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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Walter W. Swayze Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Swayze, Walter Wesley, Technical Sergeant, 1921-1990
source:
Collins, Susan
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.284.w.r
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
(9 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1943 September 10 - 1945 October 06
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from T/SGT Walter W. Swayze, USAAF and Hilda Swayze during the Second World War as
well as various documents and items kept by T/SGT Swayze from during his service or received afterwards.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 148
Container: 3-9
Container: 1-7
Container: WWII 149
Container: 1-2
Container: 8-9
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Collins, the daughter of T/SGT Swayze.
This collection is arranged chronologically by material type:
- Series 1, Correspondence
- Series 2, Newspaper Clippings
- Series 3, Photographs
- Series 4, Various documents
- Series 5, Realia
- Series 6, Envelopes
Technical Sergeant Walter Wesley Swayze, United States Army Air Force (6/6/1921 - 6/14/1990) was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan,
when his father, Burton, was 22 and his mother, Katherine, was 20. He registered for the draft on February 13, 1942, and listed
his employer as the Ford Motor Company. He was inducted into the Army on July 31, 1942 and served as a flight maintanance
gunner on B-29 bombers until October 12, 1945. He had three sons and one daughter with Hilda Beatrice Harleton. He died in
Dearborn, Michigan, at the age of 69.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Walter W. Swayze Second World War correspondence (2017.284.w.r), Center
for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This series contains correspondence from T/SGT Walter W. Swayze, USAAF to his wife Hilda. There are also correspondence to
his parents. There is one folder of material sent to T/SGT Swayze, mostly greeting cards from his wife and children.
See series notes for more information.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Armed Forces -- Correspondence
Bombardier aircraft
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
Families of military personnel
Greeting Card
Michigan
Military aircraft.
Newspaper clippings
Postcards.
United States -- Army -- Air Forces -- Bombardier
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War (1939-1945) -- Newspapers
World War (1939-1945) -- England
Collins, Susan