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George Detwiler Burges collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0095
Abstract

George Detwiler Burges graduated from the College of Charleston in 1938. He served as a B-17 pilot during World War II and was killed in action in 1944. This collection consists of Burges' personal papers, letters, military records, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and military decorations including the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dates: 1929-1944
Found in: Special Collections

Robert E. Kingsley photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-048
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 90 photographs, 260 negatives, and three scrapbooks of Robert E. Kingsley, a U.S. Air Force staff photographer, taken during World War II, the Korean War, the 1963 fire aboard the TSMS Lakonia, and at North and Shaw Air Force Bases in South Carolina. Also included are 16 Holocaust atrocity photographs taken at Dachau and Mauthausen concentration camps.

Dates: 1942-1967
Found in: Special Collections

Ruth Ann McDonald papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0200
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, military records, clippings, and textiles of Ruth Ann McDonald. Materials document her service in the U.S. Army during World War II as a nurse stationed at the Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Fort Bliss, Texas, the 67th General Hospital in England, and the 30th Field Hospital, which traveled through Luxembourg, France, and Germany. Also includes transcripts pertaining to Ruth's nursing education, certificates relating to her army service, and issues...
Dates: 1941-2000; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Found in: Special Collections

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female 1
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letters (correspondence) 1
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Names
Buckley, Edward D. 1
Burges, George Detwiler, 1917-1944 1
Burges, Julius 1
Burns, Mark W. 1
College of Charleston 1
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Dachau (Concentration camp) 1
Kingsley, Robert E., 1921-1999 1
Lakonia (Motorship) 1
Lawson General Hospital 1
Mauthausen (Concentration camp) 1
McDonald, Ruth Ann, 1919-2013 1
Mehrtens, W. Rieppe 1
Simpkins, Lyle, 1917-1944 1
Travis, Rebecca 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Nurse Corps 1
United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th 1
United States. Army. Field Hospital, 30th 1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 67th 1
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