Memories Project, 2003 Donors

William Grierson

Received 1/2/03

  • A flyer for his book, "We Band of Brothers," and a copy of his poem, "Fallen Comrades: Bomber Command 1939-45," which was the dedication of his book to his many fallen comrades.

Gerald O. Roesler

Received 1/2/03

  • His memoir about his U.S. Army service with Company C, 3189th Signal Service Battalion during World War II, and with the 40th Infantry Division during the Korean War, plus a black and white photograph of a 155 mm howitzer in full recoil during the Korean War.

P. Stockton Fleming

Received 1/10/03

  • A copy of "Excerpt From General Orders No. 35, Department of the Army, Washington, 25, D.C., 8 April 1952 - Distinguished Unit Citation for CompaniesI and L, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division - "Cited for outstandingperformance of duty and extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy in the vicinity of Tangwon-ni, Korea, during the period 6 to 8 September 1951."

M. V. Wilson

Received 1/21/03

  • A personal story about his service with the 3rd Infantry Division in Italy and Germany from March 1944 through March 1945.

Lt. Colonel Lorin G. Maxfield

Received 1/24/03

  • A letter from his best friend, Capt. Kenneth O. Elkin, dated Sep 27, 1943
  • 2 U.S. Army Accompanied Hold Baggage Claim Checks
  • A United States Army Transport First Class Dining Card
  • 3 Instrument Pilot Certificates dated 6 March 1945, 24 May 1945, and 23 May 1946 for Lorin G. Maxfield
  • An Eighth Army Exchange Ration Card
  • An Officers' Mess Membership Card dated Dec 12, 1945
  • An Officer's Club V Fighter Command Membership Card
  • An Army Navy Club of Manila Membership Card & Coupon Book, 1946
  • United States Air Forces Promotion Card for Lorin G. Maxfield, 2nd Lt.,
  • An Invitation from The Aviation Cadets of Rankin Aeronautical Academy to the Graduation Dance of Class 43-H, April 12, 1943
  • The program for Graduation Exercises, Army Air Forces Pilot School
  • A Menu - Christmas Greetings - Cadet Mess - Santa Ana Army Air Base,
  • A Menu - Sim's Restaurant for Officers, Fort Stotsenburg - 10 April 1946
  • Menu - Third Military Railway Service, Occupation Forces in Japan, 1947
  • 2 pieces of Japanese paper money
  • 3 miscellaneous items: VFW Membership Card, Salt Lake City, Utah; an Individual Liquor Permit, State of Utah, 1945-46; a T.S. Ticket Received 2/10/03
  • Two photographs of him: Aviation Cadet - Lorin G. Maxfield, Santa Ana Army Air Base, 1943, and 1st Lt. Lorin G. Maxfield, Yokohama, Japan, 1947

Philip Ecelberger

Received 1/27/03

  • A WW II Army Air Corps uniform (Jacket and Pants) with decorations
  • 3 Uniform Patches Airborne, Airborne Troop Carrier, and Camera
  • A paper-bound book of cartoons, ‘Hubert," by Sgt. Dick Wingert, American Army Newspaper, The Stars and Stripes
  • 6 Albums of WW II photographs, as follows:
    Album #1 - 319 b/w photographs, mostly 3 x 5 - Generals Paul Williams, Clark, Brereton, Ridgway, Eisenhower, and Sir Winston Churchill; aerialand ground photos of Ploesti raid, London, Germany, Combat Camera Lab & Personnel, D-Day paratroopers, Holland invasion, Brussels, Bastogne; after-victory scenes of Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany;scenes from Buchenwald concentration camp, April 17, 1945
    Album #2 - 41 8 x 10 b/w photos and 2 drawings - Planes, gliders, paratroopers; aerial and ground photos of England, southern France; POWs
    Album #3 - 36 8 x 10 b/w photos - Planes, evacuation of wounded, dropping supplies (Parapaks), gas for Patton's tanks; aerial and ground photos, England and France - 1944-1945
    Album #4 - 38 8 x 10 photos, 4 drawings - Planes & gliders, Germany,England, Paris, Austrian Alps; photo lab and personnel - 1944-1945
    Album #5 - 225 photos, mostly 3 x 5, some smaller - Aerial and ground photos in England, France, Brussels, London, Sicily, Africa, Germany, Denmark, Austria; samples of combat art- cartoons and planes; fighter Joe Lewis; Generals Patton and Bradley; the Glenn Miller Band
    Album #6 - 232 b/w photos, mostly 3x5 or smaller - Paris, London on V-E Day; Santa Maria Air Base, California; Lowry Field, Denver Colorado; many scenes of servicemen and officers -

Rose McCafferty Horn

Received 1/31/03

  • Her memoir, "My Experiences as a Guinea Pig in WW II," detailing her experiences in testing chemically-treated uniforms, as a WAC at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in September-October 1943.

