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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Content Description
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: D.F. Constantine Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Constantine, D.F., Staff Sergeant (Dennis Forest Constantine), 1915-1998
source:
Gray née Constantine, Susan
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.271.w.r
Physical Description:
.08 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1945 March 14 - 1945 April 6
Abstract: This collection contains three correspondence from SSgt D.F. Constantine, USA, to his wife Virginia A. Constantine during
the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 21
Container: 8
Container: 1
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Constantine Gray in memory of Dennis F. Constantine.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Biographical / Historical
Staff Sergeant Dennis Forest Constantine, United States Army (1/1/1915 - 3/31/1998) served in the 66th Medical Division, 520th
Medical Clearing Company during the Second World War. After he enlisted on October 5, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, he saw
action in Belgium, France and Germany in 1945. According to Army enlistment records on Ancestry.com, he and Virginia were
unmarried at the time of his enlistment.
Preferred Citation
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], D.F. Constantine Second World War correspondence (2017.271.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.
Content Description
This collection contains three correspondence written by Staff Sergeantt D.F. Constantine, U.S Army, to his wife, Virginia
A. Constantine, during the Second World War. There are two letters and one V-Mail while in service with the 520th Medical
Clearing Company in France in March and April 1945. The last letter has two sections cut out where the censors removed the
name of a town he wrote.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- Battlefields -- France
World War (1939-1945) -- Europe
World War (1939-1945) -- Hospitals
World War (1939-1945) -- France
War -- Medical aspects
V-mail
Gray née Constantine, Susan