Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains one diary and one graduation program kept by Lt. Robert W. Repper, USA during the Second World War.
The program is for Lt. Repper's graduation from officer's candidate school at Fort Benning, Georgia on January 25, 1945. He
trained with 4th Platoon, 21st Company, Second Student Training Regiment. It includes quotes and photographs of Repper and
his fellow candidates.
At least some of the diary was written after the events of each day because it begins on February 5, 1945 when Lt. Repper
arrived at Ft. Meade, MD and he presumably did not come into possession of the diary until he reached either Germany or Austria;
it is large, black, and has a label on the front that reads "Befehlsbuch," or instruction book. The diary contains daily activities,
transfers between units, location movement, his feelings about some other soldiers, and various other daily thoughts. Of note
are some of the specifics given relating to battles and troop movements against the enemy, corps objectives, which units (division,
corps, or even rifle companies) were to go where and when.
As the war ends and after, his daily entries shift to mundane activities, dates with English girls, his birthday and lack
of funds, dentist visits and getting sick. The entries end with a smaller paper insert containing two entries; January 9 and
January 11, 1946.
The last page provides a list, "Token CP from 11 April to 20 August," which includes all of the cities he had traversed. The
back board contains two date ranges listed for hist time in the hospital; 23 November, 1945 - 28 December, 1945 at 365th Station
Hospital, and 28 December, 1945 - 8 January, 1946 at 239th General Hospital.