Received 2/11/03

  • Three black and white photographs of her military service: Map reading class, October 1943, Chicamauga Park, Georgia, with the Chemical Clothing Test Company; Rose McCafferty-Horn with other WACS, posing in the "long-johns" which were part of the chemically impregnated clothing issue, October 1943, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia; and Rose McCafferty-Horn, on a break while on field maneuvers at Chicamauga National Park in Georgia during clothing test - some of the crew and cadre, October 1943

Barbara Boudreaux (Mrs. Ory J.)

Received 2/10/03

  • A history of her husband's service with the 34th Bombardment Squadron, 17th Bomb Group in North Africa, Sardinia, Corsica, and the invasion of Southern France in World War II; a photograph of a B-26 Martin Marauder crew, including her husband, Aircraft Commander Lt. Boudreaux, World War II - African Campaign, Tunisia, 1943; typed excerpts from his letters to her during his service as a helicopter pilot in 1951 during the Korean War; and copies of the original letters from Korea. (Ory J. Boudreaux)

Peggy Moseley

Received 2/11/03

  • A World War II story about her cousin, Bill Bennett, who served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II, and with the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1970, written by her cousin, Jon Morgan Bennett

Frank O. Pruitt

Received 2/24/03

  • An autographed copy of his paperback book, "Delayed Letters From Korea: Thirty Five Korean War Veterans Reveal Their Unique Stories of America's Least Known War"

William M. Carpenter (Capt. USN Ret.)

Received 3/3/03

His memoirs in the following sections:

  • USNA Class of 1940 Archive,William Milner Carpenter, Captain, USN (Ret.) - Memories of December 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor
  • Remembrances of the Naval Academy - 1936-1940
  • Military Career - June 1940 - August 1966
  • Assignment 6 - Impressions of the Navy up to 7 December 1941
  • Assignment 7 - Experiences in 1942
  • Remarks of Captain William Milner Carpenter at Martinsville, Indiana, High School, November 10, 2002 - "December 7, 1941, The Date That Changed America and The World Forever"
  • Biography of William Milner Carpenter with 3 photographs
  • "The Panther," Newsletter of the U.S.S. San Juan CL-54, February 2003
  • A copy of "Campaigns, Engagements and Awards of World War II" of the USS San Juan (CL54)
  • A photograph of the U.S.S. San Juan CL-54 with commissioning and decommissioning dates and Pacific Campaigns - 1942-1945
  • The United States Naval Academy Class of ‘40 Roster - June 2000*** NOT ONLINE CURRENTLY
  • Roster of USS San Juan Shipmates - 2002

Mrs. Delores Pinkerton

Received 3/10/03

  • Copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, and postcards relating to her husband's (Captain Jay W. Pinkerton) U. S. Army service during the Korean War.
  • Added to her file of items she sent relating to her husband's service in World War II

Donald L. Parrott

Received 3/18/03 - Added to his file of items received 4 November 2002

  • 2 maps of China, North Korea, and South Korea, noting the places where his unit, the 213th Field Artillery Battalion, Battery C, served in 1953
  • A color photograph of the dedication ceremony for the Minnesota Korean War Veterans Memorial in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 13, 1998
  • A black and white photograph of the U.S.N.S. General William Weigel, the transport ship that took him to Japan during the Korean War
  • A copy of his Order to Report for Induction (Draft Notice) of July 15, 1952
  • A copy of a certificate, "Domain of the Golden Dragon," Ruler of the 180th Meridian," presented to him while on board the transport General William Weigel, enroute to Japan

LTC Lorin G. Maxfield

Additional Gifts:

  • Diversified Flying Time Record Book
  • Civilian Mileage Rationing Record

Received 3/21/03

Items Below Stored with Marshall Museum Inventory:

  • Computer Dead Reckoning Device for Altitude Computations and for Air Speed Computations
  • Navigation Student Workbook (E-6B Computer - Army Air Forces Training Command)
  • A khaki flying helmet
  • A leather flying helmet
  • 2 pairs brown leather flying gloves
  • A Polaroid Aviation Goggle Kit (in a brown leather case)
  • A green fatigue flying suit with insignia, photo-ID, and patch
  • A pair of Army Air Force rubber-soled, fur-lined boots

William R. Higgins, Jr.

