World War II.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
A.G. Wineman & Sons Records, and Wineman, Williams, Guice, and Stockwell et al Family Papers
Louis Ball Letters
Letters and cards from 2 servicemen in Europe to the Ball family, 1944-1945.
Baskin Family Papers
William Neil Bogan, Jr., Family Papers
The collection consists of the papers and artifacts of William Neill Bogan, Jr. Although the contents detial the span of Bogan's life, a significant amount of the collection chronicles his time serving during World War II. Documents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, family history, education, military, and miscellany. There are also many artifcats including Boy Scouts of American and military memorabilia.
Eldredge Papers
Diary, 1858; letters to H.A. Magruder of the Madison Light Artillery from his sister at Sharon, Mississippi (1861), and from R.T. Cheek, Madison Light Artillery (1864); J. Montgomery to his father A.V. Montgomery in Madison County, Mississippi, 1864; World War II letter, 1942. Transcriptions available.
D. Clayton James papers
(MCES) Annual Reports
(MCES) Personnel Ledgers
Ottis and Jessie Dola Stephenson Ballard Papers
Letters between Ottis and Jessie Dola Ballard written during World War II, military records, Bible and artifacts related to Ottis Ballard's military service in Africa and Italy. Also includes four issues (1943-1944) of the newsletter published by the Gulf Ordinance Plant in Prairie, Mississippi, part of the defense industry during World War II. Jessie Dola Ballard worked for the plant during the war.
William Taylor Collection
Research material, consisting chiefly of correspondence and clippings for Taylor's M.A. thesis about the "Hell Ships", the Japanese ships that carried American POWs, including many from Bataan and Corregidor, from the Philippines to Japan during World War II.