Margaret Kennedy letters
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains 15 letters, 10 from Homer Hendon, and 5 by Harold Wallace, written to Margaret Kennedy. The letters describe life in the air corps, including tests, duties, training, and so forth.
Dates
- Creation: 1944 June-August
Biographical / Historical
Harold W. Wallace, Jr., was born January 14, 1924. He enlisted in the military on December 14, 1942. After the way, Wallace continued a military career and rose to the rank of Lt. Col. in the 3rd Air Rescue Group of the 37th Helicopter Flight. Wallace married Betty Paul Hooten and had two sons, Harold W. Wallace, III, and Richard Wallace. Harold Wallace, Jr., died on May 15, 2000.
Homer L. Hendon, Jr., was born in 1924 and enlisted in the military on November 3, 1942.
Research indicates that Margaret Kennedy may have married an O'Neal and died December 15, 2003.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (15 letters)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains letters to Margaret Kennedy from two airmen, Homer Hendon and Harold Wallace. The letters discuss life in military service at Maxwell airfield in Alabama.
Provenance
Gift of Ron and Elizabeth Howard, 2009
Processed by
James N. Gilbreath, August, 2010
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Letters to Margaret Kennedy
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- James N. Gilbreath
- Date
- August, 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository