pamphlets on the life and interests of Thomas Jefferson documenting the lives of the Taylor Family: Edward Colston Taylor (1877-1940), Jessie Alwine Taylor (1879-1973 ), and Edward Colston Taylor, Jr. (1911-1997). The collection includes genealogical notes and research on the Taylor Family, undertaken by Peter Flugg Mayron, an Austin,...
Dates: 1894-1983

Taylor family papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2023-0012