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Thursby, John G. (Second World War correspondence)
2016.150.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: John G. Thursby Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Thursby, John George, 1916-2006
source:
Myers, Della J.
Identifier/Call Number: 2016.150.w.r
Physical Description:
.25 Linear Feet
(5 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1941 February 25 - 1942 August 9
Abstract: This collection contains letters, photographs, newspaper clippings and a page from a book about the family of Sergeant John
G. Thursby, United States Army, before and during the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 13
Container: 8-12
Container: 1-5
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Della J. Myers. Legacy collection from Andrew Carroll.
This collection is arranged chronoligcally by material type:
- Series 1, Correspondence from John G. Thursby
- Series 2, Photographs
- Series 3, Thursby Family history
- Series 4, Newspaper clipping
[Item title, Box number, Folder number], John G. Thursby Second World War correspondence (2016.150.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 collection contains 26 correspondence from SGT John G. Thursby, United States Army to his friends Ogden and Agnes Platt.
Thursby describes his life in Headquarters Company, 17th Engineers, Second Armored Division stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia
under General George Patton and later outside of Dilworth, North Carolina. He focuses on his assigned vehicles, his division's
maneuvers, and the cities he visits. He wrote about the Louisiana Maneuvers, which were the first major war games the US Military
conducted prior to the American entrance in the Second World War. He also wrote about losing a friend in the attacks on Pearl
Harbor. The collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and a page from the Thursby family history. The collection
was donated by a member of the Collins family mentioned in Thursby's letters (Letter dated January 5, 1942).
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. For further copyright information, please contact teh archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
United States. -- Army.
Georgia -- Fort Benning
United States -- Army -- Armored division, 2nd
California -- Barstow
Wake Island
Military training camps
World War (1939-1945) -- Photography
World War (1939-1945) -- Newspapers
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
Myers, Della J.