Letters from Thomas Mcfarland to Family
- Containers:
- Box 02.0160-Box 1, Folder 004
- Scope and content:
McFarland writes about Epinal everyday life (Incomplete Letter: only first part, no end). McFarland discusses about the new colonel at Camp Rucken whose nickname in "Lord George" (Incomplete Letter: only end). He describes the town in which he is located and compares it to Algiers. Then he discusses the situation in Okinawa with soldiers being stuck, and asks his family to make publicity in Washington DC (Incomplete Letter: only middle). He describes a gorge and the hiking area and hanging bridge in Constantine (Incomplete Letter: only end). He describes traveling on train on the way to Tunisia (Incomplete Letter: only middle). McFarland travels through the Atlas range (Incomplete Letter: only end). He arrives in Tunisia, and describes setting up the hospital. He watches a B-17 plane get shot down, and finds a foxhole with German items (Incomplete Letter: only middle). He discusses about keeping Arabs out of the base (Incomplete Letter: only end). They are setting up a hospital in Algeria, and facing strict inspections and censorship during the time.
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- This collection is open to all researchers. No Deed of Gift was received from the Donor, Thomas McFarland. McFarland, was the writer and subject of these letters included in the collection.
- Parent 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.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
