Lourenco, August
Person
Dates
- Usage: December 14, 1922- April 21, 2016
- Usage: 1922-12-14 - 2016-04-21
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
August Lourenco Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 00036
Content Description
About 170 letters belonging to August "Auggie" Lourenco, a Portuguese-American of Newark, New Jersey, who served in the United States Army during World War II. Most letters are addressed to his girlfriend-then-wife, Anna "Ann" Lourenco (née Ertman), a second-generation Polish immigrant. Lourenco joined the United States Army in 1943 and completed his basic training at Camp Gordon, Georgia and Nashville, Tennessee, before being sent to Yuma, Arizona for additional training. Lourenco was...
Dates:
1943-1969
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center