Military life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85085235
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Grimes Family Papers, 1908 August 10 - 1919 August 24
File — Box 4251.001: [1006213006], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Lionel Grimes was a Marine in World War I, writing to his family in Cincinnati, Ohio, about daily events including guard duty of prisoners, purchasing war stamps, frequent sand storms, and practicing his shooting accuracy. The collection includes a poem and a small group of other correspondence.
Dates:
1908 August 10 - 1919 August 24
Herbert Cecil Powell Papers
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters to and from American soldiers and their families during World War I, as well as newspaper clippings and other papers documenting how the war impacted the lives of everyday people.
Dates:
1908-1978
Military Artifacts, 1917 September 1 - 1978 November 28
File — Box 4251.003: [1006213005]
Scope and Contents
This box contains Powell's WWI shirt collar; US Army buttons; military "ditty kit" (combs, toothbrush, straight razor, and shaving brush); ID disks; two metal trench mirrors; Battery Commander's ruler; triangular ruler; and a 1936 engraved cigarette case with lighter.
Dates:
1917 September 1 - 1978 November 28
Notebooks and Manual, 1917 September 1 - 1978 November 28
File — Box 4251.001: [1006213006], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
This folder contains the World War I notebooks and Artilleryman's Manual of Herbert Cecil Powell of Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates:
1917 September 1 - 1978 November 28
Photograph of US Navy Sailor and Two Women at Sherman's Dine and Dance, 1944 February 5
File — Box WHSC.02: [1006110425], Folder: 2009.189.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of photographs depicting scenes from World War II, portraits of the soldiers, and scenes from the military camp in Hawaii.
Dates:
1944 February 5