Series II. Personal correspondence from Horace Clark, 1942-1945 : Correspondence; Military Papers; V-mail; Ephemera 1941-1945.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Summary:

Description: This series (2 folders) consists of letters and V-mails from the service of Horace Clark, who served in the 114th Engineer Combat Battalion, 32nd Infantry Division, in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Within the series is a classification card, letters he wrote while at basic training, and letters he wrote while overseas. H. Clark trained at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts with the 101st Engineering Battalion. He was then assigned to the 114th Engineer Combat Battalion and shipped out for Australia from San Francisco, California, in April 1942. H. Clark remained in Australia until September of 1943 and was then transferred to the 6th Army Training Center; however he does not disclose why he is in the hospital. In January 1944, H. Clark is reunited with his unit in New Guinea and stays there until his unit is transferred to the Philippines in December. His correspondence ends with him in the Philippines in May 1945.;Letters, postcards, and V-mails to Inez Clark and her youngest children from her three eldest sons and brother-in-law, who served in separate engineering battalions in the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations and the Pacific Theater of Operations. The collection is arranged into five series: I. Personal correspondence from Francis Clark, 1942-1945; II. Personal correspondence from Horace Clark, 1941-1945; III. Personal correspondence from Lawrence Clark, 1942-1945; IV. Personal correspondence from Clarence Clark, 1942-1944; and V. Ration books, 1942-1945.

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