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Glickman, Harold J. (Second World War correspondence)
2014.128.w.rd
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Harold J. Glickman Second World War correspondence
source:
Schweitzer, Murray H.
Creator:
Glickman, Harold J.
Identifier/Call Number: 2014.128.w.rd
Identifier/Call Number: 906
Physical Description:
0.05 Linear Feet
(2 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1943 August - 2014
Date (bulk): 1943 August - December
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence written by 2ndLt. Harold J. Glickman, USA to his sister Frances Glickman Schweitzer,
and mother Leah Glickman, from the South Pacific during the Second World War. Also included are two photographs of Lt. Glickman
and his headstone.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 7
Container: 1-2
Container: 1-2
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Murray H. Schweitzer.
This collection is arranged by material type and chronology.
- Series 1, Correspondence
- Series 2, Photographs
The cover letter that accompanied this collection stated that Second Lieutenant Harold J. Glickman, United States Army (d.
12/22/1943) was killed by German bombers, a story remembered by the donor's wife and told by the donor's mother. He was Jewish,
born and raised in New York to Russian immigrants and lived in a Russian neighborhood. His sister lived in the Bronx during
this correspondence.
This is inaccurate as Lt. Glickman and the 9th General Hospital were deployed to the South Pacific for the duration of their
existence during the war. The 9th General Hospital was a unit formed in New York out of doctors and nurses from New York
medical institutions and Cornell University Medical that trained outside of Boston and was deployed to Australia, Guadacanal,
and islands near Papua New Guinea. The named general hospitals were directly under the command of The Surgeon General as class
II installations. These hospitals were then much freer to grow as professional medical centers with independent budgets and
relative freedom from routine field military duties. The unit was disbanded in 1945. Harold Glickman was killed on December
22, 1943.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Harold J. Glickman Second World War correspondence (2014.128.w.r), Center
for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection is available online in Chapman University's Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/hjglickman_collection/
This collection contains correspondence written by 2nd Lt. Harold J. Glickman, USA to his sister, Frances Glickman Schweitzer,
and mother, Leah Glickman from the South Pacific during the Second World War. The correspondence contains three V-Mail and
two paper letters. Also included are two photographs; one portrait of Glickman and one photograph of his headstone.
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 II
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- Hospitals
World War (1939-1945) -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
World War (1939-1945) -- Military operations, Naval -- American
World War (1939-1945) -- Philippines.
Schweitzer, Murray H.