  • Memoir - "Over There, Once More - 100th Infantry Division" - which he presented at the Indianapolis Literary Club, October 16, 1995, with veterans of the 100th Infantry Division

Sylvia K. Kobayashi

Received 4/24/03

  • Video-tape - "Interview with Sylvia Kobayashi (Japanese-American Internee)"
  • Video-tape - "World War II Remembered" by Sylvia Kobayashi (Japanese-American Internee)
  • Photographs and articles on various subjects, including:
  • Alaska Scouts in the Aleutian Campaign
  • Minidoka Internment Camp - Relocation Center for Japanese- Americans - 1942-1945 (Idaho)
  • Alaska at War - 1941-1945 - "The Forgotten War Remembered"
  • Aleuts in Japan
  • Men of the 100th/442nd - Japanese-Americans who fought in WW II
  • Japanese Eskimos
  • The Nippon Mingeikan - Japan Folk Crafts Museum - Founders in WW II - (Items in Gray Hollinger Box)

Harry T. Sifford

Received 4/29/03

  • His memoir, "Memories of Harry T. Sifford - WWII & Korean War," detailing his experiences as a Pharmacist's Mate with the U.S. Navy during World War II, and with the National Radiational Research Facility during the Korean War.

David Saltman

Received 5/5/03

  • Copies of pages from the Wednesday, June 7, 1944, edition of The Stars and Stripes, the Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations, and copies of pages from the Wednesday, June 7, 1944, edition of the New York Daily News. - (Additional Gift)

Robert M. Keith

Received 4/30/03

  • His 9-page World War II Memoir regarding his service with the U. S.Army, F Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Division, and 18months in a German POW Camp, Oflag 64, plus two articles on,“Majdanek Nazi Extermination Camp” and “Oflag 64.”

Received 5/13/03

  • Two diplomatic passports: one for Robert M. Keith, a member of the American Recovery Mission to Greece, dated 1947 and signed by G. C. Marshall; and one for Vivian Dora Keith, his wife, dated 1947 and signed by Robert A. Lovett.

Charles Eubanks

Received 5/21/03

  • His World War II recollections while serving with Company A, 394th, 1st Battalion, in England, France, Germany, and Austria, including the Battle of the Bulge and the Battles of the Rhine and Remagen Bridge.

Mrs. Ila Buckthal

Received 5/29/03

  • An article, “Al Buckthal Reports From Egypt,” including a letter from Lt. Al Buckthal, dated December 14, 1943, when he was part of a security detail for President Roosevelt, Churchill, General Marshall, and others who attended the historic Mena House Conference, plus a black and white photograph of General Marshall greeting American soldiers at that conference.

Charles Houser

  • 9 Photographs:
    • Rudy A. Kling of Chicago, SCTS, A new Class C speed record of 228 mph Denver, Colorado, July 4, 1936, Caption reads: Illinois Flier Betters Record. Rudy A. Kling, LeMont, Ill., grinned cheerfully when he landed his tiny monoplane after bettering the International Record for Class C (544 cubic inches displacement) graft for 100 kilometers. He averaged 228.072 miles an hour. The record is 222.863 miles per hour.
    • The fastest single-engine bombing plane in the English Air Force. London, England, March 18, 1936
    • An unusual shot, in the air, of the Hindenburg, March 17, 1936, Berlin, Germany
    • Nine Martin bombers in the air, Langley Field, Virginia, February 10, 1937
    • The “China Clipper” in the water, New York, October 10, 1936
    • Curtis attack planes in step formation, Narksdale Field, Louisiana, October 16, 1935
    • Oversized photograph of The Instructor Staff, Pilot Instructor Ground School, Randolph Field, Texas (no date)
    • A/C A. A. Houser, Jr.; U.S. Army Primary Flying School, Douglas, GA, 1942
    • A. A. Houser, Jr., in cockpit, 1943
  • Military ID for Aubrey A. Houser, Jr., Army Air Corps Reserve Pilot, 1942
  • 8 Folders and Binders of rosters, requisitions, memos, records, letters, and other paperwork of A. A. Houser, Jr., U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945. Received 6/15/03

William E. Anderson

Received 6/16/03

  • His memoir, “My Personal Experiences and Involvement in the Korean War,” detailing his service with C Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.

Peggy W. Shuping (Mrs.)

