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2015.084.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence
source:
Grover, Dorothy M.
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.084.w.r
Identifier/Call Number: 1296
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 document box)
Date (inclusive): 1950 April - 1951 June
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA, and Dorothy Page during the Korean War as well as
photographs and other documents.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: Korea 3
Container: 1-7
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dorothy M. Grover.
This collection is arranged by material type and date:
- Series 1, Correspondence to Dorothy Page
- Series 2, Correspondence from Dorothy Page
- Series 3, Photographs
- Series 4, Postwar documents
- Series 5, Clippings
Corporal Joseph "Joe" DeHaan, United States Army (12-6-1930 - 2/19/1952) was born in Chinook, Montana to John and Gertrude
DeHaan. They moved to Red Lake Falls in 1934 and lived on a farm until he graduated from Northwest Agricultural School in
Crookston and enlisted in the US Army in 1950.
DeHaan served with Company D, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, 75MM Recoilless Rifle Platoon during the Korean
War. He was captured by the enemy on May 18, 1951 while fighting Chinese troops on Hill 1051. After falling ill, he died as
a prisoner of war in a make-shift hospital in Chong Song from intestinal tuberculosis on February 19, 1952. His mother, listed
as emergency addressee, was listed as notified of his death on October 26, 1953; however a Western Union telegram sent to
Dorothy Page dated August 16, 1953 informs her that Mrs. DeHaan had already been notified of his killed in action status.
DeHaan was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations
Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service
Medal. It appears, according to his death certificate, DeHaan was posthumously promoted to corporal.
In the letter dated April 22, 1951, Joseph De Haan mentions that he received the news of his father's death.
[Item title], Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence (2015.084.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University,
CA.
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This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority
of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan. Inventory:
138 correspondence, personal
7 photographs
1 program, memorial service
1 statement of death
2 correspondence, photocopy, postwar
2 biographical/historical documents
15 newspaper clippings
3 newspaper clippings, photocopy
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Korean War -- (1950-1953) -- Correspondence
United States. -- Army.
Prisoner of war
Grover, Dorothy M.
DeHaan, Joseph
Dorothy Page