Memories Project, 2007 Donors
SUSIE LING (On behalf of Richard C. Wing)
Received 1/8/07
A copy of Gum Saan Journal, Hanford China Alley Edition 2007, a publication of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, which includes two articles about Richard C. Wing, former assistant to General George C. Marshall: "Dreamer in the Kitchen: Richard Wing and Hanford's Imperial Dynasty," by Susie Ling, and "General George Marshall and I," by Richard C. Wing. (Susie Ling is the Editor of the Gum Saan Journal.)
NOTE: Filed with the Richard C. Wing Collection, #282, in the Marshall Archives.
ANDREW J. WNUK
Received 1/8/07
A paperback book copy of his father's memoir, From Poland to England: One Man's WWII Journey, by Mieczyslaw M. Wnuk.
CHARLES von ROESGEN
Received 1/8/07
The book, Triumphant We Fly, A 381st Bomb Group Anthology, 1943-1945, compiled and edited by Ken Stone, plus background information by Charles von Roesgen, and a copy of a letter to Charles von Roesgen, circa May 1953, acknowledging his service and aid to allied airmen in Luxembourg in 1943.
GLENN BLENMAN
Received 1/22/07
His memoir, This is an Experience of an Armored Infantryman in WW II - Story of Glenn Blenman's Wartime Duty with Company B, 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, in the European Theater, with photographs and maps.
CHARLES LUPSHA
Received 2/15/07
A story about his service with the U.S. Navy at Solomons Island, Maryland, in 1943; a copy of an article: "E-Boat Alert: Defending the Normandy Invasion Fleet," by James Foster Tent; and a memoir by U.S. Navy veteran Nolan Wiggins.
NORMAN FLADOS (By Kermit Westerholm)
Received 4/2/07
"Norman Flados: A Memoir, As Dictated to Marge Flados, 2006" - U.S. Navy, 1943-1945.
HENRY SPALL
Processed 4/12/07
Books, brochures, video-tapes, audio-cassettes and CDs, newspapers and magazines, with reference to World War I and World War II, and events that took place during General Marshall's lifetime, 1880-1959.
BOOKS - PB - Paperback; HB - Hardback
The Air Battle of Malta - The Official Account of the R.A.F. in Malta, June 1940 to November 1942 - PB
The Battle of the Atlantic - The Official Account of the Fight Against the U-Boats, 1939-1945 - PB
The Battle of Britain - August-October 1940 - PB (2 copies)
Bomber Command Continues - The Air Ministry Account of the Rising Offensive Against Germany - July
1941-June 1942 - PB
Britain At War - J. B. Priestly (1942) - PB
By Air To Battle - The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions" (1945) - PB
The Defense of Calais (1941) - PB
The Eighth Army - September 1941-January 1943 - PB - (2 copies)
Front Line - The Official Story of the Civil Defense of Britain (1943) - HB
Her Majesty's Submarines (1945) - PB
Home From Dunkirk - In Aid of the British Red Cross & St. John - PB
Man Power - The Story of Britain's Mobilisation for War (1944) - PB
Normandy Portraits - 50th Anniversary Normandy Invasion Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center - 1994
- PB
R.A.M.C. Training - 1935 - HB
Roof Over Britain - The Official Story of the A.A. (Anti-Aircraft) Defences, 1939-1942 - PB
The Royal Marines - The Admiralty Account of Their Achievements - 1939-1943 - PB
Science At War (1947) - PB
Target: Germany - The U.S. Army Air Forces Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over
Europe (British Edition) - PB
Transport Goes To War - The Official Story of British Transport, 1939-1942 - PB
We Speak From The Air - Broadcasts of the R.A.F. (1942) - PB
BROCHURES
"Field Service Pocket Book, 1941 - "Protection Against Gas" (British War Office)
"If The Invader Comes - What To Do - And How To Do It"
"Learning Morse"
"National Service - A Guide to The Ways in Which the People of This Country May Give Service"
"Notes on The Training of Snipers - 1940"
"The Outbreak of War (1939)"
"The Protection of Your Home Against Air Raids"
"What To Do About Gas"
VIDEO-TAPES
A Bridge Too Far - (2 copies)
Battle of Britain
Battlefield - The Battle of Britain
The Great Escapes of World War II - The Great Escape
The Heat of the Day
Nazi Prison Escape
Triumph of the Will
VJ Day - 1945-1995 - (Official Video)
AUDIO CASSETTES
"BBC Radio Collection - The Second World War" - (2 cassettes)
"English With An Accent"
"The First World War Remembered"
"Images of War - The Stories in Sound - The Battle of Britain"
"I.T.M.A. (It's That Man Again) BBC Radio Collection - Four Historic Shows: Navy, Army, & Airforce Edition
(2 cassettes)
"Our Finest Hour - Songs That Won The War"
"The Spirit of Victory - Famous Wartime Voices & Songs"
"Victory in Europe - 1945"
"Winston Churchill - A Selection of His Wartime Speeches - 1939-1945"
"World Wars - 1914/1939"
CD
"1944- Prelude to Victory - Broadcasts and Reports from BBC Correspondents"
NEWSPAPERS
WORLD WAR I
Daily Express (London) - Tuesday, April 24, 1900 - (Copy)
North Mail (England) - November 12, 1918 - Headline: "Germany Pays for World Peace" - (Original)
WORLD WAR II
The Daily Telegraph (London) - December 11, 1936 - Headline: "King Edward Abdicates"
The Daily Telegraph (London) - Monday, December 18, 1939 - Headline: "Graf Spee Sunk"