Received 6/16/03

  • A two-page account of the service of James Archie Wells, Sr. with the U.S. Navy Seebees from February 1945 to February 1946; a copy of a page from “American Patriots World War II, North Carolina,” featuring a photograph of James Archie Wells; and a copy of a commendation letter to James Archie Wells, Sr. from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, dated March 7, 1946.
  • A copy of a letter to veterans from General Omar N. Bradley as Administrator of Veterans Affairs
  • A copy of “Order to Report for Induction” for James Archie Wells, dated January 15, 1945
  • A copy of “Assignment for Special Service in the Navy” for James Archie Wells, Sr., dated 4 January 1945
  • A copy of a form recommending James Archie Wells, Sr. for assignment to the SeaBees, dated 4 January 1945

Received 6/25/03

  • A copy of “Movement Orders” to Okinawa for service as telephone personnel for James Archie Wells, Sr., dated 15 October 1945, and a copy of the list of telephone personnel.

Charles H. Lupsha

Received 7/7/03

  • Approximately 200 letters, postcards, and telegrams from him to his Parents during his 35 months in the U. S. Navy on landing craft in the European and Pacific Theaters during World War II, plus 2 copies of the commencement program for the Naval Training School (Radio), Northwestern University, November 16, 1943, and a copy of “The Beachmaster,” newsletter of the U.S. Amphibious Training Base, Solomon, Maryland, December 25, 1943.

Charles H. Lupsha

Received 7/23/03

  • The memoir of Robert Roderick, Q.M. USNR, entitled “USS LCI (L) 419. . . It's Story.”

Kermit Westerholm

Received 7/18/03

  • The memoir of John E. Mellin, entitled “Memories, November-December ‘44.”

Received 7/25/03

  • Two memoirs by Col. Otha L. Grisham, USMCR (Ret.): “ The Alligator Marines of WW II, A Brief History of the 2nd Amphibian TractorBn, USMC,” and “A Young Man From Texas Goes to War, The Making of An Alligator Marine.”

J. J. Vagi

Received 7/28/03

  • A copy of two newspaper articles from a Detroit newspaper, circa 1944 and 1945: “Six Stars on Their Service Flag for Love of Country,” and “Fourth Son Joins Armed Services,” with regard to Mr. Vagi's and his family's military service during World War II.

Edmund Rose

Received 8/15/03

  • A copy of “Special Order of the Day, 2 May 1945, from Allied Force Headquarters, to Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean Theatre, signed by H. R. Alexander, Field-Marshal, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre;” a copy of the 2003 Roster of the 1108th Engineer Combat Group (including the 48th Engineer Battalion and the 235th Engineer Battalion); and a copy of “The Scoop From Group,” reunion newsletter for the 1108th Engineer Group.

Received 8/28/03

  • 5 Photographs from his service in the Philippines, 1945; a copy of a news article, “World War II by the Numbers;” a copy of a news article on “Operation Second Wind, April 1, 1945; a copy of a V-Mail letter of May 20, 1945; a copy of a photo-ID for Edmund J. Rose, T-4, 235th Engineer Combat Battalion; and a copy of a news article, “Sergeant Rose at Manila;” and a story of how he met his wife while in the service at Fort Belvoir, VA.
  • W. E. Shafer - Editor, Newsletter of The 38th Regimental Combat Team Association

Received 8/18/03

  • A copy of the Summer 2003 issue of The Newsletter of The 38th Regimental Combat Team Association.

Dr. James F. Marchman, III

Received 10/1/03

  • Items belonging to his father-in-law, Robert T. Moore, of Clarksville, Virginia, who served with the 14th Army Air Forces,formerly The Flying Tigers, in India and China in 1944-1945: A program from the Hangar Playhouse production of “Oklahoma!” (1944-45?)
  • A copy of the “Army Song Book”
  • A program from the August 1 (no year given) Savanna Ordnance Depot, Proving Ground, Illinois, Chapel Services
  • A booklet, “Personal Affairs of Military Personnel and Aid for Their Dependents,” January 1943 booklet, “Army Emergency Relief and You,” - Army Air Forces Branch
  • Order of Worship, 68th Air Service Group, 128th A.A.C.S., 51st Fighter Group, September 24, 1944, China Air Base
  • Two Surrender Leaflets (in Japanese and Chinese) dropped by the 14th Army Air Forces over Japanese and Chinese held territory near the end of World War II
  • 10 Copies of “The China Lantern” - Newspaper, published for Army personnel in the China-Burma Theater: March 9, March 23, March 30, April 13, April 20, April 27, May 4, May 18, June 29, and July 6, 1945 issues.
  • 2 Copies of “China Command Post” - Newspaper, Feb 9 and Feb 16, 1945 issues.
  • 6 Copies of “C.B.I. The Roundup” - Newspaper, March 30, April 13, Aug 31, Sept. 21, Sept. 28, and Dec 28, 1944 issues.

