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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Marl A. Lymburner World War II US Army Training Collection
Creator:
Lymburner, Marl A., 1921-
Identifier/Call Number: SC.USAT
Extent:
0.23 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-1944
Abstract: This collection of training materials
from Fort Benning during World War II was created by an unnamed enlisted man in the United
States Army. It consists of combat training pamphlets, Conference Course Training Bulletins,
and other materials, including maps and a handwritten notebook kept by the trainee with
notes on first aid, use of photographs and maps in surveillance, indirect targeting, combat
intelligence, use of hand grenades, tactical training for individual soldiers, supplies,
reconnaisance, use of mortars, communications, motorized patrolling, and other
topics.
Language of Material: English
Marl Atwood Lymburner was born November 20, 1921 in Niagara Falls, NY to Canadian parents
who were both naturalized US citizens. He attended Niagara University in New York where he
studied chemistry, and joined the ROTC. Lymburner entered the US Army at Fort Niagara on May
31, 1943, went to basic training at Camp Wheeler in Georgia, and attended the Army
Specialized Training Program (ASTP) at Fort Benning in Georgia where he taught Chemistry and
Math. In 1944 he joined the Air Corps as a navigator at the Nashville Army Air Center. He
was unmarried during the war, and listed his hobbies as including photography, woodworking,
tennis, boating, and gardening, among other things. His older brother Ross served in the US
Marine Corps during the war.
The
Marl A. Lymburner World War II US Army Training Collection
consists of training materials from Fort Benning during World War II was created by
an unnamed enlisted man in the US Army. It consists of combat training pamphlets, Conference
Course Training Bulletins, and other materials, including maps and a handwritten notebook
kept by the trainee with notes on first aid, use of photographs and maps in surveillance,
indirect targeting, combat intelligence, use of hand grenades, tactical training for
individual soldiers, supplies, reconnaisance, use of mortars, communications, motorized
patrolling, and other topics.
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 10/01/2013.
Other Information:
This collection was purchased with funds generously donated by Gus and Erika Manders.
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