Scrapbook from the service of Richard T. McCurdy : Scrapbook 19411207-19450902.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Summary:

Description: Beige cardboard covers with "scrapbook" in brown lettering, Orleans Parish board enlistment documents, beige string binding. Includes postcards and letters home to parents in New Orleans, Louisiana; Christmas menu from Camp Wheeler, Georgia; letters from Fort Knox, Kentucky; photographs of McCurdy at Fort Knox; photographs of McCurdy at Camp Wheeler; postcards with images of training at Fort Dix, New Jersey; Easter cards; Mother's Day card; letters from New York; v-mails and telegram sent from Ireland; excerpt from letter of Paul K. Rand, KIA in Oran, North Africa; newspaper clippings and telegraph of Richard McCurdy MIA (Missing in Action) reported missing and later killed on 8 November 1942 while aboard a vessel during the landings on the northern coast of Africa; bereavement letters and unit citations to the McCurdy family; condolence letters and cards; newspaper clippings; small window flag; photograph of a Red Cross worker, possibly McCurdy's mother, posing with his photograph; Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, City of New Orleans letter and insignia; civilian and military portraits of McCurdy with other loose materials found in last pages of scrapbook.

Notes:

Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).