Kent Messenger (The County Paper of Kent) - Saturday, September 2, 1939 - Headline: "Five Kent Towns
Evacuating Children This Weekend"
Kent Messenger (The County Paper of Kent) - Saturday, September 21, 1940 - Headline: "British Humour Bomb-
Proof Against Wild Nazi Raids" - (Copy)
The Times (London) - June 7, 1944 - Headline: "Mass Attack on Occupied Europe - D Day - Let Us Go Forward
to Victory"
The Daily Telegraph (London) - Tuesday, August 7, 1945 - Headline: "Allies Invent Atomic Bomb: First Dropped
on Japan"
POST-WORLD WAR II
The Daily Telegraph (London) - June 3, 1953 - Headline: "Elizabeth II Is Crowned"
The Journal (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) - January 25, 1965 - Headline: "World Unites in Grief" - (Churchill)
The Daily Telegraph (London) Obituary Supplement - January 25, 1965 - Headline: "Winston Churchill - The
Story of a Man of Destiny"
The Times (London) - January 25, 1965 - Headline: "Sir Winston Churchill Dies"
The Times (London) - January 25, 1965 - Headline: "Sir Winston Churchill: A Memorial"
The Daily Telegraph (London & Manchester) - January 25, 1965 - Headline: "Sir Winston Churchill Dead"
The Sunday Times (London) - Churchill Memorial Issue - January 31, 1965
Sunday Express (Manchester, England) - January 31, 1965 - Headline: "Goodbye, Sir Winston"
Sunday Telegraph (London) - (Memorial Edition) - January 31, 1965 - Headline: "Sir Winston Churchill - The Last
Journey"
MAGAZINES
Newsweek - February 1, 1965 - "Churchill, 1874-1965"
Life - February 5, 1965 - "Churchill's Funeral"
COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE NEWSPAPERS
The Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) - July 4, 1976 - "A Salute to Freedom"
The Sunday Telegraph (London) - September 2, 1979 - "1939: The Life We Lost" by V. S. Pritchett
The News - (Portsmouth, England) - 1984 - "Operation Overlord - 1944-1984 - The Story of The Allied Invasion of
Normandy - D-Day, June 6, 1944"
Daily Mirror - 1985 - "Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the End of World War II in Europe - VE Day -
1945-1985
The Washington Post - May 29, 1994 - "Remembering D-Day-Invasion"
The Sunday Telegraph - April 30, 1995 - "VE Day Special Pull-Out"
The Daily Telegraph (London) - Tuesday, May 2, 1995 - "50th Anniversary of VE Day - The Year of Victory" - 2
copies)
The Daily Telegraph (London) - June 3, 1994 - "50th Anniversary of The Normandy Landings"
The Daily Telegraph (London) - Saturday, June 16, 1990 - "Battle of Britain - Part One: A Nation at Bay"
The Daily Telegraph (London) - Sunday, June 17, 1990 - "Battle of Britain - Part Two: The Critical Month"
The Daily Telegraph (London) - Monday, June 18, 1990 - "Battle of Britain - Part Three: The Unbroken Shield"
The Kent Messenger (England) - 1990 - "Battle of Britain, 50 - Our Finest Hour"
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WINIFRED AND WILLIAM HOAG
Received 4/12/07
Their memoirs: "What Did You Do In The War, Grandma? - Stories of My Experiences During World War II," by First Lieutenant Winifred Hamilton Hoag (Army Nurse); and "What Did You Do In The War, Grandpa? - A Synopsis of My Experiences During World War II," by First Lieutenant William A. Hoag, (B-24 pilot in the Philippines).
GABRIELLE GRISWOLD
Received 4/19/07
Additional Gift: Obituary notices for Lindsay Wolfe, a World War II veteran from Pennsylvania, who served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, on the attack transport, USS Highlands, which particpated in landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He also witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.
Received 4/19/07
WILLIAM N. WALLACE
Received 5/28/07
"Memoirs Of The 1281st Engineers" and his "Addendum" written fifty-three years later. (World War II)
HARRY S. HUGHES, JR.
Received 5/29/07
His memoir: "Korean War Era Memory Piece"
DONALD J. STROOP
Received 8/8/07
Medals: Victory WWII, American Defense, Army of Occupation, Germany
Patches: 5th Army, 7th Army, 4 Patches - Transport, and 5 Gold Bars
Maps: Italy, Gela, City Plan; Europe Road Map-Lyon-Geneve; Europe Road Map - France (1944); Blue
Beach Landing Area North of Anzio, Main and North (1944); Road Map of Northwest Africa; Morocco
Casablanca Landing; Rade D'agay Top Secret Bigot; Europe Road Map - Chaumont-Strasbourg; Africa Road
Map - Maroc-Algerie-Tunisie
KENNETH MANDEL
Received 8/29/07
A memoir, "My Father at Age Twenty-Two, An Essay for My Children," about his father's service with the
U.S. Navy on the USS Chauncey (DD-667) during World War II, written with assistance from U.S. Navy
veterans who also served on this ship.
PAUL A. KEIM
Received 8/31/07
Copies of three poems by Harry J. Heater: "The Flag" "WWII Was A War That We All Knew," and "1st. Bn.
8th Cav."
WILLENA MILLER
Received 9/21/07
Copies of the Certification of Military Service for her father, Willie F. Hill, and a letter from the Veterans
Administration, certifying the active duty of Willie F. Hill in World War II, 1942-1945, plus a letter from her
detailing her father's military service as an African American.