Title:
Martin E. Thomas World War II documents, 1920-1953
Thomas World War II Documents
Creator/Contributor:
Thomas, Martin Elliott., creator
Abstract:
Military identification, documents, and correspondence belonging to Martin E. Thomas of Sacramento, including certificates
of service, discharge certificates, and other items dated 1944-1953. Also included is an enrollment certificate in the California
Military Reserve for Thomas' father, H. F. Thomas, dated 1920.
Date:
1920 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Thomas, Henry Foster
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Note:
Martin Elliott Thomas, descendant of California Pioneers and the son of Henry Foster Thomas and Hazel (Inlow) Thomas, was
born August 29, 1911 in Merrill, Oregon and moved to Sacramento, California in 1913. He graduated from Stanford University
in 1933 and earned a master's degree from UC Berkeley. Thomas served in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in World War II,
seeing service in England, France, and Belgium. He then worked 32 years as a librarian at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and the California
State Library. Thomas died in Sacramento on January 1, 2007.
Thomas World War II Documents.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Type:
biography
Physical Description:
print
1 file folder; 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.