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Box 4309.01

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Biographical and Family Documents, 1976 - 2003

 File — Box: 4309.01, Folder: 001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains family documents, military documents, and approximately forty-seven photographs depicting Grant Gordon's family and military life in the 1940s. Of particular interest are Mr. Gordon's military records and photographs from his time serving as a squad leader in the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only African American combat unit included in the first assault forces to land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Dates: 1976 - 2003
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Grant Gordon Collection

Military Documents, 1944 - 1947

 File — Box: 4309.01, Folder: 002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains family documents, military documents, and approximately forty-seven photographs depicting Grant Gordon's family and military life in the 1940s. Of particular interest are Mr. Gordon's military records and photographs from his time serving as a squad leader in the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only African American combat unit included in the first assault forces to land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Dates: 1944 - 1947
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Grant Gordon Collection

Photographs, circa 1944-1955

 File — Box: 4309.01, Folder: 003-004
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains family documents, military documents, and approximately forty-seven photographs depicting Grant Gordon's family and military life in the 1940s. Of particular interest are Mr. Gordon's military records and photographs from his time serving as a squad leader in the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only African American combat unit included in the first assault forces to land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Dates: circa 1944-1955
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Grant Gordon Collection

Restricted Materials, 1945 - 1992

 File — Box: 4309.01, Folder: 005
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains family documents, military documents, and approximately forty-seven photographs depicting Grant Gordon's family and military life in the 1940s. Of particular interest are Mr. Gordon's military records and photographs from his time serving as a squad leader in the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only African American combat unit included in the first assault forces to land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Dates: 1945 - 1992
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Grant Gordon Collection