Gary Alonzo Barranger
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bill Gelbach Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 01502
Scope and Contents
Letters to father William H. Gelbach about the war in the Pacific. Includes two photographs from New Guinea.
Dates:
1944 December 19; 1945 January 16
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Paul A. Carpenter Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 00228
Content Description
The Paul A. Carpenter Letters consists of incoming correspondence and Vmail from family and friends. The letters date from 1942-1945, with the bulk written in 1945. Much of the content discusses the home front: the change of seasons, canning berries and peas, poetry, movies, and new novels such as “Forever Amber”. Paul Carpenter’s parents, J.E. and Albina Carpenter, sent local newspaper clippings with their letters, sharing news of other Kenton, Ohio soldiers and sailors and announcements...
Dates:
1942-1945
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Ed Sanderbeck Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 00236
Content Description
Mostly envelopes of letters Ed Sanderbeck sent to his wife Fay Weekley from 1941- 1945 while he served in the United States Air Force during World War II. The envelopes have notes written to Fay, but the letters have been removed and are not with the envelopes. Notes discuss his life in the military as he was stationed in Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Korea, and his unit's success at shooting down Japanese planes. Almost 350 envelopes in total, includes some Vmail and some...
Dates:
1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center