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Becker, Maurice Edwin (Second World War correspondence)
2014.161.w.r  
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Arrangement
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Preferred Citation
  • Content Description
  • Conditions Governing Use

  • Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
    Title: Maurice Edwin Becker Second World War correspondence
    Creator: Becker, Maurice Edwin
    source: Pow, Sylvia
    Identifier/Call Number: 2014.161.w.r
    Identifier/Call Number: 961
    Physical Description: 0.075 Linear Feet (3 folders)
    Date (inclusive): 1944 April 6 - 1946 February
    Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from PFC Maurice Edwin Becker, USA to his mother and father during the Second World War.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: WWII 7
    Container: 3-5
    Container: 1-3

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Sylvia Pow.

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged by material type and chronology.
    • Series 1, Correspondence
    • Series 2, Medical documents
    • Series 3, Supplementary materials

    Biographical / Historical

    According to the supplementary biography, Private First Class Maurice Edwin Becker, United States Army went to the Army Specialized Training Corps at Princeton University. He served in the European Theater in Company L, 413th Regiment, 104th Infantry Division and received the Sharp Shooter medal and a Purple Heart for being wounded near Aachen, Germany. He spent over a year undergoing operations and rehab and then returned to Cornell in February 1945 a day after his medical discharge.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Maurice Edwin Becker Second World War correspondence (2014.161.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 35 correspondence from PFC Maurice Edwin Becker, USA to his mother and father during the Second World War. The correspondence includes both letters and V-Mail, as well as one postcard and one Western Union telegram. There is also one letter written by a woman named Dorothy to Becker's mother and father, dated August 22, 1944. A few of the letters in the beginning of the collection are not dated. A telegram in the collection is addressed to Becker's father, Gordon E. Becker, informing him that his son was wounded in action on November 23, 1944. There are also hospital patient status cards that describe Becker's recovery.
    Also contained in the collection are two supplementary papers: a short excerpt from an article about Becker and a testimony by an unknown soldier who served in the same company as Becker. The day that Becker was wounded in action is on page 11 of the testimony.

    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. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
    World War (1939-1945)
    World War (1939-1945) -- Battlefields -- France
    World War (1939-1945) -- Germany
    World War (1939-1945) -- Hospitals
    World War (1939-1945) -- Belgium
    World War (1939-1945) -- France
    United States. -- Army.
    World War (1939-1945) -- Casualties
    Pow, Sylvia