Box 6
Container
Contains 86 Results:
Miscellaneous Cards and Invitations: 1954-1965
File — Box: 6, Folder: 65
Identifier: Folder 65
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Colonel Arthur Clifford Timboe was born on January 21, 1907, in Devils Lake, North Dakota. He served the North Dakota National Guard from 1925 to 1941 when he was called to active duty in the United States Army on February 10. Timboe saw combat in World War II with the 164th Infantry, part of the famous Americal Division. He commanded the 2nd Battalion in the battle for Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, from October 24 to 26, 1942. Following...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Accounts of balloon bomb incidents in North Dakota: 1994
File — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Michael Unsworth delivered the dedication speech for the Carleton Elliott Simensen Military Heritage Collection. This collection of materials consists of Unsworth's curriculum vitae, de-classified balloon bomb incident reports (photocopied from the National Archives), newspaper and personal accounts of the balloon bombs in North Dakota, copies of two journal articles written by Unsworth regarding the balloon bomb campaign and correspondence between Unsworth and the Department of Special...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Two journal articles, "Floating Vengeance: The World War II Japanese Balloon Attack on Colorado," Colorado Heritage, Autumn 1993 and "The Japanese Balloon Bomb Campaign in North Dakota," North Dakota History: Winter 1997
File — Box: 6, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Michael Unsworth delivered the dedication speech for the Carleton Elliott Simensen Military Heritage Collection. This collection of materials consists of Unsworth's curriculum vitae, de-classified balloon bomb incident reports (photocopied from the National Archives), newspaper and personal accounts of the balloon bombs in North Dakota, copies of two journal articles written by Unsworth regarding the balloon bomb campaign and correspondence between Unsworth and the Department of Special...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Correspondence between Dean Yates (Assistant Archivist) and Unsworth regarding Unsworth's speech at the dedication of the Simensen Collection
File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Michael Unsworth delivered the dedication speech for the Carleton Elliott Simensen Military Heritage Collection. This collection of materials consists of Unsworth's curriculum vitae, de-classified balloon bomb incident reports (photocopied from the National Archives), newspaper and personal accounts of the balloon bombs in North Dakota, copies of two journal articles written by Unsworth regarding the balloon bomb campaign and correspondence between Unsworth and the Department of Special...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Position cards: 1941
File — Box: 6, Folder: 23
Identifier: Folder 23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Virgil E. Oxley was born October 6, 1902 in Maxwell, Iowa. He entered the army as a resident of Sargent County, North Dakota with the rank of Staff Sargent in 1932. He served throughout the New York/New Jersey area with HQ Co. of the 16th Infantry, until he was transferred to Panama in the spring of 1941. He separated from the army on October 23, 1948. Virgil Oxley died March 10, 1989.
Enclosed in this collection are letters Virgil wrote home to his wife...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Robert Wasson
Sub-Series — Box: 6
Identifier: Sub-Series 17
Scope and Contents
Robert C. Wasson served in the Pacific Theatre of World War II as member of Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry, 88th Division. Wasson began his service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on April 1, 1942. His primary assignment was as a Personnel Officer, and some of his tasks included censoring mail, tutoring soldiers in the division, monitoring the motor pool and establishing camping areas. Wasson saw action in the October 1944 invasion of the Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. At this time, he...
Dates:
created: 1862-
A Summary of my Military Service, by Robert Wasson (undated)
File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Robert C. Wasson served in the Pacific Theatre of World War II as member of Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry, 88th Division. Wasson began his service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on April 1, 1942. His primary assignment was as a Personnel Officer, and some of his tasks included censoring mail, tutoring soldiers in the division, monitoring the motor pool and establishing camping areas. Wasson saw action in the October 1944 invasion of the Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. At this time, he...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Miscellaneous: 2 newspaper clippings, pressed 4-leaf clover
File — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Identifier: Folder 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Virgil E. Oxley was born October 6, 1902 in Maxwell, Iowa. He entered the army as a resident of Sargent County, North Dakota with the rank of Staff Sargent in 1932. He served throughout the New York/New Jersey area with HQ Co. of the 16th Infantry, until he was transferred to Panama in the spring of 1941. He separated from the army on October 23, 1948. Virgil Oxley died March 10, 1989.
Enclosed in this collection are letters Virgil wrote home to his wife...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Correspondence: Robert Wasson to Al Austin (UND Journalism Department), 21 April 1992
File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Robert C. Wasson served in the Pacific Theatre of World War II as member of Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry, 88th Division. Wasson began his service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on April 1, 1942. His primary assignment was as a Personnel Officer, and some of his tasks included censoring mail, tutoring soldiers in the division, monitoring the motor pool and establishing camping areas. Wasson saw action in the October 1944 invasion of the Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. At this time, he...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Larry Schlasinger
Sub-Series — Box: 6
Identifier: Sub-Series 18
Scope and Contents
Larry Schlasinger was born on December 5, 1922, in Streeter, North Dakota, to Russian Jewish immigrants Noah and Sarah Schlasinger. He was the youngest of five children, including one brother, Kenneth, and three sisters, Marcella, Ethel, and Florence. He attended public schools in Streeter and graduated from Streeter High School in 1939. He enrolled at the University of North Dakota in the Fall of 1939 as Journalism major.
He earned outstanding grades, won a marksman medal, and served as...
Dates:
created: 1862-