box WWII 12, folder 1-5, folder 1-5
Series 1, Correspondence from George Tudor
1933 August - 1944 July
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet(5 folders)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains 129 correspondence from Sgt. George Tudor, USMCR to his family during the Second World War.
box WWII 12, folder 6, folder 6
Series 2, Postmortem correspondence
1944 July - 1947 June
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains 26 correspondence and three empty envelopes to the family of Sgt. George Tudor, USMCR after his death
on July 22, 1944. The letters consist of condolences as well as official announcements of Sgt. Tudor's death.
box WWII 12, folder 7, folder 7
Series 3, Historical documents
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains material created by the donor that consists of transcribed correspondence of particular note, as well
as biographical information for Sgt. George Tudor, USMCR and Lt. Cord Meyer, Jr., USMCR. The collection also contains a recorded
phone conversation the donor had with Paul Wallace Smith about George Tudor and his death in combat on Guam.
box WWII 12, folder 8, folder 8
Series 4, Service document photocopies
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains photocopies of service documents pertaining to Sgt. George Tudor, USMCR during the Second World War.
Inventory:
- 1 expeditions record, photocopy (3 pages)
- 1 service record, photocopy (3 pages)
- 1 certificate of death, photocopy (2 pages)
- 1 Freedom of Information Act document, copy
- 1 form, transmittal of and/or entitlement to awards
box WWII 13, folder 1, folder 9
Series 5, Photographs
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs of Sgt. George Tudor, USMCR taken before and after his death during the Second World War.
Inventory:
2 photos, George Tudor gravesite in Guam
2 photos, George Tudor headstones
1 photo, Mr. and Mrs. Tom May
2 photos, Sgt. George Tudor in uniform
box WWII 13, folder 2, folder 10
Series 6, Ephemera
1942 February - 1945 July
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains ephemera pertaining to Sgt. George Tudor, USMCR before and after his death.
Inventory:
- 1 railway tag, Pvt. G.V. Tudor to Mrs. Mary Lavery, 2/6/1942
- 1 program, memorial service for George Victor Tudor, July 22, 1945
- 1 card, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, was enclosed with American flag used at Sgt. Tudor's burial
box WWII 13, folder 3, folder 11
Series 7, Poetry
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains three poems written during the Second World War from various authors.
- "The United States Marine," by Lorraine Hall
- "A Dream," by Virginny
- "Forgotten Boys," by Patrick Hugo Jones, written at Camp Linda Vista, San Diego, Calif.
box WWII 13, folder 4, folder 12
Series 8, Publications
1946 January - 1989
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains publications and news clippings pertaining to the Second World War and Sgt. George Tudor, USMCR.
Inventory:
- 1 magazine, The Atlantic, January 1946
- 1 book, Punchbowl: The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, 1989
- 4 news clippings, notices of death during the Second World War
