World War, 1939-1945--Europe
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Graves Gladney Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3230
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of a bound memorial service program for Graves Gladney; an issue of Illustration magazine; newspaper clippings; and a small number of letters, documents, photographs, and membership cards. Materials range in date from 1932 to 2009 with a large gap between 1977 and 2008. The twenty-seven diaries written by Graves Gladney comprise the bulk of the collection and date from January 1961 to April 1973. The first box is arranged...
Dates:
1932-2009; Majority of material found within 1961-1973
Peter Oleski Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1381
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...
Dates:
1943-1945
Peter T. Oleski World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3211
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....
Dates:
1943-2011
Francis Charles Weidler Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3308
Scope and Contents
The collection includes letters, postcards, and V-mails from Francis Charles Weidler to his fiancé, Lucille Simons, dated 1942-1945, while he was in the Air Force during World War II. The letters dated 1942-1943 were written while he was in basic training, and the letters dated 1944-1945 were mostly written from France and England and mention D-Day and life back home. Other items include Weidler’s appointment as corporal (temporary) in the 861st School Squadron, October 1, 1942; an issue of...
Dates:
1942-1947