John F. Thorpe, Sr.

Received 10/15/03

  • A show program, “235th Combat Engineers Special Service Presents ‘By Pass to Berlin,' August 9-15, 1944,” and a letter to him from the mother of a soldier who died, dated March 8, 1945.

Frank J. West

Received 10/21/03

  • Copies of the following items concerning the 1108th Combat Engineer Group during World War II:
  • Photograph - President Franklin D. Roosevelt at microphones:
  • “December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy.”
  • “Cassino” - A brief history of the 48th Engineer Combat Regiment
  • Photograph - General Andrew J. Goodpaster (As a Major and Lt.Colonel)
  • “A Message to the Men of the 48th Engineer Combat Battalion” from Lt. Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1943
  • Photograph - General Allen F. Clark and his Obituary and Tribute, September 1991
  • Photograph - Sgt. Joe C. Specker and Medal of Honor
  • Copy of Tribute to Sgt. Joe C. Specker presented with a Plaque, Sept. 23, 1988
  • Photographs - Cassino By-Pass, Cassino 1944 - 235th Combat Engineers
  • Photograph - Members of the 5th Army, 2nd Corps, 48th & 235th Combat Engineers, somewhere in Italy
  • “Brains Between His Ears” - Story with 21 drawings. “A combat engineer uses wits, guts and dynamite to win.”
  • Photograph of and partial biographical letter by Col. William P. (Bill) Jones
  • Hand-drawn map of Operation Coronet, November 1945, Japan Invasion Report on Lake Garda Operation, April-May 1945, 235th Engineer Battalion by Col. Bill Jones
  • Photographs: Lake Garda Tunnel and Bypass, Bridge, and Tunnel
  • Photographs - Frank West, Rome 1944, and U.S. 1943; Copy of “World War II Total Productions”
  • 48th Engineer Combat Battalion Decorations, Combat Commanders, Order of Battle, Killed in Action, Campaigns, Battle Honors
  • “48th Engineer Combat Battalion Unit Citation” and “48th Engineer Combat Battalion 5th Army Unit Commendation”
  • 235th Combat Engineer Battalion, World War II, Mediterranean Theater, Battle Honors and List of Killed in Action
  • “235th Engineer Combat Battalion Citation” and “235th Engineer Combat Battalion Distinctive Unit Crest”
  • Photographs of Bailey Bridge, model made by Frank West, and “The Real Thing” over the Sergio River, Italy
  • “1108th Combat Engineer Group,” Poem by Frank West, 235th Combat Engineer Battalion.

Robert E. Levin

Received 10/21/03

  • “A Wartime Log,” which he received from the American Y.M.C.A. when a prisoner of war in Poland during World War II, April 1944-March 1945, serving with the 36th Infantry Division. The log, kept by him and other prisoners, contains poems, drawings, color-pencil sketches, news clippings and photographs, maps, menus, personal stories, German and Russian paper money, photographs, postcards, letters, documents, telegrams, and autographs of prisoners of war.

Dr. Franklin B. Evans

Received 10/28/03

  • A copy of his World War II memoir, “600 Days in Kunming (APO 627), China 1944-1945, Tec 4 Franklin B. Evans.”

George L. Wright

Received 11/4/03

  • A copy of his World War II memoir, “Aberdeen Proving Ground,” Recording his service with the Army Air Corps.

Charles Wysocki, Jr.

Received 11/10/03

Additional Gifts:

  • A copy of his World War II memoir, “My Life;”
  • A copy of the article “Ira Hays: A Legacy of the Flag Raising at Iwo Jima;”
  • A copy of “In Memoriam: Bob Hope 1903-2003,” and
  • A copy of “the Symbol of Folds in Our Flag.”

Alfred L. Kincer

Received 11/17/03

  • A copy of his World War II memoir, “Fifth Army, Anzio Forces Meeting, 25 May 1944, Company B, 48th Engineers at Anzio.”
  • James F. Ritter - (From Michael M. Foreman, Frederick-Winchester Judicial Center, Court Clerk who handled the Ritter estate.)

Received 11/21/03

  • A collection of 84 letters written to Frederick M. Ritter of Winchester, Virginia, between 1942 and 1952, by his brother, James F. Ritter, a career officer in the Army Air Corps, and a number of friends who served in the armed forces during World War II; plus photos, Christmas cards, postcards, booklets, V-Mail letters, and a copy of Yank, The Army Weekly, May 18, 1945 (British Version).

 
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