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Martin E. Thomas World War II documents, 1920-1953.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 31 : Folder 5
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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.