Finding Aid for the David Ebner Second World War correspondence 2017.557.w.r
Lee Feldman
Center for American War Letters Archives
10/31/17
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: David Ebner Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Ebner, David
source:
Hicks, Jodi
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.557.w.r
Physical Description:
.05 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1945 February 21 - 1945 August 12
Abstract: This collection contains letters and written correspondence from Sgt. David Ebner, 2nd Battalion, 111th "Associators" Infantry
Regiment, USA, duirng the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 14
Container: 10
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jodi Hicks.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Source: donor
David Ebner was born on April 19, 1920, in Passaic, New Jersey. He attended William Paterson University and was drafted into
the army in 1943 before finishing his undergraduate degree. His training began at Camp Croft, South Carolina and was later
stationed at Palau in the Pacific Ocean. After he was honorably discharged in 1945, he attended Pennsylvania College of Optometry
on the G.I. Bill and became an optometrist. He married Charlotte Brown on June 8, 1947, at Temple Emanuel in Paterson, New
Jersey. They lived in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, where their son Stephen, and daughter Carol were born, and in 1955 they moved
to Oakland, New Jersey. David died on June 23, 2012 at the age of 92.
[Item title, Box number, Folder number], David Ebner Second World War correspondence (2017.557.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 correspondence written by Sergeant David Ebner, USA, to Charlotte Brown, who he refers to as "Pooch"
or "Poochie Honey", during the Second World War. Ebner and Brown were dating during the war and later married in 1947.
The first letter in the collection was labeled with a note that read "1st letter bootcamp." A second letter, dated June 1st,
was labeled with a note that read "June 1st 1945." His last letter discusses the upcoming surrender of the Japanese Empire.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945) -- Homefront
World War (1939-1945) -- Pacific islands
Brown, Charlotte
Hicks, Jodi