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James Lockett papers, 1943-1945, Date acquired: 12/08/2000, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Lockett, James
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], James Lockett papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0889

Background

Scope and content:

James William Lockett served in the U.S. Army 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, 1st Army, in the European (ETO), North African, and Mediterranean Theaters. Colonel Lockett was a 1928 West Point graduate. The collection includes a ten-page manuscript entitled "The March," which is about Lockett's serving with the Army in the European Theater and being a POW. Lockett was made to march by German guards with approaching Russians in January 1945. He discusses his encounters with the guards and the people along "the March." In March 1945, US artillery takes the Serbian compound where they were and freed them. Also, he describes the subsequent days to get out of danger, and he is eventually sent to Paris to speak with the press. In the manuscript, there are references to General Patton's son-in-law whose presence in the camp was a motivator for forming escape plans.

Biographical / historical:

Lockett served in North Africa, Sicily, and during the invasion of Normandy as a commander of the Army's 28th Infantry Regiment with Bradley's 1st Army. He was captured outside the city of Aachen, Germany, in the winter of 1944 and sent to a POW camp, Oflag No. 64, in Shubin, Poland. Included in the collection are six cartoon postcards from Africa (1943), newspaper clippings, a transcript of a memoir with an epilogue and prologue by Colonel Lockett's son, a 1928 West Point graduate listing, and a photograph of POWs after escaping the POW camp.

Acquisition information:

James Lockett

donation

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

creator

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], James Lockett papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0889

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA