Box 6
Container
Contains 86 Results:
James McKenzie. "Woody and Cassy's Journal: WWII and Other Dark Shadows.” Western Pennsylvania History: Fall 2002.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 34
Identifier: Folder 34
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From the Sub-Series:
Woody and Cassy's Journal: WWII and Other Dark Shadows, was written for Fall 2002 edition of Western Pennsylvania History by UND Professor of English James McKenzie. In the article, McKenzie traces the World War II experiences of his parents, Woody and Cassy McKenzie, as recorded in journals they kept from April 1942 - December 1943. The McKenzie’s lived in Monessen, Pennsylvania, and their diary recounts how the war influenced life on the "home...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Miscellaneous: military cards, envelopes, newspaper article
File — Box: 6, Folder: 33
Identifier: Folder 33
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From the Sub-Series:
Jack Botts was born on October 11, 1924 in Ludden, North Dakota. He entered the Army Air Force on June 4, 1943, upon graduation from high school. Until July of 1944, Botts was stationed at bases in Texas and Nebraska where he was transferred to Italy. On his missions, Botts bombed German controlled oil refineries and factories in Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Romania, France, Italy, and Poland. In January of 1945, Botts was sent back to the United States, where he served in...
Dates:
created: 1862-
Letters to Mrs. Oxley, 1940: undated
File — Box: 6, Folder: 21
Identifier: Folder 21
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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-
Unidentified letters
File — Box: 6, Folder: 22
Identifier: Folder 22
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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-
Miscellaneous Cards and Invitations: 1954-1965
File — Box: 6, Folder: 65
Identifier: Folder 65
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-