World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
John and Marie Bergmann Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3085
Scope and Contents
The collection contains various documents, correspondence, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings relating to John and Marie Bergmann, seven of their nine children, and two of John Bergmann’s nieces. The files are arranged alphabetically by name of family member (natural order) and date from 1905 to circa 1995. The bulk of the documents date from 1931 to 1956.
The earliest document in the collection is Marie (Happel) Bergmann’s 1905 confirmation certificate. There are also...
Dates:
1905-ca. 1995; Majority of material found within 1931-1956
Edward W. Burger, Jr. World War II Citations
Collection
Identifier: A3125
Scope and Contents
The citations include a memorial certificate from President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Purple Heart citation which was awarded on March 23, 1945.
Dates:
1945
Robert L. Christmann and Sidney R. Feiner World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3215
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of a diary, military papers, notes, newspaper clippings, and a letter relating to two St. Louisans who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II: Robert L. Christmann and Sidney R. Feiner. The materials date from 1942 to 1946 and are arranged alphabetically.
Robert L. Christmann kept a diary from January to November 1942 (The Everyday Diary). His girlfriend, Lorraine C. Croissant, gave...
Dates:
1942-1946
Sidney and Lorraine Feiner Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1233
Scope and Contents
The Sidney and Lorraine Feiner Collection documents Sidney Feiner's World War II service in the US Army Air Forces. After joining the Army in February 1943, he served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre in campaigns of the Western Pacific until February 1946. He spent much of 1945 with the 35th Photo Tech Unit, Twentieth Air Force in Guam. In this capacity he amassed a number of photographs showing operations, explorations, and aircraft nose art. The collection also includes photographs related...
Dates:
1941-1946