Scope and Contents The Peter Oleski Photograph Collection contains an album of snapshot photographs, a group portrait, and an illustrated map documenting St. Louisan Peter T. Oleski's service as a private with the 549th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (also known as the 549th AAA AW Battalion) in Europe during World War II.Many of the snapshots in the album are identified, and some include brief notes regarding the subjects, activities, or locations. Photographs were taken in...

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of letters, military records, and research related to Peter T. Oleski and to the 549th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons (AAA AW) Battalion. The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and ranges in date from 1944 to 2011. There is a large date gap from 1953 to 1988. Peter Oleski saved a few items from his military service. There are five 1945 issues of a one-page “Missouri Mule: Somewhere East of St....