Zig Boroughs papers
Collection Overview
The collection consists of correspondence, memoirs, and other papers of Zig Boroughs, an American soldier who served with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. Two memoirs are included: one written by Edith Jakobs, a Jewish native of Germany who was liberated by members of Boroughs's unit while in hiding in the Netherlands; the other by Werner "Tom" Angress, also a Jewish native of Germany, who enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as an interrogator with Boroughs's unit.
Dates
- Creation: 1984-2008
Creator
- Boroughs, Zig (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English and Dutch
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Ralph "Zig" Boroughs was inducted into the U.S. Army during World War II along with his entire class at The Citadel. He volunteered for the paratroopers and served with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. After Boroughs completed parachute and demolition training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he arrived in England on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He participated in Operation Market Garden, an Allied military operation in the Netherlands and Germany. He also fought in the Battle of the Bulge and in the Ruhr Valley of Germany.
Boroughs was discharged in November 1945. After returning home, he earned master and doctorate degrees in science education and taught math and science at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (5 folders)
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, memoirs, and other papers of Zig Boroughs, an American soldier who served with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. Two memoirs are included: one written by Edith Jakobs, a Jewish native of Germany who was liberated by members of Boroughs's unit while in hiding in the Netherlands; the other by Werner "Tom" Angress, also a Jewish native of Germany, who enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as an interrogator with Boroughs's unit.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated in 2005 by Ralph Boroughs.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca McClure, March 2012.
Subject
- Jakobs, Edith (Person)
- Angress, Werner T. (Person)
- United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 508th (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Zig Boroughs Papers, 1984-2008
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Rebecca McClure; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rebecca McClure
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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